3 Hours of train music

Post by Basil Jet
Gideon Coe did a whole show of songs about trains.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m000sjsj
It's available on iPlayer.
It includes my favourite train song,
"Click Clack" by Captain Beefheart.
http://youtu.be/pkgRPMACOY4

Quite a few obscure names that I have never heard of, and no sign of one
of my favourite train songs - "East Coast Racer" by Big Big Train (a
rock ballad about Mallard's record run.)

m***@round-midnight.org.uk

2021-02-27 14:50:00 UTC

Post by Bevan Price

Quite a few obscure names that I have never heard of, and no sign of one
of my favourite train songs - "East Coast Racer" by Big Big Train (a
rock ballad about Mallard's record run.)
http://youtu.be/CDN1P77Nm_Q

I thought it a bizzare collection with obscure tracks included to the
exclusion of much better known ones.

Sam Wilson

2021-02-27 17:17:58 UTC

Post by Bevan Price

I thought it a bizzare collection with obscure tracks included to the
exclusion of much better known ones.

They got The Roches (spelled wrongly!) and Pete Atkin, though, but not
Bruce Cockburn.

Sam

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Scott

2021-04-23 08:35:31 UTC

I have always loved 'City of Orleans'.

Does anybody remember when Capital Radio (Graham Dene?) made a special
version of 'Day trip to Bangor' with the lyrics changed to 'Nobody's
seen the eight fourteen Barnhurst to Blackfriars [and] there's a hell
of a lack of train on the track, these things are sent to try us'?
This was at a time the 08:14 Barnhurst to Blackfriars was getting
cancelled every day.

m***@round-midnight.org.uk

2021-04-23 10:04:21 UTC

I have always loved 'City of Orleans'.
Does anybody remember when Capital Radio (Graham Dene?) made a special
version of 'Day trip to Bangor' with the lyrics changed to 'Nobody's
seen the eight fourteen Barnhurst to Blackfriars [and] there's a hell
of a lack of train on the track, these things are sent to try us'?
This was at a time the 08:14 Barnhurst to Blackfriars was getting
cancelled every day.

BR issued a statement to Capitol Radio stating this was one of the first
services to be cancelled as overall it caused the least inconvenience to
passengers.

Scott

2021-04-23 15:12:41 UTC

On Fri, 23 Apr 2021 11:04:21 +0100,

I have always loved 'City of Orleans'.
Does anybody remember when Capital Radio (Graham Dene?) made a special
version of 'Day trip to Bangor' with the lyrics changed to 'Nobody's
seen the eight fourteen Barnhurst to Blackfriars [and] there's a hell
of a lack of train on the track, these things are sent to try us'?
This was at a time the 08:14 Barnhurst to Blackfriars was getting
cancelled every day.

http://youtu.be/lSMHEleQ6mY
BR issued a statement to Capitol Radio stating this was one of the first
services to be cancelled as overall it caused the least inconvenience to
passengers.

It didn't stop them making mischief though :-)

m***@round-midnight.org.uk

2021-04-23 15:25:57 UTC

Post by Scott
On Fri, 23 Apr 2021 11:04:21 +0100,

I have always loved 'City of Orleans'.
Does anybody remember when Capital Radio (Graham Dene?) made a special
version of 'Day trip to Bangor' with the lyrics changed to 'Nobody's
seen the eight fourteen Barnhurst to Blackfriars [and] there's a hell
of a lack of train on the track, these things are sent to try us'?
This was at a time the 08:14 Barnhurst to Blackfriars was getting
cancelled every day.

http://youtu.be/lSMHEleQ6mY
BR issued a statement to Capitol Radio stating this was one of the first
services to be cancelled as overall it caused the least inconvenience to
passengers.

It didn't stop them making mischief though :-)

It was always light hearted and not malicious though.

I think it was Mike Smith who presented the breakfast show at that time.

Scott

2021-04-23 16:47:59 UTC

On Fri, 23 Apr 2021 16:25:57 +0100,

Post by Scott
On Fri, 23 Apr 2021 11:04:21 +0100,

I have always loved 'City of Orleans'.
Does anybody remember when Capital Radio (Graham Dene?) made a special
version of 'Day trip to Bangor' with the lyrics changed to 'Nobody's
seen the eight fourteen Barnhurst to Blackfriars [and] there's a hell
of a lack of train on the track, these things are sent to try us'?
This was at a time the 08:14 Barnhurst to Blackfriars was getting
cancelled every day.

http://youtu.be/lSMHEleQ6mY
BR issued a statement to Capitol Radio stating this was one of the first
services to be cancelled as overall it caused the least inconvenience to
passengers.

It didn't stop them making mischief though :-)

It was always light hearted and not malicious though.
I think it was Mike Smith who presented the breakfast show at that time.

It could have been Smithy before he departed for R1.

m***@round-midnight.org.uk

2021-04-23 19:41:23 UTC

Post by Scott
On Fri, 23 Apr 2021 16:25:57 +0100,

Post by Scott
On Fri, 23 Apr 2021 11:04:21 +0100,

I have always loved 'City of Orleans'.
Does anybody remember when Capital Radio (Graham Dene?) made a special
version of 'Day trip to Bangor' with the lyrics changed to 'Nobody's
seen the eight fourteen Barnhurst to Blackfriars [and] there's a hell
of a lack of train on the track, these things are sent to try us'?
This was at a time the 08:14 Barnhurst to Blackfriars was getting
cancelled every day.

http://youtu.be/lSMHEleQ6mY
BR issued a statement to Capitol Radio stating this was one of the first
services to be cancelled as overall it caused the least inconvenience to
passengers.

It didn't stop them making mischief though :-)

It was always light hearted and not malicious though.
I think it was Mike Smith who presented the breakfast show at that time.

It could have been Smithy before he departed for R1.

In that case it was him. The trap on his last travel news on his last
show said something like the 8.14 to the BBC.

Anna Noyd-Dryver

2021-04-24 02:06:35 UTC

Post by Scott
On Fri, 23 Apr 2021 16:25:57 +0100,

Post by Scott
On Fri, 23 Apr 2021 11:04:21 +0100,

I have always loved 'City of Orleans'.
Does anybody remember when Capital Radio (Graham Dene?) made a special
version of 'Day trip to Bangor' with the lyrics changed to 'Nobody's
seen the eight fourteen Barnhurst to Blackfriars [and] there's a hell
of a lack of train on the track, these things are sent to try us'?
This was at a time the 08:14 Barnhurst to Blackfriars was getting
cancelled every day.

http://youtu.be/lSMHEleQ6mY
BR issued a statement to Capitol Radio stating this was one of the first
services to be cancelled as overall it caused the least inconvenience to
passengers.

It didn't stop them making mischief though :-)

It was always light hearted and not malicious though.
I think it was Mike Smith who presented the breakfast show at that time.

It could have been Smithy before he departed for R1.

The YouTube comments say Mike Smith.

Anna Noyd-Dryver

Scott

2021-04-24 07:58:23 UTC

On Sat, 24 Apr 2021 02:06:35 -0000 (UTC), Anna Noyd-Dryver

Post by Anna Noyd-Dryver

Post by Scott
On Fri, 23 Apr 2021 16:25:57 +0100,

Post by Scott
On Fri, 23 Apr 2021 11:04:21 +0100,