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in: 1990, Peel shows, Available online, Tim's Tapes

09 August 1990

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Show[]

Name
Station
YYYY-MM-DD
  • 1990-08-09
Comments
  • The fourth show in Peel's Fall In August strand, featuring a session repeat from the band and music from the early 80s.
  • Start of show: "The Fall In August, Folio Four. A week tiptoes towards some sort of a climax with the longest of our fourteen Fall sessions from March 1983, and some scorching records from the golden grooveyard. Anyone here old enough to remember these crazy guys?"
  • "Tumblin' Tumbleweeds", played here in a version by the Meat Puppets, was originally a hit for the Sons Of The Pioneers in 1934.

Sessions[]

Tracklisting[]

(8.30 p.m. news)
  • Smiths: 'Hand In Glove (7") (Rough Trade)
(JP: 'When I was looking through my running orders to select records for these programmes, I discovered that in the spring of 1983 I played this next record five times. I can't remember it at all.')
(JP: 'The opposite side of the coin to the Gotcha mentality, and was there ever a better anti-war song written than that?')
  • Meat Puppets: 'Tumblin' Tumbleweeds (LP-Meat Puppets)' (SST)
  • M'bilia Bel, Tabu Ley Rochereau & Afrisa International: 'Lisanga Ya Bambanda (LP-Ba Gerants Ya Mabala)'
  • G.L.O.B.E. & Whiz Kid: 'Play That Beat Mr. DJ (12")' (Tommy Boy Music)
  • Fall: 'Smile' (Peel Session)
  • Fall: 'Garden' (Peel Session)
  • Fall: 'Hexen Definitive - Strife Knot' (Peel Session)
  • Fall: 'Eat Yourself Fitter' (Peel Session)
(JP: 'Even better than the LP version. I seem to remember that when I first heard that, I swooned clear away and Walters had to revive me by burning feathers beneath my nose.')
(10.00 p.m. news)

File[]

Name
  • 1) Peel Show 1990-08-09
  • 2) John Peel 09 Aug 1990.mp3
Length
  • 1) 01:32:36
  • 2) 01:25:35 (to 1:23:36)
Other
  • 1) Many thanks to the taper.
  • 2) Many thanks to Tim
Available
Footnotes
  1. ↑ Since the single was untitled, John is understandably confused here. The song is is written in Chinese on the cover and means merely "(Wir Sind) Gute Freunde" = "(We're) Good Friends", as can readily be gleaned from the lyrics. He is also under under the impression that it was the band's only release, but another single, "Le Cowboy", appeared in 1988.
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