Notable: Wigan Casino/Daphne Oram

Two more tales from the annals of musical history, featuring the nightclub in the ballroom of northern mill town that was voted Billboard's 'Best Disco In The World', and the pioneering genius who did so much to establish electronic music in the UK. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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Stuart Maconie and Elizabeth Alker meet up to tell each other extra-ordinary tales from 400 years of musical history.From a murderous 16th Century madrigal composer to Batley Variety Club - Yorkshire's very own Caesar's Palace... and from the espionage-tinted roots of the theremin to the wild weekend that was the Bickershaw pop festival... Notable has the lot. Produced by Geoff Bird, artwork by Rory Clifford. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.