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Later vs CD:UK Soundclash!

David Quantick, Q, May 2000

Pop on telly: sounds foolproof doesn't it? So why — from Gas Tank to the gopping Jo Whiley Show — is it invariably cocked up? Pondering this question on a 16-hour icy-studio odyssey, David Quantick visited two of TV pop's finer purveyors, only to be instructed, "Make sure you're not chewing."

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