18 February 1997

Show

Name

• John Peel Show

Station

• BBC Radio One

YYYY-MM-DD

• 1997-02-18

Comments

• First show following the move back to mid week slots.
• Introduction. After a short snippet of the theme tune to Children’s Favourites [Puffin Billy]. JP: ‘Hello again crowd of people. I’m John Peel. Reclaiming territory if you like. Like a dog pissing on a gatepost, therefore this.’
• In 2022, Peel's original handwritten running order for the show was among those auctioned at Bonhams, London.[1]

Sessions

• Coldcut #1. Broadcast live from Maida Vale. No known commercial release.

Tracklisting

(8:30 news)

• Undertones: ‘Teenage Kicks (7 inch)’ Good Vibrations Records

(JP: ‘Still the best record ever made.’)

• Teenage Kicks: ‘Bye Bye Boss (7 inch – Split With Chop Suey)’ Rubber Rabbit Rock’N’Roll Records
• Menace & USD: ‘Lets Go (12 inch – Insect War)’ Area 51 Recordings

(JP:  '...and he’s sent me a postcard which says on the front of it “Industry must serve the people not enslave them.” A fanatic quite clearly.’)

• Mukuyuni Boys: ‘Kanyensay (Cassette – Matiso Mahjon)’ Barack Records
• Sundowners: ‘The Girl With The Thing In Her Hair (7 inch)’ Sea Note
• A Guy Called Gerald: Touch Me (CD – Black Secret Technology)’ Juice Box
• Willie Nelson: ‘Touch Me (7 inch)’ Liberty

(JP: ‘Well, as you can tell from the scratchy start, that’s one of those tunes I used to play a lot when I felt sorry for myself when I was living in Dallas on me own. Touch Me Willie Nelson, and the point being that the track before that was called Touch Me as well and that was by a Guy Called Gerald from the LP on Juice Box records called Black Secret Technology. And that’s the kind of poor idea that passes for a programming concept that you’ll get in these programmes’.)

• Midget: ‘Camouflage (7 inch)’ Pet Sounds
• Capleton & Yami Bolo: ‘Put Down Yuh Weapon (7 inch)’ Fat Eyes Records
• Swervedriver: ‘93 Million Miles From The Sun [...and Counting] (7 inch)’ Sessions Records
• Taran-Té: Blasphemix Yonal (12 inch) Hadshot Haheizar @
• Dakota Suite: Colder (7 inch)’ Amos Recordings
• Sam Apple Pie: ‘Hawk (LP – Sam Apple Pie)’ Decca

(9:30 news)

• Starfish TX: Frustrated (LP – Frustrated)’ Trance Syndicate Records
• Palace Music: ‘The Spider’s Dude Is Often There (7 inch – Little Blue Eyes)’ Drag City
• Coldcut: Live Mix: @

1. 'Coldcut vs Grandmaster Flash'
2. 'Creatures'
3. 'Shakatakadoob'
4. 'Scratch Yr Heads'
5. 'Beats + Pieces ’97'

• File 1 ends a few minutes from the end of the set & File 3 begins
• Smaller: Is (7") Better (Peel mistakenly calls the track Work Better)
• Black Dog: Four Friends And A Microphone (v/a album– Foundations: Coming Up From The Streets) Feedback Communications @
• Third Eye Foundation: Semtex Version (12") Domino SER 502 @
• Ender: We Can't Forget The Snake, Your Tongue (7" EP - Ender) Sing! Eunuchs EUNUCH 24 @
• Grouch: Smile (7") PPP
• File 3 ends at end of show
• Tracks marked @ available on File 2

File

Name

• 1) Peel Show 1997-02-18 (incomplete)
• 2) 1997-02-xx Peel Show LE330
• 3) 18 February 1997 part 2.mp3

Length

• 1) 1:31:52 (from 1:29-1:31:45)
• 2) 1:32:27 (to 45:13)
• 3) 0:23:04

Other

• 1) Many thanks to Isector.
• 2) Created from LE330 of Lee Tapes, digitised by Weatherman22. Peel February 1997 Lee Tape 330
• 3) Many thanks to Clare

Available

• 1) Mooo
• 2) Mooo
• 3) Mooo

Footnotes