Welcome to Fifty by Two, a podcast about music where two friends with very different tastes count down their top fifty albums.
Most people probably don’t have a 49th favourite album, but James and Glen discuss theirs, and try to get to grips with what an orchestra does.
Episode 02 – Your Least Favourite Billionaire.
Transcript coming soon.
Content warnings: none.
See below for show notes, and further listening and watching recommendations. Note that this will contain spoilers, and we’d recommend reading on after listening to the episode.
Recommendations
You can hear Glen’s university orchestration project (Let Down by Radiohead) below.
Tubular Bells – Live! website and tour dates.
Essex Live Article on the Tubular Bells Live project, including an interview with Phil Toms.
Albums Discussed in this Episode
- James’ choice: The London Symphony Orchestra – Classic Rock (Apple Music | Spotify | YouTube).
- Glen’s choice: Mike Oldfield – Tubular Bells (Apple Music | Spotify | YouTube).
Countdowns So Far
You can also see how we rank each other’s albums here. Note that this is up to and including the latest published episode, so will contain spoilers if you are not up-to-date.
| Rank | James | Glen |
| #50 | Tim Minchin – Matilda, the Musical | Horse the Band – R. Borlax |
| #49 | The London Symphony Orchestra – Classic Rock | Mike Oldfield – Tubular Bells |
Our current theme is the intro to Bored by Nympheas.
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