WEBVTT 00:00:05.370 --> 00:00:08.609 Chatterbox, when the stars talk, they talk to 00:00:08.609 --> 00:00:32.420 Nick and Sue. And welcome back to the Chatterbox 00:00:32.420 --> 00:00:36.420 Redux podcast with Nick and Sue. Today our special 00:00:36.420 --> 00:00:40.200 guest is former Radio 1 DJ, television presenter 00:00:40.200 --> 00:00:43.140 and co -founder and presenter of the Heritage 00:00:43.140 --> 00:01:00.820 Chart, Mike Reid. Nick and Sue with Chatterbox 00:01:00.820 --> 00:01:04.459 giving you all you need to know about musical 00:01:04.459 --> 00:01:13.099 attainment Chatterbox, the best interviews with 00:01:13.099 --> 00:01:33.859 Nick and Sue Chatterbox, the best news And now 00:01:33.859 --> 00:01:36.099 on Chatterbox UK, we're just lucky enough to 00:01:36.099 --> 00:01:39.680 welcome, for the very first time, DJ and TV presenter 00:01:39.680 --> 00:01:42.420 Mike Reed. Mike, welcome. How are you, sir? Hello, 00:01:42.439 --> 00:01:45.200 Mike. I'm very well, thank you. Yeah, very good. 00:01:45.280 --> 00:01:47.959 Very good. I'd like you to be on. Mike, I can 00:01:47.959 --> 00:01:50.739 remember you, I think it was back before Radio 00:01:50.739 --> 00:01:54.450 One days, you were Radio Luxembourg. Yeah, and 00:01:54.450 --> 00:01:56.750 can remember you very briefly as a young kid 00:01:56.750 --> 00:01:59.549 listening right into the night when I should 00:01:59.549 --> 00:02:02.650 have been asleep like most people have and Yep, 00:02:02.689 --> 00:02:06.650 so that's my initiation towards you big fan into 00:02:06.650 --> 00:02:09.909 1980s with the radio one and stuff like that 00:02:09.909 --> 00:02:12.990 and you know, it's been a Saturday Superstore 00:02:12.990 --> 00:02:15.789 remember you on that so I'm a one of those age 00:02:15.789 --> 00:02:20.210 group that of course was a big big fan and you 00:02:20.210 --> 00:02:23.419 know remember a great pleasure of quite a lot 00:02:23.419 --> 00:02:25.479 of your shows and yeah it was just just great 00:02:25.479 --> 00:02:28.599 listening and growing up and of course a great 00:02:28.599 --> 00:02:31.560 ambassador for radio for people like myself to 00:02:31.560 --> 00:02:35.580 follow and want to be like so uh always a hero 00:02:35.580 --> 00:02:38.460 there to a lot of us so uh it's great to be chatting 00:02:38.460 --> 00:02:42.479 to you at last mike excellent that sounds good 00:02:42.479 --> 00:02:43.919 to me i don't know whether i can better that 00:02:43.919 --> 00:02:48.659 but yeah good If you can better perfect do it 00:02:48.659 --> 00:02:51.340 but yeah, that's all good and of course more 00:02:51.340 --> 00:02:54.939 recent times the heritage chart, which is a great 00:02:54.939 --> 00:02:58.439 amazing thing and And we're also here to talk 00:02:58.439 --> 00:03:02.919 about a Christmas TV spectacular Linked with 00:03:02.919 --> 00:03:05.840 the heritage chart heritage TV. So that's what 00:03:05.840 --> 00:03:09.139 we're really here to talk about today. So Let's 00:03:09.139 --> 00:03:13.080 start the basis of the heritage chart I'm sure 00:03:13.080 --> 00:03:15.300 people really do know, but just in case they 00:03:15.300 --> 00:03:18.560 don't, what is the heritage chart, when did it 00:03:18.560 --> 00:03:23.580 start, and why? Well, it started, probably the 00:03:23.580 --> 00:03:27.219 germ of it was around the spring of 2020, talking 00:03:27.219 --> 00:03:30.199 with Limahl initially. and other artists like, 00:03:30.199 --> 00:03:33.139 you know, Toya, Kim Wild, Paul Young, Howard 00:03:33.139 --> 00:03:36.060 Jones, Nick Kershaw. They say, well, you're playing 00:03:36.060 --> 00:03:38.960 our new music, but nobody else is. Radio 2 