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Roger Scott (23rd October 1943
- 31st October 1989) was a respected British radio disc jockey. He was best
known for presenting an afternoon radio show on London's Capital Radio from
1973 until 1988. In June 1988, after fifteen years with Capital, he moved to
commercial-free BBC Radio 1. There, he reached a national audience for the
first time, presenting a Saturday afternoon show and a late night Sunday
show. The Saturday show featured interviews with many artists, including
Mark Knopfler. The Sunday shows were featuring 1950's rock'n'roll, soul,
classic rock and more contemporary music.
Roger Scott's last show was on Sunday 8th
October 1989 and he sadly passed away on 31st of that month aged only 46,
after a brief battle with cancer. A
tribute programme about Roger's life on the air was broadcast by Radio 1 on
4th November 1989, entitled 'Radio, Radio', recorded just a few weeks before
his death. On 7th December 1989, various artists gathered to pay a tribute
to Roger, presented by Alan Freeman. This CD features part of the tribute show, recorded at the Abbey
Road Studios, London, UK. Mark Knopfler and Guy Fletcher are present to play a live
version of Feel like going home with Mark on vocals. Mark has a
pretty emotional speech, talking about making The Notting Hillbillies album
and specially the last song Feel like going home. This song has a
very special meaning because Mark wanted Roger to have a listen to it, but
sadly passed away before the track was finished and recorded. Soundboard
recording, good sound quality.
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