The latest episode of Strange Brew features a career-spanning interview/playlist with one Mr William Nelson. I haven't listened yet, but the list of songs played seems something of a step up from what you might expect, although rather light on recent stuff, unfortunately.
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Featured songs:
Be Bop Deluxe – Maid In Heaven (Futurama, Harvest, 1975)
Bill Nelson – Northern Dreamer (1957) (Northern Dream, Smile, 1971)
Be Bop Deluxe – Jets At Dawn (Axe Victim, Harvest, 1974)
Be Bop Deluxe – Sister Seagull (new stereo mix) (Futurama Boxset, Cherry Red, 2019 originally Harvest, 1975)
Be Bop Deluxe – Crystal Gazing (new stereo mix) (Sunburst Finish Box Set, Cherry Red, 2019 originally Harvest, 1976)
Be Bop Deluxe – Panic In The World (Drastic Plastic, Harvest, 1978)
Bill Nelson’s Red Noise – Furniture Music (Sound On Sound, Harvest, 1979)
Bill Nelson – Do You Dream In Colour (Quit Dreaming And Get On The Beam, Mercury, 1981)
Bill Nelson – The October Man (The Love That Whirls (Diary of a Thinking Heart), PVC, 1982)
Bill Nelson and the Gentlemen Rocketeers – Lady You’re A Strange Girl (Recorded Live In Concert At Metropolis Studios, London, Salvo, 2012 original version from Demonstrations of Affection box set, Cocteau, 1989)
Bill Nelson and the Gentlemen Rocketeers – Wonder Of The Moment (Recorded Live In Concert At Metropolis Studios, London, Salvo, 2012 original version from Luxury Lodge, Almost Opaque, 2003)
Bill Nelson and the Gentlemen Rocketeers – Beyond These Clouds The Sweetest Dream (Recorded Live In Concert At Metropolis Studios, London, Salvo, 2012)
Bill Nelson – Ever The Dreamer (Songs For Ghosts, Tremelo Boy, 2017)
Ninety minutes very well spent. Obviously it concentrates on the BeBop era as it's promoting the new deluxe Cherry Red issue of Futurama. Be nice if some old fans might be reintroduced into the fold on the back of this.
I heard the Tim Bowness interview last week, which mentions Bill in passing as one who continues to plough his own furrow. (Tim is of course Bill's new boss. Or at least co-founder of Burning Shed - kind of the same thing?) There is an awful lot more to discover on Strange Fruit. Clem Cattini next?