Annie Nightingale BBC4 2nite

[Des]

Might be interesting. She's always been a DJ who actually likes music (a rare beast on Radio 1) and she did read out a letter of mine in 1976.

[AndyM]

And I won a record token on her Daisy Chain competition in 1979.

(And I see her now & then buying a LOT of booze in Brighton Waitrose.)

Record tokens - is there a thread in them???

[Des]

It's a thought, Andy.....

[Hugh Weldon]

I spent my record token for 'letter of the week' in the Melody Maker in 1974 on a Steve Hillage album, though the letter in fact had been about Cockney Rebel. Strange.

Swerving rapidly to the Julie Driscoll's coat theme, my only radio appearance was as a phone in guest on a radio 5 show Annie used to do. She looked elegantly wasted. I think she wore shades throughout.

[Adam Blake]

I spent my "letter of the week" record token from Melody Maker in 1976 on "Weasels Ripped My Flesh" by The Mothers Of Invention. I still have it, never regretted it and even, sometimes, listen to it.

[AndyM]

I spent my 1979 token on the then-current Wire album. But when I won a token for getting some of my jokes used in J.Edward Oliver's strip cartoon in 'Disc' in 1972, I bought 'Anticipation' by Carly Simon. A sensitive boy for 13.

[AndyM]

If you're swift, and not otherwise engaged, a repeat of the Annie Nightingale documentary is on the iPlayer for a couple more hours.

It's great, but as A.N. herself was the associate producer it takes an uncritical line. Then again, she was of that enviable generation who were in the right place for *all* the big 60s & 70s changes. And then she goes on, we're told. to champion acid house through to dubstep as a tireless champion of The New.

Gawd bless 'er.