Echo & The Bunnymen


 * Career outline (no more than two paragraphs, please)
 * Links to Peel (no more than two paragraphs, please)
 * Links to Peel (no more than two paragraphs, please)

Festive Fifty Entries

 * 1981 Festive Fifty: Over The Wall #46
 * 1982 Festive Fifty: The Back Of Love #4
 * 1982 Festive Fifty (all time): Over The Wall #22
 * 1983 Festive Fifty: Never Stop #17
 * 1983 Festive Fifty: The Cutter #22
 * 1984 Festive Fifty: The Killing Moon #19
 * 1984 Festive Fifty: Thorn Of Crowns #47
 * 1985 Festive Fifty: Bring On The Dancing Horses #21

Sessions

 * Seven sessions plus other live appearances. Session tracks were released on both The Peel Sessions EP ([Strange Fruit]) and the Crystal Days boxset (2001).

1. Recorded: 1979-08-15. First broadcast: 22 August 1979. Repeated: 27 September 1979, 13 July 1982, 08 February 1983
 * Read It In Books / Stars Are Stars / I Bagsy Yours / Villiers Terrace

2. Recorded: 1980-05-13. First broadcast: 22 May 1980. Repeated: 17 June 1980, 28 July 1980
 * The Pictures On My Wall / All That Jazz / Over The Wall

3. Recorded: 1980-11-04. First broadcast: 12 November 1980. Repeated: 08 December 1980, 30 December 1980
 * All My Colours Turn To Clouds / That Golden Smile / Heaven Up Here / Turquoise Daze

4. Recorded: 1982-01-27. First broadcast: 08 February 1982. Repeated: 24 February 1982, 10 June 1982
 * Taking Advantage / An Equation / No Hands

5. Recorded: 1983-06-06. First broadcast: 20 June 1983. Repeated: 11 July 1983, 21 December 1983, 30 January 1985, 03 September 1985
 * Silver / Seven Seas / The Killing Moon

6. Recorded: 1983-09-19. First broadcast: 24 October 1983. Repeated: 14 November 1983, 21 December 1983
 * Nocturnal Me / Watch Out Below / Ocean Rain / My Kingdom

7. Recorded: 1997-09-16. First broadcast: 16 September 1997. Not repeated.
 * Rescue / Don't Let It Get You Down / Altamont / Villiers Terrace

(Please correct mistakes and add any missing info)

Live

 * 28 June 1997: Recorded live at Glastonbury


 * 1) Altamont
 * 2) The Killing Moon
 * 3) Rescue
 * 4) I Want To Be There
 * 5) Nothing Lasts Forever


 * 01 April 1999: Recorded live the same evening at the Improv Theatre, London, headlining special gig for Peel's 60th birthday, supported by PJ Harvey.


 * 1) Fools Like Us
 * 2) Baby Rain
 * 3) Rescue
 * 4) I Want To Be There
 * 5) Bedbugs & Ballyhoo
 * 6) The Cutter
 * 7) Rust
 * 8) What Are You Going To Do
 * 9) Back Of Love
 * 10) Lips Like Sugar
 * 11) Do It Clean

Other Shows Played
The list below was compiled only from the database of this website and Lorcan's Tracklistings Archive and is certainly incomplete. Please add more information if known.


 * 14 May 1979: Pictures On My Wall (single) Zoo
 * 28 June 1979: The Pictures On My Wall (single) Zoo
 * 14 August 1979: Pictures On My Wall (single) Zoo


 * 09 April 1980: Rescue (single) Korova
 * 07 May 1980: Rescue
 * 13 May 1980: Rescue (12" version) Korova
 * 14 July 1980: Stars Are Stars (LP - Crocodiles) Korova
 * 17 July 1980: All That Jazz
 * 21 July 1980: Monkeys (album version)
 * 21 July 1980: Crocodiles
 * 21 July 1980: Monkeys (original version)


 * 08 April 1981: Zimbo
 * 09 April 1981: The Pictures On My Wall (7") Zoo
 * 28 May 1981: Over The Wall (Album - Heaven Up Here)
 * 23 December 1981: Over The Wall (LP-Heaven Up Here) Korova FF#48


 * 23 December 1982: Over The Wall (LP-Heaven Up Here) (Polydor) FF#22
 * 30 December 1982: The Back Of Love (7 inch) Korova FF#04


 * 05 July 1983: Never Stop (Discotheque) (12") Korova KOW 28 T
 * Peel Late Sep - Oct 1983: Do It Clean
 * 15 December 1983: Heads Will Roll (single - Never Stop) Korova
 * 27 December 1983: The Cutter (7 inch) Korova FF#22
 * 28 December 1983: Never Stop (7 inch) Korova/WEA FF#17


 * 13 February 1984: Do It Clean
 * 15 May 1984: Nocturnal Me (LP – Ocean Rain) Korova
 * 21 May 1984: Thorn Of Crowns
 * 17 July 1984: Seven Seas
 * 12 December 1984: The Yo Yo Man (LP – Ocean Rain) Korova
 * 18 December 1984: Thorn Of Crowns (LP-Ocean Rain) Korova FF#47
 * 26 December 1984: The Killing Moon (LP-Ocean Rain) Korova FF#19


 * 22 October 1985: Bring On The Dancing Horses
 * 18 December 1985: Bring On The Dancing Horses FF#21


 * 08 June 1987: The Game (7 inch) WEA
 * Late 1987 (Rockradio): People Are Strange - 7" - WEA International (YZ 175)


 * 28 September 1988: Read It In Books (LP: 21 Years of Alternative Radio 1) Strange Fruit [from Peel Session #1]


 * 07 August 1990: Heaven Up Here (LP - Heaven Up Here) Korova
 * 08 August 1990: Back Of Love (LP - Porcupine) Korova / WEA


 * 21 March 1996: The Cutter (CD: Porcupine) Korova


 * 26 June 1997: The Back Of Love
 * 16 July 1987 (BBC World Service): Bombers Bay (LP - Echo & The Bunnymen) WEA


 * 02 February 1999: Rust (7") white label
 * 03 February 1999: When It All Blows Over (7") white label
 * 11 February 1999: When It All Blows Over (LP sampler) London
 * 18 March 1999: Rust (single) London
 * 23 March 1999: Rust (CD: What Are You Going To Do With Your Life) London
 * 07 April 1999: Lost On You (LP: What Are You Going To Do With Your Life?) London


 * 26 September 2002: In The Midnight Hour (Crystal Days 1979-1999 Box Set) Warner Archives


 * Other
 * Peeling Back The Years 5 (Transcript): Villiers Terrace (LP - Crocodiles) Korova