| Description | Track 1: David Jacobs talks about his role as a disc jockey, he feels like an impresario who puts on a show, or a window dresser in a store who dresses the window to attract a particular type of customer, he talks about the growth of the record industry since the Second World War and the popularity of Jack Jackson's show, which made British people familiar with American artists, 2.50 mins
Track 2: The interviewer asks about the BBC's attitude to pop music, whether it was forced to confront it, David Jacobs talks about presenting programmes in Ceylon after the end of the Second World War, 1.41 mins
Track 3: He talks about how pop has changed since the end of the Second World War and the careers of various artists including Frank Sinatra and Nat King Cole, the changes in people's tastes and the impact of teenage tastes, he talks about the good quality records available and improvements in recording technology and arrangements, he talks about Lennon and McCartney transferring from 'teenage music' to 'standards', 2.55 mins
Track 4: The interviewer asks whether skiffle and rock's introduction of rhythm changed popular music, he says he believes music today is not very different from the music of ten to fifteen years ago, it all goes back to twelve bar blues, the interviewer asks whether 'the beat thing' is over, he says that there will always be fashions in music, such as protest songs, which are 'rubbish', he talks about introducing artists who do not last, 2.54 mins
Track 5: He talks about small and pirate radio stations, he talks about recording radio programmes on tape, he talks about music he likes, 2.35 mins
Track 6: He talks about loving 'lush strings', but not liking classical music, 1.14 mins
Track 7: Silence, 1.33 mins
Total: 16.44 mins
Dubber's reference number: PLA KF549C0358880 |