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Critic, writer and former label boss Paul Morley considers the future for record labels - both independent and major - in the less certain digital download world.

Paul Morley concludes his personal portrait of the music industry, told through the many iconic and generation-defining record labels that helped mould it.

Paul considers the future of the music industry in the dgital download age and asks whether there's still a place for record labels - with the help of such record label bosses as Lucian Grainge (Universal), Mike Smith (Columbia), Nick Gatfield (EMI), Martin Mills (Beggars), Richard Russell (XL), Geoff Travis (Rough Trade), Alan McGee (Creation), Lawrence Bell (Domino), Jonathan Poneman (Sub Pop), Steve Beckett (Warp), Mark Jones (Wall of Sound) and Seymour Stein (Sire).

First broadcast in 2009.

1 hour

Last on

Sun 13 Sep 2020 04:00

Music Played

  • T. Rex

    Hot Love

    • MARC BOLAN & T.REX - THE ESSENTIAL COLLECTION.
    • UNIVERSAL MUSIC TV.
    • 493 488-2.
  • Deep Purple

    Black Night

    • Deep Purple: The Platinum Collection.
    • EMI.
    • 7243-57859127.
  • Frankie Goes to Hollywood

    Relax

    • Hits 93.
    • Telstar.
    • CD HITS-934.
  • Pet Shop Boys

    Love Etc

    • Love Etc.
    • Parlophone.
    • CDRDJ-6765.
  • The Ting Tings

    That's Not My Name

    • Thats not My Name.
    • Columbia.
    • tingspr-03.
  • Take That

    Patience

    • Beautiful World.
    • Polydor.
    • TAKETHAT-1.
  • The Ting Tings

    That's Not My Name

    • Thats not My Name.
    • Columbia.
    • tingspr-03.
  • Louis Armstrong

    POTATO HEAD BLUES

    • Louis Armstrong: The 25 Greatest Hot Fives & Hot Sevens.
    • Living Era.
    • CDAJA-5171.
  • Etta James

    I'D RATHER GO BLIND

    • BLUES BROTHER SOUL SISTER.
    • DINO.
    • DINCD-56.
  • ABBA

    THE WINNER TAKES IT ALL

  • ROBERT JOHNSON

    Malted Milk recording

    • Robert Johnson: The Complete Recordings.
    • CBS.
    • CBS-4672462.
  • David Bowie

    Sound And Vision

    • LOW.
    • EMI.
    • CDP-7977192.
  • Michael Jackson

    BILLIE JEAN

    • WALK ON.
    • SONY TV.
    • SONYTV-71.
  • Emerson, Lake & Palmer

    Fanfare for the Common Man

    • EMERSON, LAKE & PALMER: THE ULTIMATE COLLECTION.
    • SANCTUARY.
    • TDSAN-009.
  • Just Jack

    STARZ IN THEIR EYES

    • CD SINGLE.
    • MERCURY.
    • STARZ-CJ1.
  • Rainbow

    Since You Been Gone

    • And The Road Goes On Forever Vol 1.
    • Debutante.
    • 535 719-2.
  • Just Jack

    STARZ IN THEIR EYES

    • CD SINGLE.
    • MERCURY.
    • STARZ-CJ1.
  • Rainbow

    Since You Been Gone

    • And The Road Goes On Forever Vol 1.
    • Debutante.
    • 535 719-2.
  • Just Jack

    STARZ IN THEIR EYES

    • CD SINGLE.
    • MERCURY.
    • STARZ-CJ1.
  • Rainbow

    Since You Been Gone

    • And The Road Goes On Forever Vol 1.
    • Debutante.
    • 535 719-2.
  • Just Jack

    STARZ IN THEIR EYES

    • CD SINGLE.
    • MERCURY.
    • STARZ-CJ1.
  • Billy Bragg

    Between The Wars

    • Back To Basics.
    • Chrysalis.
    • AGOCD-8.
  • Take That

    Patience

    • Single.
    • Polydor.
    • TAKE THAT-1.
  • Pet Shop Boys

    Love Etc

    • Love Etc.
    • Parlophone.
    • CDRDJ-6765.
  • The Ting Tings

    That's Not My Name

    • Thats not My Name.
    • Columbia.
    • tingspr-03.
  • Pet Shop Boys

    Love Etc

    • Love Etc.
    • Parlophone.
    • CDRDJ-6765.
  • Take That

    Patience

    • Single.
    • Polydor.
    • TAKE THAT-1.
  • The Ting Tings

    That's Not My Name

    • Thats not My Name.
    • Columbia.
    • tingspr-03.
  • Pet Shop Boys

    Love Etc

    • Love Etc.
    • Parlophone.
    • CDRDJ-6765.
  • The Ting Tings

    That's Not My Name

    • Thats not My Name.
    • Columbia.
    • tingspr-03.
  • Pet Shop Boys

    Love Etc

    • Love Etc.
    • Parlophone.
    • CDRDJ-6765.
  • Take That

    Patience

    • Single.
    • Polydor.
    • TAKE THAT-1.
  • Forgemasters

    Track With No Name recording

    • Warp 10 + 2.
    • Warp.
    • WARPCD-68.
  • The Prodigy

    Firestarter

    • THE DOGS.
    • EMI.
    • 7243 8-544 7327.
  • The Strokes

    When It Started

    • Columbia.
  • Grandaddy

    Now It's On

    • V2.
  • Blur

    Tender

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