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The Whole Nine Yards Series 2 Ep 8 21.3.21 Passport to La-La Land with Roy Stannard on Burgess Hill Radio 103.8FM

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The Whole Nine Yards Sunday 21.3.21 3-5pm

broadcast on www.burgesshillradio.co.uk Show 8
with

Roy Stannard

Passport to #LaLaLand

Right now, we all want a ticket to La-la Land. In fact we all want a ticket to just about anywhere. The expression La-La land seems to date back to 1979 when people used it to mean a mystical, whimsical place inspired by la la refrains used in songs.

It then became shorthand for Los Angeles and the dream world created by the magic of celluloid there before becoming the name of a blockbuster movie in 2016. Jazz pianist Ryan Gosling and aspiring actress Emma Stone realise their dreams of stardom in La La Land.

The rest of us secretly wish that we had a place like that where we can forget our worries, dream of better days and join in the chorus of la las. Blue skies and clandy floss skies. This is your passport to a paradise lost..

Hour One

Underworld – Caliban’s Dream (Isles Of Wonder: Music for the Opening Ceremony of the London 2012 2012)

La Ragazza 77(Ambra Borelli) – Il Paradiso Della Vito (Single 1968)

Amen Corner – (If Paradise Is) Half As Nice (Farewell to the Real Magnificent Seven 1969)

The Rokes – Piangi Con Me (Single 1966)

The Grassroots – Let’s Live for Today (Let’s Live for Today 1967)

Blue Öyster Cult – (Don’t Fear) the Reaper (Agents of Fortune 1976)

Simple Minds – Don’t You (Forget About Me) – The Breakfast Club Soundtrack 1985)

Tears for Fears – Head Over Heels (Songs from the Big Chair 1985)

Jason Mraz – Everything is Sound (La la la) (Love is a Four Letter Word 2012)

Michael Kiwanuka – You Ain’t the Problem (Kiwanuka 2019)

The Fugees – Killing Me Softly with His Song (The Score 1996)

Stevie Nicks – Stand Back (Disco Purrfection Version The Wild Heart 1983)

Hour Two

Van Morrison – Brown Eyed Girl (Blowin’ Your Mind! 1967)

Snoop Lion – La la la (Reincarnated 2012)

Naughty Boy ft Sam Smith – La la la (Hotel Cabana 2013)

The Carpenters – Yesterday Once More (Now and Then 1973)

Stevie Wonder – My Cherie Amour (My Cherie Amour 1969)

Kandace Springs – Killing me Softly with his Song (The Women who Raised Me 2020)

Haley Heynderickx – Oom Sha La La (I Need to Start a Garden 2017)

Myles Kennedy – Love Can Only Head (Eye of the Tiger 2018)

Roberta Flack & Donny Hathaway – Killing Me Softly with His Song (Killing Me Softly 1973)

Minnie Riperton – Lovin’ You (Perfect Angel 1974)

Cat Stevens – Lady D’Arbanville (Mona Bone Jakon 1970)

Tears for Fears – Suffer the Children (The Hurting 1981)

Echo & The Bunnymen – The Killing Moon (Ocean Rain 1984) (Orchestral Version 2013) — Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/roy-stannard/message

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Lost Immortals Ep 392 Extended 27.9.26 with Roy Stannard & Matt Staples on Mid Sussex Radio 103.8FM

THE LOST IMMORTALS – EXPANDING YOUR MUSICAL HORIZONS Ep 392 with Roy Stannard and Matthew Staples

Sunday 27th Sept 26 5-7pm

on Mid Sussex Radio 103.8FM

www.midsussexradio.co.uk/listen

Happy Trails

When a contributor puts forward an artist called Roy Rogers, it’s a gift. but no Quicksilver Messenger Service, just some ace new talent – Ezra Williams, Matilda Mann, The Palms – and the strange 50 year story of Shira Small – not to mention Massive Attack, Horace Andy & Ghostpoet.Hour One