aren't 00:03:38.960 --> 00:03:40.919 playing it. They're playing our old stuff. And 00:03:40.919 --> 00:03:44.219 I say, yeah, but your new stuff is as good. It's 00:03:44.219 --> 00:03:46.199 right up there. And they say, yeah, we know, 00:03:46.479 --> 00:03:49.599 but they still only play our classics and don't 00:03:49.599 --> 00:03:52.590 venture into the area of our new material. So 00:03:52.590 --> 00:03:54.349 I thought, well, we need to do something about 00:03:54.349 --> 00:03:56.710 this. So I created a platform with the Heritage 00:03:56.710 --> 00:03:59.409 chart in July 2020. That was when the very first 00:03:59.409 --> 00:04:01.650 one went out. It's been going four and a half 00:04:01.650 --> 00:04:03.889 years, two and a half years, three years ago. 00:04:04.250 --> 00:04:07.069 I started it as a weekly TV show as well, like 00:04:07.069 --> 00:04:09.629 a top of the pops because there was no top of 00:04:09.629 --> 00:04:12.830 the pops going out. So really we gave a platform 00:04:12.830 --> 00:04:16.089 for artists to have a reason to write songs, 00:04:16.230 --> 00:04:18.250 have a reason to make an album, have a reason. 00:04:18.490 --> 00:04:21.629 to make a video, because there was a possible 00:04:21.629 --> 00:04:23.850 platform for them. Brilliant, and a lot of those 00:04:23.850 --> 00:04:26.430 people that you mentioned, of course, we have 00:04:26.430 --> 00:04:30.069 had on Chatterbox, and one guy, I absolutely 00:04:30.069 --> 00:04:33.769 adore Lamar, what a lovely guy he is. I treasure 00:04:33.769 --> 00:04:37.310 that interview right to, you know, right to my 00:04:37.310 --> 00:04:39.350 last day, I will, but there's some real talent 00:04:39.350 --> 00:04:43.850 there. Of course, going back... Radio one where 00:04:43.850 --> 00:04:47.529 it was status quo were the first victims perhaps 00:04:47.529 --> 00:04:49.870 of radio one because you know They would get 00:04:49.870 --> 00:04:53.009 played if they're in the top 40 But they weren't 00:04:53.009 --> 00:04:55.149 on the playlist anymore and as time moved on 00:04:55.149 --> 00:04:58.610 of course radio one stopped being a top 40 station 00:04:58.610 --> 00:05:02.610 Whatever it classes itself as now, but then again 00:05:02.610 --> 00:05:06.029 It wasn't just a described it followed like en 00:05:06.029 --> 00:05:09.589 masse to all the stars of the 70s 80s few from 00:05:09.589 --> 00:05:12.759 the 60s and so on so yeah without the platform. 00:05:13.839 --> 00:05:16.879 Great for you doing that and you know being in 00:05:16.879 --> 00:05:18.819 a position where you're well known and of course 00:05:18.819 --> 00:05:21.660 to get a big platform from it because we we all 00:05:21.660 --> 00:05:25.420 try and do it as in on RNi and all the other 00:05:25.420 --> 00:05:27.319 channels but of course it's a bit small compared 00:05:27.319 --> 00:05:30.180 to what what you're able to to bring and thank 00:05:30.180 --> 00:05:33.620 goodness you do it and Never a week goes by where 00:05:33.620 --> 00:05:35.300 we don't look at the heritage charts because 00:05:35.300 --> 00:05:38.139 we'd like to see who's out and who we could email 00:05:38.139 --> 00:05:40.639 to interview on and things like that so it is 00:05:40.639 --> 00:05:45.310 also a big Bible for stations like RNI and all 00:05:45.310 --> 00:05:48.910 the ones that take the show it's a great Bible 00:05:48.910 --> 00:05:53.889 we say to base our shows on because then we're 00:05:53.889 --> 00:05:56.329 not just being classic stations we're playing 00:05:56.329 --> 00:05:59.189 all these great legends going back over the years 00:05:59.189 --> 00:06:03.389 so it's a fantastic thing so it helps all round 