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The Long Play: How Wales Echoed Across the World — and Into Australia

17.03.26

Aired on Tuesday 17th March 2026, 6:00PM

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The Long Play explores music, memory, and migration. In this episode, we journey to Wales — the Land of Song — tracing its powerful voices, avant-garde innovators, and Cool Cymru hits. From Shirley Bassey to John Cale, and Welsh influences in Australia, discover how Welsh music travelled across oceans and generations.

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Tracklist

  1. 0:00

    Sandy Nelson

    Let There Be Drums

  2. 0:00

    Mary Hopkin

    Those Were the Days

  3. 5:00

    Tom Jones

    It's Not Unusual

  4. 8:00

    Tom Jones

    Help Yourself

  5. 10:00

    The Spencer Davis Group

    I'm a Man Album:

  6. 10:00

    Shirley Bassey

    Goldfinger

  7. 13:00

    Shirley Bassey

    Big Spender

  8. 15:00

    The Velvet Underground

    Sunday Morning

  9. 20:00

    The Spencer Davis Group

    'm a Man Album

  10. 22:00

    Shakin' Stevens

    Green Door

  11. 25:00

    Dave Edmunds

    Girls Talk

  12. 28:00

    Flowers (later known as Icehouse)

    We Can Get Together

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