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OTB 0011 (1CD) Sunday 6 April 1986, 1-2pm Fairport Convention Fairport Convention had reformed and released a new album, Gladys’ Leap. I speak to them in turn about the album to bass player Dave Pegg (who called their megaphone “the Spinners PA”), new boy and multi-instrumentalist Maartin Allcock, new boy and violinist Ric Sanders and drummer Dave Mattacks (talking about Sandy Denny). The interview was around the time of a soundcheck and from what I remember, Simon Nicol was arriving from elsewhere and as he arrived after the others, I didn’t get to talk to him. Dave Pegg said that they pressed 8,000 copies of Gladys’ Leap and they only had “a couple of hundred left”: it’s not often that you get that sort of information. Show opens with the Radio Caroline favourite, ‘Days of Pearly Spencer’ by David McWilliams. Ultra-rare version of ‘You Are My Sunshine’ by Duane Eddy, Waylon Jennings and Willie Nelson. Another oddity was ‘Make My Day’ by T.G. Sheppard and Clint Eastwood, played because Clint was standing for Mayor of Carmel. Following Ronald Reagan, we were witnessing the start of celebrity politicians. One listener had asked me why I hadn’t asked Mike Batt about ‘Railway Hotel’. Actually, I had but I couldn’t broadcast everything. A great and underrated pop song and I played the version by Andy Williams. The question about the worst records ever made came from John Cochrane, who was the drummer with Wump and his Werbles, the first rock and roll band to play the Cavern. As a contender, I played Arthur Mullard with ‘I Only ’ave Eyes For You’, released on RCA who should have known better: “I bought that record in a sale for 5p and clearly I was robbed.” Fairport MD 0046-7 T

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