Peel's Classic Mistakes

Tape

 * Name
 * Peel's Classic Mistakes


 * Station
 * BBC Radio One


 * YYYY-MM
 * 1993


 * A collection of twenty-four separate tracks compiled by Yahoo Peel Group user mikeparker81 celebrating a feature of John's shows that is the stuff of legend: a variety of errors made in the course of his normal programming. JP was famed for his 'wrong speed moments', but this compilation proves that other things could and did go wrong in the Radio 1 studio. To avoid repetition, the following key lists the mistakes made (sometimes a combination of them).
 * † Track refuses to start.
 * ‡ Wrong track played.
 * ♫ Track played at wrong speed.
 * ∞ Track sticks.
 * ‼ Sound quality-related problem.
 * @ JP temporarily loses record.

Tracklisting

 * Simon Joiner: 'Ghetto Blaster (CD-Room Temperature)' (One Hour) †
 * Cows: 'Sugar Torch (LP-Amphetamine Reptile Sampler 1993)' (Amphetamine Reptile) ‡
 * Velvet Monkeys: 'They Call It Rock (EP)' (Ecstatic Peace) ♫ ♫ †
 * Gloo Girls: 'Ex-Con (7 inch)' (Bible Belt) ‡ † (with a rare example of JP in uncontrolled laughter)
 * Eggs: 'Hard To Be An Egg (Compilation LP-50)' (Teen Beat/Matador) ‡ (John thinks he's played the wrong track, then, after trying another one, realises he had the right one the first time)
 * Mountain Goats: 'The Monkey Song (EP-Philyra)' (Theme Park) ∞
 * Slant 6: 'Don't You Ever (LP-Soda Pop Rip-Off)' (Dischord) ♫
 * Rowdown: 'Milk And Melancholy (7 inch)' ♫
 * Frank Hutchison: (title unknown) ‡
 * Bum: 'Mrs. Rock'N'Roll (7 inch)' (One Louder) ‡ (in this case, the wrong track is the news jingle)
 * See Feel: 'Air Eyes (EP-Stare Through)' (Warp) ‼
 * P. J. Harvey: 'Down By The Water (CD single)' (Island) @
 * (banter with Kid Jensen, apparently following a wrong speed moment)
 * Crowsdell: 'Sugar Coated (7 inch-pink vinyl)' (Big Cat) ‼ (JP: 'I thought, they've put their own surface noise in. How amusing it is! Then it started to go nuclear, and I thought, time to leave the building.')
 * Vita Pop: 'Disbelief (7 inch)' ♫
 * Emily's Sassy Lime: 'Teenage Superstar (EP-Summer Vacation)' (Christmas) ‡

File

 * Name
 * Peel's Classic Mistakes
 * Length
 * All tracks are of varying length.


 * Other
 * Shared via Peel Group.
 * Many thanks to Mike.


 * Available
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