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{"segment":[{"startTime":{"@attributes":{"msec":""}},"title":"Comment: Grand prize available for $75+ donation to Transmissions From Echo Beach Click here to donate -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 'Various Artists - Rocket Girl 20Rocket Girl 20 v\/a, Includes: 70 page book with an artwork print \/\/\/\/ One 7\u201d (Orange) \/\/\/\/ One flexi 7' (Green) \/\/\/\/ One full-length CD \/\/\/\/ Plus all tracks & a bonus track on a download code1. Silver Apples - Susie (Rocket Mix)2. A Place to Bury Strangers - A Million Tears3. Mogwai - Fight For Work (7' flexi)4. Robin Guthrie - Flicker5. Bardo Pond - Out of Nowhere (7' vinyl)6. Television Personalities - All Coming Back7. Kirk Lake - Go Ask Adorno8. Pieter Nooten - I Want You9. Azusa Plane - Pop World (7' vinyl)10. Anthony Reynolds and Rhosyn Boyce-Jones - Losers Like Us Take the Bus (Download only)11. P.S. I Love You - The Sun, The Sea, And The Song12. Jon DeRosa - Golden Dawn13. Coldharbourstores - Seven Minutes14. Bell Gardens - Might Be You15. July Skies - Swallows and Swifts II16. White Ring - Heavy17. Fuxa - Sun is Shining (Congo Hammer Remix)18. Andrew Weatherall - Cosmonautrix19. God is an Astronaut - Reverse World (Quiet)20. Transient Waves - D Jam--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------There are still precious few women at the helm of record labels, let alone Indian women, but Vinita stands out as a proud anomaly\u2026 a champion of the underdog, an underdog herself, a surrogate mother to unsung musicians, a relentless workerbee, a fan, a carer, a catalyst\u2026\u2019 (Richard Milward, from the Rocket Girl 20 book) \/\/\/\/ 2018 marked the 20th anniversary of Rocket Girl, one of the most eclectic and resilient small independent labels in the UK, steered single-handedly by Vinita Joshi. To celebrate this milestone, in March 2019 Rocket Girl will release a very special collection of music and literature, comprising a 16-track CD compilation of Vinita\u2019s artists past and present, a collectable 7\u201d and flexi disc, exclusive Anthony Ausgang print, full 20 track download, plus a strikingly illustrated 70-page hardback book uncovering the history of the label. \/\/\/\/ Based on extensive interviews with Vinita, with contributions from many of her bands (F\u00fcxa, God is an Astronaut, Coldharbourstores, Pieter Nooten), the book\u2019s text is written by Faber author and long-time Rocket Girl supporter Richard Milward. Beginning with Vinita\u2019s formative years in Rugby in the 1970s and 1980s, the story covers not only the eventful history of Rocket Girl but also Vinita\u2019s teenage initiation into the music industry: managing The Telescopes, founding Ch\u00e9 with Nick Allport out of the ashes of Cheree, before finally going it alone and setting up her own label in 1998. It is both an inspiring and bittersweet tale. Vinita\u2019s staying power alone in such a challenging industry is worthy of its own tribute: she has built a record label on her own terms from scratch, she has overcome the loss of loved ones, survived a breakdown at the height of her label\u2019s popularity, and all in all her immense love of music, her strength and positivity in the face of adversity blazes throughout the book. Along the way we learn of the hits (and why Kurt Heasley\u2019svocal cords seemed to be malfunctioning during the Lilys\u2019 Top of the Pops appearance), the near-misses (including a never-before-seen letter from Richey Edwards of the Manic Street Preachers), the triumph of Vinita\u2019s first self-released LP A Tribute to Spacemen 3, her heartbreak losing Jason DiEmilio of The Azusa Plane in 2006, plus sad revelations concerning Television Personalities\u2019 Daniel Treacy\u2019s condition following his brain trauma in 2011. \/\/\/\/ Regular Rocket Girl designer Xiaofei Zhang has been given access to Vinita\u2019s vast collection of personal photographs, letters, flyers, press clippings and other keepsakes, arranging these alongside the text to give the book the feel of a technicolour scrapbook, a vivid chronicle of indie music past, present and future. \/\/\/\/ As Milward writes: \u2018The artists Vinita has worked with over the years are undisputed luminaries of alternative music, and stand up to any major indie label\u2019s roster: Spacemen 3, The Telescopes, Bark Psychosis, Disco Inferno, Lilys, Low, Bardo Pond, Mogwai, Cocteau Twins\u2019 Robin Guthrie, My Bloody Valentine\u2019s Kevin Shields, Patti Smith, Jonathan Richman, Television Personalities, to name just a handful.\u2019 Likewise, the artists featured on the accompanying CD compilation reveal just how far-ranging Vinita\u2019s taste is, and how loyal her bands have been to her over the years. The disc opens with a special \u2018Rocket mix\u2019 of Silver Apples\u2019 \u2018Susie\u2019 \u2013 the band that adorned the A-side of rgirl1, the label\u2019s first 7\u201d. From here, there are cuts from Rocket Girl stalwarts like F\u00fcxa and Bell Gardens, as well as tracks contributed by friends and supporters of the label, such as Andrew Weatherall and Mogwai. Arguably the most notable track (certainly the most poignant) is the Television Personalities\u2019 \u2018All Coming Back\u2019, one of just a few unreleased songs recorded before Treacy\u2019s accident, and released here with Daniel\u2019s sister\u2019s blessing. \/\/\/\/ Vinita began her career selling Loop\/Telescopes flexi discs on New Year\u2019s Eve 1988 and, in homage to this bygone format, she has included a 7\u201d flexi (featuring \u2018Fight For Work\u2019, an outtake from Mogwai\u2019s most recent LP, Every Country\u2019s Sun) as well as a standard 7\u201d bringing together rare tracks from two Philadelphia bands she has championed since their formation: Bardo Pond and The Azusa Plane. The three discs are housed in pockets found in the book\u2019s inside covers, and there are yet more gifts: an exclusive print by Anthony Ausgang (the instantly recognisable artist behind MGMT\u2019s Congratulations and F\u00fcxa\u2019s Electric Sound of Summer covers), plus a free download code for all tracks featured across the various formats of the collection. \/\/\/\/ Vinita\u2019s story is anything but ordinary, and this extraordinary collection is the most fitting tribute to the label\u2019s legacy so far: a treasure trove of rare tracks and unheard stories for Rocket Girl devotees, a comprehensive introduction to the label for the uninitiated, and both an inspirational chronicle and cautionary tale for anybody interested in the history of British independent music in the past thirty years.'"},{"startTime":"0:00:07","title":"Your DJ speaks over Beach Sounds","artist":"Sounds Of The Ocean","album":"Ocean Sounds"},{"startTime":"0:00:13","title":"Buy Now Pay as You Go","artist":"Crass","album":"Christ - 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