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Detailed information on the legendary DJ 18,779 articles since January 2008

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‎‎Shop Assistants
Formed in Edinburgh in 1984, the Shop Assistants recorded two Peel sessions and enjoyed a total of four Festive Fifty entries, with ‘Safety Net’ reaching #8 in 1986. Peel strongly supported the original lineup, including airtime for their only LP ... Read More >

Shadowy Men On A Shadowy Planet
Shadowy Men On A Shadowy Planet are a Canadian instrumental band often classified as surf rock, a style with strong appeal for Peel. There was one Maida Vale session, in 1993, but the DJ failed to catch them live around the same time ... Read More >

Anthony B
Keith Blair (born 31 March 1976), better known by the stage name Anthony B, is a Jamaican deejay and member of the Rastafari movement. Peel played numerous tracks by the performer, despite first having to screen the lyrics for possible homophobia ... Read More >

Throbbing Gristle
RIP, Genesis P-Orridge (22 Feb. 1950 - 14 Mar. 2020).
(John Peel, 1979): "That Genesis P-Orridge, always a man well ahead of his time. In fact. I remember him gobbing on me back in 1968." Read More >

Deutsch Amerikanische Freundschaft
RIP, Gabi Delgado (18 Apr. 1958 - 22 Mar. 2020).
DAF were a post-punk group from Düsseldorf, Germany, who were also part of the "neue deutsche Welle" (new German wave) movement. Read More >

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Notices

Peel Mailing List: Long hosted by Yahoo, the online group dedicated to Peel moved to groups.io at the end of Nov. 2019.

Record Collection: Details of the first 100 LPs of each letter of John Peel's record collection were released at The Space website in 2012. All material is now available at John Peel Archive and YouTube. Since Sept. 2014, a new Record Boxes series features selections from the collection by key music figures.

If you have tapes of vintage Peel shows that you would like to share or get help converting to digital formats, please contact the Peel Mailing List, where you will find many people keen to help you.

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The John Peel Centre for Creative Arts is a vibrant venue run by enthusiastic volunteers in Stowmarket, Suffolk. Music, dance, theatre & visual arts.

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Working with the Ravenscroft family to build a digital archive of John Peel's record collection.

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On This Day

April 19 19 April 1973: Chilli Willi & The Red Hot Peppers, Clifford T Ward, John Dummer's Ooblee Dooblee Band 19 April 1977: Heron, Supercharge 19 April 1979: records only 19 April 1980: Undertones, A Certain Ratio concert 19 April 1980 (BFBS) 19 April 1982: Associates, Nightingales 19 April 1983: Marine Girls, March Violets 19 April 1986 (BFBS) 19 April 1988: FSK, Heresy 19 April 1989: Walking Seeds 19 April 1990: Fatima Mansions 19 April 1992 (BFBS) 19 April 2000: DJ Food 19 April 2001: Zabrinski

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