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Music Maps Podcast

Music Maps Podcast

著者： Rock n Roll Book Club
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概要

Each episode we use a place as a jumping off point for a conversation about music - anywhere from the obvious to the obscure.


Join us as we build our music map of the world.

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  • The Velvet Underground & Nico with Richie Unterberger

    The Velvet Underground & Nico with Richie Unterberger
    2026/11/09

    Join us to go back to 1967 for a deep dive into the debut album The Velvet Underground & Nico with author Richie Unterberger - his book about the band is out now in the UK & in the US.


    It starts when Andy Warhol attends a Velvet Underground gig at Cafe Bizarre in Greenwich Village - Andy was looking for a group to sponsor or form an association with as a way to fund his move into film making.


    Nico joins as a vocalist not long after, despite Lou Reed’s reluctance. Despite some memorable contributions she is never fully accepted by the rest of the band.


    Andy Warhol’s involvement begins to get the bands shows & great exposure & shortly after they begin to record what would becomes their debut album at Scepter Records on West 54th Street in New York. 6 tracks are completed there before the rest is finished in Los Angeles.


    A acetate of the finished album is received very poorly at the bands label, MGM Records & that reception is echoed by the general public upon release as the album famously does not achieve initial commercial success.


    However it did prove hugely influential by those who heard it including many figures from the punk world such as Patti Smith as well as a young David Bowie who receives that may have been the first copy to reach the UK.


    The albums ongoing influence is significant & it continues to be discovered to this day.


    It takes anything from 5 to 40 hours to prepare each episode of Music Maps - if you’d like to make a contribution to help us cover the costs & time of producing these episodes for you, you can do so at this link: ko-fi.com/musicmaps


    It is hugely important for us to get positive reviews & star ratings - if you have enjoyed Music Maps & can spare the time to do either we would hugely appreciate it.


    You can see our upcoming live events here: https://rocknrollbookclub.co.uk/events


    Instagram: @rocknrollbookclube17


    X: @simonmusicmaps


    Facebook: E17rockbookclub


    Hosted, Produced & Edited by Simon Cardwell

    Music by Andy Maxwell

    Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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    47 分
  • Wham in China with Simon Napier-Bell

    Wham in China with Simon Napier-Bell
    2026/11/02
    This week we are joined by legendary music impresario Simon Napier-Beill to tell use about how he got Wham into China in 1985 for a groundbreaking trip. Simon’s book about the trip I’m Coming To Take You To Lunch is out now in the UK & across the US. Simon & his co-manager Jazz Summers are trying to break Wham in America much quicker than the conventional wisdom. It had previously taken an act 6 years to get to stadium shows but George Michael is insistent they must achieve this within 2 years. With that in mind Simon sets about landing the group a gig in China which will create enough publicity & media attention to break the band in the US. Making 13 trips to China in the lead up & the story is as much a tale of espionage as the work of a music manager, featuring spies, dignitaries & more. Queen nearly got there first but Simon makes sure Wham are favoured by the Chinese government & eventually gets the go ahead after many expensive lunches with government ministers & officials. The gig is announced immediately before anyone can change their mind, with only 18 days to organise the trip. A deal is agreed whereby a cassette is given away with each ticket, with Chinese language versions of Wham tracks on Side A & the original on Side B. This serves the purpose of flooding the marketplace with there music as cassettes were heavily bootlegged in local markets in China in the 1980s. The trip is expected to cost £500,000 & Simon approaches the bands label CBS to foot the bill, they agree providing a documentary/concert film is also filmed, allowing the label to release a document of the trip. This increases the cost to the best part of £1m when legendary director Lindsay Anderson is chosen & insists on multiple top of the line film crews. George Michael initially changes his mind about the trip but is persuaded to travel as the band travel to Bejing with hundreds of journalists, photographers, camera crews & other media. Anderson proves a difficult choice when his behaviour becomes increasingly cantankerous & he dislikes the country & holds Andrew Ridgeley & George Michael in contempt. The concert itself goes off without a hitch although the audience is arranged carefully by the Chinese government with the quieter government officials seated at the front & the actual fans of Wham toward the back in the upstairs. A second concert takes place in Canton, which with its ties to Hong Kong is much more open to western culture. Simon enquires after the fact about the royalties on the several hundred thousand records Wham sold in China throughout & as a result of their visit. He is informed payment cannot be made in cash so he takes 6000 bicycles in lieu. Director Lindsay Anderson is fired upon returning to London after George & Andrew label his finished film ‘boring’. The trip to China achieves its desired result as Wham are suddenly household names in the US as a result of the wall to wall media coverage & are able to book a stadium tour across the country in the aftermath. It takes anything from 5 to 40 hours to prepare each episode of Music Maps - if you’d like to make a contribution to help us cover the costs & time of producing these episodes for you, you can do so at this link: ko-fi.com/musicmapsIt is hugely important for us to get positive reviews & star ratings - if you have enjoyed Music Maps & can spare the time to do either we would hugely appreciate it. You can see our upcoming live events here: https://rocknrollbookclub.co.uk/eventsInstagram: @rocknrollbookclube17X: @simonmusicmapsFacebook: E17rockbookclubHosted, Produced & Edited by Simon CardwellMusic by Andy Maxwell Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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    1 時間 9 分
  • Paul Simon - Graceland with Ashley Kahn

    Paul Simon - Graceland with Ashley Kahn
    2026/10/26

    This week we hear the story of the classic Graceland by Paul Simon.


    It started with a cassette titled Gumboots: Accordion Jive Hits, Volume II, which is given to Paul Simon in the Summer of 1984.


    He plays it on drive to Montauk, New York where he is renovating a house with his then wife Carrie Fisher.


    Paul Simon is coming off the 1983 album Hearts & Bones & was looking for a new direction in some respects.


    He makes the decision to travel to South Africa in order to make this music as authentically as possible.


    Arriving at Ovation Studios in the summer Johannesburg in the summer of 1985 the process of making the record begins.


    The record is completed back in the US with the African musicians travelling to finish the record.


    The final tracklisting features appearances by Ladysmith Black Mambazo, Linda Ronstadt, the Everly Brothers & more.


    The cover artwork is a late-15th-century Ethiopian painting of St George on horseback found in an exhibition catalogue from the Peabody Essex Museum.


    The record was a slow burn success & its only after winning Best Album at the 1987 Grammy Awards that a new video for You Can Call Me Al is commissioned featuring Chevy Chase.


    The subsequent tour is very expensive to put together but proves hugely popular.


    Graceland has sold approximately 16 million copies to date & its influence has been hailed by Joe Strummer, Peter Gabriel, Ezra Koenig & more.


    It takes anything from 5 to 40 hours to prepare each episode of Music Maps - if you’d like to make a contribution to help us cover the costs & time of producing these episodes for you, you can do so at this link: ko-fi.com/musicmaps


    It is hugely important for us to get positive reviews & star ratings - if you have enjoyed Music Maps & can spare the time to do either we would hugely appreciate it.


    You can see our upcoming live events here: https://rocknrollbookclub.co.uk/events


    Instagram: @rocknrollbookclube17


    X: @simonmusicmaps


    Facebook: E17rockbookclub


    Hosted, Produced & Edited by Simon Cardwell

    Music by Andy Maxwell

    Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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    57 分
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