Alan Jones

Desert Island Discs

BBC

Society & Culture, Music Commentary, Music, Personal Journals

4.4 • 13.7K Ratings

🗓️ 5 September 1981

⏱️ 33 minutes

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Summary

Roy Plomley's castaway is racing driver Alan Jones. Favourite track: Reminiscing by Little River Band Book: Eagle in the Sky by Wilbur Smith Luxury: Australian lager

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0:00.0	Hello, I'm Kristi Young, and this is a podcast from the Desert Island Discs Archive.
0:05.3	The program was originally broadcast in 1981, and the presenter was Roy Plumley.
0:11.1	A cast away this week is the racing driver who won last year's World Grand Prix Championship,
0:31.9	Alan Jones. Alan does music mean a lot in your life. Yes, it does. I would say there's
0:37.8	not a day that goes by that I don't at least play some music with one form or another. Do you
0:43.4	play an instrument yourself? No, I don't. Do you sing? It's a matter of opinion. Yes, I have been known
0:51.6	to sort of let loose with the odd note in the shower, but as to how good I am as a matter of opinion.
0:56.9	Do you play discs or tapes a lot? I mean, do you take them with you when you travel? Yes, I do. I
1:01.5	usually take half a dozen or so cassettes with me, and when I'm tucked away in some foreign hotel,
1:07.4	I usually get it all out and play some music. Could you endure prolonged loneliness? I think so, yes.
1:16.6	What's the first disc you've chosen to make things a bit better? Well, I've chosen the
1:21.3	Blue Danube by Johann Strauss, which I find has a little bit of everything. It has very relaxing
1:27.3	moments, and it has very lively moments, and I think it suits my mood because I change a lot myself.
1:37.4	Do you want to play a bit more?
1:39.4	Yes, I do want to play a bit more.
1:41.4	Do you want to play a bit more?
1:43.4	Yes, I do want to play a bit more.
1:45.4	Yes, I do want to play a bit more.
1:47.4	Yes, I do want to play a bit more.
1:49.4	Yes, I do want to play a bit more.
1:51.4	Yes, I do want to play a bit more.
1:53.4	Yes, I do want to play a bit more.
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