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Sounds with Simon Tesler

Music history comes alive. Forgotten favourites & undiscovered gems from the rock, soul & reggae archive and a few of the stories behind them. Your host is Simon Tesler, former publisher and editor of 1980s music, media and pop culture magazine BLITZ.

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57:10

Sounds with Simon Tesler: Space

Sounds with Simon Tesler ·

2026/01/14

More forgotten favourites and undiscovered gems from the Rock, Soul & Reggae Archive, and some of the music history behind them from former BLITZ magazine editor Simon Tesler. The theme this week is SPACE: a collection of tracks all with an interplanetary theme! Full track list is Planet Earth by Duran Duran; Another Girl Another Planet by The Only Ones, The Killing Moon by Echo & The Bunnymen, Blue Moon by Bobby Blue Bland, Bad Moon Rising by Creedence Clearwater Revival; Space

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57:10

Sounds with Simon Tesler: Animals

Sounds with Simon Tesler ·

2026/01/07

More forgotten favourites and undiscovered gems from the Rock, Soul & Reggae Archive, and some of the music history behind them from former BLITZ magazine editor Simon Tesler. The theme this week is ANIMALS! Cats and horses, a white rabbit, some snakes and even a monkey or two. We'll hear from Kate Bush, Tom Jones, Squeeze, Patti Smith and many more, but first some dogs... Full track list is Tracking The Dog by Screaming Blue Messiahs, Dog Eat Dog by Adam & The Ants, What's New

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57:06

Sounds with Simon Tesler: In Memoriam

Sounds with Simon Tesler ·

2025/12/31

More forgotten favourites and undiscovered gems from the Rock, Soul & Reggae Archive, and some of the music history behind them from former BLITZ magazine editor Simon Tesler. This week's theme is IN MEMORIAM, celebrating a few of the musicians who left us during the last three months of 2025 to join that Great Gig In The Sky, including Chris Rea, Jimmy Cliff, Mani Mounfield and many more. Full track listing is Heaven Must Be Missing An Angel by Tavares (with Antone Chubby Tavares b

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57:01

Sounds with Simon Tesler 24th Dec 2025 Alternative...

Sounds with Simon Tesler ·

2025/12/24

ALTERNATIVE CHRISTMAS with December by Earth Wind & Fire, Things Fall Apart by Cristina, Christmas On Riverside Drive by August Darnell, Christmas Wrapping by The Waitresses, Oi To The World by No Doubt, Last White Christmas by Basement 5, Black Christmas by Poly Styrene, Everything's Gonna Be Cool This Christmas by Eels, How To Make Gravy by Paul Kelly, Christmas Will Break Your Heart by LCD Soundsystem, Spirits Past by Gil Scott-Heron, Ain't No Chimneys In The Projects by Sharon Jones

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57:08

Sounds with Simon Tesler 17th Dec 2025: What They Did...

Sounds with Simon Tesler ·

2025/12/17

WHAT THEY DID NEXT with I'll Give You Everything by Topper Headon; Johnny Appleseed by Joe Strummer & The Mescaleros; E=MC2 by Big Audio Dynamite; Life's Been Good by Joe Walsh; The Boys Of Summer by Don Henley; Jump Start My Heart by Clarence Clemons & The Red Bank Rockers; Homosapien by Pete Shelley; The Love I Love by The Perils Of Plastic; Tree (Today Is An Important Occasion) by David Byrne; Are You My Baby? by Wendy & Lisa and Overpowered by Roisin Murphy.

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56:48

Sounds with Simon Tesler 10th Dec 2025: Roads

Sounds with Simon Tesler ·

2025/12/10

This week's theme is ROADS: 'Where The Streets Have No Name' by U2, 'Traffic Light Rock' by XTC, 'Roadblock' by Stock Aitken Waterman, 'No Turn On Red' by David Gamson, 'Pull Up To The Bumper' by Grace Jones, 'Dead End Street' by Lou Rawls, 'Bright Side Of The Road' by Van Morrison, 'Every Day Is A Winding Road' by Sheryl Crow, 'Goodbye Yellow Brick Road' by Elton John, 'The Road To Nowhere' by Talking Heads, 'The Road To Somewhere' by Goldfrapp and 'Roundabout' by Yes.