1.     Ezra Williams – Blight (Single, 2026)

2.     Sarah Pinto ft Michael Occhionero & Rich Morey – Raise Your Voice (Single, 2025)

3.     Liquid Cross – So Shut Down (Hateful EP, 2026)

4.     ACUA – All Sides of Me (Flood My Eyes 2026)

5.     John Hiatt – She Said The Same Things To Me (Warming Up to the Ice Age, 1985)

6.     The Ramblers International – Womma Yen Whe Yie (Doin’ Our Own Thing, 1971)

7.     Imagine Dragons – Next to Me (Evolve, 2018)

8.     Roy Rogers – Cure For An Achin’ Heart (The Country Side of Roy Rogers, 1993)

9.     Jesse Ed Davis – Crazy Love (¡Jesse Davis! 1971)

10.  Maggie Rogers – It Was Coming All Along (Don’t Forget Me, 2024)

11.  Sivert Høyem – More Than This (live) (More Than This 2026)

12.  Picture This – Never Change (Picture This 2017)

Hour Two

1.     Whirr – Speeding (Speeding/Busy 12” Single 2024)

2.     Still Corners – The Crying Game (Single 2025)

3.     Massive Attack ft Horace Andy – Girl I Love You (Heligoland 2010)

4.     Ghostpoet – Surviving It (SSISISL 2011)

5.     Matilda Mann – Chain Reaction (Kismet 2026)

6.     The Palms – Maybe (Single 2026)

7.     Irma Thomas – It’s Raining (Irma Thomas Collection: 1961-1966  1962)

8.     Shira Small – My Life’s All Right (The Line Of Time And The Plane Of Now , 1974)

9.     Yvonne Lyon – Everything’s Fine (A Thousand Questions Why, 2008)

10.  Cleo Sol – Nothing is Impossible With You (Single / Gentlewoman 2026)

11.  Joshua Hyslop – Home (Echoes, 2018)

Extended

•         Eric Taylor – Manhattan Mandolin Blues (live) (Live at the Hen & Chicken Bedminster, Bristol 2016)

The Whole Nine Yards Ep 295 27.9.26 70 Up with Roy Stannard on Mid Sussex Radio 103.8FM

The Whole Nine Yards Ep 296 

With Roy Stannard

On Mid Sussex Radio 103.8FM

Sunday 27 September 2026  3-5pm

www.midsussexradio.co.uk/listen

70 Up

14 subjects chosen across the social classes, at the age of 7. Unfairly, 10 boys and 4 girls, equally the gender bias is revealed in the show’s original inspiration, the Jesuit saying ‘Give me a child until the age of 7, and I’ll give you the man’.  The original World in Action team based at Granada studios in Manchester followed these 14 individuals every seven years right up to this year. Each seven-year jump marks a new stage of life, while Britain’s soundtrack and the wider world change around us. Two deaths and the death of the director, Michael Apted, made this the last time we’ll see this group. In some ways I feel like I’ve grown up with them.

Hour One

1956

Clarence ‘Frogman’ Henry – Ain’t Got No Home (Single 1956)

Elvis Presley – Hound Dog (Single 1956)

1963

The Rolling Stones – I Wanna Be Your Man (Single 1963)

The Beatles – Please, Please Me (Please, Please Me 1963)

1970

The Moody Blues – Question (A Question of Balance 1970)

Norman Greenbaum – Spirit in the Sky (Spirit in the Sky 1970)

1977

The Trammps – Disco Inferno 12” (Saturday Night Fever OST 1977)

The Jam – Away From The Numbers (In The City 1977)

1984

Swansway – Soul Train 12” (The Fugitive Kind 1984)

Talk Talk – Such a Shame 12” (2003 Remaster 1984)

Hour Two

1991

Blur – There’s No Other Way (Leisure 1991)

The House of Love – Marble (A Spy in the House of Love 1991)