00:06:03.389 --> 00:06:06.209 to make great shows for us and also really helps 00:06:06.209 --> 00:06:10.069 those deserving artists. yeah and people vote 00:06:10.069 --> 00:06:12.730 on them the whole premise of it rather than sales 00:06:12.730 --> 00:06:16.649 is voting so people can go on the website and 00:06:16.649 --> 00:06:19.189 vote and we generally get between 80 and 90 countries 00:06:19.189 --> 00:06:22.329 voting every week obviously some places a handful 00:06:22.329 --> 00:06:24.550 of votes you know the Cape Verde Islands or the 00:06:24.550 --> 00:06:28.259 Philippines but the big voting comes from UK, 00:06:28.439 --> 00:06:32.699 USA, most states vote every week. Germany, Italy, 00:06:32.779 --> 00:06:34.800 France, Spain, those countries, and Netherlands 00:06:34.800 --> 00:06:37.519 always big. So, yeah, we have between 80 and 00:06:37.519 --> 00:06:40.139 90 countries voting every week, which is great. 00:06:40.160 --> 00:06:42.839 It's a good platform for the artists. And you 00:06:42.839 --> 00:06:44.959 can go on the website, which is heritagechart 00:06:44.959 --> 00:06:47.879 .co .uk. You can vote on there. We've got the 00:06:47.879 --> 00:06:49.939 merch on there. We've got the weekly TV shows 00:06:49.939 --> 00:06:52.399 on there. We've voted on there a couple of times, 00:06:52.500 --> 00:06:55.100 haven't we? Absolutely, yes. And you helped someone 00:06:55.100 --> 00:06:58.220 we interviewed. on the present chatterbox you 00:06:58.220 --> 00:07:00.079 actually helped him go up to number 10 this week 00:07:00.079 --> 00:07:02.639 see oh well brilliant uh billy jay crane has 00:07:02.639 --> 00:07:05.480 just been on the last show so uh it's great to 00:07:05.480 --> 00:07:07.360 see him doing well with his new stuff as well 00:07:07.360 --> 00:07:13.660 so uh great This week's number 20 the stereophonics 00:07:13.660 --> 00:07:17.100 seems like you don't know me at 18 the hit parade 00:07:17.100 --> 00:07:20.480 Daniel takes the train John Lodge is 17 whispering 00:07:20.480 --> 00:07:23.959 angels Allison Russell and Annie Lennox is 16 00:07:23.959 --> 00:07:27.100 super lover Don't look any further the flex and 00:07:27.100 --> 00:07:31.019 Jackie Graham at 15 14 sparkling cyanide Bill 00:07:31.019 --> 00:07:35.100 Hendrix and Billy Idol at 13 still dancing 12 00:07:35.100 --> 00:07:38.100 this week Owen Paul mad about the girl and the 00:07:38.100 --> 00:08:04.939 gems former number one funeral pyre at 11 We 00:08:04.939 --> 00:08:06.860 will do social media at the end so everybody 00:08:06.860 --> 00:08:09.160 knows how to find it for sure right at the end, 00:08:09.180 --> 00:08:11.800 but glad you mentioned the Philippines because 00:08:11.800 --> 00:08:15.120 we are on a English speaking station that covers 00:08:15.120 --> 00:08:18.040 the whole country on AM or whatever it might 00:08:18.040 --> 00:08:22.879 be over there so yeah so hopefully all the listeners 00:08:22.879 --> 00:08:25.220 there listening to us talking about the heritage 00:08:25.220 --> 00:08:27.339 chart hopefully you'll get a a load more from 00:08:27.339 --> 00:08:31.100 the Philippines let's let's hope so yeah so anyone 00:08:31.100 --> 00:08:34.080 in the Philippines all around the world take 00:08:34.080 --> 00:08:36.120 a look at the heritage chart it's easy to go 00:08:36.120 --> 00:08:39.120 through to the artists indeed it is indeed it 00:08:39.120 --> 00:08:42.090 is Um, okay the heritage chart because obviously 00:08:42.090 --> 00:08:44.649 we're busy with our own radio thing, especially 00:08:44.649 --> 00:08:48.730 on a sunday what time Does the no someone's listening 00:08:48.730 --> 00:08:51.269 to it live when it goes out? What time does the 00:08:51.269 --> 00:08:54.730 heritage chart actually go out for the new chart? 