Mastertapes

Mastertapes is a BBC Radio 4 programme, presented by John Wilson, which discusses the making of significant rock albums.^[1] The featured artists are interviewed, in front of an audience, and perform exclusive live tracks, many of which are available on the programme's website.^[1] Each album is discussed over two half-hour programmes: the "A side" programme features the artist being interviewed by Wilson, with the "B side" programme featuring questions from the studio audience.

Mastertapes

Country of origin	United Kingdom
Language(s)	English
Home station	BBC Radio 4

Episodes

Each episode has two parts ("Side A" and "Side B"). The "First broadcast" date refers to "Side A".

Series 1

Episode	Artist	Album	First broadcast
1	Billy Bragg	Talking with the Taxman about Poetry (1986)	30 Oct 2012 [2]
2	Suzanne Vega	Solitude Standing (1987)	6 November 2012 [3]
3	Paul Weller	The Gift (1982)	13 November 2012 [4]
4	Brinsley Forde (Aswad)	New Chapter (1981)	20 November 2012 [5]
5	Ray Davies	Lola (1970) and Muswell Hillbillies (1971)	27 November 2012 [6]
6	Corinne Bailey Rae	The Sea (2010)	4 December 2012 [7]
7	Rod Argent, Chris White and Colin Blunstone (The Zombies)	Odessey and Oracle (1968)	11 December 2012 [8]

Series 2

Episode	Artist	Album	First broadcast
1	Wilko Johnson (Dr. Feelgood)	Down by the Jetty (1975)	27 May 2013 [9]
2	Mike Scott and Steve Wickham (The Waterboys)	Fisherman's Blues (1988)	3 June 2013 [10]
3	Richard Thompson	Rumor and Sigh (1991)	10 June 2013 [11]
4	Eliza and Martin Carthy	Anglicana (2002)	17 June 2013 [12]
5	Gary Kemp and Tony Hadley (Spandau Ballet)	True (1983)	24 June 2013 [13]

Series 3

Episode	Artist	Album	First broadcast
1	Robbie Williams	Life Thru a Lens (1997)	11 November 2013 [14]
2	David Crosby	If I Could Only Remember My Name (1971)	18 November 2013 [15]
3	Natalie Merchant	Tigerlily (1995)	25 November 2013 [16]
4	Edwyn Collins	Gorgeous George (1994)	2 December 2013 [17]
5	Jazzie B and Caron Wheeler (Soul II Soul)	Club Classics Vol. One (1989)	9 December 2013 [18]

Series 4

Episode	Artist	Album	First broadcast
1	Rufus Wainwright	Want One (2003)	10 November 2014 [19]
2	Manic Street Preachers	The Holy Bible (1994)	17 November 2014 [20]
3	Angélique Kidjo	Ayé (1994)	24 November 2014 [21]
4	Bob Geldof (Boomtown Rats)	A Tonic for the Troops (1978)	1 December 2014 [22]
5	Noel Gallagher	High Flying Birds (2011)	8 December 2014 [23]
6	Sinéad O'Connor	Theology (2007)	15 December 2014 [24]

Series 5

Episode	Artist	Album	First broadcast
1	Georgie Fame	Rhythm and Blues at the Flamingo (1964)	21 December 2015 [25]
2	Glenn Tilbrook and Chris Difford (Squeeze)	East Side Story (1981)	28 December 2015 [26]
3	David Hinds and Selwyn Brown (Steel Pulse)	Handsworth Revolution (1978)	4 January 2016 [27]
4	Donovan	Sunshine Superman (1966)	11 January 2016 [28]
5	Bellowhead	Hedonism (2010)	18 January 2016 [29]
6	Nigel Kennedy	Vivaldi's The Four Seasons (1989)	25 January 2016 [30]

Series 6

Episode	Artist	Album	First broadcast
0	Paul McCartney	Special edition, covering McCartney's career	27 December 2016 [31]
1	Laura Marling	Once I Was an Eagle (2013)	2 January 2017 [32]
2	Graham Nash	Songs for Beginners (1971), This Path Tonight (2016)	9 January 2017 [33]
3	Shirley Collins	Love, Death and the Lady (1969), Lodestar (2016)	16 January 2017 [34]
4	Craig David	Born To Do It (2000), Following My Intuition (2010)	23 January 2017 [35]
5	Tom Jones	Praise and Blame (2010)	30 January 2017 [36]
6	Randy Newman	Sail Away (1972)	28 August 2017 [37]