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Critic, writer and former label boss Paul Morley looks back at the individuals who helped create and mould the record labels and the acts they signed.

A personal portrait of the music industry, told through the many iconic and generation defining record labels that helped mould it.

Paul Morley traces the winding path taken by record labels during the 80's and 90's in the company of such label bosses as Lucian Grainge, Mike Smith, Tony Wadsworth, Geoff Travis, Alan McGee, Lawrence Bell, Jonathan Poneman, Martin Mills, Steve Beckett and Seymour Stein (the men responsible for Universal Music, Columbia, EMI, Rough Trade, Creation, Domino, Sub Pop, Beggars, Warp and Sire). Would the CD bring untold wealth and expansion or sow the potential seeds of destruction for the record industry? Or would following a more traditional artist-centred way of operating save the day?

First broadcast in 2009.

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Music Played

  • Sigur R贸s

    HOPPIPOLLA

    • TAKK.
    • EMI.
    • B000-AANVZ6.

  • The Clash

    White Riot

    • The Essential Clash.
    • Sony TV.
    • B00008-GRB9.

  • Neil Young

    WALK ON

    • ON THE BEACH.
    • REPRISE.
    • N/A-01.

  • Richard Hell & the Voidoids

    BLANK GENERATION

    • FLARES & VELVET COLLARS.
    • DEBUTANTE.
    • 565-477-2.

  • Buzzcocks

    Boredom

    • SPIRAL SCRATCH.
    • DOCUMENT.
    • DC-1.

  • Buzzcocks

    Breakdown

    • Sniffin Glue - The Essential Punk Accessory.
    • Castle Music.
    • cmf-cd764.

  • Joy Division

    Digital

    • Substance.
    • Centredate.
    • CD-5200142.

  • The Smiths

    HAND IN GLOVE

    • Hand In Glove.
    • na.
    • n-a.

  • The Normal

    T.V.O.D.

    • 25 YEARS OF ROUGH TRADE SHOPS.
    • ROUGH TRADE.
    • CDSTUMM-199.

  • Scritti Politti

    The "Sweetest Girl"

    • SONGS TO REMEMBER.
    • VIRGIN.
    • CDV2944-1.

  • The Smiths

    This Charming Man

    • The Smiths: Best....
    • Warner Chappell Music Ltd.
    • 450990327-2.

  • The Strokes

    LAST NIGHT

    • IS THIS IT.
    • Rough Trade.
    • RTRADECD-030.

  • Gary Numan

    Are Friends Electric?

    Performer: Tubeway Army.
    • Fantastic 70's (Various Artists).
    • Sony Tv/Columbia.
    • SONYTV-54CD*.

  • David Bowie & TV on the Radio

    Province

    • Single.
    • 4AD.
    • EAD272-4P.

  • Enya

    Orinoco Flow

    • PURE MOODS (VARIOUS ARTISTS).
    • VIRGIN.
    • VTCD-28.

  • The Beloved

    Hello

    • Weekender - Various Artists.
    • Columbia.
    • 49-111-2.

  • Madonna

    Everybody

    • MADONNA - THE FIRST ALBUM.
    • SHIRE.
    • SHIRE-9238672.

  • Sin茅ad O鈥機onnor

    NOTHING COMPARES 2 U

    • NOTHING COMPARES 2 U.
    • ENSIGN RECORDS LTD.
    • ENYCD-630.

  • Nirvana

    Smells Like Teen Spirit

    • NEVERMIND.
    • DGC.
    • DGCD-24425.

  • The Jesus and Mary Chain

    Upside Down

    • CD86.
    • Castle.
    • CMEDD-1420.

  • Oasis

    Live Forever

    • Live Forever (Various Artists).
    • Virgin.
    • VTDCD-512.

  • Spice Girls

    Wannabe

    • Spice Girls.
    • Columbia.
    • SONYTV-68CDA.

  • The Cramps

    Domino

    • Psychedelic Jungle Gravest Hits.
    • IRS.
    • CD-70058.

  • Franz Ferdinand

    Take Me Out

    • FRANZ FERDINAND.
    • DOMINO.
    • WIGCD-136P.

  • Arctic Monkeys

    I BET YOU LOOK GOOD ON THE DANCE FLOOR

    • CD SINGLE.
    • DOMINO.
    • RUG-212CD.

  • China Crisis

    King In A Catholic Style (Wake Up)

    • Virgin.

  • The Icicle Works

    Birds Fly (Whisper To A Scream)

    • BEGGARS BANQUET.

  • Prefab Sprout

    Moving The River

    • Epic.

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