10 September 1984

Show

(Introduction to show, mood of Peel, interesting comments, etc). If possible, please add mentions of gigs attended, TV appearances, etc, for use elsewhere on John Peel Wiki.

(Please add details of any commercial release of these sessions)

Smiths: Please, Please, Please, Let Me Get What I Want (12" - William, It Was Really Nothing) Rough Trade RTT 166
Fall: New Fiend (promo for The Wonderful And Frightening World Of The Fall) track would become known as 2 by 4
Bring Philip: Fire Truck (12" EP - Endoscopy) Major Record Company YPRX 2119
Chinese Gangster Element: In My Body (session)
Fall: Elves (promo for The Wonderful And Frightening World Of The Fall)
Higsons: Music To Watch Girls By
Chinese Gangster Element: Red Light (session) (JP - 'There's a sort of innocence to this session that I find rather attractive. I mean a lot of them 4 or 5 years ago used to have a kind of innocence about them as well and there's not a great deal of that about.')
Float Up C·P: Joy's Address (7") Rough Trade RT 150
Fall: Copped It (promo for The Wonderful And Frightening World Of The Fall) (JP -'There have been aspects of The Fall's recent work have had me staring into the night skies and poring over the entrails of goats, but I think they're going to be alright based on the evidence of the three tracks we've heard. I look forward to hearing the rest of the LP, which I haven't got')
Black Uhuru: No No No (7") Taxi
Life: Tell Me (7") Factory FAC 106 ~
Earl Bostic: unknown (album - Sax "O" Boogie) Oldie Blues OL 8007 cuts out after intro ~

Tracks are in the order played, but are edited highlights. Tracks marked # may be from adjacent shows.. ~ on file 2.

1:30:57 (from 58:57) (mixtape contains portions of other shows, see Peel Aug-Sep 1984)
48:50 (to 2:41)