The first programme in Pat Shortt's archive odyssey features a glittering array of musical memories mined from five decades of music making. Fans of Mod main man Paul Weller will be eager to catch The Jam on their only RTÉ appearance, back in 1978, when they performed 'Down at the Tube Station at Midnight'. We'll hear from the iconic Johnny Cash describing how his classic 'Forty Shades of Green' came about and Nanci Griffith unveils 'From a Distance' on her very first Irish appearance. Christy Moore mesmerises an Abbey Tavern audience, we have rarely seen performances by Joe Dolan with the RTE Concert Orchestra and we'll be hearing about Big Tom Mc Bride's defection from The Mainliners to The Travellers, a moment as cataclysmic for his fans as Zayn leaving One Direction!