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The latest edition of Golden's Oldies features, the Motown Moment, Sounds of Surf and the Sixties-Nine.

One that got away from Dobie Gray; Joan Jett covering AC/DC; a reggae memory from Harry J Allstars and a classic piece of trad jazz; all  this and so much more in two hours of great music carefully pulled from my colossal collection .

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Back again with two hours of great tracks picked with the upmost care, especially for Boomers but anyone who enjoys Golden Oldies.

From Crosby Stills & Nash to the Four Tops.......the Lovin' Spoonful to KC & the Sunshine Band, and everything in between. The regular features; the Motown Moment, the Sounds of Surf and the Sixties-Nine.

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Just when you thought it was safe to go back in the water, Chris Golden pops up with another edition of Golden's Oldies. All the regular features: the Motown Moment, Sounds of Surf, and the Sixties-Nine plus we'll discover the first 45 single bought buy a teenage George Michael. What was yours ?

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A varied playlist for Boomers et al. From the Association to the Spencer Davis Group, to Billy Paul to Ringo Starr, there's something you'll enjoy. Plus all the usual features: the Motown Moment, Sounds of Surf and the Sixties-Nine.

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Golden's Oldies back again with another two hours of memories for Boomers and everyone who loves great music.
The usual features: the Motown Moment, Sounds of Surf and the Sixties-Nine, with 7 UK chart toppers. Tracks Less Travelled are from Lulu, the Tymes and Atomic Rooster, plus a new release from UB 40.

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All your usual favourites in this episode of Golden's Oldies. The Motown Moment, Sounds of Surf, and the Sixties-Nine, plus a replay of the fabulous version of San Francisco by the Agents. Four number 1s from the USA and the Tracks Less Traveled are by Joan Jett and the Four Seasons.

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At last another episode of Golden's Oldies. A jam packed show with the usual features: the Motown Moment, Sounds of Surf and the Sixties-Nine. Number 1s from Sandie Shaw and Fern Kinney and the Tracks Less Traveled are by Cat Stevens, Dusty Springfield and Ricky Nelson.

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Back with a new studio set up, Golden's Oldies 51.  All the favourite features, the Motown Moment, the Sounds of Surf and the popular Sixties-Nine.

Number 1s from Will Young and the Searchers and the tracks less traveled are by Prince and the New Power Generation and a one hit wonder (at least in the UK) by Eric Carmen.

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We've reached the half century of Golden's Oldies. Thanks to all who have downloaded an episode and those who listen either live on Skyline Gold Radio in the UK and Lifestyles 55 Digital Radio in Canada or stream on the internet.

All the regular features for this show; Sounds of Surf, Motown Moment and Sixties-Nine plus a small tribute to Denny Laine.

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Another 1 hour of Christmas tunes you won't hear on many mainstream radio shows.

Featuring the Dumbells, who are actually Roxy Music and Jussi & the Boys portraying themselves as the Yobs. There's also rarities from the Kinks, the Rolling Stones and the Eurythmics.

Once again, there's no Maria Carey.........

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Here's your one hour Christmas Golden's Oldies. No Maria Carey, Elton, or Slade, but some favourites you may not have heard on the radio for years.

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Golden's Oldies 47 with the regular Motown Moment, Sounds of Surf and Sixties-Nine features.

Number 1's from T Rex, Barry White and Kate Bush and the Tracks Less Travelled are by George Michael, Stealers Wheel and Felice Taylor.

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Golden's Oldies 46, back again with a packed show of great tunes for Baby Boomers et al. The usual features, the Motown Moment, Sounds of Surf and the popular Sixties-Nine together with number 1's from Manhattan Transfer, George McCrae and Prince. Tracks Less Traveled are by Robert Palmer, Phil Collins and Labi Siffre.

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All your usual favourite features on this edition, number 45, of Golden's Oldies; the Motown Moment, the Sounds of Surf and the Sixties-Nine.

Tracks Less Travelled are by Santana and White Plains, and number 1s from the Shadows and Danny Williams.

The show is packed with music for Boomers et al and includes the One Second Wonder and a special surprise at the end.

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A really packed and varied show with all the usual features, the Motown Moment, Sounds of Surf and the Sixties-Nine. Plus another One Second Wonder. 

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Episode 43. The usual features; the Motown Moment which includes a track by Eddie Holland that typifies the Motown Sound, the Sounds of Surf with a surf classic from the 60s, and the Sixties Nine, 9 classic tracks from the best musical decade, back to back to  back.

Plus the One Second Wonder, your opportunity to guess a record after listening to just one second.

