Music From Jarvis Cocker’s Sunday Service

Jarvis Cocker’s Sunday Service was broadcast on BBC 6 Music every week from 2010 to 2017. This is a selection of music played on the show – most of it coming from the first year of its run. The show was intended to help people relax and enjoy a little quiet contemplation on a Sunday afternoon. Therefore, most of the selections are “low energy”. Mellow, even.

Jarvis now brings together for Ace Records an eclectic and exciting mix of the records and the features that made the show the unique experience it was. From listener suggestions that became personal favourites such as Nina Simone’s Baltimore, unusual cover versions like Antony and the Johnsons’ stunning performance of Beyoncé’s Crazy In Love, and the Katzenjammers’ rendition of Gary Numan’s Cars as played on steel drums – a record so irresistible, it remains the only time Jarvis has ever felt compelled enough to ask another DJ what they were playing. We revisit the Radiophonic Workshop bed that made the intro to each show and a special reading from Padgett Powell’s The Interrogative Mood, read live on the show by Jarvis and accompanied by David Cunningham from the Flying Lizards on kalimba. And if you listen very carefully between tracks, you may even hear a hidden jingle or two.

Tracklist

1. John Baker - Invasion Muzak
2. Tim Rose - Snowed In
3. Antony & the Johnsons - Crazy In Love
4. Jarvis Cocker / David Cunningham - The Interrogative Mood
5. The Katzenjammers - Cars
6. Joseph & Louise Spence - Won't That Be A Happy Time
7. Andrew Wartts & The Gospel Storytellers - Peter And John
8. Bob Welch - Don't Wait Too Long
9. Alternative TV - Cold Rain
10. Serafina Steer - Day glo
11. The King's Singers - After The Gold Rush 
12. Miranda July - Rock Intro
13. Morgana King - It's A Quiet Thing
14. Nina Simone - Baltimore
15. Art Garfunkel - Waters Of March
16. The Legendary Tigerman - The Whole World's Got The Eyes on You
17. Cabaret Voltaire - The Single
18. David Cain / Derek Bowskill - December
19. Deanna Storey / John Brion - Little Person
20. Jake Thackray - Old Molly Metcalfe
21. The Camarata Contemporary Chamber Group-  Gymnopédie No.3 
22. The Phoenix Foundation / Christopher Hitchens - Corale / Thoughts On Religion
23. Headless Heroes - True Love Will Find You In The End