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On The Radio Volume 5

by Clifford T. Ward

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On The Radio Volume 5 was originally released by The Friends of CTW on CD in 2007. This version contains an exclusive bonus track!
Thanks to Patricia Ward for allowing us to share these interviews.
Thanks also to David Johnson & Julia James for their help with the tracks.

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released December 11, 2020

1. Interview by Robbie Vincent on Late Night London (Radio London 206 - 1975)
Clifford is the guest on Robbie Vincent's Late Night London show on BBC Radio London 206 in December 1975 promoting the No More Rock 'N' Roll album.

Introduction/children singing in church
Track 1 - Jig-saw Girl
Stroppy!
Track 2 - Home Thoughts From Abroad
Don't like London/ don't enjoy radio interviews/teaching & songwriting/didn't enjoy teaching/lucky to do a job you love/not an easy life/bailiffs at the door/teaching was stability/
Track 3 - For Emily
simple songs easy to understand/to remain ordinary/avoid London/posh hotels/gardening/reading/very boring/2 acre garden/friends/lunatic/read plays/Lawrence short stories/
Track 4 - Jayne From Andromeda Spiral
science fiction/love song/life on other planets/a million light years away/
Listeners phone in -
1. Philip - Escalator/you care more about the words/like the cover
Clifford - words are important/dreadful picture/
2. Joyce - songs about personal experiences? blind/ the best ones
3. Wendy - ambitions for the future? To improve as a songwriter
singing children/disabled children/the Traveller
Track 5 - Secretary
Track 6 - The Traveller
being a parent/broadens the songwriting/marriage/life experiences/
running out of ideas?/songwriting/countryside/London traffic noise heat/couldn't live in London/faceless people/don't dislike it/glad to get out/
phone in - 5 copies of the No More Rock 'N' Roll LP to give away -
new single/Chris Spedding/
Track 7 - No More Rock 'N' Roll

(Bonus Track)
2. Interview by Peter Crabtree on Walk Right In (BBC Radio Sheffield 1978).
Clifford (and his manager Justin de Villeneuve) in conversation with Peter Crabtree on the Walk Right In show on BBC Radio Sheffield on 08/02/1978. Clifford is promoting his latest single, Someone I Know.

I love architecture/Victorian staircase/latest single/short and very sweet
Track 1 - Someone I Know
Cliff/Clifford T Ward almost pompous/too short/too contrived to make it longer/Valentine's Day card record cover
school teacher/English & drama/for 3 years/regard you as a poet/songwriter/love words/love putting words to music/who's Gaye?
Track 2 - Gaye
haven't troubled the charts/record buying public/selling records is important/difficult to write to order/Cliff Richard & Jack Jones/disciplined/inspiration/writing at home at the piano/best songs come when you least expect them/Scullery/inspired by my wife/sound effects/
Track 3 - intro to Scullery
Track 4 - I Got Lost Tonight
recording in America/Justin's idea/
(Clifford's manager, Justin de Villeneuve joins in)
JdV - music business/9 months ago working with Clifford/producer Bill Halverson/a natural progression/last 2 albums boring/terrible image/gossip columns/a dreadful person/
Clifford - I'll drink to that!
JdV - huge fan of Clifford/misjudged/best dressed list/
Clifford - he's more interesting than I am/
Track 5 - Not Waving - Drowning!
the countryside/wife family 2 cats/Justin's car/Lynsey de Paul/
country gent/love the countryside/P.G Wodehouse/country lanes/haircut 7 quid/evacuated with J B Priestley/Kent/America/Long View Farm studio/
Track 6 - Detriment

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Clifford T. Ward Stourport On Severn, UK

This is the official Bandcamp for the English singer songwriter Clifford T. Ward. Here you'll find exclusive and previously unreleased tracks from the archives as well as rarities originally released by the fan club. Clifford is of course famous for such great songs as: Gaye, Scullery, Home Thoughts From Abroad, Up In The World and The Best Is Yet To Come, but there are many more gems to discover! ... more

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