Observer

The Observer is a British Sunday newspaper first published in 1791. Since 1993 it has been the sister newspaper of The Guardian.

John Peel wrote regularly for The Observer in the second half of the 1980s, frequently reviews of live music events he had attended.

Peel Articles
Many pieces written by Peel for the newspaper were re-published in Olivetti Chronicles:
 * 1985-09-01, Top of the Pops, pg. 301-3
 * 1985-11-10, Cliff Richard, pg. 255-6
 * 1985-12-22, Turntable Mistress, pg. 314-5
 * 1986-01-19, Bottom Lines, pg. 30-31
 * 1986-01-26, Half Man Half Biscuit, pg. 108-9
 * 1986-03-09, Madonna, pg. 151-3
 * 1986-04-06, Captain Beefheart 1, pg. 36-8
 * 1986-05-11, Aural Vandalism, pg. 9-11
 * 1986-06-15, Misty in Roots, pg. 160-2
 * 1986-07-06, Wham!, pg. 333-5
 * 1986-07-27, UK Fresh 86, pg. 316-7
 * 1986-08-24, Fall, pg. 90-1
 * 1987-02-15, Bhundu Boys, pg. 25-26
 * 1987-02-22, Europe, pg. 64-5
 * 1987-03-08, Chicago House, pg. 42-3
 * 1987-03-22, Protest Songs, pg. 235-6
 * 1987-05-17, Eurovision, pg. 66-8
 * 1987-06-28, Bhangra, pg. 22-24
 * 1987-07-12, Billy Joel, pg. 125-6
 * 1987-07-26, Bemeya Jazz National, pg. 15-16
 * 1987-08-02, Smiths, pg. 276-7
 * 1987-08-16, Butthole Surfers, pg. 32-3
 * 1987-08-23, Madonna 2, pg. 154-5
 * 1987-10-04, Napalm Death, pg. 169-70
 * 1987-11-29, Public Enemy, pg. 237-8
 * 1988-02-07, New Age Music, pg. 171-2
 * 1988-03-06, USSR, pg. 318-9
 * 1988-05-01, Frankie Lane, pg. 139-40
 * 1988-06-05, Extreme Noise Terror, pg. 75-6
 * 1988-07-10, Kylie Minogue, pg. 158-9
 * 1988-07-17, Michael Jackson, pg. 122-4
 * 1988-07-31, Prince, pg. 233-4
 * 1988-10-30, Roy Orbison, pg. 195-6
 * 1988-12-04, Happy Mondays, pg. 110-1
 * 1989-01-22, Bryan Ferry, pg. 92-3
 * 1989-01-29, Sub Pop, pg. 290-1

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