05 May 1981

Show

 * Name
 * John Peel Show


 * Station
 * BBC Radio One


 * YYYY-MM-DD
 * 1981-05-05


 * Comments
 * Another mixtape from Mark, and an especially valuable one as it proves Peel did play Duran Duran at some point.
 * Mark comments: "Always relished the fact that Peel “discovered” The Durans – so often he played bands that were later to break into the mainstream – this was special, although there is a touch of rancour in his voice in a link after The Original Mirrors (an Ian Broudie band) when he infers that Adam and the Ants thanked Peter Powell for “discovering them”. Also features the Mighty Wah!/Wah Heat! who at this time were merely Wah! Many mentions of his impending trip to Paris to see Liverpool in European Cup Final and need for a holiday … having messed up plans by arranging to take the John Peel roadshow to East Kilbride!"

Sessions

 * Blank Students, one and only session. Recorded 1981-04-13, first broadcast 23 April 1981, repeated 05 May 1981. No known commercial release.

Tracklisting

 * Original Mirrors: 'Dancing With The Rebels (LP-Heart-Twango & Raw-Beat)' (Mercury) possibly from night before
 * tape edit
 * Blank Students: 'Don’t Understand' (Peel Session) 05 May 1981
 * (JP: 'I think you have to be a pretty cocky bunch of chaps to have a go at a Bowie track these days so a gasp of admiration for The Durans and their cover of Fame.')
 * Duran Duran: 'Fame (12 inch-Careless Memories)' (EMI) 05 May 1981
 * Cramps: 'Voodoo Idol (LP-Psychedelic Jungle)' (I.R.S.) 05 May 1981
 * Paris 9: '24 Hour Surveillance (7 inch)' (RCA) 05 May 1981
 * (JP: 'Always had a genuine interest in fashion but never been to participate much as not really had the figure for it but if the era of the pear shaped man ever comes about I’ll be ready for it.')
 * tape edit
 * Method Actors: 'Distortion (10 inch EP-Rhythms of You)' (Armageddon) 05 May 1981
 * Altered Images: 'Who Cares? (7 inch-B side of A Day's Wait)' (Epic) 05 May 1981
 * tape edit
 * Eyeless in Gaza – Invisibility (Cherry 20, April 3 1981, 7”) 05 May 1981
 * Killing Joke – Follow the Leaders 7" Malicious Damage=EGMD1.01 May 1981 05 May 1981
 * Scars: Aquarama (album - Author! Author!) PRE PRE X 5 05 May 1981 start only

File

 * Name
 * John Peel - Altered Images etc 81
 * Length
 * 01:34:17 (from 10:18 or 13:54 to 46:47)


 * Other
 * Shared via Peel Mailing List.
 * Many thanks to Mark not only for the file, but also the comments and detailed tracklisting.


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