Whatever
Scheduled on
| Tuesday | 00:00 | 02:00 |
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The show motto is “Facts, Opinions and Mono Mixes”
After the immediate success of his Ballads & Balladeers show, Gavin approached the bosses at Celtic Towers with an idea for another show. Whereas Ballads has a very strict and tight remit, “Whatever” could be anything at all. Whatever Gavin fancied playing for two hours on a Sunday night – that was it!
As with the Ballads show , Gavin draws on his own extensive library of music. Particular focus is again on older music (being a historian he leaves anything modern to others to explore and play). Pretty much any popular music from the turn of the 20th century to around 1985 can be called upon. Every week has a different theme and every week is different to the one before.
By way of example, the show has examined
Louisiana, Gospel, Pub Rock, Glam Rock, Punk Rock, One Hit Wonders, Skiffle.
Record Labels such as Stiff, 2-Tone, Chiswick, Bell, Pye, Motown in Mono.
Studio guests have included Rab Noakes, Lesley Riddoch, “Lost Glasgow” Rosie Kane, Champion Doug Veitch and Rise Kagona, Clive Gregson and the reunion of Summerhill.
Full, in-depth, 2-hour obituies have been curated for
Fats Domino, Little Richard, Glen Campbell, Aretha Franklin, Dr John, Julie Felix.
One theme that has proved to be very enduring is thye playing of the original mono mixes of singles from the 1960s. 99.9% of all singles issued in that decade were mixed and mastered in mono and that is the way they should be heard. Gavin spends countless hours sourcing the best mixes of these tracks.
It is very unlikely that he will ever run out of material, themes or steam! Interviews will resume post-Covid but there is more than enough to keep you coming back, week after week, to the show. You may not always agree with his choices or his opinions but feel free to engage on the
After the immediate success of his Ballads & Balladeers show, Gavin approached the bosses at Celtic Towers with an idea for another show. Whereas Ballads has a very strict and tight remit, “Whatever” could be anything at all. Whatever Gavin fancied playing for two hours on a Sunday night – that was it!
As with the Ballads show , Gavin draws on his own extensive library of music. Particular focus is again on older music (being a historian he leaves anything modern to others to explore and play). Pretty much any popular music from the turn of the 20th century to around 1985 can be called upon. Every week has a different theme and every week is different to the one before.
By way of example, the show has examined
Louisiana, Gospel, Pub Rock, Glam Rock, Punk Rock, One Hit Wonders, Skiffle.
Record Labels such as Stiff, 2-Tone, Chiswick, Bell, Pye, Motown in Mono.
Studio guests have included Rab Noakes, Lesley Riddoch, “Lost Glasgow” Rosie Kane, Champion Doug Veitch and Rise Kagona, Clive Gregson and the reunion of Summerhill.
Full, in-depth, 2-hour obituies have been curated for
Fats Domino, Little Richard, Glen Campbell, Aretha Franklin, Dr John, Julie Felix.
One theme that has proved to be very enduring is thye playing of the original mono mixes of singles from the 1960s. 99.9% of all singles issued in that decade were mixed and mastered in mono and that is the way they should be heard. Gavin spends countless hours sourcing the best mixes of these tracks.
It is very unlikely that he will ever run out of material, themes or steam! Interviews will resume post-Covid but there is more than enough to keep you coming back, week after week, to the show. You may not always agree with his choices or his opinions but feel free to engage on the
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