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in: PM Tapes, Tim's Tapes, 1978,
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23 February 1978

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Show[]

Name
Station
YYYY-MM-DD
  • 1978-02-23
Comments
  • Peel features tracks from Blondie's new album Plastic Letters, which had just been released in the UK. The group also made their Top of the Pops debut on this date with the single Denis which had just entered the UK charts.

Sessions[]

Tracklisting[]

  • File 2 begins
  • Slaughter & The Dogs: Quick Joey Small (Run Joey Run) (7") Decca F 13758
  • Elvis Costello: (I Don't Want To Go To) Chelsea (7") Radar ADA 3
  • JP - "That makes two of us"
  • Siouxsie & The Banshees: Hong Kong Garden (session) 1
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  • Siouxsie & The Banshees: Overground (session) 1
  • "Here's John...
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  • Be Bop Deluxe: Love In Flames (album - Drastic Plastic) Harvest SHSP 4091
  • John refers to an earlier comment he'd made about Grange Hill, perhaps it's best it wasn't captured
  • File 2 pauses
  • John comments that someone (a listener?) should't worry too much what he says about his colleagues, as they are best of pals etc... intro to next track 1
  • File 2 resumes
  • Siouxsie & The Banshees: Carcass (session) 1
  • The more John hears the band the more he wishes that they had a record contract
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  • Blondie: Bermuda Triangle Blues (Flight 45) (album - Plastic Letters) Chrysalis CHR 1166
  • Blondie: Youth Nabbed As Sniper (album - Plastic Letters) Chrysalis CHR 1166
  • Blondie: Contact In Red Square (album - Plastic Letters) Chrysalis CHR 1166
  • "Well I still reckon they owe more to the Jefferson Airplane than much else, but obviously I'm in a bit of a minority"
  • Real Kids: All Kindsa Girls (album - Real Kids) Red Star / Bronze BRON 509
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  • Siouxsie & The Banshees: Helter Skelter (session) 1
  • "Well well, I think Lennon would approve and McCartney probably wouldn't"
  • Suzi Pinns: Jerusalem (7" - Rule Britannia) Polydor / EG 2001 770
  • Grinderswitch fading in indicates this was the last track of the show
  • File 2 ends
  • Also played according to Ken Garner's 'The Peel Sessions' were:
  • Steel Pulse: Ku Klux Klan (7") Island WIP 6428

File[]

Name
  • 1) 1978-02-23 Peel Show JS10
  • 2) J P PM067.mp3
Length
  • 1) 13:36 (5:56-6:19 unique)
  • 2) 1:34:31 (28:45-1:09:31)
Other
  • 1) Many thanks to Jimmy. Created from JS10 of JS Tapes, digitised by Weatherman22.
  • 2) Created from PM067 of the PM Tapes, digitised by Tim. Many thanks to Peter Mitchell for making the recordings.
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