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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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8287. The Farmer’s Boys – In The Country

The Farmer's Boys

Suggested by Helen in Bramhope, Leeds

^ From ‘Animal Farm’ to The Farmer’s Boys…

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8286. The Kinks – Animal Farm

The Kinks

Suggested by Flora in York

^ Another way of saying ‘Keep It Like It Is’ is to preserve it, so to the album ‘The Kinks Are the Village Green Preservation Society’ and this track from it…

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8285. Louisa Mark – Keep It Like It Is

Louisa Mark

Suggested by Chris in North London

^ Prefab Sprout have an album called ‘Steve McQueen’, so to a track featured on the soundtrack to director Steve McQueen’s film series ‘Small Axe’…

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8284. Prefab Sprout – Cue Fanfare

Prefab Sprout

Suggested by Gordon in Hull

^ Ennio Morricone was a Chess fan who played several Grandmasters, so to American Grandmaster Bobby Fischer who is the subject of this song…

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8283. Ennio Morricone – Fistful Of Dollars – Titles

Ennio Morricone

Suggested by Lana in Greenock, Scotland

^ The Good, The Bad and The Queen’s band name is a reference to the Spaghetti Western ‘The Good, The Bad and The Ugly’ which had an Ennio Morricone soundtrack…

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8282. The Good, The Bad and The Queen – The Good, The Bad and The Queen

The Good, The Bad and The Queen

Suggested by Ben in Leicester

^ Paul Simonon of The Clash is also in this band…

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