00:08:55.629 --> 00:08:58.210 Well, we got a friday on a sunday at five o 'clock 00:08:58.210 --> 00:09:01.250 a different uh, different radio stations put 00:09:01.250 --> 00:09:03.870 it out at different times like maybe one or two 00:09:03.870 --> 00:09:05.830 I think regency probably take it the same time 00:09:05.830 --> 00:09:08.419 as us but five o 'clock on a sunday is when it 00:09:08.419 --> 00:09:10.799 goes live and i try and do the social media while 00:09:10.799 --> 00:09:13.899 i'm going as well and then after that it goes 00:09:13.899 --> 00:09:17.539 out on tv and it goes up tv goes on the website 00:09:17.539 --> 00:09:21.100 and various other channels as well so yeah it's 00:09:21.100 --> 00:09:24.549 uh it's very good and they say the tv Christmas 00:09:24.549 --> 00:09:26.789 Spectacular has been going out. We've got 17 00:09:26.789 --> 00:09:29.889 artists on that. Goes out on Talking Pictures 00:09:29.889 --> 00:09:35.110 on Christmas Eve afternoon on XBTB on the 26th, 00:09:35.110 --> 00:09:39.230 27th, 28th. It's been going out on now Christmas 00:09:39.230 --> 00:09:42.309 TV, which is now 80s TV. So yeah, it's good. 00:09:42.409 --> 00:09:45.029 We've got 17 artists. We've got people like Cliff 00:09:45.029 --> 00:09:47.509 is on there, Leo Sayer, Tony Hadley, Ty Fitt, 00:09:47.649 --> 00:09:51.759 The Fizz, Basil Brush, The Real Thing. uh so 00:09:51.759 --> 00:09:54.799 yeah it's uh the 17 artists all together and 00:09:54.799 --> 00:09:57.600 limahl your pal limahl is on there bless him 00:09:57.600 --> 00:10:00.559 bless him absolutely this is nick and sue with 00:10:00.559 --> 00:10:02.919 chatterbox giving you all you need to know about 00:10:02.919 --> 00:10:13.570 musical entertainment Today, with the 10th anniversary 00:10:13.570 --> 00:10:15.929 edition from the North Thistral Beach New Quay 00:10:15.929 --> 00:10:19.669 with special guest Alan Freeman and star DJ Mike 00:10:19.669 --> 00:10:32.649 Reed. Welcome to New Quay. The sun's shining, 00:10:32.789 --> 00:10:34.690 we've got a wonderful crowd. Thanks to Simon. 00:10:35.009 --> 00:10:37.009 And we're gonna kick off with a bit of the double 00:10:37.009 --> 00:10:40.350 gene. Gary Glitter. Is there any possibility 00:10:40.350 --> 00:10:44.169 of Going back to the days of the old radio one 00:10:44.169 --> 00:10:46.970 -star road shows. Is there is it possible to 00:10:46.970 --> 00:10:50.230 do that one summer and all you guys on Heritage 00:10:50.230 --> 00:10:52.230 radio that you know, you actually go around to 00:10:52.230 --> 00:10:55.090 all the towns. I remember seeing Tony Blackburn 00:10:55.090 --> 00:10:58.830 in Eastbourne and David Hamilton in Hastings 00:10:58.830 --> 00:11:00.950 and things like that. Is there any possibility 00:11:00.950 --> 00:11:03.909 or marketing that anymore from a audience? Say 00:11:03.909 --> 00:11:06.289 my age, you know that from the radio one road 00:11:06.289 --> 00:11:38.159 show days era you think and that's health and 00:11:38.159 --> 00:11:41.320 safety is kicked in i mean now it'd be like oh 00:11:41.320 --> 00:11:43.799 well how do we control the traffic what do we 00:11:43.799 --> 00:11:45.879 do how many lose are there and all the rest of 00:11:45.879 --> 00:11:48.179 it health and safety i fear would probably bring 00:11:48.179 --> 00:11:50.779 it crashing down now so i think the place to 00:11:50.779 --> 00:11:54.399 do it is in private is places like longleat like 00:11:54.399 --> 00:11:56.750 nebworth who are already set up and probably 00:11:56.750 --> 00:11:59.529 have a license and probably have