Percy Sledge

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desert is.land

“And if you could take only one…” — a semantic wireless tuned to the Desert Island Discs archive.

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Not affiliated with the BBC · Built for the love of the long wave · Made by Daniel Hails

Percy Sledge — Artist · desert is.land

Artist

3 episodes

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2000s

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desert is.land

“And if you could take only one…” — a semantic wireless tuned to the Desert Island Discs archive.

The listing

Transmission

Not affiliated with the BBC · Built for the love of the long wave · Made by Daniel Hails

Thomas Allen on getting a call to sing Figaro with 45 minutes' notice

Castaway · 3 June 2001Sue Lawley