Masterpiece: Annie Nightingale
Very few can lay claim to the kind of legacy created by Annie Nightingale. Best known as the first female DJ on the BBC, she is also Radio 1’s longest serving broadcaster, and holds the world record for the longest ever running radio show. Annie is the first female DJ to curate the latest instalment of the critically acclaimed Ministry of Sound ‘Masterpiece’ series out on July 17th.
Throughout her 50-year career, Annie has always specialised in championing underground music, staunchly supporting artists from classic rock and pop, through new wave, acid house, breakbeat, grime, trap and much more. Ever refusing to compromise her taste, she describes the personal value of her selections, saying: ‘if I couldn’t choose the music I played, I wouldn’t want to do it at all’.
Annie’s own compilation is an effort to document her international impact on popular music across the span of her career, featuring artists as diverse as Missy Elliott, Joy Division, Blondie, The Prodigy, Tinie Tempah, and The Chemical Brothers, right through to new names of bass and trap such as Flux Pavilion, Keys N Krates and Troyboi. In Annie’s words: ‘It’s the story of (mostly) British music over the past five decades from the touchstones who started it all off. From Paul McCartney of The Beatles, to The Rolling Stones and The Who, right through to the artists of today whom I think so much of. Many of these titans have never agreed to being on a compilation before – and certainly not together.’
Her work will also be celebrated with two documentaries on Radio 2, airing on 15th and 22nd July. These documentaries will feature exclusive interviews from artists who have agreed to be part of Annie’s ‘Masterpiece’, including Underworld, Basement Jaxx, The Streets, and Primal Scream.
Masterpiece – Annie Nightingale – Tracklisting
CD1
1 The Rolling Stones Miss You
2 Paul McCartney Maybe I’m Amazed
3 The Who Baba O’Riley
4 Cameo Word Up!
5 The Marvelettes Too Many Fish In The Sea
6 Propaganda Duel
7 Scott Walker Jackie
8 Moonflowers Get Higher (The “Get Dubbier” Mix)
9 The Lovin’ Spoonful Summer in the City
10 Frances Nero Footsteps Following Me
11 Heaven 17 Temptation
12 Rozalla Everybody’s Free (To Feel Good)
13 The Byrds All I Really Want To Do
14 London Grammar Hey Now (Tensnake Remix)
CD2
1 Primal Scream Don’t Fight It
2 Lou Reed Vicious
3 Joy Division Transmission
4 Blondie Rapture
5 Meat Beat Manifesto Radio Babylon
6 Basement Jaxx Rendez-Vu
7 Plutonic Tubular Bells
8 Missy Elliott Get Ur Freak On
9 Joe Jackson Steppin’ Out
10 La Roux Bulletproof (Zinc Remix)
11 Underworld Rez
12 The Cure A Forest (Shortened Edit)
13 Ian Dury & The Blockheads Hit Me With Your Rhythm Stick
14 William Orbit Barber’s Adagio For Strings (Ferry Corsten Remix)
CD3
1 The Prodigy Out Of Space
2 The Chemical Brothers Galvanize
3 Tinie Tempah Pass Out
4 Dizzee Rascal Feat. Armand Van Helden Bonkers (Radio Edit)
5 Magnetic Man Feat. Angela Hunte I Need Air (Digital Soundboy Remix)
6 Flux Pavilion Blow The Roof
7 The Streets Blinded By The Lights
8 Example Stay Awake
9 Keys N Krates I Just Can’t Deny
10 MGMT Kids Soulwax Mix
11 Troyboi Fireman
12 Moby Go (Woodtick Mix)
13 Shamir On The Regular
14 The Mitchell Brothers Feat. Sway Harvey Nicks
