You'll Never Be Sixteen Again
“A rare chance to hear this acclaimed series, presented by John Peel and first broadcast in 1985, which tells the story of the British teenager through music, archive and reminiscences.”
It’s time once again to man the editing block (ask your parents!), as “6 Music Plays It Again” but in bite-sized chunks of course. One ought not to complain though, because it’s good to know someone has the good sense to embark upon regular raids within the BBC archives.
Each of the original one hour episodes was split in two and broadcast over consecutive nights which necessitated a degree of creative editing that I only really embarked upon with any degree of flair from episode 3.
I might re-edit 1 and 2 if only to provide consistency, although I don’t think it will bother anyone too much, other than myself if, as I suspect, It becomes yet another of those empty ‘promises’ that you’ve doubtless come to expect from me.
Although fostering low expectations for this site must make anything a welcome bonus I imagine. Perhaps somewhat like the denial of a wife-beater’s prey whose loyalty rests on the claim that, “He’s actually quite a softie really”.
NOTICE: I foolishly named rar files, 1 & 2, the wrong way around. However the links are correct and so are the actual audio files within!
↓ Episode 1 : Ain’t Misbehavin’
“A look at austerity, fashion, Elvis Presley, rock ‘n’ roll and attitudes towards sex.”
→ 01. You’ll Never Be Sixteen Again – Ain’t Misbehavin’ (1985).mp3
↓ Episode 2 : Puttin’ on the Style
“Looking at skiffle, trad jazz, beatniks, beehives, coffee bars, Aldermaston and the twist.”
→ 02. You’ll Never Be Sixteen Again – Puttin’ on the Style (1985).mp3
↓ Episode 3 : I’m Into Something Good
“The era of Merseybeat, Mods & Rockers and ‘Swinging London’.”
→ 03. You’ll Never Be Sixteen Again – I’m Into Something Good (1985).mp3
↓ Episode 4 : Hello, I Love You
“Flower power, student protest and the road to Katmandu.”
→ 04. You’ll Never Be Sixteen Again – Hello, I Love You (1985).mp3
↓ Episode 5 : In a Broken Dream
“The era of long hair, skinheads and tartan-trousered teenyboppers.”
→ 05. You’ll Never Be Sixteen Again – In a Broken Dream (1985).mp3
↓ Episode 6 : Pretty Vacant
“The rise and fall of punk, the John Travolta disco boom and riots in the cities.”
WARNING: THIS EPISODE FEATURES THE VOICE OF THAT M*RGARET TH*TCHER. LISTENERS WHO DO NOT WISH TO BE REMINDED OF THE MANIACAL FECTULANCE THAT CONTINUES TO EMANATE FROM THIS RANCID OLD CUNT’S PUSS-FILLED FILTHY FACE MAY PREFER TO AVOID WHAT IS OTHERWISE AN ENJOYABLE PROGRAMME.
→ 06. You’ll Never Be Sixteen Again – Pretty Vacant (1985).mp3
↓ Episode 7 : Best Years of Our Lives
“New Romantics, glue sniffers, casuals and psychobillies.”
→ 07. You’ll Never Be Sixteen Again – Best Years of Our Lives (1985).mp3
BBC4’s Liverpool on the Box season features three programmes with our John providing the voice over duties. Two of which you will no doubt have seen before and probably already have archived, but the first, Chambré Hardman and the Lost City of Liverpool, is a new one on me. Looks good!
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