The ill-starred raven warns of the approach of Halloween! We learn the traits of Scorpio. The notorious Orson Welles radio production of War of the Worlds was first broadcast today in 1938: we discover how much it scared listeners. Jarvis meets Lawrence of Felt, Denim and Go-Kart Mozart. They chat about a new documentary film by Paul Kelly, Lawrence of Belgravia. Avid record collector Lawrence shares some of his favourite lesser-known tracks. He talks about why he's always been drawn to music that makes him want to cry, record sleeve artwork, his career in pop and why he likes pop artists who 'try to take the underground overground'. Then Jarvis spins some spooky tracks — including some mysterious music that he found genuinely frightening when he first heard it, and a ghost story read by Vincent Price. Birthdays: Otis Williams, Paul Valéry, Ezra Pound, Charles Atlas and Grace Slick.
The Stranglers - The Raven
Swans Way - Soul Train
The Zodiac: Cosmic Sounds - Scorpio, the Passionate Hero
The Temptations - I Ain't Got Nothing
Grace Slick - Jay
CAN - Oh Yeah
Excerpt from the 1938 broadcast of War of the Worlds
Jeff Wayne - The Eve of the War
Felt - Red Indians
Gordon Alexander - Looking for the Sun
Slapp Happy - Extract from The Messiah
T Rex - Lofty Skies
Henry Cow - A Worm Is At Work
Win - Hollywood Baby Too
Vanessa Paradis - I'm Waiting for My Man
Lou Reed - The Power of Positive Drinking
The Wisdom of Harry - Disney Queen
Tom Waits - On the Nickel
Harry Lubin - Fear (from the TV series One Step Beyond)
[unknown] - Untitled (the frightening mystery music)
David Shire - Night on Disco Mountain
Vincent Price reads 'Harp Notes in the Mist' from A Graveyard of Ghost Tales
Serafina Steer - Port Isaac
Neil Cousin - Bonfire