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57:09

Sounds with Simon Tesler 3rd Dec 2025: Crime

Sounds with Simon Tesler ·

2025/12/03

This week, the CRIME & PUNISHMENT edition: Murder On The Dance Floor by Sophie Ellis-Bextor, Thieves In The Temple by Prince, Homicide by 999, Caught By The Fuzz by Supergrass, Borstal Breakout by Sham 69, Riot In Cell Block #9 by The Robins, Jailhouse Rock by Elvis Presley, Gallows Pole by Led Zeppelin, I Shot the Sheriff by Bob Marley, The Fun Lovin' Criminal by Fun Lovin' Criminals, No Sense Of Crime by Iggy Pop & James Williamson, Free Me by Roger Daltrey and On The Run by Eddie

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57:01

Sounds with Simon Tesler 26th Nov 2025: Time

Sounds with Simon Tesler ·

2025/11/26

The theme this week is TIME. Join me for another eclectic mixture of forgotten favourites and undiscovered gems, with tracks from Coldplay, Culture Club, Soulwax, The Saints, Buzzcocks, The Stranglers, Cyndi Lauper, The Housemartins, The Doobie Brothers, Youssou N'dour & Neneh Cherry, The Selecter, Matt Bianco, Homer Banks and Pink Floyd. Can you guess which songs I'm playing?

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57:23

Sounds with Simon Tesler 19th Nov 2025

Sounds with Simon Tesler ·

2025/11/19

Music comes alive every Wednesday! The theme this week is Sleep. Join me for another eclectic mixture of forgotten favourites and undiscovered gems, with tracks from Eurythmics, The Cure, The Pretenders, Psychedelic Furs, The Chordettes, Roy Orbison, The Mamas & The Papas. Fleetwood Mac, Propaganda, Radiohead, The Only Ones, Esquivel, Ian Dury and Razorlight.

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57:00

Sounds with Simon Tesler 12th Nov 2025

Sounds with Simon Tesler ·

2025/11/12

This week, tracks from Lone Justice, 10,000 Maniacs, Martha & The Muffins, Kate Bush, Trio Bulgarka, Float Up CP, Berntholer, Anne Pigalle, Anna Domino, Nina Hagen, Bjork, Laurie Anderson and Patti Smith.

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56:50

Sounds with Simon Tesler 5th Nov 2025

Sounds with Simon Tesler ·

2025/11/05

Music comes alive every Wednesday! This week, tracks from Japan, Ronny, Visage, Orange Juice, Hey! Elastica, WIN, Dennis Edwards & Siedah Garrett, Anita Baker, Al Green, Buzzcocks, Iggy Pop, Billie Eilish and Pet Shop Boys.

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57:17

Sounds with Simon Tesler 29th Oct 2025

Sounds with Simon Tesler ·

2025/10/29

Music comes alive every Wednesday! Join me for another eclectic mixture of forgotten favourites and undiscovered gems. This week, it's a special samples and mash-ups edition. We've got three brilliant mixes from mash-up supremo Mark Vidler as well as tracks from Iggy Pop, Goldfrapp, Abba, Madonna, David Bowie and many more. It's not to be missed!

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57:27

Sounds with Simon Tesler 22nd Oct 2025

Sounds with Simon Tesler ·

2025/10/22

Music comes alive every Wednesday! This week, it's a special covers edition. All the tracks I'm playing are versions of songs made famous by someone else. So we have numbers originally recorded by Iggy & The Stooges, Dr Feelgood, the Rolling Stones, Frank Sinatra and Lou Reed among others. But not as you probably know them. Instead we've got Van Halen, Devo, Everything But The Girl, The Hoosiers, Pet Shop Boys and many more.

