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10/04/2026

Everything you need to know about London from architecture to accents and great music.

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Music Played

  • Bob James

    Westchester Lady

    • CTI Records: The Cool Revolution; A 40th Anniversary Collection.
    • Masterworks Jazz.
    • 6.

  • Sly & the Family Stone

    Family Affair

    • Sly & The Family Stone - Anthology.
    • SONY.
    • 01.

  • Maze & Frankie Beverly

    We Are One

    • Greatest Slow Jams.
    • The Right Stuff.
    • 7.

  • John Martyn

    May You Never

    • May You Never: The Essential John Martyn.
    • UMC (Universal Music Catalogue).
    • 22.

  • Bill Withers

    Lean On Me

    • The Essential Bill Withers.
    • Columbia/Legacy.
    • 01.

  • Madness

    It Must Be Love

    • Divine Madness.
    • VIRGIN.
    • 10.

  • Anita Baker

    You Bring Me Joy

    • The Best of Anita Baker.
    • Rhino Atlantic.
    • 6.

  • Albert Gold

    Reason?

    • Albert gold / wipeout music.

  • Everything but the Girl

    Troubled Mind

    • Amplified Heart.
    • Cherry Red Records.
    • 2.

  • Dusty Springfield

    Son Of A Preacher Man

    • Goin' Back, Very Best Of Dusty.
    • PHILIPS.
    • 18.

  • Nelly Furtado

    I'm Like A Bird

    • Whoa Nelly!.
    • DREAMWORKS.
    • 13.

  • Aretha Franklin & George Michael

    I Knew You Were Waiting (For Me)

    • Hits Album 6.
    • HITS ALBUM.
    • 02.

  • Brian Jackson, Kenny “Dope” Gonzalez & Louie Vega

    The Bottle (feat. Omar)

    • EP One.
    • BBE Music.
    • 8.

  • Marv Heiman & Curtis Mayfield

    We Got to Have Peace

    • Roots.
    • Rhino.
    • 4.

  • Joan Armatrading

    Love And Affection

    • Now That's What I Call The 70s.
    • Now! Music.
    • 01.

  • Morcheeba

    The Sea

    • The Platinum Collection.
    • Rhino.
    • 10.

  • Paul Weller

    Movin On

    • Movin' On.
    • Parlophone UK.
    • 1.

  • James Taylor

    You've Got a Friend

    • James Taylor's Greatest Hits (2019 Remaster).
    • Rhino/Warner Records.
    • 01.

  • Tedeschi Trucks Band

    Midnight In Harlem

    • Revelator.
    • Masterworks.
    • 3.

  • Sheffield Farley-Moore

    Levitation

  • Gallagher & Lyle

    Breakaway

    • Las 50 Mejores Canciones De Los 70 Vol. 2.
    • Universal Music Spain S.L..
    • 14.

  • David Ruffin

    Heaven Help Us All (Bonus Track)

    • The Unreleased Album (Bonus Tracks).
    • Hip-O Select.
    • 19.

  • Johnny Cash & Joe Strummer

    Redemption Song

    • Unearthed.
    • American Recordings Catalog P&D.
    • 3.

  • Ken Boothe

    Everything I Own

    • Now Yearbook 1974.
    • Now! Music.

  • Ella Langley

    Choosin' Texas

    • SAWGOD/Columbia.

  • Bob Marley & The Wailers

    No Woman No Cry

    • The Island Story.
    • ISLAND.
    • 01.

  • Faces

    Glad and Sorry

    • Ooh La La.
    • Rhino.
    • 8.

  • Blondie

    Atomic

    • Atomic - The Very Best Of Blondie.
    • Parlophone Catalogue.
    • 01.

  • The Specials

    Ghost Town

    • Best Of The Specials.
    • CHRYSALIS.
    • 01.

  • Chiara D.

    it Breaks

  • Chiara D.

    Reminisce

    • Pastiche Records.

  • Smokey Robinson & The Miracles

    Ooo Baby Baby

    • Best Of.
    • UNI/MOTOWN.
    • 11.

  • David Bowie

    Wild Is The Wind

    • Station to Station (Special Edition).
    • Parlophone UK.
    • 6.

  • Maze

    Joy And Pain

    • Capitol Records.

  • Marvin Gaye

    Got To Give It Up

    • MARVIN GAYE LOVE SONGS.
    • UNIVERSAL.
    • 14.

  • War

    The World Is A Ghetto (Instrumental)

    • Avenue Records.

  • The Crusaders

    Keep That Same Old Feeling

    • 70s Jazz Hits.
    • UME - Global Clearing House.
    • 1.

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