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Afternoons for Wednesday 1 October 2014

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1:10 Best song ever written.  Love Theme From "A Star Is Born" (Evergreen) by Barbra Streisand, chosen by John Beech of Maketu.

1:20 Music Trivia game.

ARTIST:    Santana (Feat:  Michelle Branch)
TITLE:        The Game Of Love
COMP:    Alex Archer, Rick Nowles
INTRO:    19"
DUR:        4' 08" [Fade]
ALBUM:    Sharman  -  Track 3
LABEL:    Arista 214737
                                        
ARTIST:    The Dave Clark Five
TITLE:        Catch Us If You Can
COMP:    Dave Clark, Lenny Davidson
INTRO:    3"
DUR:         1' 53" [Cold fade]
ALBUM:    The History of The Dave Clark Five  -  CD 1 / Track 22
LABEL:    Hollywood 161482
                          
ARTIST:    The Elvin Bishop Group
TITLE:        Fooled Around and Fell In Love
COMP:    Elvin Bishop
INTRO:    26"
DUR:        4' 33" [Fade]
ALBUM:    While My Guitar Gently Weeps II  -  CD 1 / Track 15
LABEL:    Universal 532123
                                    
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All three bands are named for the band leader, not the main singer.

ARTIST:    Manfred Mann
TITLE:        The One in The Middle
COMP:    Paul Jones
INTRO:    3"
DUR:        2' 36" [Cold]
ALBUM:    The Definitive Manfred Mann  -  Track 15
LABEL:    EMI 196096
                                                                            
ARTIST:    Van Halen
TITLE:        Why Can This Be Love
COMP:    Eddie Van Halen, Michael Anthony, Sammy Hagar, Alex Van Halen
INTRO:    10" / 28"
DUR:        3' 40" [Fade]
ALBUM:    Van Halen Best of; Volume 1  -  Track 9
LABEL:    Warner 946332

                                    
ARTIST:    J Geils Band
TITLE:        Centrefold
COMP:    Seth Justman
INTRO:    16"
DUR:        3' 33" [Cold]
ALBUM:    The 80s Volume I  -  Track 2

LABEL:    EMI 496 043            


ARTIST:    The Spencer Davis Group
TITLE:        Keep On Running
COMP:    Jackie Edwards
INTRO:    16"
DUR:        2' 40" [Fade]
ALBUM:    The Best of Spencer Davis Group featuring Steve Winwood - Track 3
LABEL:    EMI 819964
                                        
ARTIST:    Fleetwood Mac
TITLE:        Don't Stop
COMP:    Christine McVie
INTRO:    16"
DUR:        3' 10" [Fade]
ALBUM:    The Very Best of Fleetwood Mac  -  Track 2
LABEL:    Reprise 273635       

2:10 Rhys Humphries and Maurice Doyle - Rescue in Utah

Two New Zealand motorcyclists have made headlines this morning after a saving a pensioner from burning car wreck in Utah. New Plymouth men, Rhys Humphries and Maurice Doyle, were riding Harley-Davidsons from Nevada to Utah last weekend when they came across the wrecked car. And they managed to pull the driver out just in time. Rhys Humphries and Maurice Doyle speak with Simon from Arizona.

Rescue in Utah - photo by Rhys Humphries
Photo: Rhys Humphries

2:20 Closure - Ron Blicq

If you're looking for the key to longevity then Ron Blicq may have the answer for you. Instead of sitting back in his retirement, the 89-year-old great-grandfather decided to take up flying gliders and writing plays. And he's travelled all the way from Canada to see his award-winning play, Closure, performed at Auckland's Dolphin Theatre.

2:30 NZ Reading.  Stuart Devenie and Perry Piercy read episode 3 of 'Landings' by Jenny Pattrick.

2:45 Feature album.  A New Flame - Simply Red (1989). 

3:10 Online with Hamish MacEwan.

Second level’ domains like the .co in ‘.co.nz’ and the .org in ‘.org.nz’ are now optional. You can get .nz names with them, without them, or both.

FireChat - the messaging app that's powering the Hong Kong protests.

Ello

Microsoft unveils Windows 10 system with Start Menu. 

Shellshocked: A Future Of 'Hair On Fire' Bugs.

Adobe is bringing Photoshop to Chromebooks.

Bend it like Apple: nine safe ways to carry an iPhone 6 PlusBigger smartphones demand bigger pockets. We've got some practical suggestions on how to transport your phablet.

3:30 New Zealand Society

Tales of life in Aotearoa.

3:45 The Panel Pre-Show with Jim Mora, Zara Potts, Sam Johnson and Kevin Milne.