insurance and 00:11:59.529 --> 00:12:02.450 car parking and loose who are used to doing that 00:12:02.450 --> 00:12:04.009 kind of thing so i think it would probably work 00:12:04.009 --> 00:12:06.809 better even though i love doing it by the sea 00:12:06.809 --> 00:12:09.110 uh realistically you'd have to now go through 00:12:09.110 --> 00:12:12.009 local councils uh and they would tell you what 00:12:12.009 --> 00:12:13.730 you couldn't couldn't do and it'd be a drawn 00:12:13.730 --> 00:12:16.990 -out process and maybe a costly process as well 00:12:16.990 --> 00:12:20.669 so i i think that will probably be tricky now. 00:12:20.830 --> 00:12:23.210 We did one on Brighton Pier at the end of August 00:12:23.210 --> 00:12:26.230 which is great fun with Smiley Miley and one 00:12:26.230 --> 00:12:28.710 of our old Radio 1 producers came back to produce 00:12:28.710 --> 00:12:31.549 so we did that and it was very very successful 00:12:31.549 --> 00:12:34.389 so yeah it will be nice to do some certainly. 00:12:35.190 --> 00:12:37.070 Brilliant yeah it's just such a great I just 00:12:37.070 --> 00:12:39.669 remember the atmosphere so well but I also accept 00:12:39.669 --> 00:12:42.070 that everything you've said is the reason why 00:12:42.070 --> 00:12:44.970 you know times have changed to move on I totally 00:12:44.970 --> 00:12:56.960 accept that. The UK's favourite DJs Radio One! 00:12:57.299 --> 00:13:02.059 Radio One! Mike Reed! Have you got anything for 00:13:02.059 --> 00:13:05.320 Mike? Yes I have. Hi Mike. My question is, how 00:13:05.320 --> 00:13:08.899 does an artist get their song onto a heritage 00:13:08.899 --> 00:13:13.080 chart? Well, they submit it like they used to 00:13:13.080 --> 00:13:16.379 with Radio One or Radio Two. You submit the song 00:13:16.379 --> 00:13:20.179 and if it's good, I mean we've got good commercial 00:13:20.179 --> 00:13:22.610 ears, you think... we're quite like that then 00:13:22.610 --> 00:13:27.149 we put it in the um into the breakers and which 00:13:27.149 --> 00:13:30.029 is underneath the 40 uh to vote and see if it 00:13:30.029 --> 00:13:33.070 gets any traction um see if the guys play it 00:13:33.070 --> 00:13:35.129 you know if i like it and some of the other guys 00:13:35.129 --> 00:13:37.590 go oh i like that what play that and the more 00:13:37.590 --> 00:13:40.830 we play it the more people will hear it and potentially 00:13:40.830 --> 00:13:42.870 the more traction it will get and the more votes 00:13:42.870 --> 00:13:45.950 um sometimes things don't get much traction you 00:13:45.950 --> 00:13:47.970 put them on there they will put it there and 00:13:47.960 --> 00:13:50.860 see what happens and you know none of the guys 00:13:50.860 --> 00:13:53.320 really pick up on it or they do and play it but 00:13:53.320 --> 00:13:56.059 nobody really votes on it so i think you can 00:13:56.059 --> 00:13:58.860 tell when something is going to take off you 00:13:58.860 --> 00:14:01.240 can generally look and go oh yeah i can get the 00:14:01.240 --> 00:14:03.679 i just get the vibe i just get the buzz that 00:14:03.679 --> 00:14:06.679 people like that song so yeah that's that's how 00:14:06.679 --> 00:14:09.620 it works i mean you know it's basically heritage 00:14:09.620 --> 00:14:11.659 artists people that have been around for a while 00:14:11.659 --> 00:14:13.960 uh whether they've been successful or not so 00:14:13.960 --> 00:14:17.080 uh yeah that's the that's the route anyway So, 00:14:17.299 --> 00:14:19.559 and I noticed I'm just looking at the radio schedule 00:14:19.559 --> 00:14:23.539 as well. There's also heritage chart playlist 00:14:23.539 --> 00:14:27.899 as on quite a few times a day, which