BBC RADIO 6 - THE ATLANTIC STORY
Johnnie Walker tells the story of the Atlantic Records label.



5 Nov 2011 03:00 Money Honey S01E01
Johnnie Walker looks at the early days of Atlantic Records and how the company was set up. Atlantic Records was home to some of the greatest soul singers of all time including Otis Redding and Ray Charles and also home to Led Zepplin. It's songwriting team of Leiber and Stoler and Jerry Wexler also carved their careers at Atlantic which was all supervised under the watchful guidance of Ahmet Ertegun. We hear from Ertegun about his love of black music, moving to America with his father and how he started what was to become and global business.
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6 Nov 2011 03:00 Yakety Yak S01E02
Johnnie Walker continues his look at the history of Atlantic Records. With exclusive interviews with Ermet Artegun and Herb Abramson (founders of the label) and Ray Charles. In part 2 he looks at the impact of the Drifters on Atlantic. It's the late 50s and RnB and jazz are starting to become increasingly popular.
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7 Nov 2011 03:00 Giant Steps S01E03
Johnnie Walker continues the history of Atlantic Records. Tonight's programme looks at the labels jazz output, which was as important as the more popular genres they covered. The first release on Atlantic was a jazz record and Ahmet Ertegun and his brother Nesuhi were both jazz enthusiasts.
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8 Nov 2011 03:00 Knock On Wood S01E04
Johnnie Walker looks at the work Atlantic did with Stax Records. Interviews with Steve Cropper and Booker T from Booker T and the MGs. Featuring music from Otis Redding as well as stories about the musical genius. Dave Porter explains how he and Isaac Hayes came up with the Sam and Dave classic 'Hold On (I'm Coming)' and Eddie Floyd on 'Knock on Wood'.
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9 Nov 2011 03:00 Land of 1000 Dances S01E05
Johnnie Walker presents part 5 of our unique insight into Atlantic Records. In tonight's episode we hear from and about the king of 'Rock n Soul' Solomon Burke, Mr 'Land of 1000 Dances' Wilson Pickett & the white queen of soul Dusty Springfield..
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10 Nov 2011 03:00 Respect S01E06
Johnnie Walker presents the story of Atlantic Records. Tonight's episode looks at how Aretha Franklin the Queen of Soul got signed by Atlantic Records and how Atlantic made her the global superstar and voice of the Civil Rights Movement.
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11 Nov 2011 03:00 Groovin' S01E07
Johnnie Walker presents part 7 of our Atlantic Story featuring, The Rascals, Buffalo Springfield (more importantly an interview with 'god like genius' Neil Young, The Bee Gees and tales about Phil Spector or rather unpicking the tales that Phil Spector told about his involvement with Atlantic. Ahmet Ertegun started to pursue more acts that could emulate the 'British Invasion' which led him to sign The Bee Gees. We also find out how Sonny & Cher first met and cut their debut, 'I Got You Babe'.
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12 Nov 2011 03:00 The English Connection S01E08
Johnnie Walker continues the story of Atlantic Records with episode eight, The English Connection. Contributors including Keith Richards, Keith Emerson, Jon Anderson and Mick Jones all talk about the influence of Atlantic on their music and careers and in particular the ways in which the record label's founder and president, Ahmet Ertegun, contributed to their success.
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13 Nov 2011 03:00 Blues Power S01E09
The story of the soul music label continues, featuring Eric Clapton and Jack Bruce.
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14 Nov 2011 03:00 Pick Up the Pieces S01E10
Featuring The Average White Band, Betty Wright and Ahmet Ertegun. Tonight we hear how Roberta Flack got signed to Atlantic.
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15 Nov 2011 03:00 The Mighty Arms of Atlas S01E11
Led Zeppelin - with interviews with Robert Plant, John Paul Jones and Jimmy Page.
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16 Nov 2011 03:00 Teach Your Children S01E12
Featuring Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young, Emerson, Lake & Palmer; Yes, The Rolling Stones and Foreigner.
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17 Nov 2011 03:00 We Are Family S01E13
The story of the soul music label concludes. Featuring Chic, Robert Plant, Laura Branigan, Debbie Gibson, En Vogue, Bette Midler and Evan Dando.
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Edited 5 time(s). Last edit at 2012-01-14 11:43 by strettonbull.

WOW! GREAT JOB, THANKS FOR SHARE, STARTING WITH DOWNLOAD!!!

Thanks for this gem SB
For those who need it , here's my homemade artwork







Artwork here
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HMN

Awesome HMN - thank you kindly.

Great stuff all round - thanks a lot!

Cheers.

Thank you very much, this might be a nice update for my knowledge on Atlantic Records.
Last time I occupied myself with this stuff was forty years ago, when I read Charlie Gillett's book "The Sound of the City"!

thanks

Hi strettonbull!
It seems that SO1E08 and SO1E09 are the same, both contain the "English Connection", no "Blues Power"!

Hi,
Tried to upload Honestman's artwork but not working. Anyone can re-upload it.

It says file removed for violation.

Thanks in advance.

Blues Power link now corrected. Sorry for the error.

Thank you very much for re-uploading that broadcast!

Can someone re-upload the artwork from Honestman it's no longer available on MegaUpload.

Thanks in advance.

There you go:

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