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Episode 42 another 100+ minutes of music for Boomers et al. The regular features; the Motown Moment, the Sounds of Surf and the Sixties-Nine, plus the new One Second Wonder. Tracks Less Traveled from Boz Scaggs and Henry Gross along with tributes to Sinead O'Connor, Randy Meisner of the Eagles and Robbie Robertson.

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Another fun, One Second Wonder, along with the Motown Moment, Sounds of Surf and Sixties Nine packed into Episode 41 of Golden's Oldies.

Number !s from the Pet Shop Boys, Desmond Dekker and David Soul; the Tracks Less Traveled by Squeeze, Migil Five and Laura Nyro. All your Boomer favourites in a two hour easy listen show.

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Golden's Oldies 40 brings a brand new feature along with the regular Motown Moment, Sounds of Surf and the Sixties-Nine. Its the One-Second Wonder. I play you just one second of a popular tune and you get to guess the artist and title. !

Number 1s from Donna Summer and Midge Ure plus Tracks Less Traveled from Cat Stevens and Jennifer Warnes.

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Golden's Oldies 39 featuring the Motown Moment, Sounds of Surf and the Sixties-Nine. Another in the series of music from my colossal collection from the 60s 70s and 80s. Number 1s from the Beatles and the Temptations plus Tracks Less Traveled by the Four Seasons and Jimmy Helms.

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Back again with two hours of great music for Boomers and all. Sadly we've recently lost Tina Turner and Gordon Lightfoot, so quick tributes to them along with the regular, Motown Moment, Sounds of Surf, and Sixties-Nine features.

Tracks less traveled from John Lennon and Sarah MacLachlan and chart toppers from the Marcels and Petula Clark.

The podcast is now broadcast on Lifestyles 55 Digital Radio in North America and Skyline Gold in the UK.

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Episode 37 and a packed 100+ minutes of great music for Boomers et al, with the regular Motown Moment, Sounds of Surf and the Sixties-Nine. Number Ones from T-Rex, Manfred Mann and Deep Blue Something; and the Tracks Less Travelled are by Wilson Pickett, Hall & Oates and Sting, plus there's a version of Badfinger's Day After Day, you may have never heard before. Also we remember George Harrison's birthday through his son Dhani, the Beatles and the Travelling Wilburys.

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Golden's Oldies 36 for Boomers and all of us who like great music. Another 100+ minutes that includes the regular Motown Moment, Sounds of Surf, and Sixties-Nine features.

Number Ones from the Kinks, Lisa Stansfield and Gary Puckett & the Union Gap together with Tracks Less Travelled by the Rolling Stones, John Kongos and David Bowie. There's also tributes to Charlie Thomas of the Drifters, Barrett Strong from Motown, and the incomparable Jeff Beck who all passed away recently.

Plus a record banned everywhere (almost) in the 60s and still is today.

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Another 100+ minutes of great music for Boomers and all. Regular features; the Motown Moment, the Sound of Surf and the Sixties-Nine, along with an In Memoriam for Christine McVie, ChickenShack/Fleetwood Mac, Terry Hall from the Specials and Earth Wind and Fire's drummer Fred White.
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For all those becoming bored with the regular Christmas tunes, here's Golden's Oldies special Alternate Christmas podcast. Featuring tracks by the Beach Boys, Jethro Toll, Chris De Burgh and the Fab Four, along with a festive Motown Moment.

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Still between studios, here's Episode 33 of Golden's Oldies.

Two hours of music for boomers et al, featuring the Motown Moment, the Sounds of Surf and the Sixties-Nine.

Tracks Less Traveled by the Moody Blues, Dusty Springfield and the Shadows with Number 1s from the Foundations and Floyd Cramer.

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Golden's Oldies 32, featuring the Motown Moment, Sounds of Surf and the Sixties-Nine. Long awaited, as I'm between studios, so many thanks for your patience. Tracks less Traveled are by Robin Gibb, Glen Campbell and Nikki Yanofsky plus there are memories of Lamont Dozier, Daryl Hunt of the Pogues and Olivia Newton-John who we sadly lost last month.

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The usual format for all baby boomers and lovers of great music. 100+ minutes of selections made with the utmost tlc,  including the Motown Moment, the Sounds of Surf and the Sixties-Nine.

Number Ones from Fleetwood Mac and Manfred Mann together with the Tracks Less Travelled by Stevie Wonder, Roy Wood and Paula Cole.

