Desert Island Discs: Fragment Archive 1960-1969

Desert Island Discs: Fragment Archive 1960-1969

Author: Vários
Narrator: Vários
Publisher: Podcast
Duration: 18:02:45

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Guests are invited to choose the eight records they would take to a desert island

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Sir Adrian Boult

28/03/1960 Duration: 04min

Roy Plomley's castaway is conductor Sir Adrian Boult.Favourite track: Symphony No 36 in C Major (Rehearsal) by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart Book: Pilgrim's Progress by John Bunyan Luxury: Blanket

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Russ Conway

14/03/1960 Duration: 06min

Roy Plomley's castaway is pop pianist Russ Conway.Book: Omnibus edition of Hornblower stories by C.S. Forester Luxury: Typewriter and paper

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Sir Arthur Bryant

22/02/1960 Duration: 01min

Roy Plomley's castaway is historian Sir Arthur Bryant.Favourite track: Sweet Nightingale by Alfred Deller & Desmond Dupre Book: Life of Johnson by James Boswell Luxury: Painting by Kneller of a girl in a golden gown

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Léon Goossens

15/02/1960 Duration: 17min

Roy Plomley's castaway is oboist Leon Goossens.Favourite track: I Call on Thee, O Lord (Choral Prelude) by Johann Sebastian Bach Book: Nautical almanac Luxury: Camp bed

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