1998

Portishead – Sour Times (Dummy 1998)

Unkle ft Richard Ashcroft – Lonely Soul (Psyence Fiction 1998)

2005

The Wombats – Moving to New York (Proudly Present…A Guide to Love, Life and Loneliness 2005

Chris Simmons – Home (Demo) 2005

2012

Underworld – Caliban’s Dream (long version) (The Collection 2 / London Olympics Ceremony 2012)

Metric – Breathing Underwater (Synthetica 2012)

2019

Sam Fender – Greasy Spoon (Hypersonic Missiles 2019)

Fontaines D.C. – Roy’s Tune (Dogrel 2019)

2026

Cleo Sol – Together (Gentlewoman 2026)

Tooth – Schoolyard (Restless in Bloom EP 2026)

Lost Immortals Ep 391 20.9.26 with Roy Stannard & Matt Staples on Mid Sussex Radio 103.8FM

THE LOST IMMORTALS – EXPANDING YOUR MUSICAL HORIZONS

Ep 391 with Roy Stannard & Matthew Staples

Sunday 20 September 5-7pm

on Mid Sussex Radio 103.8FM

www.midsussexradio.co.uk/listen

Befuddled

Psychedelic fun this week with Dudley Moore’s Bedazzled film theme, Barry Adamson and Les Rita Mitzouko with soundtrack music, Brenton Wood with US highlife from ’67; and a couple of Spanish Indie tracks just to keep the pot stirred. And a special three track Daptone soul mix to to keep things interesting..

Hour One

Mesh – Hold On To (No Fun at All, 2026)

Viva Suecia – Bien por Ti (Bien por Ti, 2016)

Echo Thrills – Last Call (The Inner City, 2025)

León Benavente – Ánimo, Valiente (León Benavente, 2013)

Brother Bird – Landlord (The Lodge in Miller County 2025)

Les Rita Mitsouko – Le Petit Train (Marc & Robert OST 1988)

Ex:Re – Radio Station (Save As, 30th Oct 2026)

Joe Strummer & The Mescaleros – Minstrel Boy (Black Hawk Down OST 2001)

Monad – 1976 (Gift EP 2025)

Sharon Jones & The Dap-Kings – Let Them Knock (100 Days, 100 Nights , 2007)

The Womack Sisters – I Just Don’t Want You (To Say Goodbye) (The Womack Sisters 2026)

The Sinseers – (Sinseerly Yours 2024)

Hour Two

Lucky Dube – Slave (Slave, 2018)

Brenton Wood – Birdman (Oogum Boogum 1967)

Soulsavers and Dave Gahan – In The Morning (Live in LA. Orig. The Light the Dead See, 2012)

Dudley Moore Trio ft Peter Cook – Bedazzled (Bedazzled OST, 1967)

Barry Adamson – Il Solitario (Delusion OST 1991)

Chris Smither – No Love Today (Drive You Home Again, 1999)

Chris Isaak – Blue Spanish Sky (live) (Heart Shaped World 1989)

Jabulile Majola – Nyoni Yami (Single, 2024)

Beth Nielsen Chapman – Beyond the Blue (Sand and Water, 1997)

Gaia – Nuvole di Zanzare (Gaia 2021)

Trashcan Sinatras – Earlies (Harbour Arts Centre 18 July, 2026. Orig I’ve Seen Everything, 1993)

Kenna Childs – Gentle (Single, 2019)

Extended:

Ian McNabb – Child Inside a Father (Head Like a Rock 1984)

The Whole Nine Yards Ep 295 20.9.26 Lost and Found with Roy Stannard on Mid Sussex Radio 103.8FM

The Whole Nine Yards Ep 295 

With Roy Stannard

On Mid Sussex Radio 103.8FM

Sunday 20 September 2026  3-5pm

www.midsussexradio.co.uk/listen

Lost and Found

Tonight we’re exploring one of music’s most enduring themes: first love, lost love, and the heartbreakers who leave their mark on us. Music about  love, loss, longing, and the songs that help us survive them.

