Rock and Roll Years

16/11/2025

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14/11/2025

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Join me for another hour of Tony's Rock and Roll Years as I remember 1968 which was a tumultuous year marked by the assassinations of Martin Luther King Jr. and Robert F. Kennedy, widespread anti-war protests during the Vietnam War and the Soviet invasion of Czechoslovakia to suppress the Prague Spring. In the 2nd half of the programme it's back to 1994 where major events included the end of apartheid in South Africa as Nelson Mandela became the President, and the Channel Tunnel officially opened.

You can hear music from

Deep Purple
Jeff Beck
Fifty Foot Hose
Cream
Frank Zappa
Green Day
Terrorvision
Blink -182
Jeff Buckley
Nirvana
Weezer
Pizzicato Five
and from my album of the week
Electric Ladyland from Jimi Hendrix Experience

Be there on www.realrockradio.co.uk at 12 noon tomorrow - repeated on Tuesday at the same time

Tony

07/11/2025

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This week on Tony's Rock and Roll Years we're going back 55 years to a time when we said farewell to Rock legends such as Alan Wilson, American rock guitarist and vocalist of Canned Heat, guitar ledend Jimi Hendrix and Anerican singer/songwriteer Janis Joplin.
In the same yeart, we saw the births of John Frusciante of Red Hot Chili Peppers, Suede's Bernard Butler, American singer-songwriter,Beck and Andy Bell of Ride.

I'll playing music from:

Jimi Hendrix Experience
Pink Floyd
Nick Drake
Black Sabbath
Slade
Led Zeppelin
Neil Young
Spooky Tooth
and from my album of the week

In Rock from Deep Purple
Make sure you're tuned in at 12 noon on Saturday at www.realrockradio.co.uk
for an hour of great musical nostalgia

Tony

07/11/2025

As we find ourselves 25 years into the 21st century, I’ve become curious as to what you the listeners consider to be the best progressive rock music to have come from this particular side of the millennium gate and I’m hoping you’re willing to assist with a survey of sorts.

I’d like you to tell me which studio album – released no earlier than 1st January 2001 - you would consider to be the best of the bunch. All I’d ask is that you send an e-mail to [email protected] with the name of the artist followed by the album in the subject header. Please enter the details exactly as they appear on the album. There is no need to include any other information in the main text. I’ll run with this idea right up to 31st December and compile a playlist of your top 25 albums of the last 25 years. This will be aired as part of the KTP 10th anniversary event schedule in January 2026.

Thanks in advance

Eddie

24/10/2025

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Hi everybody,

Saturday at 12 noon can only mean one thing - an hour of nostalgia looking back at music from 1987 & 1990 on www.RealRockRadio.co.uk

You can hear some great songs from the likes of

Pink Floyd
Bruce Springsteen
The Smiths
KISS
Mötley Crüe
Queensrÿche
Dread Zeppelin
RIDE
The Cure
Blur
Iron Maiden
and a couple of tracks from my album of the week -

George Best by The Wedding Present

I hope you can join me on noon tomorrow. If you miss it, it will be repeated at 12 on Tuesday

Tony

17/10/2025

Hi everybody,

This Saturday on Tony's Rock and Roll Years, we're going back to the time when although The Bay City Rollers were flying high in the album charts, there were plenty of other good albums in November 1974.
You can hear tracks from
Bachman-Turner Overdrive
John Lennon
Hawkwind
The Rolling Stones
Golden Earring
and from my album of the week -

The Lamb Lies Down on Broadway by Genesis

Then we'll move forward 31 years to 2005 and music from

Nickelback
Broken Social Scene
Gogol Bo****lo
Queens of the Stone Age
Dropkick Murphys
System Of A Down

I hope you can join me tomorrow at noon. If you miss it, it will be repeated at 12 on Tuesday

Tony

11/10/2025

10/10/2025

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It'll soon be Saturday and it'll soon be 12 o'clock on http://www.realrockradio.co.uk and that can only mean one thing - another trip back in time on Tony's Rock and Roll Years.

This week I'll be going back to October 1986 when we watching Platoon, Aliens and Crocodile Dundee for the first time and listening to music from the likes of
The Fall - Music
Far Corporation
Bruce Springsteen (with Crosby, Stills, Nash and Young)
Gary Oldman
and
Run DMC with Aerosmith

Then on the b side of the show, it's a leap forward to the 21st Century and 2012 with great music from
The Killers
Bob Dylan
RIVAL SONS
PS I Love You
Django Django
and a couple of tracks from my album of the week
La Futura by ZZ Top

I hope you can join me at 12 noon tomorrow, but if you can't make it then, it will be repeated on Tuesday at the same time

Cheers

Tony

04/10/2025

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Hi everybody

It's that time of the week again where I invite you for a trip back in time and remind yourselves on the brilliant music we were listening to back in the day.

This time round, I'm going back to when the UK charts were awash with soundtracks from films and musical such as Oliver, Hair and The Sound of Music.

It wasn't all Rodgers and Hammerstein II, Lionel Bart and Galt MacDermot as you will find out if you tune at 12 noon tomorrow. I'll be playing some great tracks from 1969 from the likes of
Blind Faith Band Fans
The Beatles
Fraternity of Man
Steppenwolf
Fleetwood Mac
Creedence Clearwater Revival
Joe Cocker
Led Zeppelin

as well as two tracks from my Album of the Weeks, the brilliant Hot Rats from Frank Zappa

That's 12 noon tomorrow on www.RealRockRadio.co.uk and if you miss it, you can hear the repeat on Tuesday at the same time.

Tony.