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Name
Station
YYYY-MM-DD
  • 1993-08-07
Comments
  • ‘...in tonight’s programme sessions from J Church and Velocity Girl the latter a repeat. And this is Heavenly’.
  • Radio Times (now BBC Programme Index on-line) mentions in the programme listing: "Recently voted National Broadcaster of the Year at the Sony Awards."[1]
  • How Does It Feel - The New Order Story, narrated by Peel, was broadcast earlier in the day.

Sessions[]

Tracklisting[]

(11:30 news)
(JP: ‘No mention in the news of the rather disappointing turnout at Buckingham Palace today.’[1])
(JP: ... ‘on Friday it’s a repeat of a startling session from Hole. If you missed it the first time round you mustn’t miss is a second time.)
(12:30 news)
(JP: ...[silence] ‘Um seems to some kind of breakdown on the machinery there. I apologies for that. Let’s try this instead.’)
(JP: ‘I like their style, I must say, romping and stomping the whole night through.’)
(1:30 news)
(JP: [Trying to segue the next record.] 'Oh that would have been so good if it had been at the right speed’)
  • Top Cat: ‘Request The Style (12 inch)’ (Fashion Records)
(JP: ‘I make these little mistakes deliberately, actually, so you’ll feel better about yourselves.’)
(JP: ‘We used to fall in heaps for that when I was young and lovely. Still sounds rather wonderful to me.’)
  • Lois: ‘The Trouble With Me (7 inch)’ (K)
  • Velocity Girl: ‘Here Comes’ (Peel Session)
  • Corridor: ‘Flowing (12 inch - Element) (Sabres Of Paradise)
(JP: ‘Thanks very much for listening to this, here’s Lynn.’)

File[]

Name
  • 1) Peel Show 1993-08-07
  • 2) John Peel 07 Aug 1993.mp3
Length
  • 1) 02:58:56
  • 2) 01:32:27
Other
  • 1) Many thanks to the taper.
  • 2) Many thanks to Tim
Available

Footnotes[]

  1. The state rooms at Buckingham Palace were open to the public for the first time in August 1993. Peel may be making a barbed allusion to the fact that the BBC at the time was going through sensitive discussions on charter renewal.
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