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The Collection explores some of the world's most exciting record collections.

The Collection explores some of the world's most exciting record collections, sharing the infinite stories that spring from the music within them.

The Collection explores some of the world's largest and most exciting record collections, picking out the best of the best tracks, and sharing the infinite stories that spring from those discoveries.

The Collection: BBC Vaults: Gilles Peterson and Dave Green

Gilles Peterson and Dave Green

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Ronnie Scott, Sun Ra and The Rolling Stones: take a deep dive into the BBC archive.

Ronnie Scott, Sun Ra and The Rolling Stones: take a deep dive into the BBC archive with jazz bassist Dave Green, 6 Music's Gilles Peterson and library manager Oscar Paul.

BBC 6 Music’s Gilles Peterson is joined by jazz bassist Dave Green to explore the vast vaults of the BBC archive centre – home to hundreds of thousands of records, including rare gems no longer commercially available.

They’re guided through a specially curated listening selection by grams library manager Oscar Paul – starting with tenor jazz saxophonist and famous club owner, Ronnie Scott.

Also featuring the music of jazz greats Victor Feldman and Duke Ellington - alongside The Beatles and The Rolling Stones. (Dave was childhood friends with drummer, Charlie Watts).

Producer: Becca Bryers
Editor: James Cook

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