Show[]
- Name
- Station
- YYYY-MM-DD
- 1979-05-29
- Comments
- Almost complete recording available from the Derby Box, missing just the end of the show though that is available on file b.
- Peel says his mother has seen the Raincoats on TV on Sunday night and didn't like them.
- The T.Rex record is played in response to a request from Shend of the Cravats. Peel promises to play the band's new single later in the week.
- The Pack evolved into Theatre Of Hate the following year.
- Peel claims that for the first time since leaving Shrewsbury School, he's met someone who was there at the same time as he was - a chap called Jonathan who works for the BBC in Bristol.
- Peel plays Frank Ifield to satisfy a request, but sadly fades it off after thirty seconds.
- He had a drink with the band Bears earlier in the evening.
Sessions[]
- Specials #1, recorded 23rd May 1979, first broadcast.
- Resistance #1, recorded 2nd May 1979, repeat, originally broadcast 09 May 1979.
Tracklisting[]
- Gene Vincent: Hold Me, Hug Me, Rock Me (LP - Greatest Vol II) Capitol
- (file a starts during next track)
- Specials: Too Much Too Young (Peel session)
- JP: "Oh I do wish I'd managed to get to see the band last weekend, I really do."
- Devo: The Day My Baby Gave Me A Surprize (7") Virgin
- Resistance: Svengali Number Two (Peel session) @
- Skids: Masquerade (7") Virgin VS262
- Tubeway Army: I Nearly Married A Human (LP - Replicas) Beggars Banquet (tape flip on file a)
- Sods: No Pictures Of Us (7") Stortbeat
- (file a pauses)
- Rolling Stones: Bitch (Compilation LP - Time Waits For No One) Rolling Stones
- (file a resumes)
- Raincoats: Fairytale In The Supermarket (7") Rough Trade
- Specials: Concrete Jungle (Peel session) @
- T.Rex: Buick Mackane (LP - The Slider) T.Rex
- Pack: Heathen (7") Stiff Secret Service
- (flip from file a to file b during above track)
- Resistance: Incognito (Peel session) @
- Dalek I: Freedom Fighters (7") Vertigo
- Link Wray: Good Good Lovin' (LP - Bullshot) Charisma
- JP: "My millions and millions of admirers in the Manchester area will be pleased to hear that tomorrow afternoon I shall be droning away on television in their area, being interviewed. Something to look forward to no doubt."
- Blank Students: Background Music (Compilation LP - Earcom 1) Fast Product
- Frank Ifield: She Taught Me How To Yodel {first 12 seconds only on file b}
- Stiff Little Fingers: Gotta Gettaway (7") Rough Trade / Rigid Digits
- David Bowie: Yassassin (LP - Lodger) RCA
- Specials: Monkey Man (session) @
- Michael Chapman: Postcards Of Scarborough (LP - Fully Qualified Survivor) Harvest {tape flip in middle on file b}
- JP: "Always a treat to hear that, in my estimation."
- 25 Rifles: World War 3 (12" EP - Third World War) No label
- Resistance: Closet Kings (Peel session) @
- Bears: Decisions (7") Good Vibrations
- Kid Thomas: Wail Baby Wail
- Clive Langer & The Boxes: Simple Life (12" EP - I Want The Whole World) Radar John takes the record off thinking he played it at the wrong speed - but he was wrong
- Wayne Wade: Jah Vengeance (single) Prophet
- Dr Feelgood: Down At The Doctors (LP - As It Happens) United Artists {tape flip in middle on file b}
- Joe Public: Hotel Rooms (Various 7" EP - 4 Alternatives) Heartbeat
- Resistance: Walking Talking Abstract Man (Peel session) @
- Ruts: Babylon's Burning (7") Virgin
- Magazine: I Wanted Your Heart (LP - Secondhand Daylight) Virgin V 2121 {tape flip towards end on file b}
- Specials: Gangsters (Peel session) @
- Gene Vincent: The Night Is So Lonely (LP - Greatest Vol II) Capitol (cuts out on file c after announcement)
- End of show on file b. News at midnight read by Paddy O'Byrne.
- Tracks marked @ also available on File d
File[]
- Name
- File a: 1979-05-29 Tape 425.mp3
- File b: John Peel Show - 19790529 - Specials & Resistance.mp3
- File c: 1979-05-29 John Peel Radio 1 DB082+DB083.mp3
- File d: 1979-05-29 Peel Show JS29 JS30
- Length
- File a: 33:16
- File b: 1:20:15 (to 1:13:57)
- File c: 1:56:39
- File d: 22:17
- Other
- File a created from T425 of 400 Box. Digitised by Weatherman22
- File b created from T087 and T086 of 400 Box.
- File c created from DB082 and DB083 of Derby Box, digitised by RF.
- File d: Many thanks to Jimmy. Excellent FM stereo recording. Created from JS29 and JS30 of JS Tapes, digitised by Weatherman22.
- Available