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Album Inspirations: Arcade Fire’s Richard Reed Parry on ‘Snowflakes Are Dancing’...

Richard Reed Parry of Arcade Fire and André de Ridder discuss ‘Snowflakes are Dancing’ by Japanese musician Isao Tomita.

CAS Worldwide: ‘The Hissing Of Summer Lawns’ by Joni Mitchell

The story behind 1975's The Hissing Of Summer Lawns, the first major left turn of Joni Mitchell’s already celebrated career.

My Classic Album: Pink Floyd’s Nick Mason on ‘Dark Side of...

How did an album about mental illness, mortality and the need for human empathy stay on the U.S. Billboard Charts for 741 weeks (14 years)?

The Story of Joni Mitchell ‘The Hissing of Summer Lawns’

“I got interested in moving away from the hit department, to the art department." - Joni Mitchell

The Story of Grace Jones ‘Slave To The Rhythm’

“I can be a pain, but most of all, I can be a pleasure.” Grace Jones

The Story Of Neil Young ‘After The Gold Rush’

"When I look out the window, the first thing that comes to my mind is the way this place looked a hundred years ago.” Neil Young

CLASSIC ALBUM SUNDAYS on WORLDWIDE FM

Talking Heads ‘Remain In Light’ with Colleen ‘Cosmo’ Murphy

Even without a single, Remain in Light was a hit, indicating that Talking Heads were connecting with an audience ready to follow their musical evolution.

Sigur Rós ‘Ágætis Byrjun’ with Gabriel Szatan and Colleen ‘Cosmo’ Murphy

In 1999, the band claimed they would change music forever. With this album, few could dispute the enigmatic band’s radiant impact on modern rock music. Listen to the story and music.

The Wailers’ ‘Burnin’ with Don Letts and Colleen ‘Cosmo’ Murphy

When The Wailers recorded this album they had their eyes on a far greater prize of international attention - far from simple and not without its sacrifices. Listen to the story and music.

My Classic Album: Black Midi’s Morgan Simpson on D’Angelo ‘Black Messiah’

Black Midi's Morgan Simpson joins Classic Album Sundays' Raj Chaudhury to dig deep into D'Angelo's 'Black Messiah'.

Classic Albums Sundays presents ‘My Classic Album’ Round-Up

‘My Classic Album’ is a series of free-to-view artist interview streams created with support from the Arts Council England Cultural Recovery Fund.

My Classic Album: Ken Scott on David Bowie ‘Hunky Dory’

Legendary Trident Studios and Abbey Road engineer and producer Kent Scott digs deep in David Bowie 'Hunky Dory'.

‘Buena Vista Social Club’ Musical Lead-Up Playlist

This album is named after a members-only club that was opened in Havana in pre-Castro times, a period of unbelievable musical activity in Cuba. Check out this playlist of music that inspired the album.

Fugees ‘The Score’ Legacy Playlist

Spawning the solo careers of Lauryn Hill and Wyclef Jean, the impact the Fugees had on the 90s mainstream was immense. They were one of few groups to rap about what their life was really like, showing not every hip-hop artist is a gangster from the hood.

The Avalanches ‘Since I Left You’ Musical Leadup Playlist

The Main Attraction, Blowfly, DJ Shadow, Big Audio Dynamite and more feature in our playlist of sounds that inspired 'Since I Left You'.

