John Peel Wiki

Show[]

Name
Station
YYYY-MM-DD
  • 1978-10-16
Comments
  • Full tracklisting from the PasB of the BBC Written Archives Centre.
  • Peel's all time favourite song was Teenage Kicks by the Undertones. The band's debut session had its premier on this show, where he played all the tracks in one go.
  • Peel plays a track from the Flying Lizards covering Eddie Cochran's Summertime Blues.
  • Peel plays a track from hard rock band Montrose, whose singer Sammy Hagar was once vocalist for Van Halen in the late 80's and 90's, and a track from a solo LP by Pink Floyd's Richard Wright.
  • Peel plays four tracks from Vivian Stanshall's Sir Henry At Rawlinson End album, as well as some older comedy - a track from a Topic Records compilation of the work of music-hall performer Billy Bennett.
  • Peel plays the debut single of Adam And The Ants again.
  • Peel plays three tracks from The Flys' Waikiki Beach Refugees album.

Sessions[]

Tracklisting[]

File[]

Name
  • 1) 1978-10-16 Peel Show JS21.mp3
  • 2) 1978-10-16 Peel Show JS67.mp3
  • 3) J P PM110.mp3
  • 4) J P PM111.mp3
Length
  • 1) 10:35
  • 2) 32:12
  • 3) 1:31:05 (from 1:13:42) (to 1:16:16, from 1:23:53 additional)
  • 4) 1:28:00 (to 23:52) (From 5:06 unique)
Other
  • 1,2) Many thanks to Jimmy. Very good FM stereo recording. Created from JS21 and JS67 of JS Tapes, digitised by Weatherman22.
  • 3) Created from PM110 of the PM Tapes, digitised by Tim. Many thanks to Peter Mitchell for making the recordings.
  • 4) Created from PM111 of the PM Tapes, digitised by Tim. Many thanks to Peter Mitchell for making the recordings.
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