Hello, I'm Christy Young, and this is a download from the Desert Island Discs Archive.

This edition may be slightly different from what was actually broadcast, but it is the

only version we have.

It comes from the British Library's Radio Collection.

The recording didn't contain the guest's 8 music choices, so we rebuilt the original

show by using discs from the BBC Gramophone Library.

For rights reasons, we've had to shorten the music.

All details can be found on the Castaways page on the Desert Island Discs website.

The programme was originally broadcast in 1980, and the presenter was Roy Plumley.

This week, our Castaways, the critic, poet, feature writer, autobiographer and television

personality, have a left and thing out.

Clive James.

Clive, among your many interests, does music play a part?

Yes, it plays a profound part.

I think I love music more than any other of the arts.

I can't sing even a simple phrase.

On what basis, if you've chosen your records, is it nostalgia, inspiration, exhilaration?

No, it's...

I've chosen them on the basis of that I'm a castaway alone on the Desert Island.

I've chosen nothing but women's voices, because I think...

I've got a feeling that's what I've missed on the Desert Island.

What's the first one you've chosen?

...