The Chain

A searchable database for BBC Radio 6 Music – Radcliffe and Maconie's The Chain, officially the longest listener-generated thematically linked sequence of musically based items on the radio.

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1983. Jethro Tull – Ring Out Solstice Bells

Jethro Tull

Suggested by Steve on the Isle of Wight

From Bluebells to solstice bells…

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1982. The Bluebells – Young At Heart

The Bluebells

Suggested by Ian in Ashford, Kent

Lawrence Donegan was bass player in the Commotions and went on to play bass for The Bluebells…

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1981. Lloyd Cole and the Commotions – Rattlesnakes

Lloyd Cole and the Commotions

Suggested by Shaun in Shrewbury

You need a dice to play snakes and ladders…

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1980. The Rolling Stones – Tumbling Dice

The Rolling Stones

Suggested by John in Southampton

You roll tobacco…you also roll dice…

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1979. The Nashville Teens – Tobacco Road

The Nashville Teens

Suggested by Paul in New Southgate, London

Ash is what is left from burning tobacco, so…

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1978. Ash – Oh Yeah

Ash

Suggested by Steve in Horbury, West Yorkshire

1977 is an album by Ash which includes the next track…

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