Passions

The Passions were a British post-punk band which formed in 1978 and disbanded in 1983. Based in Shepherds Bush, west London, The Passions' music was grounded mainly in Barbara Gogan's voice and Clive Timperley's delicate echoplex guitar work. Before forming in 1978, most of the group's members had played in other groups. Timperley was formerly with the 101ers, while drummer Richard Williams and singer/guitarist Barbara Gogan were in the punk rock outfit The Derelicts. The Passions' first single, issued in March 1979, was "Needles and Pills" (written by Dack Dyde), which assisted in gaining the band a recording contract with Fiction Records. They were considered one-hit wonders due to their early 1981 single "I'm in Love with a German Film Star". (Read more at Wikipedia)

Links to Peel
Peel was a supporter of The Passions throughout their brief career, often playing tracks from their albums, especially their debut "Michael & Miranda". After their breakup, they were still occasionally featured on his program. The band also recorded three sessions for his program, premiering their only hit "I'm In Love With a German Film Stard" during the third. According to singer Barbara Gogan, the reason those sessions have not been officially released yet is because "whoever owns the rights to these sessions asked a ludicrous percentage" to the record company to release the tracks. .

Peel, on 07 August 1990, recalled that the only time he saw The Passions in concert, a riot broke out and he had to flee away.

Sessions
Three sessions. No commercial release.

1. Recording date: 1979-11-19. First broadcast: 29 November 1979. Repeated: 17 January 1980.
 * Snow / Man On The Tube / Oh No It's You / Why Me?

2. Recording date: 1980-05-07. First broadcast: 14 May 1980. Repeated: 04 August 1980.
 * Hunted / Real Mean / Absentee / Lies

3. Recording date: 1980-11-05. First broadcast: 17 November 1980. Repeated: 29 December 1980, 23 April 1981.
 * Someone Special / The Swimmer / Cachelor Girls / German Film Star

Other Shows Played
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 * 1979
 * 01 November 1979: Hunted (7") Fiction
 * 07 November 1979: Hunted (7") Fiction
 * 15 November 1979: Hunted (7") Fiction
 * 22 November 1979: Hunted (7") Fiction
 * 03 December 1979: Hunted ( 7" ) Fiction
 * 06 December 1979: Oh No It's You
 * 11 December 1979: Body And Soul (7” – Needles And Pins) Soho
 * 1980
 * 28 February 1980: Hunted (7") Fiction FICS 008 (Mike Read)
 * 21 April 1980: Pedal Fury (album - Michael & Miranda) Fiction FIX 003
 * 21 April 1980: Suspicion (album - Michael & Miranda) Fiction FIX 003
 * 22 April 1980: Snow (LP - Michael & Miranda) Fiction
 * 30 April 1980: Palaver (LP – Michael & Miranda) Fiction
 * 01 May 1980: Man On The Tube (LP Michael & Miranda ) Fiction
 * 05 May 1980: Obsession (LP – Michael And Miranda) Fiction
 * 06 May 1980: 'Man On The Tube (LP-Michael & Miranda)' (Fiction)
 * 20 May 1980: Suspicion (album - Michael & Miranda) Fiction
 * 03 June 1980: Why Me (LP -The Moonlight Tapes - Moonlight Club Bands Live Fiction
 * 09 June 1980: Man On The Tube (LP Michael & Miranda) Fiction Records
 * 17 June 1980: Pedal Fury (LP – Michael & Miranda) Fiction
 * 17 June 1980: Why Me (LP – The Moonlight Tapes - Moonlight Club Bands Live) Danceville
 * 22 September 1980: The Swimmer (7") Polydor POSP 184
 * 24 September 1980: The Swimmer (7" Polydor
 * 13 October 1980: The Swimmer (7") Polydor POSP 184
 * 23 October 1980: The Swimmer (7") Polydor POSP 184
 * 1981I'm in love with a German Film Star TOTP2 version
 * 12 January 1981: I'm In Love With A German Film Star (7") Polydor POSP 222
 * 19 January 1981: I'm In Love With A German Film Star (7") Polydor POSP 222
 * 22 June 1981: Skin Deep (7") Polydor POSP 256
 * 24 June 1981: Skin Deep (12" version) Polydor
 * 1982
 * 21 September 1982: Sanctuary (single)
 * 1989
 * 27 January 1989 (BFBS): 'Man On The Tube (LP-Michael & Miranda)' (Fiction) (Peel 098 (BFBS))
 * 1990s
 * 07 August 1990: 'The Swimmer' (Single) Polydor
 * 02 February 1996: ‘I'm In Love With A German Film Star [Dave Clarke remix] (12 inch )’ DMC
 * 2000s
 * 13 January 2000 (Radio Eins): I'm In Love With A German Film Star