Here is the iPlayer link for this week's show:

http://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/b00jksxm/Adam_Walton_05_04_2009/

Please check it out at your convenience. There's no need to listen to it all in one sitting. The iPlayer will bookmark where you are in a particular show [if you're accessing it from the same computer.]

Also feel free [!] to share the link with friends and family. My aim with the show this year is to increase the audience so that all of these excellent musicians I'm lucky enough to play get the audience that they deserve. I'm not too proud to beg, and any little that you can do in that respect would be much appreciated.

This week's show features:

An exclusive session from one of my favourite Welsh bands of all time. The School started out as a casual outlet for Liz Hunt's sparkling girl pop masterpieces when she was in The Loves. But the attention and enthusiasm that those initial demo recordings garnered quickly led to a record deal with the excellent Elefant Records. The School will be treating us to their debut album before the end of the year. I. Cannot. Wait. Irrepressibly melodic girl pop kissed by the past greats.
http://myspace.com/theschoolband

Huw Pooh continues delving into Dave Edmund's back pocket - playing something psychedelic, freak! and hands-down amazing from the Love Sculpture back catalogue.

I start a couple of new & irregular series for the show, including joining hands with some of Wales's many community youth projects that use music to help and inspire young people. This week I speak to Michael from Grassroots in Cardiff and play some of the excellent young talent that has been passing through his studio.
http://www.grassrootscardiff.com/

We also have the first in our Record Shop Road-Trips, and our initial port of call is Cob Records in Bangor. Independent record shops in Wales like Cob, Spillers, Derricks, Diverse, Andy's, Rockaway etc. [please fill in the gaps] have done more to share excellent & indigenous music with the populace than the Welsh media. This series attempts, in its own small way, to shine a light on the enthusiasts who run these shops, the customers that patronise them, and - of course - the music that they stock. I'm joined in Cob by Soundhog, Dic Ben from The Peth and the staff, Owen and Alan.
http://www.cobrecordsbangor.co.uk
http://www.thepeth.com/
http://soundhog.co.uk

Our Words of Wisdom come, this week, from, perhaps, an unexpected source.This man is a true rags to riches story. Pete Waterman left school unable to read and worked in a couple of dead-end jobs before his passion for music, and his collection or rare, imported American soul singles, evolved into a job as a DJ, which then led to Waterman forming his own record label.
A lot of the rest is well-known history. To most indie artists, Waterman and his cohorts were antichrists. What's easily forgotten is that PWL was an independent label itself, one of the most successful in history.
It's also conveniently forgotten that Pete Waterman managed a nascent version of the Specials, and spent time in Jamaica working with legends like Peter Tosh and Lee Scratch Perry.
We haven't had a record producer in this slot before, either... so I asked Pete what his words of advice would be to anyone starting out who had commercial aspirations for their music
http://www.pwl-empire.com/

And we have our 2nd 'yourspace' mini-documentary courtesy of Cardiff-based electronic musician Underpass.
http://underpass.org.uk

I'm very keen to commission more of these 'yourspace' documentaries. In essence, I had 7 minutes of the show over to you so that you can do what you want with it [you have to record / edit / mix the 7 minute slot yourself.] You can fill it full of music, interviews with yourselves, your supporters, or do something much more esoteric, poetic and out there. More information can be found at the link below. If you have any questions, please e-mail me [contact details right at the bottom of this message.]
http://adamthomaswalton.co.uk/?this_blog=449#blog

If you have any music / gig info / comments / suggestions / questions etc. please e-mail:

themysterytour@gmail.com

Please, send music as a high quality .mp3 with a short biography and a contact number.

Find out more about sending music to the show at:
http://adamthomaswalton.co.uk/?this_blog=463#blog

Thank you very much for listening.

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GALLOPS [Wrexham]
Oh, The Manatee
http://myspace.com/thegallopsband

CHRISTOPHER REES [Llanelli]
All Our Beds Are Made
http://christopherrees.co.uk

MANIC STREET PREACHERS [Blackwood]
Jackie Collins Existential Question Time
http://manicstreetpreachers.com

MARINA AND THE DIAMONDS [Abergavenney]
Mowgli's Road
http://myspace.com/marinaandthediamonds

THE SCHOOL [Cardiff]
And Suddenly [session Version]
http://myspace.com/theschoolband

LOVE SCULPTURE [Cardiff]
River To Another Day
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dave_Edmunds

TRUCKERS OF HUSK [Cardiff]
Person
http://myspace.com/truckersofhusk

CAMERA [Wrexham]
Can't Explain
http://myspace.com/cameratheband

SUPER FURRY ANIMALS [Bethesda / Anglesey / Cardiff]
Helium Hearts
http://superfurry.com

ACID CASUALS [Anglesey / Bangor]
Paid Crio
http://myspace.com/acidcasualsmusic

URBAN LEGENDS [Newport]
This Is [radio Edit]
http://myspace.com/urbanlegends666

NEW CITY ORDER [Cardiff]
Everybody In The Uk
http://myspace.com/traxxcardiff

AGGI THOMAS [Swansea]
Tomorrows
http://myspace.com/aggithomas

AKIRA THE DON [Anglesey / London]
The Omega Sanction
http://akirathedon.com

THE SCHOOL [Cardiff]
Can't Understand [session]
http://myspace.com/theschoolband

SUSAN CADOGAN
Hurt So Good
http://

THE BOY [Swansea / Resolven]
Don't Wanna Waste [session]
http://facebook.com/home.php?#/group.php?gid=56768081397

THE MAMS [Llanelli]
Never Say Never [session]
http://myspace.com/themamswambam

9BACH [Bangor / Aberystwyth]
C'weiriwch Fy Ngwely
http://gwymon.net

THE PETH [Gwynedd / Denbighshire]
Shoot On Sight
http://thepeth.com

TELEVISION
Marquee Moon
http://thewonder.co.uk

THE STILLETOES [Criccieth]
Recession This
http://myspace.com/thestilletoes

UNDERPASS [Cardiff]
Yourspace 02
http://underpass.org.uk

THE SCHOOL [Cardiff]
And Suddenly [session]
http://myspace.com/theschoolband

AL LEWIS AND SARAH HOWELLS [Swansea / Milford Haven]
Skin And Bones
http://myspace.com/allewismusic

GOLDIE LOOKIN' CHAIN [Newport]
By Any Means Necessary
http://youknowsit.co.uk

Adam Walton
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themysterytour@gmail.com

BBC Radio Wales
Library & Arts Centre,
WREXHAM LL11 1NF

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