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RADIO UNCUT
My first issue of Uncut was Take 1, attracted by the Elvis Costello story about his drunken error of judgement back in 1979. I’ve been buying it ever since. Donald Muir’s letter [Take 278] was a good excuse to look at my Uncut CDs - lockdown has produced far too much spare time. I was in a better position than Donald in that I already had a list because they had all been transferred to my laptop when I needed to downsize a few years ago. The 4,325 tracks, growing monthly, constitute a go-to-playlist imaginatively titled ‘Radio Uncut’. Shuffle play allows for an intriguing hour or so of always interesting and eclectic music, plus the occasional Beatles interview (Beatles Talk). Agreed, Drive-By Truckers do get 17 tracks but The Beatles are well represented via cover versions from Why Don’t We Do It In The Road?, Instant Karma (Lennon tribute), While My Guitar Gently Weeps, (Harrison tribute), Pre-Fabs, Sounds Of The Star-Club and McCartney’s Something For The Weekend. That said, a CD related to Ringo wouldn’t go amiss. As for the letter X being unrepresented. Well, XTC get two memorable tracks and Xylouris White a well-deserved three. It’s the letter Q that draws the short straw, unless you allow The Quiet Temple (The New Frontier).