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01 September 1981

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Show[]

Name
Station
YYYY-MM-DD
  • 1981-09-01
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  • This was for a while the first documented play of Laurie Anderson's O Superman, although Peel mentions he has received several letters about the track, which suggests it had been played before. Indeed he says that Richard Skinner and himself have been going zany about it over the past week or so. The single was not yet available in the UK. According to this article in The Quietus, published in December 2021, Bob George played the song during a guest spot in August (undocumented to date). An earlier play appears along with John's outro on Peel Late August Early September 1981 with a likely date in late August, though there was no sign of Bob George on that recording. Counteracting the Bob George story, that Peel outro says "Well that's as good as anything I ever heard, and the chances are if you don't like that, that you're a phonebox." "My thanks to Scott at Rough Trade for bringing it to my attention.". In addition, the 30 November 1981 show was the first to feature Bob.

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  • 1981-09-01 Peel Show DB251.mp3
Length
  • 1:34:59
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