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Sounds of the Seventy Year Olds

Sounds of the Seventy Year Olds

By: Griff Rhys Jones & Rick Wakeman
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In the 1970s, Rick Wakeman and Griff Rhys Jones changed everything. Rick made keyboards as sexy as guitars whilst Griff made comedy alternative.


Now, these 70s pioneers are actually in their 70s. They’ve experienced a lifetime of changes – so many changes in fact that they’ve now worked out that the 1970s wasn’t ‘the decade that taste forgot’. Instead it was the beginning of innovation, freedom of expression and extraordinary trousers.


In their new weekly podcast, Rick and Griff bring us history as you’ve never heard it before. From religion…(would Noah have built the ark had the concept of the Yellow Weather Warning been invented?) to fashion…(what was the fantastic sartorial journey that took us from grey flannel slacks to split-kneed loon pants??)


They’ll also answer your burning questions, e-mail Question@RickandGriff.co.uk


Celebrate the last 50 years of history with Rick & Griff, available on all podcast platforms.

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Episodes
  • Ep18: Phones - Part 1

    Ep18: Phones - Part 1
    Jun 25 2026

    In 1876, the phone was invented and at a stroke we could speak to people who were many miles away from us, many of whom we’d deliberately moved away from so as not to be able to speak with them.


    In 1973, the Mobile phone was invented and now the people we didn’t want to hear from could contact us in anywhere in the world, at any time.


    Perhaps that’s why Rick and Griff hate them so much.


    In this episode we’ll hear about the genesis of the phone from Bakelite monsters to Carphones and pointless Apps.


    Be part of the podcast, email Rick & Griff here…

    Questions@SOTSYO.co.uk

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    26 mins
  • Ep17: Comics - Part 2

    Ep17: Comics - Part 2
    Jun 18 2026

    Rick & Griff head back into Comics, and into the unruly world of the Marvel comics, those heady American publications that had Griff dribbling at the shop window.


    For Rick though, the transition to New Musical Express and Melody Maker were a major draw.


    Not much beats a comic though, as we shall hear…..


    Be part of the podcast, email Rick & Griff here…

    Questions@SOTSYO.co.uk


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    28 mins
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