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RICKY WILDE'S UNSUNG HEROES WITH JAKE WOOD & LEE BENNETT
Each week RICKY WILDE, JAKE WOOD & LEE BENNETT chat with world class hit songwriters to discover what makes a hit record. They will be finding out where the inspiration behind their most successful hits came from and how the musical ideas came about.
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14. NINA... and 'SCALA HEARTS'
01:08:56||Season 1, Ep. 14Rick and Lee chat with the amazing Nina, about her incredible success and rise to fame, becoming the undisputed Queen of Synthwave with stunning albums such as 'Sleepwalking, 'Synthian', and 'Control'. The boys also chat with Nina about her stunning new project 'Scala Hearts', that she has recently recorded as a duet with Rick.. under the monika RICKY WILDE X NINA. Nina and Rick chat with Lee in fine detail about how their collaboration came about, the stories behind the writing/production process for the album, and their plans for future world domination!
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13. POP DON'T STOP.. Kim Wilde's Greatest Hits chat. CD2
01:20:56||Season 1, Ep. 13Lee, Rick and his sister Kim discuss the chosen tracks on Kim's new Greatest Hits compilation.. 'POP DON'T STOP!They chat about the inspiration behind every track (in order of their listing) and relive old memories, revealing stories untold 'til now!This is part two of two.12. POP DON'T STOP.. Kim Wilde's Greatest Hits chat. CD1
01:22:54||Season 1, Ep. 12Lee, Rick and his sister Kim discuss the chosen tracks on Kim's new Greatest Hits compilation.. 'POP DON'T STOP!They chat about the inspiration behind every track (in order of their listing) and relive old memories, revealing stories untold 'til now!This is part one of two.11. WILDE WINTER SONGBOOK
01:14:08||Season 1, Ep. 11Lee Bennet chats with Kim and Ricky Wilde about the classic Christmas album ‘Wilde Winter Songbook’ they recorded back in 2013, and has since been rereleased in various packages almost every Xmas since, this one (2020) included. The trio chat about every song on the album, and the inspiration and stories behind them.https://open.spotify.com/album/01OxxHzgQspCNHUMbseoqb?si=7r2iNN5GT_eWOBN3fwzLQw11. TONY SWAIN
01:14:33||Season 1, Ep. 11Rick and Jake chat with Tony Swain about his early days as a cameraman at Elstree.. where he met fellow musician Steve Jolley, before them going on to write and produce huge hits for Imagination, Bananarama and Alf Moyet. Tony talks about producing the smash hits with Spandau Ballet, including 'True' and 'Gold'. Rick and Tony talk about their collaboration with the 'Close' album which they produced for sister Kim. https://open.spotify.com/playlist/1zxYECkvj4RQLbtGvRFp82?si=_V8OaFvRSK6S9nWsFcqQ9A10. GRAHAM GOULDMAN AND GRAEME PLEETH
43:46||Season 1, Ep. 10Rick, Sean Vincent, Jake and Lee are joined by songwriter and artist Graham Gouldman and Graeme Pleeth. Graham talks about his days in supergroup 10CC, and later his collaborations with fellow legend Andrew Gold under the name of WAX. Graeme talks about his collaboration with Graham and the smash hit 'Feels So Good' that he wrote with Sonique. https://open.spotify.com/playlist/1gnCSYLgdMNwjNDFjby0QZ?si=VjBrSdwgQOOYA7GlKtTq5A8. NIK KERSHAW AND L'AVENUE PART 2
41:40||Season 1, Ep. 8Legendary singersongwriter Nik Kershaw and Jesse Reuben Wilson (otherwise known as synth outfit L'Avenue).. chat with Rick and Lee about how they write and record, and talk in detail about the whole process. Nik talks about the amazing times back in the 80's, and his LIVE AID performance. This is part 2 of 2.https://open.spotify.com/playlist/5Gf1aX79gvoGz2xntmXg5U?si=xS7JuVvpSnepnC5_39k-Iw