Classic Album Sundays

Classic Album Sundays is the world's most popular record club. CAS allows the listener to fully immerse themselves in the music by presenting the musical context, the story behind the album and an uninterrupted replay of the album on vinyl on an audiophile hi-fi sound system (with phones switched off and no conversation). People learn about the history of the album and then hear things they have never heard before. The events are mainly attended by non-audiophiles who are sometimes moved to tears when they hear the details of their favorite recordings. Here is some feedback received from an attendee at one of the CAS sessions at Vintage Festival at Royal Festival Hall: "Hearing that fabulous cello line in 'Eleanor Rigby' - I could've wept with the sheer beauty of it :-)" - Annette Corbett As it has touched upon a cultural nerve with its mission of challenging the way we listen to music in the 21st Century, CAS has received amazing coverage from BBC Breakfast TV to Elle Magazine to NME to The New York Times to The Wall Street Journal and much, much more (check out the press here: https://classicalbumsundays.com/category/press/) CAS currently holds regular classic album listening sessions in London, New York City, Glasgow, Edinburgh, Tokyo and Oslo with Portugal, Boston, Austin, Portland and Manchester to launch by the end of the year and more cities to follow. CAS also holds listening sessions at Britain’s award-winning festivals like Camp Bestival, Bestival and Vintage, art galleries like The Idea Generation and hosts one-off bespoke events in conjunction with record companies and venues. This spring CAS will launch Classic Album Sundays Jazz & Classical with sessions in London and Edinburgh. This year, Classic Album Sundays is amplifying its digital content such as magazine blogs/columns/features, radio shows and YouTube playlists and presentations and will continue to proliferate worthy classic album and hi-fi info, videos and pictures via the Classic Album Sundays social media channels such as Twitter, Facebook, Pinterest and YouTube. Now people throughout the world can experience a part of Classic Album Sundays until events start in their city. More info at https://classicalbumsundays.com. Classic Album Sundays was founded by and is hosted by Colleen "Cosmo" Murphy - Radio Host (hosted radio shows since '82 and produced widely syndicated radio shows in the USA), international audiophile DJ (protege of David Mancuso and Francois Kevorkian and Director of London's Lucky Cloud Sound System), Music Producer/Remixer (remixes for The Rapture on DFA and producing Wild Rumpus with guitarist Gary Lucas from Captain Beefheart and Jeff Buckley fame), independent label owner (Bitches Brew), Music Journalist and in her younger years worked for several record shops where she amassed far too many records.
Classic Album Sundays
Classic Album Sundays11/02/2021 @ 9:40
Laurie Anderson joins Colleen 'Cosmo' Murphy for a deep dive into her iconic 'Home of The Brave'. This event will be available on PPV via The British Library for 48 hours from Monday 15th February 19:30 – 20:30.

A true pioneer of electronic music and performance art, Laurie Anderson has been using technology to transform the way we tell stories since the 1970s. The O Superman creator talks to Colleen ‘Cosmo’ Murphy about the making of her classic 1986 album and accompanying film 'Home of the Brave'.

https://classicalbumsundays.com/classic-album-sundays-presents-laurie-anderson/
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Classic Album Sundays10/02/2021 @ 19:59
Dave Morrison (founder of IsoAcoustics) joins Colleen to discuss isolation, speakers, turntables, component placement and more.
Dave is a profoundly knowledgeable and fascinating person – this webinar is not to be missed!

Subscribe to our monthly Album Club, Classic Album Pub Quiz, Safe & Sound Hi-Fi webinar and receive rewards at:
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Classic Album Sundays09/02/2021 @ 7:58
Ahead of our special online event with Laurie Anderson & The British Library on Monday 15th February we able to catch up with the American avant-garde artist to find out her Top 5 Albums of All Time.

A true pioneer of electronic music and performance art, Laurie Anderson has been using technology to transform the way we tell stories since the 1970s.
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Classic Album Sundays07/02/2021 @ 19:59
Legendary Trident Studios and Abbey Road Studios engineer and producer Kent Scott joins Colleen 'Cosmo' Murphy in the latest instalment of our 'My Classic Album' series to discuss David Bowie's 'Hunky Dory' album that Ken co-produced with Bowie.

Ken will relay what it was like working with David Bowie on their first co-production which was later followed by ‘The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders from Mars’, ‘Pin Ups’ and ‘Aladdin Sane’ (and they also worked together on Lou Reed’s classic album ‘Transformer’). Ken’s first hand accounts are a wonder to behold and a must see for any Bowie fan.

‘My Classic Album’ is a series of free-to-view artist interview streams created with support from the Arts Council England Cultural Recovery Fund. Future interviews will feature artists such as Black Midi, Emma-Jean Thackray, The Kooks, Mark Leckie and many more.

Subscribe to our monthly Album Club, Classic Album Pub Quiz, Safe & Sound Hi-Fi webinar and receive rewards at:
https://www.patreon.com/classicalbumsundays
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Classic Album Sundays07/02/2021 @ 9:05
In this week's podcast Arcade Fire's Richard Reed Parry and conductor Andre de Ridder join us to discuss Tomita's moog classic 'Snowflakes are Dancing', his tribute to Debussy. You can subscribe to our podcasts at https://www.stitcher.com/show/classic-album-sundays
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Classic Album Sundays31/01/2021 @ 19:59
Goldie joins Classic Album Sundays’ DEBONAIR as part of our new series ‘My Classic Album’ for a deep dive into his groundbreaking album 'Timeless'. A musician, music producer, DJ, visual artist and actor, Goldie was a pioneer of the 1990s UK jungle, drum and bass and breakbeat hardcore scenes.

‘My Classic Album’ is a series of free-to-view artist interview streams created with support from the Arts Council England Cultural Recovery Fund. Future interviews will feature artists such as black midi, Ken Scott, Emma-Jean Thackray and many more.

Subscribe to our monthly Album Club, Classic Album Pub Quiz, Safe & Sound Hi-Fi webinar and receive rewards at:
https://www.patreon.com/classicalbumsundays
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