There's a warm breeze, a change in the air... On This Day, Webster's dictionary was published, videotape was unveiled and poor Abraham Lincoln was shot. The first Highway Code was issued too: 'always give way to trains'. Jarvis reads a passage from The Grapes of Wrath by John Steinbeck, published today in 1939. Listeners share what they're up to: DIY, handicrafts and having a baby! We remember the musicians of the Titanic, who kept on playing to calm the passengers. The Peel V is for Van der Graaf Generator. And listeners suggest songs to herald the beginning of a new era. Birthdays: Rod Steiger (discussing drinking), Shorty Rogers, Julie Christie (telling a naughty joke and criticising aspirational magazines), Loretta Lynn, Win Butler, Robert Carlyle (considering the music taste of his characters) and Gerry Anderson (his puppet Marina was Jarvis's first love). Valete: Margaret Thatcher.
PJ Harvey - The Glorious Land
Barry McGuire - Inner Manipulations
Bonnie 'Prince' Billy and Dawn McCarthy - Empty Boxes
Kurt Vile - Air Bud
John Williams - With Malice Toward None, Piano Solo (Lincoln OST)
Badly Drawn Boy - I Need a Sign
The Au Pairs - Headache
The Monkees - Daydream Believer
Julie Christie - Bushes and Briars
Loretta Lynn - Van Lear Rose
Bruce Springsteen - The Ghost of Tom Joad
Theatre of Hate - Grapes of Wrath
Basement 5 - Paranoia Claustrophobia: Dub
Judy Nylon and Crucial - A Room without a View
Gavin Bryars - The Sinking of the Titanic
Arcade Fire - Wasted Hours
Bob Dylan - Billy 1 (Pat Garret and Billy the Kid OST)
Cat Power - Bully (live on Jools Holland 09/04/2013)
The Barry Gray Orchestra - Aqua Marina
Van der Graaf Generator - Lizard Play
Nadine Shah - Bobby Heron
Chelsea Light Moving - Heavenmetal
Bobby Darin - Change
Sam Cooke - A Change Is Gonna Come
