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*Peel publicly apologises for his disgraceful behaviour at a Magazine gig, including walking across a table where 12 people were trying to have a meal, and makes penance in rare fashion by playing a request.
  
*Peel publicly apologises for his disgraceful behaviour at a Magazine gig, including walking across a table where 12 people were trying to have a meal, and makes penance in rare fashion by playing a request.
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*He plays three tracks from [[Japan(2)|Japan]]'s second album "[http://www.discogs.com/Japan-Obscure-Alternatives/release/606920 Obscure Alternatives]", revealing a very different band from the one that hit the charts with 'Ghosts' some four years later.
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*John also reveals [[Tony Blackburn|Timmy Bannockburn]]'s record of the week, the Village People's 'Y.M.C.A', ''"which frankly has to be heard to be believed: I'm most amazed that he chose that, but try and hear it yourself if you get the chance."'' Of course, it climbed to number 1 in January 1979 after being kept off the top by Boney M at Christmas: only in [[Galactic Symposium]]'s version would it gain airplay on Peel.
   
 
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*[[Jackson Browne]]: 'You Love The Thunder ([http://www.discogs.com/Jackson-Browne-You-Love-The-Thunder/release/3515629 7"])' (Asylum) ''back announced only''
  
*[[Jackson Browne]]: 'You Love The Thunder ([http://www.discogs.com/Jackson-Browne-You-Love-The-Thunder/release/3515629 7"])' (Asylum) ''back announced only''
 
*[[Lene Lovich]]: 'Lucky Number' (Peel Session)
  
