31 January 1980

Show

Name

• John Peel Show

Station

• BBC Radio One

YYYY-MM-DD

• 1980-01-31

Comments

• Incomplete show. There are some clues in Peel's comments about records played before the beginning of the available recording. JP tells us the final Simple Minds session track listed below is the last one on the show.
• ‘Turning Japanese’ by the Vapors is followed by two from YMO (from Japan).

Sessions

• Notsensibles #1 Repeat of only session
• Simple Minds #1 Repeat

(Please add details of any commercial release of these sessions)

Tracklisting

(1)

• Notsensibles: Because I’m Mine (LP – Instant Classic) Bent - cuts in near end of track
• Stiffs: Inside Out (single) Dork
• Captain Beefheart: Suction Prints (LP – Shiny Beat (Bat Chain Puller)) Virgin
• Disco Students: South Africa House (single) Yeah!Yeah!Yeah! - continues after tape flip

(2)

(JP mentions last record of the previous night was ‘Is That All There Is?’ by Christina.)

• Cristina: Jungle Love (12” - Is That All There Is?) Island/ZE
• Girlschool: Emergency (single) Bronze

(JP: “Back to Simple Minds…”)

• Simple Minds: Premonition (session)

(JP: “We’ve already had one Lee Perry production in the programme so far – that was ‘Captive’ of course – and now from 1968, the Untouchables.”)

• Untouchables: Tighten Up (single) Trojan

(3)

• Famous Players: Who’s Kissing You (single) Page 43
• Selecter: Murder (LP – Too Much Pressure) Two Tone

(JP: "A number one LP? I reckon it could be.")

• Notsensibles: King Arthur (session)
• Occasionally David: Spectators (EP) Oven Ready
• Rivals: Future Rights (single) Ace
• Icarus: A Na Me Culture Dat (12” - A Na Me Culture Dat / Feel No Way) Crowmium CR 002
• Simple Minds: Citizen (Dance Of Youth) (session)
• Angelic Upstarts: Out Of Control (single) Warner
• Notsensibles: I’m In Love With Margaret Thatcher (session)

(4)

• Metabolist: Merchadise (LP – Hansten Klork)

(JP: “Sounds like the kind of merchandise you should not try to take to Japan.”)

• Moonglows: I Need You Most Of All
• Vapors: Turning Japanese (single) United Artists
• Yellow Magic Orchestra: Computer Game / Firecracker (LP - Yellow Magic Orchestra) A&M
• Simple Minds: Room (session)
• Johnny Clark: Cold I Up (LP – Creation Rockers, Vol. 6) Trojan - cuts out midtrack

(tape continues with 04 February 1980)

File

Name

• (1) 210-800130+31.aif
• (2) 210-800131a.aif
• (3) 211-800131b.aif
• (4) 211-800131+0204.aif

Length

• (1) 19.14 (from 08.10)
• (2) 19.12
• (3) 32.24
• (4) 32.27 (until 21.53)

Other

• File created from T210 and T211 of 400 Box.
• Many thanks to Roger and the original taper.

Available

• Mooo Server (Roger)

Footnotes