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15 August 1988

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Show[]

Name
Station
YYYY-MM-DD
  • 1988-08-15
Comments
  • Peel plays Extreme Noise Terror's first session track at the beginning of the programme.
  • Peel dedicates a Yello track to his son, Tom, who fell from his bike whilst racing his dad who was in his car leaving Peel Acres.
  • Peel plays a track from feedtime covering Lee Hazlewood and Nancy Sinatra's Lightning's Girl.
  • Peel plays two tracks from the Sub Pop label, the first from Mudhoney and the other, Soundgarden. Later on in the programme, he reads out their Sub Pop’s address for listeners to write to.
  • Peel plays a session track from Overlord X called The Dedication, which mentions his name in the lyrics.
  • Peel reads out a listener's letter from Steve of Stafford thanking him in writing a book called 'Making Four Track Music'. However, JP, mentions that he never wrote that book and states that 'technology left me just after the wheel'.
  • Somewhat surprising to hear a 1974 Tim Buckley track in the playlist, although JP admits it is only because the album had just been re-released.

Sessions[]

Tracklisting[]

(JP: 'Also from Australia, the New Christs')
(JP: 'I've never forgotten really the first time that I saw the Beat, at Aston University, one of the very best gigs ever. I invited them at the time to play their set through twice, and they did this, and both times it was wonderful. Just thinking about it sets me toes tapping.')

File[]

Name
  • 1) Peel Show 1988-08-15 (incomplete)
  • 2) 1988-08-xx Peel Show LE016
  • 3) 020A-B3109XXXXXXX-0100A0.mp3
  • 4) 020A-B3109XXXXXXX-0101A0.mp3
Length
  • 1) 0:25:01
  • 2) 1:33:57 (3:34- 22:31) (to 19:12 unique)
  • 3) 1:01:23
  • 4) 0:56:36
Other
  • 1) File created from CB100 of the 500 Box. Good mono FM sound at 128kbps, although the tape betrays its age in occasional drift. Many thanks to CB.
  • 2) Created from LE016 of Lee Tapes, digitised by Weatherman22. Many thanks to Lee.
  • 3-4) Recordings at the British Library
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