Show[]
- Name
- Peel Night
- Station
- YYYY-MM-DD
- 1999-08-31
- Comments
- Six-hour special (8pm-2am) from Maida Vale to celebrate the 60th birthday of Peel the previous day, which he had spent watching Ipswich beat Barnsley 6-1. JP mentions that the day was also his silver wedding anniversary.
- Mix of documentary features, live session sets from Maida Vale, special cover versions, etc. Programme partly pre-recorded.
- In the 1940s section of the "John's Jukebox" feature, Peel mentions that his grandfather bought him a copy of "The Thing" by Phil Harris. The track was later selected for the Peelenium to represent the year 1950.
- Along with Peel Night, JP also featured on the front page of that week's Radio Times, with the headline "Do You Think I'm Sixty?"
Sessions[]
- Scratch Perverts #2, Gene #4, Dave Angel #4, Pavement #5, all live at Maida Vale
- Quasi #2, Pastels #4, Yo La Tengo #3, Cha Cha Cohen #2, Broken Dog #4, Solex #2, pre-recorded cover versions
Tracklisting[]
All files begin
- Introductions: Alan Freeman (pre-recorded, including vintage clips of Peel), Kevin Greening (live at Maida Vale, with Peel)
- Scratch Perverts: live mix, including 'Grandmaster Flash On The Wheels Of Steel,' 'Happy Birthday'
- John's Jukebox 1940s: short clips of records and radio shows, plus Peel's memories of the decade
(Session Surprise #1, introduced by Jo Whiley)
(The John Peel Session, introduced by Mary Anne Hobbs.)
- Bis: We Love John Peel (session)
- Birthday Party: Release The Bats (session)
- Led Zeppelin: Immigrant Song (session)
- T-Rex: Sun Eye (session)
- Thin Lizzy: Whiskey In The Jar (session)
- Damned: Stretcher Case (session)
- Fall: Rebellious Jukebox (session)
- A Guy Called Gerald: Rockin' Ricki (session) - continues after tape flip
- Shut Up And Dance: Autobiography Of A Crack Head (session)
- Ragga Twins: Bring Up The Mic Some More / Ragga Trip (session)
- My Bloody Valentine: Feed Me With Your Kiss (session)
- Spiritualized: Angel Sigh / Feels So Sad (session)
- Soup Dragons: Purple Haze (session)
- John's Jukebox 1950s: short clips of records and radio shows, plus Peel's memories of the decade
(Session Surprise #2, introduced by Jo Whiley)
(Steve Lamacq, with Kevin Greening, introduces Gene)
- Gene: British Disease / For The Dead / You'll Never Walk Again / Where Are They Now
- Gene: As Good As It Gets (please confirm live tracks)
- John's Jukebox 1960s: short clips of records and radio shows, plus Peel's memories of the decade
(Session Surprise #3, introduced by Jo Whiley)
- Bob Dylan: It Takes A Lot To Laugh (LP - Highway 61 Revisited)
- Yo La Tengo: It Takes A Lot To Laugh (session)
(The Best Of The Festive 50, introduced by Steve Lamacq)
- Led Zeppelin: Stairway To Heaven
- Sex Pistols: Anarchy In The UK
- Joy Division: Atmosphere
- New Order: Temptation
- New Order: Blue Monday
- Smiths: How Soon Is Now? - continues after tape flip
- Jesus & Mary Chain: Never Understand
- Smiths: There Is A Light That Never Goes Out
- Sugarcubes: Birthday
- House Of Love: Destroy The Heart
- Sundays: Can't Be Sure
- Fall: Bill Is Dead
- Nirvana: Smells Like Teen Spirit
- Bang Bang Machine: Geek Love
- Chumbawamba & Credit To The Nation: Enough Is Enough
- Inspiral Carpets & Mark E. Smith: I Want You
- Pulp: Common People
- Kenickie: Come Out 2 Nite
- Cornershop: Brimful Of Asha
- Delgados: Pull The Wires From The Wall
- John's Jukebox 1970s: short clips of records and radio shows, plus Peel's memories of the decade - continues after tape flip
- (Session Surprise #4, introduced by Jo Whiley)
- Pink Floyd: Interstellar Overdrive (LP - The Piper At The Gates Of Dawn)
- Cha Cha Cohen: Interstellar Overdrive (session)
(Kevin Greening, then Peel introduces Dave Angel)
- Dave Angel: Live mix
- John's Jukebox 1980s: short clips of records and radio shows, plus Peel's memories of the decade
File b ends during above (Session Surprise #5, introduced by Jo Whiley)
- The Band: The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down
- Broken Dog: The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down - continues after tape flip
- (Kevin Greening, then Peel introduces Pavement)
- Pavement: Spit On A Stranger / The Hexx / Unfair / Father To The Sister Of A Thought / Folk Jam / Carrot Rope / Shady Lane (please confirm live tracks)
(Farewell speech from Peel)
- John's Jukebox 1990s: short clips of records and radio shows, plus Peel's memories of the decade
(Session Surprise #6, introduced by Jo Whiley)
- Undertones: Teenage Kicks
- Solex: Teenage Kicks (session)
1) and a) end
File[]
- Name
- 1) Peel Night R1 1999-08-31a-f
- a) 1999-08-31 Peel Night BBC Radio 1
- b) jp310899-peelnight
- Length
- 1) 00:59:57, 01:02:21, 01:01:50, 01:01:24, 01:03:48, 00:57:53
- a) 06:06:12
- b) 05:12:34
- Other
- 1) Many thanks to K and to Andrew for the RT scans, which are no longer available online.
- a) Above files edited into one. Many thanks to Bill.
- b) Many thanks to Max-dat.
- Available
- 1) Not currently available online: please direct re-up requests to the Peel Mailing List.
- a) Mooo
- b) Mooo