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It is a wet day at Peel Acres, when this show, Radio Eins Nr 187, is being recorded.
JP - 'And these days of course and I don't know whether it's the same where you are, but everybody's gone mad for the White Stripes and people have been pretending to have liked them for several years without having done so at all, of course, and there's also much interest in records with which they're involved. So this is a track from an LP by the Soledad Brothers, which Jack White produced and on which Meg White plays percussion. And it's slightly disappointing I have to admit ... until you get to track 14.'
JP - 'There was a time when I'd look forward towards compilations of young indie bands with some enthusiasm, because you could be certain that at least one or two really good tracks on there. Nowadays you can be pretty certain that there won't be any. Yet they continue to pour into the house in unprecendented quantities....'