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Episode 30, and yet another 100+ minutes of great music for Boomers et al. The regular Motown Moment, Sounds of Surf and the Sixties-Nine, plus a version of San Francisco you may never have heard before. Number ones from  Kate Bush, the Kinks and the Shadows and the Tracks Less Travelled are from the Rolling Stones, Alison Moyet, and the Everly Brothers.
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Another 100+ minutes for Boomers and everyone else who likes great music. 

The usual features, the Motown Moment, the Sounds of Surf, and the Sixties-Nine, plus we remember two sad recent losses; Andy Fletcher of Depeche Mode and drummer Andy White from Yes.

Chart Toppers are by the Animals, the Troggs and the Beach Boys and the Tracks Less Travelled are from Joan Jett and the Blackhearts, Maria Muldaur and Gary Moore.

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Another 2 hours for baby-boomers and everyone else who loves great music. The usual features; the Motown Moment, the Sounds of Surf, and the Sixties-Nine, plus number ones from Don MacLean and Amen Corner. The tracks less travelled are by Justin Hayward and Ringo Starr .In addition we have an interesting number from Inde Band, It's Immaterial and a sing-a-long to a Queen stadium anthem. 

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Two hours of tunes for baby-boomers and everyone else who loves great music. Its Golden's Oldies 27, with the usual features; the Motown Moment, the Sounds of Surf and the Sixties-Nine. Number 1 hits from the Tymes and Elaine Paige & Barbara Dickson plus the Tracks Less Travelled are by Jim Rafferty (yes, Gerry Rafferty's brother) and Fleetwood Mac during the Bob Welch era.

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On Golden's Oldies 26, we have the usual features; the Motown Moment, the Sounds of Surf and the Sixties-Nine, plus chart toppers from Billie Eilish and the Shadows. The Tracks Less Traveled are by Clifford T Ward and Gene Vincent with Sounds Incorporated and some Northern Soul by Little Richard.

100+ minutes for Baby-boomers and everyone who loves great music.

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Another 100+ minutes of Golden's Oldies, to make your radio smile, including the Motown Moment, The Sounds of Surf and the popular Sixties-nine. Chart toppers from Robbie Williams and Brian Poole & the Tremeloes are featured along with tracks-less-travelled by the Detroit Spinners and Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds.

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Golden's Oldies 24, another 100 plus minutes for baby-boomers and everyone who loves great music, all guaranteed to make your radio smile. The regular Motown Moment, Sounds of Surf and Sixties-Nine features, along with chart toppers from Survivor, the Searchers and the Seekers; plus the tracks-less-travelled are by Ramsey Lewis, Nell Bryden and Manfred Mann.

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Another 100 minutes + of Boomer music to make your radio smile on Golden's Oldies 23. The usual features; the Motown Moment, the Sounds of Surf, and the Sixties-Nine.
Chart toppers from the Rolling Stones, the Move and Edison Lighthouse, plus tracks less travelled from Janis Ian, Electric Light Orchestra and Cat Stevens.

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Episode 22 once again has the regular Golden's Oldies features; the Motown Moment, The Sounds of Surf and the Sixties-Nine. Over 100 minutes of great music to make your radio smile, including chart toppers from the Everly Brothers, 10cc and the Fugees: plus tracks less travelled from the Moody Blues, Dean Friedman and Agnetha Faltskog & Gary Barlow.

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Episode 21 has all the regular Golden's Oldies features; the Motown Moment, Sounds of Surf and the Sixties-Nine. There's something for everyone of us baby-boomers in 100 minutes of great music to keep our radios (devices) smiling. Chart toppers from Norman Greenbaum, Elvis Presley and Georgie Fame plus tracks less travelled by Audience, Paul & Linda McCartney and Fiona Apple.

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Episode 20 features 'The Sixties-Nine' from December 1965 and the usual Motown Moment and The Sounds Of Surf. Tracks less travelled are by Todd Rundgren and Kim Carnes and there's also a classic chart topper from Unit 4 + 2. Our musical adventure is over an hour and a half filled with Baby Boomer favourites and tracks that will have you saying, "I haven't heard that in years".

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A new feature in Golden's Oldies;  "The Sixties-Nine". A focussed look at a UK charts in the 1960s playing, not the top 3 or 5, but nine of the top twenty. There's also the regular Motown Moment and the Sounds of Surf plus tracks less travelled by Freddie Mercury, George McCrae and Hugh Masekela and chart toppers from Dave Clark Five and the Police. December was when we lost John Lennon and Greg Lake, both of whom are featured along with John Miles who passed away on 5 December 2021.

