10 November 1975

Show

 * Name
 * John Peel Show


 * Station
 * BBC Radio One


 * YYYY-MM-DD
 * 1975-11-10


 * Comments
 * Boxer.jpg broadcast of a session track by Boxer, who had a controversial album cover, that some record shops refused to sell. The album attracted less attention for its music than for its cover art. Photographed by Alex Henderson with graphics by Richard Evans, the cover featured model Stephanie Marrian (real name, Stefanie Khan, born in Singapore, her mother was English and father Indian, she was the first page 3 girl in the Sun newspaper way back in 1970), spreadeagled and naked but for a pair of shoes, with a man's arm reaching up between her legs and his boxing-gloved hand hiding her genitalia. The back cover at first showed Stephanie in complete full-frontal nudity, but later pressings covered her up with the band's belt-styled logo. The cover was completely re-designed for the US market using the band photo from the inside of the UK gatefold cover

Sessions

 * Boxer, #1. Recorded 1975-10-07. No known commercial release.

Tracklisting

 * (JP: '... and that's California Calling from Boxer')


 * edit
 * (JP: '... and of course had one excellent LP released on Virgin, Below The Belt, and had recorded another one, which got as far as listed in the Virgin catalogue, but I don't think it ever got into the shops. The new band signed to CBS anyway, because Mike Patto, still lead vocalist, and also in the band are Chris Stainton on keyboards, Tim Bogert on bass, Adrian Fisher lead guitar, and Ed Tuderi on drums. Sorry if I pronounced your name wrong Ed')


 * edit
 * (JP: '... band Shooting Star')


 * Boxer: Shooting Star (session)

File

 * Name
 * Boxer- Shooting Star/Live on John Peel's Top Gear 10.7.1975 (date is written in the American way, rather than the British, 7.10.1975, which was the date the band recorded the session)


 * Length
 * 5:01


 * Other
 * Many thanks to TheDudeMinds89


 * Available
 * YouTube