Peel mentions the best record he's bought over the weekend is Tempo by Anthony Red Rose.
Peel mentions Trevor Dann of BBC Radio Cambridgeshire played Aged And Mellow Blues by Little Esther on his show to celebrate JP's birthday on 30th August.
Peel plays a session track from Billy Bragg covering the Smiths' Jeanne.
Peel mentions the Titanic was found last week and says his brother Alan, has an interest in the British passenger liner that sunk in the North Atlantic Ocean.
Peel mentions he's still opening his birthday cards.
Peel mentions that somebody told him that the newspapers last week published articles mentioning that Radio One has banned its presenters kissing anyone. He responds in saying that nobody told him that in the likelihood that nobody in the premises is going to kiss him anyway.
Peel mentions that those who manipulate the tax system receive honours, but if you do something like that with the social security system, you're an outcast and a criminal, which he says is a necessity, whereas the former isn't.
Peel mentions the studio he is in doesn't throb, when he turns the speakers up loud.
Peel mentions seeing a 64 Studebaker car on sale that he thinks is a beautiful.
Sessions[]
Billy Bragg #4 First broadcast. Recorded 1985-08-20 (All tracks except 'There Is Power In A Union' on Strange Fruit SFRCD117 The Peel Sessions)
(JP: 'And this is from Billy Bragg. Now if you want a session for one of these programmes, what you have to do is go to Japan and bring me back some amusing records and that's what Billy did. Goodness me here he is, this is Days Like These')