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Crucial Cocteaus on Culture Clash Radio

Don's selections cross time, space and genre, including a piece of Crucial Vinyl from Heaven or Las Vegas, released by Cocteau Twins in 1990.

The Don's selections cross time, space and genre and include Crucial Vinyl from Cocteau Twins.

Each week, as well as handpicking key new releases and classics from the UK, USA, Jamaica and beyond, Don highlights a cherished album from his own collection. He explains why it means so much to him and features three key tracks. This week it's Heaven or Las Vegas released in 1990 by Cocteau Twins.

Don says, "I first heard of Cocteau Twins through their fifth album 1988's Blue Bell Knoll, and, I got to say, it really was unlike anything I'd ever heard before. I was so taken by the instrumentation, production and Elizabeth Fraser's surreal vocal delivery, that I immediately went out and bought all their previous albums - that's how struck I was! The release of Heaven or Las Vegas was the icing on the cake - it truly is a thing of beauty.".

2 hours

Music Played

  • The Orb

    Soulman (Gaudi Remix) (feat. Lee 鈥淪cratch鈥 Perry)

    Remix Artist: Gaudi.
    • Soulman.
    • Cooking Vinyl.
  • R.L. Burnside

    Let My Baby Ride

    • Let My Baby Ride.
    • Fat Possum Records.
  • Siouxsie and the Banshees

    Kiss Them For Me

    • Superstition.
    • Wonderland.
    • 1.
  • 鲍鈥怰辞测 & John Holt

    Wear You To The Ball

    • Wear You To The Ball (Single).
    • Treasure Isle.
    • 1.
  • Ghostface Killah

    Cher Chez La Ghost

  • Horace Andy & Alpha

    Storm (Shine Mix)

    • Two Phazed People.
    • Don't Touch.
  • Cash & David

    Pulse

    • (single).
    • +.
  • The Monkees

    I'm A Believer

    • Hey Hey It's The Monkees Greatest Hits.
    • K-Tel.
  • Anchorsong

    Ceremony

    • Ceremonial.
    • Tru Thoughts.
    • 011.
  • The Fiction Aisle

    Major Seventh

    • Major Seventh/Each & Every One.
    • Chord Orchard.
  • Sidestepper

    Supernatural Soul

    • Real World Records.
  • Eddie Kendricks

    Date With The Rain

    • Tamla Motown.
  • The Moody Blues

    Question

    • Hits Of ... 69 & 70 (Vol.3).
    • Polydor.
  • Jan Hammer Group

    Don't You Know

    • Don't You Know.
    • Epic.
  • Reggae Regular

    Where is Jah

    • Where Is Jah.
    • Greensleeves Records.
  • Alexander Ebert

    A Million Years

    • Rough Trade.
  • Emmy the Great

    Algorithm

    • (single).
    • Bella Union.
  • Suzanne Vega

    Caramel

    • Caramel (single).
    • A&M Records.
  • Shy FX

    Soon Come

  • Dylan LeBlanc

    Roll The Dice

    • Cautionary Tale.
    • Single Lock Records.
  • Cocteau Twins

    Fotzepolitic

    • Heaven Or Las Vegas.
    • 4 A.D..
  • Cocteau Twins

    Fifty Fifty Clown

    • 4ad.
  • Cocteau Twins

    Iceblink Luck

    • Heaven or Las Vegas.
    • 4 A.D.
  • Kiko Bun

    Alipanga

    • single.
    • Universal-Island.
  • Donovan

    Hurdy Gurdy Man

    • The Hurdy Gurdy Man.
    • EMI.
  • Aretha Franklin

    Day Dreaming

    • Day Dreaming / 96 Tears.
    • Atlantic.
  • Baaba Maal

    Kalaajo

    • The Traveller.
    • Palm.

Broadcast

  • Sun 24 Jan 2016 22:00