THE LONDON STORY - BEN THOMPSON

By Domino Radio

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Ben Thompson presents 500 years of history and The More Fire Crew.

Author, journalist and moonlighting Resonance FM fixture Ben Thompson presents a musical pageant of life in Great Britain’s capital, with help from a cast of hundreds including Lord Kitchener, Ivor Cutler, World Domination Enterprises, The Streets, The Slits, Steptoe & Son, The Small Faces, Sir Richard Dimbleby, Sir Winston Churchill, SL2, Quentin Crisp, John Barry, T.S.Eliot, Caetano Veloso Sir John Evelyn, Jimi Hendrix, Iain Sinclair, Underworld, Pet Shop Boys, Dorothy Tutin, Shy FX & UK Apache, Sir John Betjeman, Robert Grawi, X-Ray Spex, King Timothy, Derek B, Aswad, The cast of Round The Horne, The Who, Stanley Holloway, Dizzee Rascal, Lionel Bart and Ambrose & His Orchestra.

Anyone who fancies listening to more of this kind of nonsense can find 24 hours of it at www.thelondondear.co.uk

Originally aired 06/06/11

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Featuring tracks by Caetano veloso, Underworld, Iain Sinclair, TS Eliot, Dorothy Tutin and more

London Is The Place For Me Buy By Lord Kitchener	1
Sweet jamaica Buy By Lord Kitchener	2
Paddington Town Buy By Ivor Cutler	3
Asbestos Lead Asbestos Buy By World Domination Enterprises	4
Has It Come To This? Buy By The Streets	5
Shoplifting Buy By The Slits	6
Theme Buy By Steptoe & Son	7
All Our Yesterdays Buy By The Small Faces	8
Live Commentary on VE Day Buy By Richard Dimblebly	9
On A Ragga Tip Buy By SL2	10
Stop the Music (excerpt) Buy By Quentin Crisp	11
Beat Girl Soundtrack (excerpt) Buy By John Barry	12
The Fire Sermon (excerpt) Buy By TS Eliot	13
London, London Buy By Caetano veloso	14
Fire (BBC sessions version) Buy By Jimi Hendrix Experience	15
The Premature Mourners (excerpt) Buy By Iain Sinclair	16
Stagger Buy By Underworld	17
West End Girls Buy By Pet Shop Boys	18
"Poor old George III" (from The Hollow Crown vinyl anthology of monarchy-related soundbites) Buy By Dorothy Tutin	19
Original Nuttah Buy By Shy FX (feat. UK Apache)	20
The Cockney Amorist Buy By John Betjeman	21
Piccadilly Buy By Robert Grawi	22
Gerrard St Buy By Young Tiger	23
Get Down Buy By Derek B	24
The Solemn Mystery of the Disappearing Room (excerpt) Buy By Iain Sinclair	25
Warrior Charge (aka main theme to the film Babylon) Buy By Aswad	26
Swinging London supplement Buy By Round The Horne cast	27
Dogs, with Stanley Holloway's Evett's Dog Hospital in the middle Buy By The Who	28
Graftin', with Lionel Bart's Meatface 2 in the middle Buy By Dizzee Rascal	29
Street 66 Buy By Linton Kwesi Johnson	30
Big Ben is Saying Goodnight Buy By Ambrose & His Orchestra	31
Oi! Buy By The More Fire Crew	32