We all remember the moment when a song on the radio felt as though it was written just for us. We can’t forget who made our hearts race, the ones who stayed, and the ones who didn’t. There’ll be brand new music alongside some timeless classics, from the youthful tenderness of Sixpence None the Richer’s Kiss Me to the bruised honesty of Jann Arden’s Insensitive, and the yearning of Pete Doherty and Wolfman’s For Lovers.

So put your nostalgia hats on, shut your eyes (not if you’re driving!) and brace yourself as the memories flood back.

Hour One

The Editors – Seriously (Surface, Echo & Sound 2026)

Sixpence None the Richer – Kiss Me (Sixpence None the Richer 1997)

Beabadoobee – Memories (Pylon 2026)

untitled (halo) – Easy Rider (Single 2026)

Warhaus – Simple Pleasures (Single 2026)

My Morning Jacket – Like a Hurricane (ft Preservation Hall Jazz Band) (Peacelands 2026)

London Grammar – Baby It’s You (Californian Soil 2020)

Sofia & The Antoinettes – Hi My Love (Leaving the House is a Performance EP 2026)

Tom Petty – A Face In The Crowd (Full Moon Fever 1989)

The Redsands – On That Day (Single 2026)

LP – Love is all I Have (Room 12 2026)

Amy Winehouse, Jools Holland & Paul Weller – Don’t Go To Strangers (The Golden Age of Song 2012)

Hour Two

Alex Amor – Inside (Heavenly Bodies 2026)

Jann Arden – Insensitive (Living Under June 1994)

The Fray – All At Once (How To Save A Life 2005)

Alvvays – Dreams Tonite (Antisocialites 2017)

Joan Armatrading – Already There (Consequences 2021)

De Claire. – Satisfied (Single 2026 / Veta Begas out 9.10.26)  

Pete Doherty & Wolfman – For Lovers (Single 2004)

Sarah Jarosz – Don’t Break Down on Me (Polaroid Lovers 2024)

Foy Vance & The Ulster Orchestra – At Least My Heart Tried to Do What is Right

(Joy of Nothing Live 2013)

Mike Scott – She’s So Beautiful (Bring ‘em all in 1995)

White Collar Crime – Chasing Windmills (Words I Never Said 2026)

Shed Seven – Chasing Rainbows (Orchestral version) (Liquid Gold 2024)

Lost Immortals with Roy Stannard & Matt Staples Ep 390 13.9.26 on Mid Sussex Radio 103.8FM

THE LOST IMMORTALS – EXPANDING YOUR MUSICAL HORIZONS Ep 390

with Roy Stannard & Matthew Staples

Mid Sussex Radio 103.8FM

Sun 13th Sept 2026 5-7pm

www.midsussexradio.co.uk 103.8FM

One Tin Soldier

6 tracks from 1970 or earlier. A loft full of US singer songwriters, plus rare 60s soul songs that will be new to you. And cult Glasgow band Twilight Sad with new material; another irresistible Oz indie band – Swapmeet; a rare John Foxx track, Steve Miller and Bruce Cockburn – and three tracks that begin with ‘My’. Just because we can..

