26 August 1985

Show

 * Name
 * John Peel Show


 * Station
 * BBC Radio One


 * YYYY-MM-DD
 * 1985-08-26


 * Comments
 * Start of show: "Well, hello again listeners. Just a few miles away across London, three days of celebration to mark the start of my birthday week are coming to a climax, and it seems appropriate really to play this record, which has probably been played several times over the last, over the weekend."
 * Billy Bragg is in the studio and chats about his recent visit to Japan.

Session Repeats

 * Specials, #4 (rpt). Recorded: 1983-08-22. No known commercial release. Billed as Special AKA.
 * Echo & The Bunnymen, #6. Recorded: 1983-09-19. 'Nocturnal Me' & 'Ocean Rain' available on 2xCD limited edition of Evergreen (London, 1997). 'Watch Out Below' available on Crystal Days (Rhino, 2001).

Tracklisting

 * Merchant: 'Pan In Danger (7"-Rock It)' (Polydor)
 * Paul Hardcastle: '19 (Extended Japanese Mix) (12")' (Chrysalis)
 * Echo & The Bunnymen: 'Ocean Rain' (Peel Session)
 * Guana Batz: 'Got No Money (LP-Held Down To Vinyl....At Last!)' (I.D.)
 * track from side 1 of a Godzilla soundtrack LP: "Conflict 1"
 * Special AKA: 'Free Nelson Mandela (7")' (Chrysalis)
 * Cure: 'The Blood (LP-The Head On The Door)' (Fiction)
 * Welton Irie: 'Cry For The Ape (7")' (Jammy's)
 * Robert Wyatt: 'Te Recuerdo Amanda (12"-Work In Progress)' (Rough Trade)
 * Minutemen: 'Tour-Spiel (12"-Project: Mersh)' (SST)
 * Echo & The Bunnymen: 'Nocturnal Me' (Peel Session)
 * Specials: 'Bright Lights' (Peel Session)
 * Deja Voodoo: 'Cheese & Crackers (LP-Too Cool To Live, Too Smart To Die)' (Midnight)
 * Charlie Chaplin: 'Nightdriver (7")' (Crown)
 * Ramones: 'Pinhead (LP-Leave Home)' (Sire/Phonogram)
 * Prefab Sprout: 'Appetite (7")' (Kitchenware)
 * Stanley Clarke Band: 'Born In The U.S.A. (LP-Find Out!)' (Epic)
 * Echo & The Bunnymen: 'My Kingdom' (Peel Session)
 * Hank Ballard & The Midnighters: 'The Twist (LP-What You Get When The Gettin Gets Good)' (Charly R&B)
 * Specials: 'Alcohol' (Peel Session)
 * Mekons: 'Flightcraft (LP-Fear And Whiskey)' (Sin Record Company)
 * Mekons: 'Flightcraft (LP-Fear And Whiskey)' (Sin Record Company)

File

 * Name
 * 1985-08-26 John Peel


 * Length
 * 02:04:33


 * Other
 * Many thanks to Al.


 * Available
 * Pending


 * Footnotes