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The Bedazzled Radio Hour: May 27th, 2026 - Martin Hannett Birthday Tribute (Audio)
After the news at noon, "The Bedazzled Radio Hour" features pop, rock, and soul obscurities from the '60s, '70s, '80s, and beyond, including freakbeat, baroque rock, glam, bubblegum, pop-psych, sunshine pop, garage rock, girl groups, British invasion, punk, funk, new wave, Northern soul, and more.
Spike Priggen is a singer, songwriter, musician, and record store owner currently based in the Hudson Valley. He is the former editor and publisher of the retro pop culture blogs Bedazzled.tv and Scopitones.com. Priggen broadcasts live from Spike's Record Rack, his record store on Main Street in Catskill.
James Martin Hannett (also known as 'Martin Zero') (31 May 1948 – 18 April 1991), was an English record producer, musician, and an original partner and director at Tony Wilson's Factory Records. He was also a co-founder of the musicians' collective Music Force, and the record label Rabid in the late 1970s.
He became especially associated with Joy Division. and also produced music by artists including the Durutti Column, A Certain Ratio, Magazine, John Cooper Clarke, New Order, Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark, Basement 5, and Happy Mondays. His distinctive production style embraced atmospheric sounds and electronics.
ESG - Moody
Joy Division - Love Will Tear Us Apart
Buzzcocks - Breakdown
Happy Mondays - Rave On
New Order - Everything's Gone Green
Durutti Column - A Sketch for Summer
Magazine - Because You're Frightened
Joy Division - She's Lost Control
Slaughter and the Dogs - Cranked Up Really High
ESG - You're No Good
John Cooper Clarke - Suspended Sentence
The Buzzcocks - Time's Up
New Order - Procession
Jilted John - Jilted John
ESG - UFO
A Certain Ratio - Do the Du
New Order - Mesh
Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark - Almost
Joy Division - Atmosphere
U2 - 11:00 Tick Tock
Magazine - A Song From Under the Floorboards
Happy Mondays - Clap Your Hands
Pauline Murray and The Invisible Girls - Screaming Into the Darkness
New Order - In a Lonely Place
Joy Division - Shadowplay
Durutti Column - Collette
Playlist:
- Gangster / KidDo_Rsa
- Un peu de musique classique, pt. 29 / Classique
- Moody / ESG
- Love Will Tear Us Apart / Joy Division
- Everythings Gone Green / New Order
- Because You're Frightened / Magazine
- You're No Good / ESG
- Boredom / Buzzcocks
- Procession / New Order
- U.F.O / ESG
- Mesh (2019 Remaster) / New Order
- 11 O'Clock Tick Tock (Remastered 2008) / U2
- A Song From Under the Floorboards / Magazine
- Screaming in the Darkness / Pauline Murray
- Shadowplay (2007 Remaster) / Joy Division
- Collette / The Durutti Column

