Commemorating 40 years of The Scratch Orchestra, Resonance FM are broadcasting a weekend marathon of the collective’s recordings. It’s underway so get streaming/switching your analog dial to 104.4fm (London area), runs until midnight on Sunday May 3rd.

“The Scratch Orchestra remains one of the most enigmatic, undocumented and overlooked musical phenomena of the last half century. Resonance devotes the entire weekend to the group, with 36 hours of live contributions from Michael Parsons, Hugh Shrapnel, Frank Abbott, Seymour Wright, John Lely, Haydn Dickenson, Michael Chant, Ilona Halberstadt, Psi Ellison, Howard Skempton, Stefan Szczelkun, Walter Cardew, Tom Chant, Horace Cardew, Celia Lu, Mizuka Yamamoto, Richard Ascough, Laurie Scott Baker, Brigid Scott Baker, Vicky Silva, Bethan Phillips, Chris Thompson, John White, Stella Cardew, Dave Smith, Carolyn Rogers, Ian Mitchell and more. Plus interviews with Victor Schonfield, David Jackman and Keith Rowe; and John Tilbury’s legendary “Clear Spot” with Thurston Moore. Devised and anchored by Carole Finer, Forty Years from Scratch includes plentiful previously unbroadcast archival material, new works by former Scratch members, surprise special guests and more.
Forty Years From Scratch: 12 noon on 2 May to 12 midnight on 3 May 2009.”

From: Resonance FM