Hour One

1. Tacocat – Men Explain Things to Me (Lost Time, 2016)

2. The Twilight Sad – Get Away From it All (It’s the Long Goodbye, 2026)

3. Swapmeet – Halfway (Mount Zero, 2026)

4. Love As Laughter – Don’t Worry (Holy, 2008)

5. Steve Miller Band – Serenade (Fly Like and Eagle, 1976)

6. Bruce Cockburn – Great Big Love (Nothing But a Burning Light, 1991)

7. Cory Chisel and The Wandering Sons – Old Love (Old Believers, 2012)

8. John Foxx & The Belbury Circle – Almost There (Empty Avenues EP 2013)

9. Bill Callahan & Bonnie “Prince” Billy ft. Sir Richard Bishop – She is My Everything (Blind Date Party, 2021)

10. Mimi & Richard Farina – Children Of Darkness (Children Of Darkness, 1965)

11. Tide Lines – Far Side of the World (Single 2016 / Dreams We Never Lost 2017)

12. N’famady Kouyate – Balafô Douma (Aros I Fi Yna 2021) (Live at Belladrum Festival 2024)

Hour Two

1. Townes Van Zandt – Standin’ (High, Low and In Between, 1972)

2. The White Horse Guitar Club – If I Needed You

3. The Original Caste – One Tin Soldier (One Tin Soldier 1969)

4. Sara Bareilles – Home (Good Grief 2026)

5. Mary J. Blige – My Life (My Life 1994)

6. Johnny Thunder – My Prayer (The Diamond Record Years 1968)

7. Percy Sledge – My Special Prayer (The Percy Sledge Way 1967)

8. The Untouchables – You’re On Top (Single 1961 / A Deeper Dig: Outstanding Soul 1961-71)

9. James Taylor – Fire and Rain (Sweet Baby James, 1970)

10. Faeland – End of the Day (23 Walks OST 2021)

11. The Chieftains & Lisa Hannigan – My Lagan Love (Voices of Ages 2012)

Extended

• Loggins & Messina – Angry Eyes (So Fine, 1974)

The Whole Nine Yards Ep 294 13.9.26 Sol Power – the best Spanish Indie Music with Roy Stannard on Mid Sussex Radio 103.8FM

The Whole Nine Yards Ep 294 

With Roy Stannard

On Mid Sussex Radio 103.8FM

Sunday 13 September 2026  3-5pm

www.midsussexradio.co.uk/listen

Sol Power

OK, the weather’s faded a bit so today we’re using some Sol Power, Spanish indie and contemporary sounds shaped by sunlight and indie energy.

The theme this week is Latin rock, mainly from Spain with a little flamenco, salsa, samba and Spanish  to season the mix. Whether you’re chilling, driving, walking or sitting with the family, , this is your space to get a little Iberian rock and romance into your afternoon. Even if you don’t understand the words, you’ll hear a blend of passion, melody, and emotional clarity.

So settle in. Let the sun shine do its work.

Even if the evenings are closing in, we’ll make sure the day shines a little longer.

Hour One

Viva Suecia – Bien por Ti (Bien por Ti, 2016)

shego – arghHhh! (arghHhh!, 2023)

Melenas & Peanut Butter Wolf – Bang (Ahora Remixes, 2021)

León Benavente – Ser Brigada (León Benavente, 2013)

Los Piratas – Años 80 (Ultrasónica, 2001)

Repion – Barrio Somavilla (Barrio Somavilla, 2022)

La Milagrossa – Ponzano (Ponzano, 2024)

La Gusana Ciega – San Miguel (Monarca, 2011)

Mustard Service – 2 AM (2 AM, 2020)

Oscar López – The Flavor (Seduction, 1996)

Alvaro Soler – Lo Que Pasó, Pasó (El Camino, 2023)

Raissa – Me Cuesta Tanto Olvidarte (Herogirl EP, 2021)

Karen Ramirez – Troubled Girl (Distant Dreams, 1998)

Hour Two

Mina – Ancora, ancora, ancora (Ancora, ancora, ancora, 2001)

Iván Ferreiro (feat. Xoel López) – Turnedo (Confesiones de un artista de mierda, 2011)

feel trip. – mi buena suerte. (mi buena suerte., 2023)

Family – Viaje a los Sueños Polares (Un Soplo En El Corazón, 1993)

Estani – Soy (Contemporary Latin Grooves, 2024)

Anni B Sweet – Buen Viaje (Universo por Estrenar, 2019)

Bandalos Chinos – Una Señal (Vándalos, 2020)

