There is some confusion over the current lineup of Pink Military. Peel describes meeting Budgie (the drummer on the session) and their current drummer at his ill-fated John Peel Roadshow appearance in Liverpool the weekend before last. The latter drummer was sporting a black eye.
The Velvettes track later turned up as a Peelenium choice for 1964.
Mentions doing a recent gig in Wollaston for 'Big Bob' Knight.
Four tracks are in the show from Pink Floyd's 'The Wall', which Peel commends for its anti-fascist lyrical content.
Reads out a trail for tomorrow evening's 'Personal Call' which is to feature his old schoolmate Michael Palin. Peel mentions that Palin had recently been on 'Desert Island Discs' - "He picked a rotten bunch of records." [1]
Sessions[]
Pink Military #1. First broadcast. Recorded 1979-11-14. No known commercial release.
Secret Affair #2. First broadcast. Recorded 1979-11-07. No known commercial release.
Tracklisting[]
Files 1 -3 start of show
JP: "If you were listening to the end of Newsbeat you may well be thinking now that that man is a graduate of the John Peel school of broadcasting."
JP: "And to start the programme, a new single from the Clash."
Madness: Night Boat To Cairo (LP – One Step Beyond) Stiff (edited out of File 1 due to tape flip)
Muhammed Al-Ezabi: عيون بهية
JP: "And that is a record which I actually bought in Cairo. I only put it in the programme so that I could tell you that I'd been to Cairo and you'd be impressed/envious/angry."
JP: "Actually I did want to keep all five copies of it myself and then in about twenty years time when they're worth a fortune I could sell them off one at a time and put my kids through school."
4" Be 2": One Of The Lads (7") Island (edited out of File 1)
Low Numbers: Keep In Touch (7") Warner Bros (edited out of File 1)
JP: "A couple of members of the band live just round the corner from the BBC. One of them's quite a big lad and occasionally he turns up in the reception area here when I come in and he's gone (adopts threatening Cockney tone), 'ere! Why haven't you played the record yet?' . So. I've played it. Ok? Fine, terrific."
Joy Division: Novelty (b-side to 'Transmission' 7") Factory (edited out of File 1)
Bonzo Dog Band: My Brother Makes The Noises For The Talkies
Brians: My Brother's Famous (7") Dindisc (edited out of File 1)