The Evolution of John Peel

The Evolution of John Peel is a five-part BBC Radio 6 Music series, first broadcast in September 2017, celebrating John Peel and his pioneering work in on Radio One. Each episode follows a specific theme and is a montage of non-chronological selected tracks (records and sessions) usually with introductions and comments on each one made by Peel at the time of broadcast.


 * "Ever since he came off the pirate ships and joined Radio 1 in 1967, John Peel was a champion of new, exciting and occasionally challenging music like no other DJ. Today BBC Radio 6 Music lives on in that pioneering spirit, with its presenters continuing the passion and love he showed for new music."


 * Series producer: Mark Higgins for the BBC.
 * Presented by Mary-Anne Hobbs

Annotations: an attempt has been made to identify original transmission dates of each track and is given in brackets, where identified on the basis of recordings and information available on this site, and linked to relative Wiki page. In case of uncertainty, the date is followed by a '?' and is not linked. Unknown dates are marked '??'. Notes are given where possible transmission dates can be excluded, based on recordings available (not linked).

Please add or correct as necessary.

1970s Evolution
link

First broadcast: 2017-09-03 13:00 news anecdote by Liz Kershaw
 * T Rex - Dove (04 January 1970)
 * Joy Division - Sound of Music (session #2, 10 December 1979)
 * Culture - Down in Jamaica (27 March 1979)
 * Undertones - Girls Don't Like It (18 September 1979)
 * Slits - Instant Hit (session #2, 22 May 1978?)
 * Attentat - Ge Fan I Mej (?? 1979)
 * The Crawdaddys - Let's Make It (10 December 1979)
 * Family - Love is a Sleeper (live performance - ??)
 * Ruts - S.U.S. (session #1, 24 April 1979 ?)
 * Asher & Trimble - Humble Yourself (??)
 * Mo-Dettes - White Mice (10 December 1979)
 * Skids - Charade (18 September 1979)
 * Trespass - One of These Days (10 December 1979)
 * Delia Gatrell - See What You've Done Done (Hymn no.9) (14 June 1973?)

1970s Revolution
link
 * "companion show to The Evolution of John Peel, broadcast Sunday at 1PM, with more highlights of John's shows in the seventies."

First broadcast: 2017-09-03 01:00
 * Bob Dylan - George Jackson (?? late 1971)
 * Stackridge - The Three Legged Table Pt.3 (Session#1, 20 October 1971?)
 * Vibrators - Judy Says (Knock You in the Head) (?? 1978)
 * 25 Rifles - Revolution Blues (12" EP) (??).
 * Madness - The Prince (session #1, 18 September 1979)
 * Dickies - You Drive Me Ape (??)
 * Elvis Costello & the Attractions - Big Tears (7" B-side) (??)
 * Fall - Futures and Pasts (session #1; ??)
 * Bob Marley - Black Man Redemption (7" import) (??)
 * Chi-Lites - Have You Seen Her (single) (??)
 * Ralph McTell - Genesis 1 Verse 20 (15 December 1971?)
 * Marmalade - Sarah (7" B-side (15 December 1971)
 * Cure - Boys Don't Cry (7") (?? June 1979, "new single")
 * Rolling Stones - Con le mie lacrime 7" import (??)
 * Captain Beefheart - Hard Workin' Man (08 August 1978 ?)
 * Buzzcocks - Paradise (LP track) (18 September 1979)
 * Siouxsie & the Banshees - Hong Kong Garden (Session #2, 12 June 1978)
 * John Fahey - The Yellow Princess (LP track) (12 June 1978)

1980s
link

first broadcast 2017-09-10 13:00 work in progress 
 * "In this second episode of a five part series, Mary Anne Hobbs introduces the on-air moments where John showed his musical passion in the Eighties, as the likes of New Order, The Specials and Echo & the Bunnymen were introduced to a wide audience for the first time."

1980s Revolution
link

first broadcast 2017-09-10 01:00

work in progress 

1990s
link (tbc)

first broadcast 2017-09-17 13:00

work in progress 

1990s Revolution
ink (tbc)

first broadcast 2017-09-17 01:00

work in progress 

TBC