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1975: The Year the World Forgot

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Dylan Jones has long been one of British journalism’s more discerning cultural archaeologists, whether digging into David Bowie’s legacy or chronicling the evolution of British style. In 1975: The Year the World Forgot, he turns his attention to what he sees as an unfairly overlooked moment in musical history, a year caught between the idealism of the 60s and the insurgency of punk. Jones speaks with Jason Barnard about rescuing 1975 from the “bowels of anonymity,” reflecting on a year where sophistication, soul, krautrock and the singer-songwriter tradition converged in rich and sometimes unfashionable ways. Together, they reassess forgotten classics, cocaine-fuelled creativity, and why Steely Dan may still be the guiltiest of pleasures.

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Dylan Jones – 1975: The Year the World Forgot

Podcasts also available: Phil Manzanera – Revolución to Roxy, Main Course: Bob Stanley on the Bee Gees’ Reinvention, British Progressive Pop Sounds of 1974, Davey Johnstone – The Elton John Band

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