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Changes to the look of John Peel Wiki will take place in the near future due to a new skin being rolled out over Oct/Nov across Wikia. Please see the Wikia Staff Blog for further details. On this site, the changes will affect the navigation from the left menu, as well as introduce a fixed page width with narrower content space. Please be patient while adjustments are made for the switch to the new system.

UPDATE: As the change is now in force for some users, I have switched the navigation to the simplified one for the new system. Please check Navigation in the Help section if you can't find things. I also initially made small adjustments to the front page layout, but have now reverted to the old look until all users are on the new system.

COUNTDOWN: Just a reminder for people still using Monaco that the final switch to the new skin is due on Nov. 3. After that, it will no longer be offered as an option. Sorry. Nothing to do with me.

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John Peel's Anatomy Of Pop

Anatomy Of Pop was a documentary programme on the commercial aspect of pop music, which was broadcast on BBC1 in January 1971 and repeated in September of that year. The programme was introduced by Michael Parkinson, known from his TV chat shows to be a lover of jazz and the Great American Songbook, but no fan of modern pop. It featured amongst others Marmalade, Frank Zappa, Muff Winwood, John Peel and Robert Wyatt.

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Peel made an appearance between 3:09 and 4:53 of the video clip talking about disc jockeys' influence on pop music ("one play on a Tony Blackburn programme is worth ten plays on a Top Gear") and how he tries to encourage people to listen to Captain Beefheart. The clip also includes Frank Zappa talking about dressing up in drag for a photo which was published in Melody Maker in 1967, Island Records' Muff Winwood describing how the label promoted Free, and Robert Wyatt on the surprise success of Joe Cocker in the USA. Canned Heat manager Skip Taylor and Alan Whitehead of Marmalade also make comments.

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