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17 February 1987

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Show[]

Name
Station
YYYY-MM-DD
  • 1987-02-17
Comments
  • Peel tries to play a track from soca artist Explainer, but the record slows down and he then decides to play a session track from Stars Of Heaven who do a cover of Richard & Linda Thompson's Cavalry Cross.
  • Peel plays a session track from Stars Of Heaven doing a cover of Sky Saxon's Can't Seem To Make You Mine.
  • Peel reveals last night playing a track from M.C. Shan's Down By Law LP.
  • Peel mentions that his brother Alan is 7 years younger and when he speaks to him on the phone or real life, it feels like that he has failed a job interview.
  • Peel plays a session track from Stars Of Heaven doing a cover of Gram Parson's Still Feeling Blue.

Sessions[]

Tracklisting[]

(JP: 'Here's a man who's made the number 5 record in the charts this week') [1]

File[]

Name
  • 1) 020A-B1794XXXXXXX-0100A0.mp3
  • 2) John Peel 17th Feb 1987
  • 3) John Peel Unknown Date #3.mp3
Length
  • 1) 1:57:44
  • 2) 47:04
  • 3) 7:52
Other
  • 1) Recordings at the British Library
  • 2) Many thanks to Tim
  • 3) Many thanks to Kenneth Hawkins
Available
Footnotes
  1. ↑ Percy Sledge's re-released When A Man Loves A Woman was in the UK singles chart and peaked at number 2 a week later.
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