Galactic Symposium

John Peel started playing music from The Galactic Symposium from the time of their 1979 single release "Y.M.C.A./ Money" - and he continued playing it up until his death, and would often reference the band and the 2 cover versions on the record.

Little is known of the band, except that they originated in Nottingham, UK, and were active for 3 or 4 years, playing occasional shows locally.

In the mid 2000's an album of previously unreleased songs was released in limited edition form on the 'Low Down Kids' label - the music on that vinyl release apparently collected from an old cassette tape that came to light around the same time.

John Peel described the sax solo on 'Money' as the 'finest of it's kind' and described the songs as having a 'joyous sound'. Copies of the original 7" vinyl are very rare.