The Whole Nine Yards Ep 248 26.10.25 Song Tales & Snail Trails with Roy Stannard on Mid Sussex Radio 103.8FM

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The Whole Nine Yards Episode 248     

With Roy Stannard

On Mid Sussex Radio 103.8FM

Sunday 26th October 2025 3-5pm

www.midsussexradio.co.uk/listen

Song tales and Snail trails

We trace the shimmering snail trails of sound across the musical landscape – from Martin Quittenton’s Worthing Steamhammer origins to being the man who propelled Rod Stewart into the stratosphere, co-writing Maggie May. Plus two Scottish folk mystics, Shelagh McDonald and Richard Thompson, Elton’s suddenly prophetic Madman Across the Water and Tokyo’s jazz underground. Soul-soaked sunshine from the 70s shakes hands with acid jazz genius from the 90s, and fresh sonic postcards from 2025. It’s a journey of quiet revolutions, emotional discovery, and songs that remember what we’ve forgotten. Tune in, hold on, and follow the trail…

Hour One

Suede – Dancing with the Europeans (Antidepressants 2025)

bby – Hotline (Hotline single 2025)

The Stone Roses    (The Stone Roses 1989)

Coach Party – I Really Like You (Caramel 2025)

Portland – Lay Me Down (Champain 2025)

Richard Hawley – Heart of Oak (Hollow Meadows 2015)

The Handsome Family – Back in my Day (Unseen 2016)

Big Star – The Ballad of El Goodo (#1 Record 1972)

Teenage Fanclub – Sometimes I Don’t Need to Believe in Anything (Shadows 2010)

Elton John – Madman Across the Water (Madman Across the Water 1971)

Richard & Linda Thompson – A Heart Needs a Home (Hokey Cokey 1974)

Shelagh McDonald – Stargazer  (Stargazer 1971)

Hour Two

Steamhammer – When Your Friends are Gone (Reflection 1969)

Rod Stewart – Henry / Maggie May (Every Picture tells a Story 1971)

The Five Stairsteps – O-o-h Child (Stairsteps 1970)

Fujimara Band & Fujimara Yoshin – I Know it’s Gonna Last (BGM 1977)

United Future Organisation – Loud Minority (Single 1992 / on Compilation: Jazzin’ 1993))

Phoebe Snow – Poetry Man (Phoebe Snow 1974)

White Lies – The Price of Love (To Lose my Life… 2009)

Supermodel* – I Used to Live in England (I Used to Live in England EP 2025)

The Associates – Strasbourg Square (Wild and Lonely 1990)

Blondshell – Two Times (If You Asked Me for a Picture 2025)

Headache – The Joy is Ours (Thank you for almost Everything 2025)

Published by Roy Stannard

I'm someone who doesn't like parameters, barriers or fences. I'll try and climb over them, burrow under them or just pretend they don't exist - until they don't. Sometimes I'll write about the mind in a poetic way, or poetry with neural undertones, or I'll proselytise endlessly about my favourite new band - or one of the old ones. My Blog will give you the keys to the kingdom. A kingdom with no borders, no expectations and, therefore, no failure.. Because I am endlessly empathetic with people, their motivation, their behaviour,their problems and their quest for knowledge, I work with the pioneering Brighton-based homeless, vulnerable women and disempowered school students charity Off The Fence Trust that has tried to redress the equality deficit for over two decades. I produce, host and promote two radio shows a week: The Whole Nine Yards Sundays 3-5pm on Mid Sussex Radio 103.8FM (www.midsussexradio.co.uk/listen) - and Lost Immortals on Mid Sussex Radio 103.8FM on Sundays 5-7pm.

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