*[[Lene Lovich]]: 'Lucky Number' (Peel Session)
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*[[Magazine]]: 'Give Me Everything ([http://www.discogs.com/Magazine-Give-Me-Everything/release/560474 7"])' (Virgin) ''initially plays Sex Pistols' "Submission" by mistake''
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*[[Magazine]]: 'Give Me Everything ([http://www.discogs.com/Magazine-Give-Me-Everything/release/560474 7"])' (Virgin) ''initially plays the next track by mistake''
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*[[Sex Pistols]]: 'Submission (LP-[http://www.discogs.com/Sex-Pistols-Never-Mind-The-Bollocks-Heres-The-Sex-Pistols/release/5747358 Never Mind The Bollocks Here's The Sex Pistols])' (Virgin)
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*[[David Bowie]]: 'Breaking Glass' ([https://www.discogs.com/it/David-Bowie-Breaking-Glass/release/423020 7"]) (RCA Victor)<ref>Peel initially says it's from the album 'Stage' but afterwards says what track are on the B-side.</ref>
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*[[X-Ray Spex]]: 'Germ-Free Adolescents' (Peel Session)
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*[[Mickey Dread]] & [[Instigators]]: 'Robber's Roost ([http://www.discogs.com/Edi-Fitzroy-Mickey-Dread-Instigators-The-Country-Man-Robbers-Roost/release/3030190 7"])' (40 Leg)
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*[[Fall]]: 'Various Times (7"-[http://thefall.org/discography/data/single02.html It's The New Thing])' (Step Forward)
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*[[Lene Lovich]]: 'Monkey Talk' (Peel Session)
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:''(JP: 'If you were listening to [[Peter Powell]]'s programme on Saturday on Radio 1, and I have no doubt at all that you were enjoying the excellent reception to be found on 275 and/or 285, you'll have heard me phoning in from the M6 with a motoring flash, actually, because the driving conditions were so appalling: sleet and snow and all that kind of thing.')''
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*[[XTC]]: 'Radios In Motion (2x Compilation LP-[http://www.discogs.com/Various-Dead-On-Arrival/release/984848 Dead On Arrival])' (Virgin)
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*[[Neo]]: 'Tran-Sister ([http://www.discogs.com/Neo-Tran-Sister-A-Failed-Pop-Song/release/1482653 7"])' (Jet)
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*[[XTC]]: 'Are You Receiving Me? ([http://www.discogs.com/XTC-Are-You-Receiving-Me/release/848536 7"])' (Virgin)
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*[[Upsetter]]: 'Home Guard Dub (7"-[http://www.discogs.com/Michael-Campbell-Home-Guard/release/2302098 Home Guard (Michael Campbell)])' (Upsetters)
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*[[Richard Ashworth And White Dub]]: 'Positively Fourth Street (7"-[http://www.discogs.com/Richard-Ashworth-And-White-Dub-Surrey-Skyline/release/4025132 M3 Revisited])' (Overdrive)
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*[[Bob Dylan]]: 'Positively 4<sup>th</sup> Street (LP-[http://www.discogs.com/Bob-Dylan-Bob-Dylans-Greatest-Hits/release/400981 Bob Dylan's Greatest Hits])' (CBS)
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*[[Lene Lovich]]: 'Say When' (Peel Session)
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*[[X-Ray Spex]]: 'Warrior' (Peel Session)
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*[[Cabaret Voltaire]]: 'Here She Comes Now (7"-[http://www.discogs.com/Cabaret-Voltaire-Extended-Play/release/145277 Extended Play])' (Rough Trade)
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*[[La Peste]]: 'Better Off Dead ([http://www.discogs.com/La-Peste-Better-Off-Dead/release/1169023 7"])' (Black)
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*[[Gatemouth Brown]] & His Rock'N'Roll Band: 'Ain't That Dandy Rock (Compilation 7"-[http://www.45cat.com/record/epl7301 Rock And Roll Vol. 6])' (Vogue)
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*[[Penetration]]: 'Firing Squad (2x Compilation LP-[http://www.discogs.com/Various-Dead-On-Arrival/release/984848 Dead On Arrival])' (Virgin)
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*[[Japan(2)|Japan]]: 'Automatic Gun (LP-[http://www.discogs.com/Japan-Obscure-Alternatives/release/606920 Obscure Alternatives])' (Ariola Hansa)
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*[[Japan(2)|Japan]]: '....Rhodesia (LP-[http://www.discogs.com/Japan-Obscure-Alternatives/release/606920 Obscure Alternatives])' (Ariola Hansa)
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*[[Japan(2)|Japan]]: 'Love Is Infectious (LP-[http://www.discogs.com/Japan-Obscure-Alternatives/release/606920 Obscure Alternatives])' (Ariola Hansa)
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*''tape flip - end of previous track and part of link missing''
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*[[Lene Lovich]]: 'Home' (Peel Session)
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*[[Capital Letters]]: 'Smoking My Ganja ([http://www.discogs.com/Capital-Letters-Smoking-My-Ganja/release/706981 12"])' (Greensleeves) ''(JP: 'The best British record of the year. How's that for a contentious remark?')''
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*[[X-Ray Spex]]: 'Age' (Peel Session)
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*[[Bethnal]]: 'I Gotta Go (LP-[http://www.discogs.com/Bethnal-Crash-Landing/release/1948020 Crash Landing])' (Phonogram)
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:''(JP: 'Is Richard going to let Christine and George Barford marry in church? I dunno.')'' <ref>A reference to Radio 4's ''The Archers''. Interested parties should be glad to know that they did indeed marry the following year, and remained together for 25 years.</ref>
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Revision as of 09:48, 12 May 2020

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  • 1978-11-27
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  • Peel publicly apologises for his disgraceful behaviour at a Magazine gig, including walking across a table where 12 people were trying to have a meal, and makes penance in rare fashion by playing a request.
  • He plays three tracks from Japan's second album "Obscure Alternatives", revealing a very different band from the one that hit the charts with 'Ghosts' some four years later.
  • John also reveals Timmy Bannockburn's record of the week, the Village People's 'Y.M.C.A', "which frankly has to be heard to be believed: I'm most amazed that he chose that, but try and hear it yourself if you get the chance." Of course, it climbed to number 1 in January 1979 after being kept off the top by Boney M at Christmas: only in Galactic Symposium's version would it gain airplay on Peel.

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(JP: 'If you were listening to Peter Powell's programme on Saturday on Radio 1, and I have no doubt at all that you were enjoying the excellent reception to be found on 275 and/or 285, you'll have heard me phoning in from the M6 with a motoring flash, actually, because the driving conditions were so appalling: sleet and snow and all that kind of thing.')
(JP: 'Is Richard going to let Christine and George Barford marry in church? I dunno.') [2]

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  • 1978-11-27 John Peel Radio 1 (incomplete) DB028 + DB029
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  • 01:51:32
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Footnotes
  1. ↑ Peel initially says it's from the album 'Stage' but afterwards says what track are on the B-side.
  2. ↑ A reference to Radio 4's The Archers. Interested parties should be glad to know that they did indeed marry the following year, and remained together for 25 years.
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