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Like a Human Flood: Attempting to Uncover the Real Sleng Teng Story

Wrongtom celebrates the 40th birthday of the culture-changing Sleng Teng riddim, while admitting that everyone, including us, has the date wrong
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The Story of ‘Too Much Too Young’: How The Specials got Their First Number One Single

On the 45th anniversary of one of The Special A.K.A.'s best 45rpms getting all the way to the top of the charts, Wrong Tom charts the long lead up and the trail they blazed in getting there
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Lennie De Ice Remembered, and the Story of ‘We Are I.E.’ 

Following news of the death of the pioneering London producer Lennie De Ice, Wrongtom charts the course of his standout anthem ‘We Are I.E.’ – and argues its case as a surreal Christmas record
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Remembering J Saul Kane, by Wrongtom

After news broke this week of the death of pioneering DJ, producer and musician J Saul Kane, aged 55, Wrongtom pays tribute to his trailblazing – and often overlooked – work under Depth Charge, The Octagon Man and many other guises
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Let Me Rock You: Chaka Khan’s ‘I Feel For You’ at 40

40 years after it stormed to the UK number one, Wrongtom charts the history of ‘I Feel For You’, from an overlooked Prince album track to Chaka Khan’s smash hit, via Stevie Wonder, Patrice Rushen, glitching tape machines, the death of Sugar Hill Records and more

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