Él Mató a un Policía Motorizado – La Noche Eterna (La Síntesis O’Konor, 2017)

Facto Delafé y Las Flores Azules – Fuzz (La Fuerza Irresistible, 2016)

Arde Bogotá – La Salvación (Cowboys de la A3, 2023)

Klub Rider – Paisaje (Paisaje, 2024)

The Brave – ¡Hasta Luego! Goodbye (¡Hasta Luego! Goodbye, 2022)

Lost Immortals Ep 389 6.9.26 with Roy Stannard & Matt Staples on Mid Sussex Radio 103.8FM

THE LOST IMMORTALS – EXPANDING YOUR MUSICAL HORIZONS

Ep 389 with Roy Stannard & Matthew Staples
Sunday 6th Sep 5-7pm
Mid Sussex Radio 103.8FM
http://www.midsussexradio.co.uk/listen

Ramona Lisa

Sons of Freedom (or Dons as 3 of them are called Don); Aussie lost band Blueline Medic; Janis Joplin & Mike Bloomfield; Baby Rose; St Germain, Barry Ferry 30s Cabaret style; Duncan McKenzie; David Sylvian; 10,000 Maniacs and 2 muso eccentrics presenting..

Hour One

1. Soft Science – Spinning (Sand 2026)

2. Blueline Medic – Plight 217 (A Working Title in Green EP 2000)

3. Sons Of Freedom – Mona Lisa (Sons Of Freedom 1988)

4. The Descendants – Ride the Wild (Ride the Wild / It’s a Hectic World EP 1990)

5. Janis Joplin – One Good Man ft Mike Bloomfield (I Got Dem Ol’ Kozmic Blues Again Mama! 1969)

6. Touch Girl Apple Blossom – I’m Lucky I Found It (Graceful 2026)

7. Satori ft Peia – Mori Shej (Mori Shej Single 2021)

8. Baby Rose – Friends Again (feat. Leon Thomas) (Yearnalism, 2026)

9. St Germain – Sure Thing (Tourist 2000)

10. Toshiki Soejima – Northern Drift feat. Edbl (Komorebi 2026)

11. Bryan Ferry – Reason Or Rhyme (Bitter Sweet, 2019)

12. Elizabeth Cotton – Freight Train (Elizabeth Cotten, Volume 3: When I’m Gone 1979)

Hour Two

1. Duncan McKenzie – The Traveller (Live) (The Jailhouse Sessions, Arundel 2012) (The Traveller 2023)

2. Andrew Sa ft Rosali – Where it Lands (American Rough, 2026)

3. Sarah Jarosz – Take the High Road (Polaroid Lovers 2024)

4. Brett Snyder – Missing My Parents (Buckethead cover – original single 2019)

5. David Sylvian – Silver Moon (Gone to Earth,1986)

6. Beat Happening – Down at the Sea (Beat Happening 1985)

7. 10,000 Maniacs – Hey Jack Kerouac (In My Tribe, 1987)

8. Nitty Gritty Dirt Band featuring Larkin Poe – I Shall Be Released (Dirt Does Dylan 2022)

9. Caoilfhionn Rose – Simple (Constellation 2024)

10. Richard Shindell – Are You Happy Now? (Sparrows Point 1992)

11. Charlotte Cornfield – June (The Shape of your name 2019)

The Whole Nine Yards Ep 289 6.9.26 Freshly Plucked: Best new guitar tracks with Roy Stannard on Mid Sussex Radio 103.8FM

The Whole Nine Yards Ep 293 

With Roy Stannard

On Mid Sussex Radio 103.8FM

Sunday 7 September 2026  3-5pm

www.midsussexradio.co.uk/listen

Freshly Plucked

The new guitar generation:

There’s something in the air again – the sound of guitars being picked up by people with something to say. After years of synths, beats and bedroom pop, a new wave of bands has emerged with six strings, fresh stories and an indie attitude. They are reinventors – folding Americana into indie, punk into pop, folk into widescreen dreamscapes. We’re showcasing bands who know a guitar can change the temperature of a room, crack open a memory, or send a crowd into orbit.

