with Simon Morris & Phil O'Brien
12.35pm - 1pm
Title: Rockin' Robin
Artist: Dr Teeth and The Electric Mayhem Band
Title: Born to Be Alive
Artist: Patrick Hernandez
Title: Free Ride
Artist: The Edgar Winter Group
Title: The Eyes of Lucy Jordan
Artist: Dr. Hook & The Medicine Show
Title: I Been to Georgia on a Fast Train
Artist: Billy Joe Shaver
1pm - 2pm
Title: Are You Man Enough to Be a Woman?
Artist: Jayne County & The Electric Chair
Title: Don't Throw Your Love Away
Artist: The Searchers
Title: Driftin'
Artist: The Drifters (Later The Shadows)
Title: Stayin' Alive
Artist: Jonathan and Darlene Edwards
Title: Doot Doot
Artist: Freur
Title: I'm The Face
Artist: The High Numbers
Title: Can't Make U Love Me
Artist: TAFKAP
Title: Don't Think Twice, It's Alright
Artist: The Wonder Who?
Title: Down Down
Artist: Status Quo
Title: Anyone for a Cha-Cha
Artist: Wally Stott
Title: I'm a Moody Guy
Artist: Shane Fenton & The Fentones
2pm - 3pm
Title: Jesus, The Missing Years
Artist: John Prine
Title: Only You
Artist: Ringo Starr
Title: Some Girls Will, Some Girls Won't
Artist: Racey
Title: Get Up and Go
Artist: The Rutles
Title: Gypsy
Artist: Uriah Heep
Title: Every Breath You Take
Artist: Big Daddy
Title: Rococo
Artist: The Arcade Fire
Title: (I Don't Know Why) But I Do
Artist: Clarence 'Frogman' Henry
Title: Pictures of Matchstick Men
Artist: Status Quo
Title: Rubberband Girl
Artist: Kate Bush
3pm - 4pm
Feature: Andrew Dubber talks to Ranking Roger about UB40's legacy, how they got started, and the 30th anniversary of 'Signing Off'.
Title: En Aranjuez Con Tu Amor
Artist:Tommy Emmanuel
Title: It's a Living
Artist: Jayne Mansfield
Title: Fly Like an Eagle
Artist: Steve Miller and Les Paul
Title: Doctorin' The Tardis
Artist: The Timelords
Title: Undun
Artist: The Quess Who
4pm - 5pm
Title: Gravity
Artist: John Mayer
Title: The Rubberband Man
Artist: The Spinners
Title: Handlebars
Artist: Flobots
Title: Grace Kelly
Artist: The Puppini Sisters
Title: Anachie Gordon
Artist: Mary Black
Title: I Put a Spell On You
Artist: Screamin' Jay Hawkins
Title: Falling Off the Edge of the World
Artist: The Easybeats
Title: Ninety Mile Days
Artist: Hammond Gamble
Title: Through Being Cool
Artist: Devo
Title: Summertime
Artist: Big Brother & The Holding Company
Email: phil@radionz.co.nz
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Facebook: I (heart) Matinee Idle
'Matinee Idle is Radio New Zealand's Mufti Day. They let me and Simon "loose in the asylum". We get to be the guys testing the outer limits of listener patience and we benignly abuse this privilege.' says O'Brien. 'They let us play whatever we want! It's every radio presenter's dream.'
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