Leaving Radio 1
In 1993, with a new regime at Radio 1 wishing to squeeze out the older presenters representing a past era, Davies was sacked. His last record was Layla by Derek and the Dominoes — which had also been his first record on the station eleven years earlier. The next show on Sunday mornings was by then presented by Danny Baker, who began his show by saying sarcastically that if you wanted to hear Layla over and over again you could always listen to Virgin.
The last two years of Davies' Radio 1 career allowed him the opportunity to display his love of music; higher-profile shows often negated the need for DJs to be heard caring for the songs they were playing, concentrating instead on the personality side of the programming. Davies got his opportunity to display his musical knowledge - he was, for example, the first DJ to play Radiohead on Radio 1, when a copy of their Drill EP was sent to him.
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