Peeling Back The Years

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Six-part BBC series presented by John Walters, who interviews Peel on his musical history since buying his first record in 1952. First broadcast in 1987.

Early fan

 * Ray Martin & His Concert Orchestra: Blue Tango
 * Johnnie Ray: Walkin’ My Baby Back Home (?)
 * ???: Post Horn Gallop
 * Handel: Zadok The Priest
 * Earl Bostic: Sleep
 * Bill Haley: Shake, Rattle And Roll
 * Lonnie Donegan: Rock Island Line
 * Lonnie Donegan: New Burying Ground
 * Chris Barber’s Jazz Band: Oh, Didn’t He Ramble (LP – Traditional Jazz At The Royal Festival Hall) Decca
 * Elvis Presley: Heartbreak Hotel
 * Little Richard: Tutti Frutti
 * Gene Vincent: Be-Bop-A-Lula
 * Gene Vincent: Race With The Devil

Early broadcaster

 * Ray Martin & His Concert Orchestra: Blue Tango
 * Beatles: I Saw Her Standing There
 * Yardbirds: The Nazz Are Blue
 * Captain Beefheart: Diddy Wah Diddy (single) A&M
 * Doors: Break On Through (To The Other Side)
 * Country Joe & The Fish: Porpoise Mouth (LP – Electric Music For The Mind And Body)
 * Martha & The Vandellas: Love Bug, Leave My Heart Alone (single)
 * Captain Beefheart: Yellow Brick Road (LP – Safe As Milk)
 * Crocheted Doughnut Ring: Too Little Ladies (Azalea & Rhododendron) (single)
 * Misunderstood: Shake Your Money Maker (demo)
 * Fleetwood Mac: (???)
 * Pink Floyd: Interstellar Overdrive (LP – Piper At The Gates Of Dawn)
 * Captain Beefheart: Sure Nuff ‘N’ Yes I Do (LP – Safe As Milk)

Top Gear

 * Captain Beefheart: Pachucho Cadaver (LP – Trout Mask Replica)
 * Tyrannosaurus Rex: Salamanda Palagnda (LP – Prophets, Seers & Sages: The Angels Of The Ages) Regal Zonophone
 * T-Rex: Get It On (single) Fly
 * Fairport Convention: A Sailor’s Life (LP – Unhalfbricking)
 * Soft Machine: Moon In June (session)
 * Third Ear Band: (???)
 * Andy Capp: Pop A Top (single) Treasure Isle
 * Bob Marley & The Wailers: Concrete Jungle (session)
 * Gap Band: (???) (LP – Magician’s Holiday) Shelter
 * Nice: Intermezzo from “Karelia Suite” (LP – Ars Longa Vita Brevis)
 * Neu: (???)
 * New Riders Of The Purple Sage: Dim Lights And Thick Smoke (And Loud, Loud Music) (LP – Powerglide)
 * Faces: Had Me A Real Good Time LP – Long Player)
 * Little Feat Rock ‘n’ Roll Doctor (LP – Feats Don’t Fail Me Now)

Punk

 * Eddie & The Hot Rods: Do Anything You Want To Do
 * Ramones: Blitzkreig Bop (LP – The Ramones)
 * Vibrators: We Vibrate (single) RAK
 * Damned: Neat Neat Neat (session)
 * Sex Pistols: Anarchy In The UK
 * Generation X: Your Generation (single) Chrysalis
 * Slits: Love And Romance (session)
 * Siouxsie & The Banshees: Love In A Void (session)
 * Adam & The Ants: Deutscher Girls (single)
 * Teenage Jesus & The Jerks: (???)
 * Fall: Bingo-Master’s Break-Out (single) Step Forward
 * Undertones: Teenage Kicks

Life After Punk

 * Nightingales: Urban Ospreys
 * Joy Division: Twenty Four Hours (LP – Closer) Factory
 * Echo & The Bunnymen: Villiers Terrace (LP - Crocodiles) Korova
 * Cocteau Twins: Musette And Drums (LP – Head Over Heels) 4AD
 * Altered Images: Song Sung Blue (LP – Pinky Blue) Epic
 * Misty: Introduction (LP - Live At The Counter Eurovision 79) People Unite
 * Double Dee & Steinski: The Payoff Mix (12” single) Tommy Boy
 * Smiths: Reel Around The Fountain
 * Bogshed: Tried And Tested Public Speaker (single) Shelfish
 * Butthole Surfers: 22 Going On 23 (LP – Locust Abortion Technician) Blast First

Wrap

 * John Peel: Top Gear Theme (LP – John Peel Presents Top Gear) BBC
 * Roy Orbison: Running Scared
 * Duane Eddy: Hard Times
 * David Bowie & John Lennon: Fame (LP – Young Americans) RCA
 * John Lennon: Gimme Some Truth
 * Jimi Hendrix: Red House (LP – Are You Experienced)
 * Frank Zappa & Captain Beefheart: Willie The Pimp (LP – Hot Rats)
 * Neil Young: Like A Hurricane
 * Poco: Rose Of Cimarron (LP-Rose Of Cimarron) (ABC)
 * Wild Man Fischer: (???)
 * Bad Boy Orchestra: Do You Want To Dance (12” single) Southway
 * ???: Post Horn Gallop

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