| Description | An interview with an American writer, probably conducted by Geoffrey Reeves:
Track 1: Test tone, 0.37 mins
Track 2: The interviewer asks him why he quotes from 'The Time Machine' in his book, they talk about the transitory nature of pop today, 2.31 mins
Track 3: He explains why he likes to live in London, but says he would have hated to be 'a working-class boy from the Midlands', there is a 'terrible schism' in English society, they discuss England and America as 'decadent' societies, class divisions in England, 4.07 mins
Track 4: He talks about decadence and pop music as a panacea, poverty in England versus affluence in America, and says the Beatles became popular because of English patriotism, 3.16 mins
Track 5: He talks about seeing pop stars on the front page of the newspapers in England - the press as entertainment, a panacea, 2.24 mins
Track 6: He talks about the Beatles' popularity in England and tries to find an equivalent in America, the interviewer talks about the feeling that beat music is finished and will be replaced by folk and protest songs, 2.41 mins
Track 7: They discuss the disappearance of the beat movement among teenagers and recent music, 3.24 mins
Track 8: He talks about the reasons for the success of the Beatles, there are other factors apart from their music, 1.22 mins
Track 9: He talks about the 'Ewan MacColl folk song controversy', and says he thinks 'anyone should sing anything' and that in music people should do what they have to do, he talks about social protest in jazz and pop, 3.06 mins
Track 10: He says he thinks one can't compare pop and jazz music, they discuss pop's place in society, 2.25 mins
Track 11: Silence, 0.26 mins
Total: 26.21 mins
Dubber's reference number: PLA KF565D0575080 |