29 August 1989

Show

The show was broadcast on the same evening as a surprise gig at Subterranea in London to celebrate John Peel's 50th birthday. This featured The Fall, Wedding Present and House of Love. These sets went out the following night, 30 August 1989. (See also The Fall celebrate John Peel's 50th Birthday.)
Some confusion about the date of this show. On this point: (K) There was no show on the 28th. This is a giveaway from Peel's opening link: "Apologies about last night's show... I did not discover until Saturday that I was surplus to requirements". The Monday 28/8/89 show was cancelled (Bank Holiday); the Tuesday 29th with The Telescopes repeat - andrew's tape - was pre-recorded earlier that day, obviously now I think about it so John Walters could get Peel down to the surprise 50th birthday gig at Subteranea that night; the recording of that party went out on wed 30th as we know; then on Thurs 31st it was the show with Where's The Beach that Peel had also pre-recorded on the 29th thinking it was for his birthday.
(Andrew) Apologies for confusion. The tape does say 28th August (Monday) but a diary from that year says that I recorded Peel for the first time in ages on the Tuesday (29th August). Bound to be more inaccurate dates to come, keep your eyes, erm, peeled.

New Order: Run 2 (7-inch single) Factory
Rainkings: Count Me In (12-inch EP – Sictransitgloriaswonson) Playtime
Wrecks-N-Effect: The New Jack Swing (single) (Motown)
Telescopes: There Is No Floor (Peel session)
Home T, Cocoa Tea & Shabba Ranks: Stop Spreading Rumours (12-inch single) Greensleeves
Sofa Head: Valium Housewife (album - Pre Marital Yodelling (1127 Walnut Ave.)) Meantime COX 015 / Double A AA 022
Greater Than One: I Don’t Need God (12-inch single) Wax Trax
Sundays: I Kicked A Boy (single – Can’t Be Sure b-side) Rough Trade
Telescopes: Silent Water (Peel session)

(tape flip)

Paradise: Guardian Angel
Untamed Youth: Pabst Blue Ribbon
Abdul Tee Jay's Rokoto: Kamilay (CD/LP/MC – Kanka Kuru) Rogue
Traddodiad Ofnus (Scared Tradition): Rhyddiaith (Freestyle) (12-inch EP – Rhif Dau (Number Two) ANKST 007
My Bloody Valentine: Thorn (EP – You Made Me Realise) Creation CRESCD 055
Telescopes: Sadness Pale (Peel session)
New Order: MTO (7-inch single) Factory
Gregory Isaacs: I'm Sinking (LP - In Red) Tappa TZ 20
(John announces it as "Thinking")
Cud: Only A Prawn In Whitby (12-inch) Imaginary
EPMD: It’s Time To Party (LP – Unfinished Business)
Billy Bragg: Reason To Believe (live) (12-inch – Utility Sampler) Utility promo
Das Damen: Making Time (single) Sub Pop
Telescopes: Suffocation (Peel session)
808 State: State Ritual (LP – Quadrastate) Creed