Barry Adamson (born 11 June 1958) is an English pop and rock musician, composer, writer, photographer and filmmaker. He came to prominence in the late 1970s as a member of the post-punk band Magazine and went on to work with Visage, Birthday Party, Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds, and the electro musicians Pan Sonic. In addition to prolific solo work, Adamson has also remixed Grinderman, Jon Spencer Blues Explosion, Recoil and Depeche Mode. He created the seven-minute opus Useless (Escape From Wherever: Pts. 1 & 2) remix for the latter band in 1997. He also worked on the soundtrack for David Lynch's surrealistic crime film Lost Highway.
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Links to Peel[]
Having already recorded Peel sessions with Magazine and Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds, Barry Adamson quickly picked up Peel plays for his early solo releases, including debut LP "Moss Side Story" (1989). As a huge fan of cover verions, the DJ included Adamson's updating of the old Nancy Sinatra hit "These Boots Are Made For Walking" (with Anita Lane on vocals) as a late addition to the final programme of his Cover Version Specials series of shows in June 1991.
A single solo session was recorded in 1993 and repeated the following year.
Festive Fifty Entries[]
- None
Sessions[]
BARRY ADAMSON John Peel 7th September 1993
- One session only. No known commercial release.
- Also Peel sessions with Magazine (4) and Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds (1).
1. Recorded 1993-09-07. First broadcast: 22 October 1993. Repeated: 26 March 1994.
- Spooky // Hunters And Collectors / Vernal Equinox // The Snowball Effect / 2001
Other Shows Played[]
- 1988
- 27 September 1988: The Man With The Golden Arm (12") Mute
- 30 September 1988 (BFBS): The Man With The Golden Arm (12")' (Mute)
- 1989
- 05 April 1989: The Swinging Detective (album - Moss Side Story) Mute
- 11 April 1989 (Radio Bremen): Autodestruction (album - Moss Side Story) Restless
- 09 October 1989: Diamonds (12" - The Taming Of The Shrewd) Mute (covering Jet Harris & Tony Meehan)
- 21 October 1989 (BFBS): Diamonds (12"-The Taming Of The Shrewd)' (Mute)
- 24 October 1989 (Radio Bremen): Diamonds (12" - The Taming Of The Shrewd) Mute
- 14 November 1989: Diamonds (12" - The Taming Of The Shrewd) Mute
- 1991
Barry Adamson, Anita Lane - These Boots Are Made for Walking -Sleepwalking Mix- (1991)
- 22 June 1991 (with Anita Lane and Thought System Of Love): These Boots Are Made For Walking (Extended Box Fresh Mix) (12") Mute 12
- 01 July 1991 (Ö3) (with Anita Lane and Thought System Of Love): These Boots Are Made For Walking (Extended Box Fresh Mix) (12") Mute 12 (JP: 'I'm a man who's always enjoyed a good cover version, and about a month ago, I decided to do on my domestic programmes in Britain a cover versions programme, a three-hour programme: not a terrifically original idea, it must be said, but at the same time I thought it was worth doing, and it sort of expanded into four three-hour cover version programmes, a total of twelve hours (you probably could have worked that out for yourselves). That came in at the last moment, and was added to the fourth programme. I think it's really good.')
- 14 July 1991 (with Anita Lane and Thought System Of Love): These Boots Are Made For Walking (Box Fresh Mix) (12") Mute 12
- 26 July 1991 (BFBS) (with Anita Lane and Thought System Of Love): These Boots Are Made For Walking (12") Mute 12
- 12 August 1991 (Radio Bremen) (with Anita Lane and Thought System Of Love): These Boots Are Made For Walking (The Bonnie Floats On Airwair Mix) (12") Mute 12
- 30 November 1991: Odio Amor, Odio Amor (v/a CD album - Volume Two) Volume
- 1992
- 20 March 1992: Split (CDS-Soul Murder) Mute
- 21 March 1992: 007, A "Fantasy Bond" Theme (CD - Cinema Is King E.P.) ¤ Mute
- 29 March 1992 (BFBS): 007, A Fantasy Bond Theme (CD Promo - Soul Murder) Mute
- 1993
- 05 June 1993: The Snowball Effect (album The Negro Inside Me) Mute
- 19 June 1993 (BFBS): The Snowball Effect (CD EP - The Negro Inside Me) Mute
- 17 July 1993: Dead Heat (CD – The Negro Inside Me) Mute (JP: ‘I wonder if he does sessions. I’d really like to hear a session from Barry Adamson.’)
- 1999
- 03 June 1999 (Radio Eins): Saturn In The Summertime (album - The Murky World of Barry Adamson) Mute