16 December 1987

Show

Name

• John Peel Show

Station

• BBC Radio One

YYYY-MM-DD

• 1987-12-16

Comments

• Peel mentions Andy Kershaw's programme tomorrow night will play his choice of songs of 1987.
• Peel mentions that his dog urinated on his wife Sheila's shoe after playing a pig encourager tune (Bhundu Boys) earlier on the programme, after having car problems.
• Peel plays two tracks from the Hickoids' We're In It For The Corn album on the show.
• Peel mentions that Rick Astley and Nat King Cole's When I Fall In Love are both in the UK singles chart (with the former at number 2 and the latter at 20) and decides to play a 1960 version by Ben Webster.

Sessions

• This Poison only session, recorded 22nd November 1987, repeat, first broadcast 30 November 1987. No known commercial release.
• Midnight Choir only session, recorded 8th December 1987. No known commercial release.

Tracklisting

• File 4 begins at beginning of show
• Stupids: Skid Row (LP - Jesus Meets The Stupids) Vinyl Solution
• Bhundu Boys: Indoitasei (LP - True Jit) Jit Five
• Midnight Choir: Idle (session)
• **Super Star** A-Mar* Featuring Jay Bee Rock: Grasshopper Meets The Master (12") Zakia
• Hickoids: Corntaminated (LP - We're In It For The Corn) Fundamental
• Moist: The Cut-Up #1 (shared 7" Flexi-disc with King Of The Slums - The Cut-Up #1 / Haemophiliacs On Tacks) Debris
• Negativland: Quiet Please (LP - Escape From Noise) RecRec Music
• This Poison: St. Johnstoun (session)
• Marxist Brothers: Emeli
• File 2 begins
• Mcallisters: Terry & June Will Eat Themselves (12" - Too Much Money Propaganda) Jolly Good
• Larry Johnson: The Beat From Rampart Street (LP - Fast & Funky) Blue Goose
• Sewer Zombies: Capture The Light (LP - Conquer The Galaxy) Subversive
• Omega Defcon II: Deathnation (12") Alpha Omega
• Midnight Choir: Balsawood Bob (session)
• Bill Black's Combo: Do It - Rat Now (LP - The Untouchable Sound Of Bill Black's Combo) Hi
• This Poison: Driving Skills (session)
• Unseen Terror: Unseen Terror (LP - Human Error) Earache
• Azaad: Sanu Aashqan Noo (LP - Gajre Chhanak Pae) His Master's Voice
• My Bloody Valentine: Clair (LP - Ecstasy) Lazy
• Half Japanese: Big Mistake (LP - Music To Strip By) 50,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000 Watts
• D.J. Todd 1: That's The Way I Cut (Radio Mix Edit) (12") Cut Up!
• Midnight Choir: Pig-Man (session)
• File 2 ends
• Combs Middle School: Cold Comfort (composed by the music/drama team Simon Clover and Ian Crissell at Peel's son William and daughter Alexandra's school)
• James Brown: Give It Up Or Turnit A Loose (Remix) (2xLP - In The Jungle Groove) Polydor
• My Top Ten trailer by Andy Peebles featuring Jonathan Ross
• This Poison: Question Mark (session)
• Double Delight & D.J. Slice Nice: Party Jump (12" - Party Jump / Leave Me This Way) C&R
• File 3 begins
• Midnight Choir: Country-Death-Clown (session) (Peel calls it Country Dream Clown)
• Barmy Army: England 2 Yugoslavia 0 (12" - Sharp As A Needle) On-U Sound
• File 3 ends at the beginning of the tune above
• Smiths: A Rush And A Push And The Land Is Ours (LP - Strangeways, Here We Come) Rough Trade
• Hickoids: Hee Haw (LP - We're In It For The Corn) Fundamental
• This Poison: It'll All Work Out (session)
• Ben Webster: When I Fall In Love (LP - The Soul Of Ben Webster) Verve
• File 4 ends at end of show, news and intro to Radio 2's Brian Matthew's show

File

Name

• 1) The Peel Sessions Vol.12.mp3
• 2) John Peel 16 Dec 1987
• 3) Country Dream Clown - Midnight Choir, John Peel 8-12-1987
• 4) John Peel 16th December 1987 - This Poison & Midnight Choir (patched).mp3

Length

• 1) 1:00:58 (to 0:09:14)
• 2) 0:47:21
• 3) 0:04:44
• 4) 2:02:15

Other

• 1) Many thanks to Mr Maudlin. From The Peel Sessions Vol.12
• 2) Many thanks to Tim
• 3) Many thanks to robjbsheff
• 4) Many thanks to jonathan ansell

Available

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• 3) Soundcloud
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