now. I take 00:14:27.899 --> 00:14:30.759 it that's probably an auto DJ thing maybe, but 00:14:30.759 --> 00:14:32.960 does that, so all the new songs that you're getting 00:14:32.960 --> 00:14:35.799 sent each week, the ones that you selected, do 00:14:35.799 --> 00:14:38.220 they come onto this heritage chart playlist as 00:14:38.220 --> 00:14:41.919 well? Give people the chance to give them? Yeah, 00:14:42.080 --> 00:14:46.679 the playlist has three categories, quite a lot 00:14:46.679 --> 00:14:49.100 of rotation, less rotation, not much rotation, 00:14:49.919 --> 00:14:53.450 or in the waiting area or Christmas area. so 00:14:53.450 --> 00:14:56.029 yeah i dive in and when something comes off the 00:14:56.029 --> 00:14:59.230 40 we generally take it down a category so it 00:14:59.230 --> 00:15:01.110 still gets played but not as much as when it's 00:15:01.110 --> 00:15:04.929 in the 40 and others you know you think oh maybe 00:15:04.929 --> 00:15:07.710 it's a bit tired now we played that a lot let's 00:15:07.710 --> 00:15:09.889 take it out for a while then bring it back in 00:15:09.889 --> 00:15:12.929 later so yeah we're constantly moving the playlist 00:15:12.929 --> 00:15:16.570 so it's uh but you know what is really good the 00:15:16.570 --> 00:15:45.639 difference is between um in the you even though 00:15:45.639 --> 00:15:47.639 they're great songs you're hearing the same songs 00:15:47.639 --> 00:15:50.340 again and again and again and again whatever 00:15:50.340 --> 00:15:54.480 they say how much they claim to uh play you know 00:15:54.480 --> 00:15:58.159 not as many as other people uh we have a usp 00:15:58.159 --> 00:16:01.100 unique selling point that is in fact uh very 00:16:01.100 --> 00:16:03.379 very different simply because of that because 00:16:03.379 --> 00:16:07.350 we have new songs coming in the whole time so 00:16:07.350 --> 00:16:09.850 it refreshes it washes its face they stand a 00:16:09.850 --> 00:16:12.350 chance for a few weeks and then move on and more 00:16:12.350 --> 00:16:16.090 come in so uh it's it's more exciting radio i 00:16:16.090 --> 00:16:18.970 think Yeah, I'm also, it's also great to see 00:16:18.970 --> 00:16:22.190 that obviously you're doing the Might Read Breakfast 00:16:22.190 --> 00:16:25.450 show, so it's obviously great to see you in that 00:16:25.450 --> 00:16:27.169 position. I mean, I was where you were there, 00:16:27.169 --> 00:16:29.250 but I'm just letting people know that would remember 00:16:29.250 --> 00:16:30.990 you on radio. Well, I think we're going to give 00:16:30.990 --> 00:16:33.710 that a listen, you know, but yeah, we also get 00:16:33.710 --> 00:16:36.429 sent a lot of songs from these artists as well, 00:16:37.029 --> 00:16:39.929 but the Heritage Chart is good for ourselves 00:16:39.929 --> 00:16:42.889 because on Radio North Sea International on a 00:16:42.889 --> 00:16:46.169 Sunday, this is so popular, we do a thing called 00:16:46.169 --> 00:16:49.850 hit and miss and pretty obvious what it is but 00:16:49.850 --> 00:16:53.809 of course there are some songs from artists that 00:16:53.809 --> 00:16:56.490 don't get through to us so we can see that coming. 00:16:56.990 --> 00:17:01.210 So we played the song and the people in the chat 00:17:01.210 --> 00:17:04.309 room vote hit or miss you know and it's not just 00:17:04.309 --> 00:17:07.029 like two or three people voting we've had it 00:17:07.029 --> 00:17:11.869 where 70 something have voted for and so it's 00:17:11.869 --> 00:17:15.150 a reasonable size it's all good fun and so that's 00:17:15.150 --> 00:17:18.430 what we do but you've helped us create that because 00:17:18.430 --> 00:17:21.589 you've opened the window up make it bigger as 00:17:21.589 --> 00:17:25.170 to how large this heritage, these heritage acts 00:17:25.170 --> 00:17:27.869 and that sort of part of radio really is. So 00:17:27.869 --> 00:17:31.329 what you created is something fantastic and you've 00:17:31.329 --> 00:17:35.769 made it easy for people like ourselves to continue 00:17:35.769 --> 00:17:37.930 and do it in our own ways and things like that. 00:17:37.950 --> 00:17:40.369 So it's opened up to an even bigger audience. 