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Always Check the Label: Manchester Special

Andy Votel joins Huw to talk about some of Manchester's greatest record labels. Kelly Lee Owens chooses this week's 'Song I Wish I'd Written'.

Co-founder of Twisted Nerve Records and Finders Keepers Records Andy Votel joins Huw, and Kelly Lee Owens chooses this week's 'Song I Wish I'd Written'.

Huw also has another brand new quiz is created by the Music Quiz Generator, giving one of you the opportunity to win a Music Sounds Better With Huw pinbadge. And we declare that your evening has begun with the Home Run playlist at 5 o'clock.

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Music Played

  • Adventures of Stevie V

    Dirty Cash (Money Talks)

    • Mercury.

  • Foals

    Miami

    • CD SINGLE.
    • WARNER BROS.
    • 1.

  • Gorillaz

    The Moon Cave (feat. Asha Puthli, Black Thought, Jalen Ngonda, Dave Jolicoeur & Bobby Womack)

    • The Mountain.
    • Kong.

  • Missy Elliott

    Pass That Dutch

    • Elektra.

  • The Darling Buds

    Hit The Ground

  • Sorry

    Billy Elliot

    • Domino.

  • Placebo

    Nancy Boy

    • Hut Music.

  • MOULD

    Lists

    • 5dB Records.

  • Maxïmo Park

    Apply Some Pressure

    • Warp.

  • Mandy, Indiana

    try saying

    • Sacred Bones.

  • Badly Drawn Boy

    Once Around the Block (Andy Votel Remix)

    Remix Artist: Andy Votel.
    • Once Around the Block.
    • XL Recordings.
    • 4.

  • Kelsey Lu

    Running To Pain

    • Dirty Hit.

  • St. Vincent

    Bad Believer

    • CAROLINE.

  • mary in the junkyard

    Crash Landing

    • Role Model Hermit.
    • AMF Records.

  • Joy Division

    Love Will Tear Us Apart

    • Virgin.

  • Primal Scream

    Don't Fight It Feel It

    • Creation Records ‎.

  • Simian Mobile Disco

    Audacity Of Huge

    • CD SINGLE.
    • WICHITA RECORDINGS.
    • 1.

  • P.M. Dawn

    Set Adrift On Memory Bliss

    • A&M.

  • The Cure

    In Between Days

    • Fiction.

  • Fcukers

    if you wanna party, come over to my house

    • Ninja Tune.

  • N*E*R*D

    Rock Star

    • VIRGIN RECORDS AMERICA I.

  • Kim Gordon

    Dirty Tech

    • Matador.

  • Boy Azooga

    Loner Boogie

    • Heavenly Recordings.

  • Blondie

    Rapture

    • Chrysalis.

  • They Are Gutting a Body of Water

    sour diesel

    • ATO Records.

  • HAIM

    Don't Save Me (6 Music Festival 2014)

  • Lykke Li

    Lucky Again

    • Virgin.

  • Public Service Broadcasting

    Electra

    • SO Recordings.

  • deary

    Alfie (radio edit)

  • Martin Hannett, Steve Hopkins

    Scandinavian Wastes

    • The Invisible Girls.
    • Factory Benelux.
    • 1.

  • Gerry & the Holograms

    Gerry & The Holograms

    Remix Artist: JD Twitch.
    • So Low Remixes.
    • The Vinyl Factory.
    • 2.

  • Ruthless Rap Assassins

    And It Wasn't a Dream

    • Killer Album.
    • Parlophone UK.
    • 3.

  • Aim

    The Girl Who Fell Through The Ice (Andy Votel Remix)

  • Salt City Orchestra

    The Book Paperback (vocal mix 1994)

  • J.C. Heavy

    Is This Really Me

  • The Divine Comedy

    Gin Soaked Boy

    • Setanta.

  • Courtney Barnett

    Mantis

    • Fiction Records.

  • Kelly Lee Owens

    132 TECHNO

  • Depeche Mode

    Enjoy The Silence (Reinterpreted)

    • Mute Records.

  • Pollyfromthedirt

    Dont Shoot Now

    • pollyfromthedirt.

  • Soothsayers

    Love Is Still The Answer (Prince Fatty Rockers Remix)

    Remix Artist: Prince Fatty.

  • Bentley Rhythm Ace

    Bentley's Gonna Sort You Out

    • Parlophone.

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    BBC Radio 6 Music