The Whole Nine Yards Episode 248     

With Roy Stannard

On Mid Sussex Radio 103.8FM

Sunday 26th October 2025 3-5pm

www.midsussexradio.co.uk/listen

Song tales and Snail trails

We trace the shimmering snail trails of sound across the musical landscape – from Martin Quittenton’s Worthing Steamhammer origins to being the man who propelled Rod Stewart into the stratosphere, co-writing Maggie May. Plus two Scottish folk mystics, Shelagh McDonald and Richard Thompson, Elton’s suddenly prophetic Madman Across the Water and Tokyo’s jazz underground. Soul-soaked sunshine from the 70s shakes hands with acid jazz genius from the 90s, and fresh sonic postcards from 2025. It’s a journey of quiet revolutions, emotional discovery, and songs that remember what we’ve forgotten. Tune in, hold on, and follow the trail…

Hour One

Suede – Dancing with the Europeans (Antidepressants 2025)

bby – Hotline (Hotline single 2025)

The Stone Roses    (The Stone Roses 1989)

Coach Party – I Really Like You (Caramel 2025)

Portland – Lay Me Down (Champain 2025)

Richard Hawley – Heart of Oak (Hollow Meadows 2015)

The Handsome Family – Back in my Day (Unseen 2016)

Big Star – The Ballad of El Goodo (#1 Record 1972)

Teenage Fanclub – Sometimes I Don’t Need to Believe in Anything (Shadows 2010)

Elton John – Madman Across the Water (Madman Across the Water 1971)

Richard & Linda Thompson – A Heart Needs a Home (Hokey Cokey 1974)

Shelagh McDonald – Stargazer  (Stargazer 1971)

Hour Two

Steamhammer – When Your Friends are Gone (Reflection 1969)

Rod Stewart – Henry / Maggie May (Every Picture tells a Story 1971)

The Five Stairsteps – O-o-h Child (Stairsteps 1970)

Fujimara Band & Fujimara Yoshin – I Know it’s Gonna Last (BGM 1977)

United Future Organisation – Loud Minority (Single 1992 / on Compilation: Jazzin’ 1993))

Phoebe Snow – Poetry Man (Phoebe Snow 1974)

White Lies – The Price of Love (To Lose my Life… 2009)

Supermodel* – I Used to Live in England (I Used to Live in England EP 2025)

The Associates – Strasbourg Square (Wild and Lonely 1990)

Blondshell – Two Times (If You Asked Me for a Picture 2025)

Headache – The Joy is Ours (Thank you for almost Everything 2025)