Performances by Island Records artists from the archives, including Cat Stevens, Roxy Music, Bob Marley and The Wailers, Steel Pulse, U2, PJ Harvey, Baaba Maal and Amy Winehouse. Show more
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Sounds of the Eighties
Episode 8
30 minutes
First broadcast: on BBC FourLatest broadcast: on BBC Four HD
Featuring some of the decade's best-known exponents of reggae, ska, rap and dance music, including UB40, Aswad, The Beat, Run DMC, Public Enemy and Neneh Cherry. Show more
The Old Grey Whistle Test
California Comes to the Whistle Test
59 minutes
First broadcast: on BBC FourLatest broadcast: on BBC Four HD
A compilation of BBC performances by artists who lived and worked in California in the 1970s. Featuring Jackson Browne, Little Feat, Ry Cooder, Judee Sill and Bonnie Raitt. Show more
Compilation of covers featuring Cilla Black, Jimmy Helms, Dionne Warwick, The Osmonds, India Arie, James Morrison and Ed Sheeran with Jools and his Rhythm & Blues Orchestra. Show more
Sounds of the Eighties
Episode 6
30 minutes
First broadcast: on BBC FourLatest broadcast: on BBC Four HD
Featuring performances from some of the most popular rock artists of the 1980s, including Motorhead, ZZ Top, U2, Bruce Springsteen, Bon Jovi, INXS, The Cult and The Mission. Show more
Sounds of the Eighties
Episode 7
28 minutes
First broadcast: on BBC FourLatest broadcast: on BBC Four HD
Featuring some of the decade's guitar bands, including REM, The Smiths, The Cure, The Bangles, Pixies, Echo and the Bunnymen, The Jesus & Mary Chain and Lone Justice. Show more