00:17:40.950 --> 00:17:43.910 So that is, it's just helped these heritage artists 00:17:43.910 --> 00:17:46.369 so much all the way around and helps us do a 00:17:46.369 --> 00:17:48.490 great show, of course, you know. Yeah, excellent, 00:17:48.750 --> 00:17:52.710 excellent. stuff right mike um is there anything 00:17:52.710 --> 00:17:56.890 left on your bucket list at all he's been a great 00:17:56.890 --> 00:18:01.089 career uh well i'm always doing stuff i'm doing 00:18:01.089 --> 00:18:04.210 a new series of blue plaques with uh talking 00:18:04.210 --> 00:18:07.910 pictures tv i mean i do the show every sunday 00:18:07.910 --> 00:18:09.750 with the foolish detectives on there which has 00:18:09.750 --> 00:18:12.750 become their most popular program is now up for 00:18:12.750 --> 00:18:15.410 tv program of the year on the final four out 00:18:15.410 --> 00:18:18.150 of hundreds uh so we wait until february to see 00:18:18.150 --> 00:18:21.039 if we've won that uh just finished a series of 00:18:21.039 --> 00:18:23.019 blue plaques on there and i'm doing a new series 00:18:23.019 --> 00:18:26.539 of eight or six i forgot um which we're going 00:18:26.539 --> 00:18:29.640 to film and a new series of uh talking books 00:18:29.640 --> 00:18:32.059 called a good read on there doing a series of 00:18:32.059 --> 00:18:34.839 sherlock holmes things on there so yeah early 00:18:34.839 --> 00:18:37.819 next year i'll probably have four 44 shows coming 00:18:37.819 --> 00:18:40.859 out on talking pictures tv as well as other stuff 00:18:40.859 --> 00:18:43.940 so yes it's always always stuff to be done always 00:18:43.940 --> 00:18:46.660 new musicals to write new songs to write new 00:18:46.660 --> 00:18:48.880 books to write i mean i'm doing a series of uh 00:18:49.420 --> 00:18:51.759 books on a thousand years of a London Street 00:18:51.759 --> 00:18:54.619 and I've had two years ago I had Cheapside out, 00:18:55.160 --> 00:18:57.160 a thousand years, two years ago I had Denmark 00:18:57.160 --> 00:18:59.279 Street out, last year I had a thousand years 00:18:59.279 --> 00:19:01.720 of Cheapside and I've very nearly finished a 00:19:01.720 --> 00:19:03.480 thousand years of Piccadilly which will be the 00:19:03.480 --> 00:19:06.319 next book out. And they're all roads that are 00:19:06.319 --> 00:19:08.200 known the world over, so even people listening 00:19:08.200 --> 00:19:10.880 to this in Canada or New Zealand will know all 00:19:10.880 --> 00:19:13.299 those roads that you've mentioned, so yeah brilliant 00:19:13.299 --> 00:19:18.970 stuff. Yeah sure I do. Okay Mike, well it's been 00:19:18.970 --> 00:19:21.710 fascinating chatting to you, it's great to meet 00:19:21.710 --> 00:19:26.069 you finally and just a reminder of that website 00:19:26.069 --> 00:19:31.099 it is heritagechart .co .uk And do take a look 00:19:31.099 --> 00:19:32.740 at the chart and don't forget to vote for your 00:19:32.740 --> 00:19:35.119 favorite artists. It's a there's some really 00:19:35.119 --> 00:19:37.240 great stuff out there It's so easy to vote as 00:19:37.240 --> 00:19:40.359 well. It's so simple and even Mungo Jerry. It's 00:19:40.359 --> 00:19:42.420 such great stuff