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Watch and listen to a selection of tracks used to try Bryan Ferry's recall in The Wire 347 Invisible Jukebox, tested by Michael Bracewell.

Full Invisible Jukebox playlist:

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“Father Cannot Yell”
from Monster Movie
(Spoon/Mute) 1969

Jelly Roll Morton’s Red Hot Peppers
“Smoke-House Blues”
from Jelly Roll Morton Vol 1
(JSP) 1926

Lou Reed/John Cale/Sterling Morrison
“Prominent Men (demo)”
from The Velvet Underground Peel Slowly And See
(Polydor) 1995, rec 1965

Prince And The Revolution
“I Wonder U”
from Parade
(Paisley Park/Warner Bros) 1986

Chic
“Happy Man”
from C’est Chic
(Atlantic) 1978

Sam Cooke
“Change Is Gonna Come”
from The Gospel According To Sam Cooke
(RCA Victor) 1964

Bob Dylan
“Tempest”
from Tempest
(Columbia) 2012

King Crimson
“Larks’ Tongues In Aspic Part II”
from Larks’ Tongues In Aspic
(Island) 1973

Brian Eno
“What Actually Happened”
from Nerve Net
(All Saints) 1992

Frank Sinatra
“Guess I’ll Hang My Tears Out To Dry”
from Sings For Only The Lonely
(Capitol) 1958

Adrián de Alfonso: Pleamar

Watch a short film that accompanies three tracks from sound artist and musician Adrián de Alfonso’s new album Viator.

goat (jp): Joy In Fear

Watch a 16 minute concept film of tracks from Joy In Fear, the 2023 album by Japanese rockers goat (jp)

Steph Richards “Power Vibe”

The US trumpeter shares a supernatural LA noir created with the help of generative AI for a track from her latest album Power Vibe

Xhosa Cole All Roads

The saxophonist shares a film in which he dances with his two brothers beneath Birmingham’s Spaghetti Junction

ECHOS: L'Ocelle Mare “Objets Chargés”

French label and platform Murailles Music shares the first episode in a new series of music documentaries highlighting the unique methodologies of artists on their roster

Galya Bisengalieva “Chagan”

Directed by artist Nicol Vizoli, the video for composer Galya Bisengalieva's “Chagan” reflects on the haunting nature of a radioactive lake in Kazakhstan