09 August 1979

Show

Name

• John Peel Show

Station

• BBC Radio One

YYYY-MM-DD

• 1979-08-09

Comments

• First, highly enthusiastic, play of long-term Peel favourite 'There Must Be Thousands' by The Quads. Described as "the best record of the year." Would later feature in John Peel's Record Box.
• NME writer Paul Morley is present in the studio, a fact commented on several times by Peel. Morley's highly respectful interview/article on the day, including this show, is available via archive.org.
• Three tracks from Swell Maps album.
• Other notable plays include the Lori & The Chameleons single on Zoo. The Chameleons were actually former ex-Big In Japan members Bill Drummond (later KLF, etc) and Dave Balfe (later Teardrop Explodes, etc). Read the Julian Cope review at Head Heritage. A Big In Japan track, Match Of The Day, is played at the end of the show, ahead of the Charity Shield two days later (Liverpool would beat Arsenal 3-1).

Sessions

• Cravats #1 (first broadcast) Available on The Complete John Peel Sessions 1979-1982 2xLP, 2022 (no label).

Tracklisting

• File 3 begins at start of show
• XTC: Limelight (LP- Drums And Wires) Virgin
• Cravats: Welcome (Peel session)
• Clive Pig & The Hopeful Chinamen: Happy Birthday Sweet 16 (single) Waldo’s (listen at YouTube)
• Penetration: Come Into The Open (single) Virgin
• The Freeze: Paranoia (single) A1
• Rudi: Ripped In Two (EP – I Spy) Good Vibrations
• She Cracked: Warren Row (LP – Identity Parade) TJM
• Cravats: Who’s In Here With Me (Peel session)
• Sam Bramwell: It A Go Dread Ina Babylon (single) Germain
• Stranglers: Duchess (single) United Artists
• Helsinki 5 Below: Women In Love (single) Future Earth
• 45s: Couldn’t Believe A Word (single) Chopper
• Prince Pampado: What A Hell When The Rice Can’t Swell (single) Libra
• Secret Affair: Time For Action (single) Arista
• Cravats: Live For Now (Peel session)
• Quads: There Must Be Thousands (single) Big Bear
• Quads: You’ve Got To Jive (b/w 7" There Must Be Thousands) Big Bear
• Phillip Goodhand-Tait & The Stormsville Shakers: No Problem (single, 1966) Parlophone
• Swell Maps: Don’t Throw Ashtrays At Me/ Midget Submarines / Bridgehead (LP – A Trip To Marineville) Rough Trade
• Jam: When You’re Young (single) Polydor
• File 3 cuts out
• Tearjerkers: Love Affair (single) Good Vibrations
• Silent Noise: Heart To Heart (single) Easy
• Lori & The Chameleons: Touch (single) Zoo (“let’s go disco”)
• Cravats: Pressure Sellers (Peel session)
• XTC: Chain Of Command
• File 1 ends near start of above track
• File 2 begins during next track so a few minutes of the show are missing
• Ringo: Frankenstein (7") Greedy Puppy
• Adam And The Ants: Zerox (7") Do It DUN 8
• Gerry And The Holograms: Increased Resistance (Meet The Dissidents) Absurd ABSURD 4
• Madness: The Prince (7") 2 Tone CHS TT 3
• Peter Hammill: The Old School Tie (7" with alter-ego Rikki Nadir - The Polaroid / The Old School Tie) Charisma CB 339
• Cravats: Precinct (session)
• Silicon Teens: Memphis Tennessee (7") Mute MUTE 003
• Victor Allen: Tomorrow Is Destiny Albion
• Big In Japan: Match Of The Day (Street To Street - A Liverpool Album) Open Eye OE LP 501
• JP admits to enjoying the show very much and decides to play another snippet of the Quads instead of the sig tune
• Quads: You’ve Got To Jive (b/w 7" There Must Be Thousands) Big Bear
• end of show

File

Name

• 1) 1979-8-9 John Peel Radio 1 (Incomplete.mp3
• 2) 1979-08-09 Tape 024
• 3) 1979-08-09 John Peel Radio 1 (incomplete) DB097.mp3

Length

• 1) 1.25.52
• 2) 29:46
• 3) 1:10:06

Other

• 1. File created from T122 of 400 Box.
• 2. File created from T024 of 400 Box, digitised by Weatherman22
• 3. File created from DB097 of Derby Box, digitised by RF

Available

• 1) mooo
• 2) [1]
• 3) Mooo (right-click, "Save as", enter peel and group if required)