Radio Stations in GTA London

Although Grand Theft Auto: London 1969 was treated as an expansion for the first game (Grand Theft Auto), the soundtrack is completely different. Here, once more Rockstar puts radio stations that the player can listen when driving a vehicle, in addition to a police radio station.

It is worth noting that the subsequent expansion, Grand Theft Auto: London 1961 uses this same soundtrack even though all the songs were released after 1961.

In order to capture the essence of London in the late 1960s, and give the feeling of the British crime scene from the period, Rockstar decided to license music from the era. This would be the first use of licensed songs in the game series, a feature that would become recurrent in subsequent games. The soundtrack uses a combination of early reggae and Italian pop, beat, soul and jazz from film scores of the period. In addition to these licensed tracks, Rockstar again created some original songs, these also fit in the era depicted.

Running time for all the stations in GTA London is very short, as the stations play only one or two songs (with the exception of Westminster Wireless, which plays three). In fact all 12 stations rank among the shortest stations in the series.

The radio stations that the player can listen in GTA London are as follows:


 * Bush Sounds: Reggae
 * Heavy Heavy Monster Sound: Reggae, Ska
 * Blow Upradio: Beat
 * Kaleidoscope: Pop, Beat
 * Sound of Soho: Jazz
 * Radio Penelope: Pop, Soul
 * Radio Andorra: Pop, Beat
 * Westminster Wireless: Soul, Jazz
 * Radio 7: Beat, Funk
 * GTA Pomp: Classical
 * GTA Spy Theme: Jazz
 * Austin Allegro Chase: Funk

Radio stations

 * For the original songs the year of release is that of GTA London: 1999.
 * Authors of the original songs, at the side, in superscript.

Bush Sounds
Bush Sounds plays reggae by. "Dollar in the Teeth" was released as part of the of "Return of Django", reflecting its presence alongside "Return of Django" in the station.
 * The Upsetters - "" (1969)
 * The Upsetters - "Dollar in the Teeth" (1969)

Heavy Heavy Monster Sound
Heavy Heavy Monster Sound plays reggae and ska. Unlike Bush Sounds, it features two varied bands as opposed to centering around one. The bands are seminal skinhead acts. Its DJ states that the station broadcasts on 666, on the medium wave.
 * - "" (1969)
 * - "Skinhead Moonstomp" (1969)

Blow Upradio
Blow Upradio plays beat. This station is notable because, at a running time of only 1 minute and 55 seconds, it is the shortest radio station in the GTA series. "Beat Fuga Shake" is taken from the soundtrack for the 1967 Italian film "" (also known as "Tiffany Memorandum").
 * - "Beat Fuga Shake" (1967)

Kaleidoscope
Kaleidoscope plays pop and beat. The tracks are taken from the 1967 Italian film "" (also known as "Your Turn to Die").
 * & - "Hot Camera Shake" (1967)
 * Francesco de Masi & Alessandro Alessandroni - "L'Uomo Che Saprà" (1967)

Sound of Soho
Sound of Soho plays jazz. "Tema di Londra M. 1" is taken from the soundtrack for the 1967 Italian film "" (also known as "Master Stroke"), while "Latin Quarter" is taken from the soundtrack of the 1969 Italian film "" (also known as "One on Top of the Other").
 * Francesco De Masi & Alessandro Alessandroni - "Tema di Londra M. 1" (1967)
 * Riz Ortolani - "Latin Quarter" (1969)

Radio Penelope
Radio Penelope is hosted by Doctor Peter Pants-On, the only named DJ in GTA London. The station plays pop and soul. "The Roaring Twenties" is taken from the soundtrack of "Una sull'altra", while "Teresa L'Illusa" is taken from the soundtrack of the 1973 Italian film "" (also known as "Teresa the Thief").
 * Riz Ortolani - "The Roaring 20's" (1969)
 * Riz Ortolani - "Teresa L'Illusa" (1973)

Radio Andorra
Radio Andorra plays pop and beat. The tracks are taken from the soundtrack for "Il mistero dell'ombra".
 * Riz Ortolani - "Tiffany Sequence M. 8" (1967)
 * Riz Ortolani - "Tiffany Sequence M. 22" (1967)

Westminster Wireless
Westminster Wireless plays soul and jazz. The tracks are taken from the soundtrack for the 1969 Italian film "" (also known as "Devil in the Flesh"). Its DJ states that the station broadcasts on 1164, on the medium wave.
 * & - "Le Malizie Di Venere - Seq. 3" (1969)(game's title track, also plays during the credits)
 * Piero Umiliani & Gian Franco Reverberi - "Le Malizie Di Venere - Seq. 4" (1969)
 * Piero Umiliani & Gian Franco Reverberi - "Le Malizie Di Venere - Seq. 6" (1969)

Radio 7
Radio 7 plays beat and funk.
 * Rockstar Games - "Saturday Nite at Dirty McNasty's" (Chris Sears, Jim Browski, Dr.Gilo Allen, Duncan "limpdick" Scott)
 * Rockstar Games - "BOOK 'EM (Murder One)" (Chris Sears, Jim Browski, Dr.Gilo Allen, Duncan "limpdick" Scott)

GTA Pomp
GTA Pomp plays classical.
 * Rockstar Games - "GTA Pomp" (Charlie Clarke, JL, Sarah Daly, Paul Powell)

GTA Spy Theme
GTA Spy Theme plays jazz.
 * Rockstar Games - "Spy Theme" (Charlie Clarke, JL, Sarah Daly, Paul Powell)

Austin Allegro Chase
Austin Allegro Chase plays funk.
 * Rockstar Games - "Austin Allegro Chase" (Chris Sears, Jim Browski, Dr.Gilo Allen, Duncan "limpdick" Scott)

Trivia

 * The year with the most licensed songs is 1969, with nine songs.
 * This is the first instance of the use of licensed music in the game series.
 * Both GTA London 1969 and GTA London 1961 use the same soundtrack. This creates an anachronism in London 1961 as the earliest song on the soundtrack is from 1967. 's "Teresa l'illusa" is anachronistic to both games as it was released in 1973.
 * This is the first game in the series to feature an original police radio track.

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