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56:42

Sounds with Simon Tesler 15th Oct 2025

Sounds with Simon Tesler ·

2025/10/15

Music comes alive every Wednesday! This week, I'm playing tracks by Blow Monkeys, Banderas, En Vogue, the Rolling Stones, The Heartbreakers, David Johansen, Danse Society, Fiction Factory, Big Heat, U-Roy, Don Carlos and The Waterboys.

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56:59

Sounds with Simon Tesler 8th Oct 2025

Sounds with Simon Tesler ·

2025/10/08

Music comes alive every Wednesday! This week, it's a special MOVIES EDITION, with a collection of tracks associated with great films from the past 50 years. I'm playing tracks by Prince, Kenny Loggins, Simple Minds, Isaac Hayes, James Brown, Joe Simon, John Barry, Simon & Garfunkel, Harry Nilsson, Ray Charles, Lulu, Wendy Carlos, John Carpenter, Giorgio Moroder and Kavinsky.

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56:27

Sounds with Simon Tesler 1st Oct 2025

Sounds with Simon Tesler ·

2025/10/01

Music comes alive every Wednesday! Join me for another curated journey through the golden years of rock and funk, uncovering an eclectic mixture of forgotten favourites and undiscovered gems. This week, it's another In Memoriam edition, paying tribute to some of the musicians who have left us over the past three months to join that Great Gig In The Sky. I'm playing tracks by Supertramp, The Pretty Things, Black Sabbath, Grace Jones, Blancmange, The Monkees, The Turtles, The Strawbs, Terry

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56:26

Sounds with Simon Tesler 24th Sep 2025

Sounds with Simon Tesler ·

2025/09/24

Music comes alive every Wednesday! Join Simon Tesler for another curated journey through the golden years of rock and funk, uncovering an eclectic mixture of forgotten favourites and undiscovered gems. This week, tracks from Magazine, Madness, Supergrass, Deaf School, Wreckless Eric, The Beatles, Bill Withers, Irma Thomas, The Blue Nile, Katrina & The Waves, The Velvet Underground, Status Quo and Led Zeppelin.

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56:43

Sounds with Simon Tesler 17th Sept 2025

Sounds with Simon Tesler ·

2025/09/17

Music comes alive every Wednesday! Join Simon Tesler for another curated journey through the golden years of rock and funk, uncovering an eclectic mixture of forgotten favourites and undiscovered gems. This week, tracks from Lenny Kravitz, Sharon Jones & The Dap-Kings, The Heavy, The Beat, Fine Young Cannibals, 2 Men A Drum Machine & A Trumpet, Nick Heyward, David Sylvian, Paul Weller, Nellie Lutcher, Clarence Gatemouth Brown, Louis Prima and Lou Reed.

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57:26

Sounds with Simon Tesler 10th Sep 2025

Sounds with Simon Tesler ·

2025/09/10

Music comes alive every Wednesday! Join Simon Tesler for another curated journey through the golden years of rock and funk, uncovering an eclectic mixture of forgotten favourites and undiscovered gems. This week, tracks from Bryan Ferry, The Belle Stars, Prince, Penetration, The Rezillos, The Adverts, Nick Drake, John Martyn, Jeff Buckley, YMO, Akiko Yano, Sandii & The Sunsetz and The Isley Brothers.

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56:59

Sounds with Simon Tesler 3rd Sep 2025

Sounds with Simon Tesler ·

2025/09/03

Music comes alive every Wednesday! Join Simon Tesler for another curated journey through the golden years of rock and funk, uncovering an eclectic mixture of forgotten favourites and undiscovered gems. This week, tracks from Yello, Ultravox, The Creation, The Small Faces, Secret Affair, Ike & Tina Turner, Graham Parker, The Presidents of the United States, Steel Pulse, Vivian Weathers, Aswad, Led Zeppelin and Lemon Jelly.

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