25 March 1981

Show

Name

• John Peel Show

Station

• BBC Radio One

YYYY-MM-DD

• 1981-03-25

Comments

• Show is the third of four programmes broadcast from Edinburgh as part of "Radio 1 Week" and features quite a lengthy interview with Edwyn Collins and then later Peel mentions that the only band he's not met up with in Edinburgh is The Visitors. Later in the show John McVay from the band also turns up at the studio for an interview!
• Peel's brother Alan is in the studio with him.
• Tells a story about the first time he heard Otis Redding during his time in America.
• Tracklisting completed courtesy of the John Peel Papers. Many thanks to the uploader to the John Peel Papers at Facebook for sharing the information. [1].

Sessions

• Positive Noise second and final session
• Visitors second session

Tracklisting

• UK Decay: Unexpected Guest (7") Fresh
• Aztec Camera: Just Like Gold (7") Postcard

Edwyn Collins interview (recording starts part way through)

• Orange Juice: Poor Old Soul (7") Postcard

Edwyn Collins interview (continues)

• Desrick Smith: Fig Tree (7") DSL

Edwyn Collins interview (continues)

• Positive Noise: 1917 (I'm In The Mood) (session)

JP: "Earlier in the week, I said I was going to play you the 12" version of the New Order single, because on the b-side, this is very rockist this I must admit, there is an extended version of In A Lonely Place. I must confess that I don't think it gains a great deal from being extended, but see what you think of it anyway."

• New Order: In A Lonely Place (12" b-side Ceremony) Factory
• Public Image Limited: Flowers Of Romance (7") Virgin
• Marching Girls: True Love (7") Pop Aural
• Visitors: Distance (session)
• Otis Redding: Ole Man Trouble (unknown source)
• Fall: Impressions Of J Temperance (LP - Grotesque (After The Gramme)) Rough Trade

JP: "The Fall of course, still number one in my heart... along with The Undertones.

• Positive Noise: Charm (session) (cuts out due to tape flip)
• Associates: Tell Me Easter's On A Friday (7") Situation Two (track edited out on tape source) but available on Peel 1981. §
• Scientist(2): Scientist At His Best (LP - First, Second And Third Generation Of Dub) KG Imperial
• Positive Noise: Love Like Property (session) §
• British Electric Foundation: Wipe The Board Clean (Cassette - Music For Stowaways) Virgin §

John McVay interview

• Visitors: Poet's End (session) §

John McVay interview (continues)

• Birthday Party: Cry (LP - Prayers On Fire) 4AD §
• Exploited: Dogs Of War (7") The Exploited Record Company §
• Visitors: Compatibility (session) §
• John Hamilton & Doris Allen: Them Changes (7") Charly
• Scars: David (LP - Author! Author!) PRE §
• Positive Noise: Treachery (session) §

File

Name

• 1) 1981-03-25 John Peel Radio 1.flac (incomplete)
• 2) Peel 1981

Length

• 1) 01:35:11 (missing the first 30 minutes - although all session tracks are present on the tape)
• 2) 01:31:38 (9:47 to 45:43)

Other

• 1) T283 of the 400 Box in AM quality
• 2) Tracks marked § also available on another Peel compilation from 1981, assembled by Mark, called Peel 1981. FM quality.
• Part of the recording was made in the week 23-26 March 1981, when Radio 1 was in Scotland.

Available

• [2]