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Will Never Be The Same' in early 1991. Burrell later went on to become the
Breakfast Show presenter, and Morgan became the Head of Music for the SuperGold network, and latterly the Programme Controller of SuperGold, as well as presenting most of the station's 'specialist programmes inc. Beatles Hour, Classic Soul Hour, Rock & Roll - The Real Thing (co-hosted with Burrell), Get on The Right Track (a classic Album Track show). He also produced & presented the 40 min slot "Down In The Vaults", which was the junction between the Breakfast show and the more lifestlyle-orientated mid morning sequence.'
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