Eight things we learned from Stephen Mangan’s Desert Island Discs

 STEPHEN MANGAN’s Music Choice

DESERT ISLAND DISCS 

could have been my own! . . .well nearly

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  Roger Miller

  King of the Road

  • ROGER MILLER. 
  • ARCHIVE OF FOLK & JAZZ MUSIC. 
  • 1. 
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  Don Williams

  I Recall a Gypsy Woman

  • DON WILLIAMS GREATEST HITS. 
  • GEFFEN. 
  • 12. 
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  John Lennon

  Beautiful Boy (Darling Boy)

  • DOUBLE FANTASY. 
  • BEATLES CATALOG MKT (C91). 
  • 7. 
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  Fairport Convention

  Who Knows Where The Time Goes?

  • CHRONICLES. 
  • UMC (UNIVERSAL MUSIC CATALOGUE). 
  • 12. 
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  Bee Gees

  Stayin' Alive

  • THE ULTIMATE BEE GEES. 
  • BEE GEES CATALOG. 
  • 2. 
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  Maurice Ravel

  Ravel: Piano Concerto in G Major, M. 83: II. Adagio assai

  Performer: Martha Argerich. Conductor: Claudio Abbado. Orchestra: Berliner Philharmoniker.

  • ABBADO: PROKOFIEV – RAVEL. 
  • 73. 
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  George Gershwin

  Rhapsody in Blue

  Orchestra: New York Philharmonic. Conductor: Zubin Mehta.

  • WOODY ALLEN CLASSICS. 
  • SONY CLASSICAL. 
  • 11. 
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  Jackie Wilson

  (Your Love Keeps Lifting Me) Higher and Higher

  • I GREW UP IN THE 60'S. 
  • EMI TV. 
  • 5.

Helene Grimaud, Vladimir Jurowski - 2009 - Ravel concerto in G Major - Adagio Assai

"When Stephen’s dad became seriously ill while he was filming Green Wing, the show’s production stopped for 10 days so he could be with him. He chooses the Adagio from Ravel's Piano Concerto in G Major as his sixth disc, in honour of this time. “When Dad and I were alone, we would listen to this track a lot. I think he found it quite relaxing. I know I did.”

This for Stephen’s Dad, in memory of my dad         and for Jobe too . . . . . .  

and for his wife, Stephen amusingly claimed the classic Jackie Wilson as ‘their’ song despite his wife’s protestations that they have to have had something significant around the song that both of them share! I know the feeling and share this for my life partner too! 

play this at the end of my funeral! 😉