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The Whole Nine Yards Episode 164 With Roy Stannard On Mid Sussex Radio 103.8FM Sunday 17th March 2024 3-5pm http://www.midsussexradio.co.uk/listen Best of 2024 So Far In 2024, in just a few weeks, amidst the sea of mainstream hits, several alternative and unrecognized songs have clambered out of the slippery-sided well of formulaic people-pleasers, to ear Read more
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https://www.mixcloud.com/roystannard/the-whole-nine-yards-ep-155-14124-sky-high-with-roy-stannard-on-mid-sussex-radio-1038fm/ The Whole Nine Yards Episode 155 With Roy Stannard On Mid Sussex Radio 103.8FM Sunday 14th January 2024 3-5pm http://www.midsussexradio.co.uk/listen Sky High Sky high or Sky fall? The sky can prompt a wide range of feelings and moods. The brilliance of a clear day – to the sombre tones of an overcast one, is Read more
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https://www.mixcloud.com/roystannard/the-whole-nine-yards-ep-150-101223-2023-greatest-misses-pt-1-roy-stannard-on-mid-sussex-radio/https://www.mixcloud.com/roystannard/the-whole-nine-yards-ep-150-101223-2023-greatest-misses-pt-1-roy-stannard-on-mid-sussex-radio/ 2023: The Greatest Misses Pt 1 This is the time of the year when we thinks about the year’s best tracks and draw up our lists. Well, spare a thought for all the brilliant music that didn’t make it into the charts. It deserves its place in the limelight too. This week we play Read more
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https://anchor.fm/roy-stannard/episodes/The-Whole-Nine-Yards-Ep-73-19-6-22-French-Pressing-the-French-songs-that-crossed-the-Channel-e1k5p2r With Roy Stannard On Mid Sussex Radio 103.8FM Sunday June 19th 2022 3-5pm French Pressings France has a great reputation for many things (revolutions, stifling bureaucracy, snails) but pop music is not on the list. Despite being the country that produced the genius of Daft Punk, the breathtaking soundscapes of Air, and eccentric sixties Read more
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An unlikely musical partnership has emerged from a chance encounter between radio commercial manager and presenter Roy Stannard and carpet estimator Nick Potter who works at the Rustington branch of Tapi Carpets. Nick Potter arrived at Roy Stannard’s house in Burgess Hill early in 2015 to measure up for a carpet fitting but the conversation Read more
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Ok, heading from the bottom to the top, here are my top 20 songs of 2016. Objective? No. Subjective? Yes. A great listen? Of course. I will be playing these on my radio show on http://www.seahavenfm.com on Thursday 29th December at 7-9pm. It will be great if you can come along for the ride. Catfish Read more
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The Beatles, ELO, Jamiroquai, Jimi Hendrix, Pink Floyd, Alan Parsons, Tom Baxter – they’ve all written inspiring songs about the sky. In our cloudy, overcast lives we need to explore beautiful blue skies and optimistic horizons. A whole show in two one hour instalments about skies and hope. A radio podcast from a live show… Read more
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‘Sunshine Follows You’ – A new soul classic written and performed by Terry Carvey, produced by Owen Vyse. Who is going to make this a hit? Read more
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