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in: 1984, Scottish Gumtree Tapes, British Library

16 October 1984

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Show[]

Name
Station
YYYY-MM-DD
  • 1984-10-16
Comments
  • File 3 taken from a haul of 1500 mixed edited radio show tapes, purchased from a Scottish collector by a group including Peel Mailing List member Haze.
  • Peel mentions getting curious letters from listeners who write famous people's names on them such as "Stevie Wonder for the care of John Peel", despite not knowing many famous people, he goes on to say that he never got the latest LP from Stevie Wonder, despite people thinking he knows him.
  • Peel mentions that his first record bought was from Ray Martin And His Concert Orchestra called Blue Tango.
  • Peel isn't sure if Kenny Dalglish cap against Iceland would be his 95th or 96th. After the Guana Batz track, Peel mentions Simon from the Cocteau Twins rang him up to tell it would be his 95th.

Sessions[]

Tracklisting[]

(JP: 'I use this to calm the crowds at the John Peel roadshow gigs')
(JP: 'It's a curious thing that the reggae records I like the best are the ones that disappear without a trace')
(JP: 'Now the last from the Cocteau Twins and this is called Whisht, which translates approximately as put Kenny back in the team Joe or there's gonna be real trouble')

Tracks marked # on File 3.

File[]

Name
  • 1) 020A-B2396XXXXXXX-0100A0.mp3
  • 2) 020A-B2396XXXXXXX-0100A1.mp3
  • 3) John Peel 1984-10-16.mp3
Length
  • 1) 0:56:40
  • 2) 0:51:59
  • 3) 0:03:02
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