In September 2014, TheSpace and JohnPeelArchive websites launched a new Record Boxes series, featuring selections from John Peel’s record collection by key music figures.
The series is unrelated to John Peel's Record Box, a wooden box of favourite singles that became the subject of a TV documentary in 2005, or the Peel's Record Box monthly lists of current favourite singles and albums that the DJ submitted to the BBC Radio One website from 2002.
The sixth record box of the series was chosen by Shane Embury of Napalm Death.
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Joe Boyd |
Desert Island Discs |
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Selections
All selections are LPs unless indicated.
Index | Artist | Release | Label | Year | Link | Video
- 4359 Slade: Slayed? (Polydor 1972) [1] [2]
- (7” single) Sweet: Blockbuster (RCA 1973) [3] [4]
- 7260 Black Sabbath: Sabotage (NEMS 1975) [5] [6]
- 10287 Judas Priest: Killing Machine (CBS 1978) [7] [8]
- 10400 Throbbing Gristle: D.O.A. The Third and Final Report of Throbbing Gristle (Industrial 1978) [9] [10]
- (no card) Killing Joke: Killing Joke (EG 1980) [11] [12]
- (7” single) Dead Kennedys: Too Drunk To Fuck (Cherry Red 1981) [13]
- 12625 Charged G.B.H.: Leather, Bristles, Studs, Acne (Clay 1981) [14]
- 13295 Discharge: Hear Nothing, See Nothing, Say Nothing (Clay 1982) [15]
- (7” single) Crass: How Does It Feel (Crass 1982) [16] [17]
- (7” single) Exploited: Dead Cities (Secret 1981) [18] [19]
- 18568 Metallica: Kill 'em All (Music For Nations 1983) [20]
- 15794 Swans: Cop (K.422 1984) [21] [22]
- 18438 Slayer: Reign in Blood (Def Jam 1986) [23]
- 20328 S. O. B.: Don't Be Swindle (Selfish 1987) [24]
- 19275 Slab: Descension (Ink 1987) [25]
- 20831 Terrorizer: World Downfall (Earache 1989) [26]
- 20571 Repulsion: Horrified (Necrosis 1989) [27] [28]
- (12” EP) Napalm Death: The Peel Sessions (Strange Fruit 1989) [29] [30]
Videos
A video in which Shane Embury discusses his choices is available on the Shane Embury Record Box page at John Peel Archive. Selected highlights were also released on YouTube, as indicated in the selections list above.