Hour One

The Broken Radios – Dark Highway (Single 2026)

Valerie June – Smokestack (Single 2026)

White Collar Crime – Words I Never Said (Words I Never Said 2026)

Westside Cowboy – Paperchains (It Goes On 2026)

Tooth – Age of Innocence (Age of Innocence 2026)

The Chats – The Price of Smokes (Get Fucked 2022)

Spacey Jane – All the Noise (Single 2025)

So Reverie – Close My Eyes (Andy Power · Dan Jones · Andy Power · Cain Garcia) (Single 2025)

Mark Knopfler – What it Is (Remastered 2021) (Sailing to Philadelphia 2000)

Strawberry Milk – Katherine the Great (Single 2025)

The Band Friday – Pink Lemonade (Homecoming EP 2026)

The American Dawn – Her (Single 2024)

Hour Two

SwIss Portrait – Photobooth (Single 2024)

Little Grandad – Tiny Feet (Speak Softly, Son 2026)

Spanish Horses – Hey Man (Hey Man!) (Single 2026)

Francis of Delirium – It’s a Beautiful Life (Run, Run Pure Beauty 2026)

Portraits – Glitch (Vaguely Western 2026)

Marlon Funaki – When Sunday Comes Around (Monterey Village 2024)

Hurray for the Riff Raff – Alibi (The Past is Still Alive 2024)

Weezer – Go Away ft Bet Cosantino (Everything Will Be Alright In The End lost track

Powers of the Monk – Sleepy Fields (Single 2025)

Civic Video – Wasted Days (Single 2026)

Willowake – Held My Hand (Single 2026)

Pamela – Better Than Before (It’s Nice to See You Here EP 2026)

ITHEMS – A Ghost Inside (Single 2025)

LP – Thirty 2nd Chances (Room 12 2026)

Lost Immortals Ep 388 30.8.26 with Roy Stannard and Matt Staples on Mid Sussex Radio 103.8FM

THE LOST IMMORTALS – EXPANDING YOUR MUSICAL HORIZONS Ep 388 Sunday 30 Aug 26 5-7pm

with Roy Stannard & Matthew Staples

on Mid Sussex Radio 103.8FM

www.midsussexradio.co.uk/listen

MacArthur Clarke

Jim Webb’s classic sung by a lanky, bedraggled Manc poet. Marc Almond and Mark-Almond band in the same show; Scott Walker on Montague Terrace; REM Gardening at Night; Mitch Ryder shaking a tail feather; Circus Maximus from 1967; the top new band of the week – Tooth. A gourmet feast for musical bon vivants.