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Episode 18 contains all the regular Golden's Oldies features, the Motown Moment, Sounds of Surf, Back to the Sixties, and the Kitchen Disco Ball. There's million sellers from Desmond Dekker and George Michael and tracks less travelled by Christopher Cross and Dusty Springfield. Plus a brand new release by Dion featuring Mark Knopfler. All this and much more to keep all baby boomers entertained for over an hour and a half. 

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Another Golden's Oldies musical adventure that takes you from Keith Richards to Tracy Chapman, from the Eurythmics to Julian Lennon and the Beatles to Norah Jones. There's a sixties chart topper from The Tornados and a few tracks less travelled from David Bowie, Keith Marshall and Aretha Franklin.

The Motown Moment features the original All I Do, and the Sounds of Surf comes from Australian group, the Atlantics.

Just over 90 minutes with something for every Babyboomer and everyone who loves great music.

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On this musical journey we travel from Dire Straits to Dusty Springfield; from Bob Seger to Nina Simone and from the Four Tops to Herb Alpert. Add to this, our Motown Moment, the Sounds of Surf and the Kitchen Disco Ball; together with a couple of number 1s and some tracks less travelled, you have over 90 minutes with something you're bound to love.
Did I forget to mention, our look back at the sixties features the Kinks, the Hollies and the Dave Clark Five ? OK....... requests and dedications on Facebook, Golden's Oldies (The Chris Golden Show).

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In this 90 minute musical adventure we play two Shadows tracks to celebrate Hank Marvin's 80th birthday and have a new 'Sounds Of Surf' feature. Tracks less travelled this show from Stealers Wheel, Kool & the Gang and the Rolling Stones.
All this plus, our regular 'Motown Moment', 'Kitchen Disco Ball' and a Look Back at the Sixties.

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Another musical adventure through rock, soul, Motown, cheese, disco and a variety of hits and tracks less travelled. We journey from a George Harrison tribute to John Lennon to London Grammar with a Chris Isaak cover. Along the way, there's Marvin Gaye, Kirsty MacColl, Elvis Presley, and the Isley Brothers. One could almost say there's something for everyone.

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Another fast paced musical adventure for Boomers (and everyone else who loves great music) including the regular Motown Moment, Bubble Gum & Cheese and Kitchen Disco Ball features. The look back at the 60s has a debut chart topper and two one hit wonders. All this and more 'tracks less travelled' to keep you entertained for 90 minutes. Requests and dedications can be dropped at my Facebook page.......Golden's Oldies (The Chris Golden Show).

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Another musical adventure, that takes us from the Yardbirds to Jose Feliciano, from Pink Floyd to Caro Emerald and the Stylistics to Ed Sheeran. There's the regular Motown Moment, Bubble Gum & Cheese, and Kitchen Disco Ball features as well as our regular look back at the sixties. Dare I say there's something for everyone; nostalgia as well as 'new-stalgia'; plus hits you'll remember and some tracks less traveled.

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Check out the Australian connection as we sample tracks from Midnight Oil, Python Lee Jackson and Men At Work. Extended to one and a half hours, Golden's Oldies while retaining the regular Motown Moment, Bubble Gum & Cheese and Back to the Sixties spots, adds an intriguing look at disco music in the 70s with The Kitchen Disco Ball .

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Night Of The Long Grass (From Nowhere) - Troggs
Cousin Norman (Reflections Of My Life) - Marmalade
One More Cup Of Coffee (Sertab) - Sertab Erener
Where To Now St Peter (Tumbleweed Connection) - Elton John

Motown Moment:
In And Out Of Love (Reflections) - Diana Ross & the Supremes
Signed Sealed Delivered (I'm Yours) (Signed Sealed & Delivered) - Stevie Wonder

Music (Rebel) - John Miles
After The Love Has Gone (I Am) - Earth Wind & Fire
One Day I'll Fly Away (Now May We Begin) - Randy Crawford

Bubble Gum & Cheese:
Son Of My Father (Son Of My Father) - Chicory Tip

Move Over Darling (Single) - Doris Day
Smile (Long Wave) - Jeff Lynne

Back To The Sixties:
Kon-Tiki (The Shadows mono) - Shadows
You Don't Know (Tops With Me) - Helen Shapiro
Lonely Teenager (Alone With) - Dion

You'll Always Be A Friend (Cicero Park) - Hot Chocolate
Pele's Tears (New California Surf Music) - Glasgow Tiki Shakers

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The Motown Moment, Bubble Gum & Cheese, with an emphasis on the cheese, plus a Look Back At The Sixties are all featured in this hour of music from my colossal collection. There's also an unexpected cover of a Kansas tune by Melanie Safka, a classic from Jon & Vangelis and 'one that got away' from Climax.