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Slight Return was a great pop song released back in 1996 by London’s answer to the Madchester bands, The Bluetones. Looking fresh out of school and yet able to afford and play a Rickenbacker!
This is a clip from the popular tv music show Later with Jools Holland from 1996.
The Bluetones – Slight Return – Live [...]

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Turn it up loud and let it float over you, a brilliant performance from The Verve on Later with Jools Holland in 1997. The Drugs Don’t Work is taken from the excellent album Urban Hymns and was the first number one single and album in the UK for the band.
The Verve – The Drugs Don’t [...]

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A beautiful version of Wild Is The Wind from David Bowie. The song was originally recorded by Johnny Mathis in 1957 for the film Wild Is The Wind, it was later covered by Nina Simone in 1966, a version that apparently inspired Bowie to record the song himself.
Wild Is The Wind is taken from Bowie’s [...]

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This is James appearing on Later with Jools back in 1998 singing She’s A Star. James had a stack of hits in the late eighties/early nineties and were almost permanently in the UK singles chart for what seemed like years.
Singer Tim Booth left the band in 2001, but rejoined when James reformed again in 2007, [...]

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The Fugees live on Later with Jools Holland in 1996, performing Killing Me Softly, the song that brought the band to the attention of the UK public and bringing hip hop into mainstream R&B music.
Taken from the classic album The Score which launched the careers of the band’s members, Lauryn Hill, Wyclef Jean and Pras [...]

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