It's as good as what he was 00:19:42.420 --> 00:19:45.900 doing in 1970, you know says it's a it's a great 00:19:45.900 --> 00:19:48.259 thing Mike and I'm just so grateful and I'm the 00:19:48.259 --> 00:19:51.200 artist obviously I say grateful for you've created 00:19:51.200 --> 00:19:53.779 it needed it but and it has moved us from just 00:19:53.779 --> 00:19:56.779 playing classic songs with what you said So to 00:19:56.779 --> 00:19:59.119 open it right up to oh Marty Wild's got a new 00:19:59.119 --> 00:20:01.930 one all this stuff and that's how it works. It's 00:20:01.930 --> 00:20:05.069 opened up to us and of course the radio audience 00:20:05.069 --> 00:20:06.529 and it's just great that you've done it and thank 00:20:06.529 --> 00:20:09.430 you so much sir yeah. Well you know I mean you 00:20:09.430 --> 00:20:13.130 know that you've heard people say well I can't 00:20:13.130 --> 00:20:15.349 stand modern music I hate the music and I wish 00:20:15.349 --> 00:20:17.869 you went back to the day I hate the modern music 00:20:17.869 --> 00:20:20.289 and I say have you listened to some of the modern 00:20:20.289 --> 00:20:23.089 music no I hate it no no no but have you listened 00:20:23.089 --> 00:20:25.470 to the songs that you didn't realize were out 00:20:25.470 --> 00:20:28.680 you know all these artists and they go oh we 00:20:28.680 --> 00:20:30.880 had no idea they were putting these songs out 00:20:30.880 --> 00:20:33.380 we thought they were all like they stopped recording 00:20:33.380 --> 00:20:35.980 years ago so yeah it's good from that point of 00:20:35.980 --> 00:20:38.480 view but people often don't realize you know 00:20:38.480 --> 00:20:41.160 it's uh which is great there there is good music 00:20:41.160 --> 00:20:43.779 and there is acceptable music around that's not 00:20:43.779 --> 00:20:46.279 just sort of produced for radio too which is 00:20:46.279 --> 00:20:49.700 good yeah absolutely absolutely well it just 00:20:49.700 --> 00:20:53.259 leaves me to say for now Well, hopefully we'll 00:20:53.259 --> 00:20:55.720 chat again because you've got so many fingers 00:20:55.720 --> 00:20:57.740 and so many pies it sounds like and you've already 00:20:57.740 --> 00:21:00.160 got the beginning of next year planned and that's 00:21:00.160 --> 00:21:02.559 already massive. So hopefully we'll chat again 00:21:02.559 --> 00:21:04.500 sometime Mike and whatever you're doing next. 00:21:05.220 --> 00:21:07.220 But in the meantime, just leave me to say thank 00:21:07.220 --> 00:21:11.259 you for coming on Chatterbox UK. Thank you so 00:21:11.259 --> 00:21:14.160 much, sir. It's a pleasure. Thank you, Chatterbox. 00:21:14.640 --> 00:21:16.700 Thank you. Cheers, Mike. Take care, Mike. Thank 00:21:16.700 --> 00:21:22.380 you. Thanks very much. Take care. Three, two, 00:21:22.539 --> 00:21:26.039 seven, five and two and five Five feet, five 00:21:26.039 --> 00:22:11.519 feet, that's the way I want it This week's edition 00:22:11.519 --> 00:22:14.160 of Chatterbox Redux podcast was presented by 00:22:14.160 --> 00:22:16.440 Nick and Sue and we thank our special guest who 00:22:16.440 --> 00:22:20.099 was former Radio 1 DJ, television presenter and 00:22:20.099 --> 00:22:22.619 co -founder and presenter of the Heritage Chart, 00:22:22.920 --> 00:22:28.700 Mike Reed. All inquiries please to nickelbum 00:22:28.700 --> 00:22:32.710 at myyahoo .com Alternatively, we have a mailing 00:22:32.710 --> 00:22:36.009 address which is PO Box 26, The Old Observer 00:22:36.009 --> 00:22:39.349 Building, Telford Road, St. Leonard's -on -Sea, 00:22:39.509 --> 00:22:46.509 East Sussex, England, TN389LZ. 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