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S5 E3 Part 1/3: Billy J Kramer, Paper Lace

Season 5, Ep. 3

Representing the 1960s and 1970s: retrospective menace from a Beatles diffusion line, and our first singing drummer, whose band pays tribute to Nottingham's fine industrial heritage.

Still to come: the 1980s and 1990s in Part 2, and the 2000s and 2010s in Part 3.

Listen to all three parts in one go, with full tracks embedded.

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