Hour One

1.     Tooth – Medicine (Medicine Single 2026)

2.     Death Valley Girls – What Are The Odds (Islands In the Sky, 2023)

3.     Leenalchi – Here Comes That Crow (Here Comes That Crow EP, 2026)

4.     Rocketship – Under Streetlights Shadows (Thanks to You 2019)

5.     Mitch Ryder & The Detroit Wheels – Shake a Tail Feather (Take a Ride 1966)

6.     Lizzy Mercier Descloux – Funky Stuff (Mambo Nassau, 1981)

7.     Giant Sand – Pathfinder (Center of the Universe, 1992)

8.     Saint Motel – Move (SaintMotelTelevision 2016)

9.     Les Triaboliques – Gulaguajira (I, the Dissolute Prisoner) (rivermudtwilight, 2009)

10.  Circus Maximus – Wind (Circus Maximus, 1967)

11.  Skinshape – Summer (Oracolo, 2015)

Hour Two

1.     Mark-Almond – Trade Winds (To The Heart 1976)

2.     Phil Shoenfelt – Only You (God is the other face of the devil 1993)

3.     Karina Rykman – Easy, Rider (Late Checkout 2026)

4.     R.E.M. – Gardening at Night (Remastered 2005) (Chronic Town EP 1982 / Dead Letter Office 1987)

5.     Melissa Ferrick – Hold On (Freedom, 2020)

6.     Sara Tavares – Bue (Voce e) (Xinti (Feel it), 2009)

7.     The Afghan Whigs – The Deepest Part of the Darkest Shadow (Soft Control, 2026)

8.     Marc Almond – Champ (Mother Fist & Her Five Daughters, 1987)

9.     Hugh Cornwell & John Cooper Clark – MacArthur Park (This Time It’s Personal 2016)

10.  Scott Walker – Montague Terrace (In Blue) (Scott, 1967)

Extended

1.     Bongwater ft. Ann Magnuson – You Don’t Love Me Yet (Single, 1988)

The Whole Nine Yards Ep 292 30.8.26 Mind over Music with Roy Stannard on Mid Sussex Radio 103.8FM

The Whole Nine Yards Ep 292 

With Roy Stannard

On Mid Sussex Radio 103.8FM

Sunday 30 August 2026  3-5pm

www.midsussexradio.co.uk/listen

Mind over Music

This week we’re tuning into the part of music that doesn’t just move your feet – it moves your mind. Welcome to a journey through songs that wrestle with the big questions: who we are, why we’re here, and what on earth we’re meant to do with the time we’ve been given. These tracks aren’t just beautifully crafted; they’re philosophical companions. They explore identity, memory, morality, absurdity, connected humanity – all the things we ponder in the quiet moments, set to melodies that stay with us long after the needle lifts. So settle in. Let the music do the thinking. Welcome to the Thinking Person’s Playlist.

Hour One

Impermanence & Acceptance

The Cure – And Nothing Is Forever (Songs of a Lost World, 2024)

Non‑Violence & Spiritual Ethics

U2 – Ahimsa (Single release only, 2019)

Transcendence & Higher Consciousness

The Beach Boys – All This Is That (Carl and the Passions – So Tough, 1972)

Kula Shaker – Tattva (K, 1996)

The Search for the Good Life

Marillion – Happiness Is The Road (Happiness Is The Road 2008)

Goldfrapp – Happiness (Seventh Tree 2008)

John Martyn – Sunshine’s Better (Talvin Singh remix) (May You Never – The Greatest 2009)

Wishbone Ash – Why Don’t We? (Here to Hear, 1989)

Life, Death & What Comes After

Swim Deep – She Changes the Weather (Where the Heaven are we? 2013)

Unity, Stillness & Eastern Thought

George Harrison – All Things Must Pass (All Things Must Pass 1970)

Hour Two

Nitin Sawhney – Sunset (Nitin Sawhney mix) (Prophesy, 1999)

Identity, Becoming & Self‑Realisation

Lauryn Hill – Everything Is Everything (The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill, 1998)

Des’ree – You Gotta Be (I Ain’t Movin’ 1994)

Electric Soft Parade – Brother, You Must Walk Your Path Alone (Idiots 2013)

Nihilism, Absurdism & The Search for Meaning

Radiohead – Everything in Its Right Place (Kid A, 2000)

Chance, Fate & Social Theory

The Divine Comedy – The Certainty of Chance (Fin de Siècle, 1998)

Belle & Sebastian – Marx and Engels (Lazy Line Painter Jane EP, 1997)

Identity, Consciousness & The Self

Lauryn Hill – Everything Is Everything (The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill, 1998)

Existentialism & The Meaning of Life

Sault – Masterpiece (5, 2019)

Time, Memory & Impermanence

The Moody Blues – This is the Moment (Greatest Hits and More 1996) (Orig. Jekyll & Hyde – the Musical)

Mike & the Mechanics – Beggar on a Beach of Gold (Beggar on a Beach of Gold 1995)

The Blue Nile – Family Life (Peace at Last 1996)