26 August 1985

Show

Name

• John Peel Show

Station

• BBC Radio One

YYYY-MM-DD

• 1985-08-26

Comments

• Start of show: "Well, hello again listeners. Just a few miles away across London, three days of celebration to mark the start of my birthday week are coming to a climax, and it seems appropriate really to play this record, which has probably been played several times over the last, over the weekend."
• John has a cold and a sore throat, the first of the season, but meets Billy Bragg in the studio and chats about his recent visit to Japan and illegal taping.

Session Repeats

• Specials, #4 (rpt). Recorded: 1983-08-22. No known commercial release. Billed as Special AKA.
• Echo & The Bunnymen, #6. Recorded: 1983-09-19. 'Nocturnal Me' & 'Ocean Rain' available on 2xCD limited edition of Evergreen (London, 1997). 'Watch Out Below' available on Crystal Days (Rhino, 2001).

Tracklisting

• Merchant: 'Pan In Danger (7"-Rock It)' (Polydor)
• Paul Hardcastle: '19 (Extended Japanese Mix) (12")' (Chrysalis)
• Echo & The Bunnymen: 'Ocean Rain' (Peel Session)
• Guana Batz: 'Got No Money (LP-Held Down To Vinyl....At Last!)' (I.D.)
• Akira Ifukube: Fear of Godzilla (From "King Kong vs. Godzilla")
• Special AKA: 'Free Nelson Mandela (7")' (Chrysalis)
• Cure: 'The Blood (LP-The Head On The Door)' (Fiction)
• Welton Irie: 'Cry For The Ape (7")' (Jammy's)
• Robert Wyatt: 'Te Recuerdo Amanda (12"-Work In Progress)' (Rough Trade)
• Minutemen: 'Tour-Spiel (12"-Project: Mersh)' (SST)
• Echo & The Bunnymen: 'Nocturnal Me' (Peel Session)
• Doug E. Fresh & The Get Fresh Crew: 'The Show (12")' (Cooltempo)
• Specials: 'Bright Lights' (Peel Session)
• Deja Voodoo: 'Cheese & Crackers (LP-Too Cool To Live, Too Smart To Die)' (Midnight)
• Charlie Chaplin: 'Nightdriver (7")' (Crown)
• Ramones: 'Pinhead (LP-Leave Home)' (Sire/Phonogram)
• Prefab Sprout: 'Appetite (7")' (Kitchenware)
• Stanley Clarke Band: 'Born In The U.S.A. (LP-Find Out!)' (Epic)
• Echo & The Bunnymen: 'My Kingdom' (Peel Session)
• Hank Ballard & The Midnighters: 'The Twist (LP-What You Get When The Gettin Gets Good)' (Charly R&B)
• Specials: 'Alcohol' (Peel Session)
• Mekons: 'Flightcraft (LP-Fear And Whiskey)' (Sin Record Company)
• Pretty Things: 'Rosalyn (7")' (Fontana)
• Sugar Minott: 'Them Nuh Know It Like Me (12")' (Hit Bound)
• Echo & The Bunnymen: 'Watch Out Below' (Peel Session)
• Cure: 'Six Different Ways (LP-The Head On The Door)' (Fiction)
• Jerry Lee Lewis: 'The Ballad Of Billy Joe (LP-Nuggets: 16 Rare Tracks By Jerry Lee Lewis)' (Charly)
• Specials: 'Lonely Crowd' (Peel Session)
• Patrick Saint-Éloi: 'Ballade Kréyòl (LP-Patrick Saint-Éloi)' (GD Productions)

File

Name

• 1985-08-26 John Peel

Length

• 02:04:33

Other

• Many thanks to Al.

Available

• Mooo

Footnotes