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18 September 1978

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Show[]

Name
Station
YYYY-MM-DD
  • 1978-09-18
Comments
  • Three each from the new albums by the Ramones and the Cortinas and two from Wire, causing John to bemoan the lack of continuity in playing the records piecemeal.

Sessions[]

Tracklisting[]

(JP: 'One of these days, Frankie Miller's going to be famous. Or perhaps he isn't, I don't know: he's been around long enough where he should be, because he sings better than most people do.') [1]
(JP: 'The only thing that actually happened to me last night was that I was woken up at about quarter past four by William, who wanted to discuss combine harvesters.')
(JP: 'Things seem to be going wrong on this programme, and I have no doubt at all that, some time before midnight, in about an hour's time, I shall take a record off when it's actually playing on the air, in the classic Dicky Lee Torpid manner.')

File[]

Name
  • a) 1978-09-18 John Peel Radio 1 (incomplete) DB015+DB020
  • b) john peel 18th sept 78 side 1
  • c) john peel 18 sept 78 side 2
Length
  • a) 1:40:05
  • b) 1:03:16
  • c) 0:59:30
Other
  • a) File created from DB015 and DB020 of the Derby Box. Many thanks to Chris and Rob.
  • b) c) Many thanks to Tim.
Available
Footnotes
  1. ↑ The following month, this single climbed to no.6 in the UK charts.
  2. ↑ Bettye Crutcher cover.
  3. ↑ Peel is unsure of who or what Palinurus was: according to Wikipedia, "Palinurus, in Roman mythology and especially Virgil's Aeneid, is the helmsman of Aeneas's ship. Later authors used him as a general type of navigator or guide." [1]
  4. ↑ Bob Marley & The Wailers cover.
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