Tape Name Station YYYY-MM Another in a series of Peel compilations from various periods compiled by Mark, this one from the period when he was quite clearly smitten.
Featured sessions: Talisman , one and only session. Recorded 1981-09-07, first broadcast 09 September 1981 . No known commercial release.Method Actors , one and only session. Recorded 1981-07-18, first broadcast 22 July 1981 , this repeat 09 September 1981 . No known commercial release.A Formal Sigh , one and only session. Recorded 1981-09-05, first broadcast 10 September 1981 . No known commercial release.Nightingales , #2. Recorded 1981-07-06, first broadcast 07 July 1981 , this repeat 10 September 1981 .Fall , #5. Recorded 1981-08-19, first broadcast 26 August 1981 , this repeat 15 September 1981 . Available on The Complete Peel Sessions 1978-2004 (Castle).Pigbag , one and only session. Recorded 1981-09-09, first broadcast 15 September 1981 . No known commercial release.Tracklisting Altered Images : 'Legionaire (LP-Happy Birthday )' (Epic) 09 September 1981 (JP: 'I've obtained...well...on somebody else's desk, a photograph of Clare of Altered Images, which is on my desk, on the console, even as I speak to you. And...er...I shall say no more on the subject.') Lurkers : 'I Don't Need To Tell Her (7 inch )' (Beggars Banquet) 09 September 1981 (JP: 'All our yesteryears, those loveable Lurkers from way back when. I can be a real disc jockey, you know, I'm working well tonight.') Talisman : 'Wicked Dem' (Peel Session) [1] 09 September 1981 (A highly amusing piece in which John roleplays alongside a Vincent Price record, after which he threatens to continue to do so for the rest of the programme.)
Rip Rig And Panic : Go, Go, Go! (This Is It) (7" ) Virgin VS 445 09 September 1981 NA Pop 2000 : 'So-so (LP-A Warped Sense Of Humour)' (Peartree) 09 September 1981 Method Actors : 'E-Y-E' (Peel Session) 09 September 1981 Talisman : 'Run Come Girl' (Peel Session) 09 September 1981 Revillos : 'Monster Man (7 inch-She's Fallen In Love With A Monster Man )' (Superville) 09 September 1981 (JP: 'This next single is something I suggested the Revillos ought to cover, and they seem to have ignored my suggestion, so I shall just go ahead and play it, and you can record it if you like.') Annette Funicello : 'Jo Jo The Dog Faced Boy (LP-Annette )' (Disney) 09 September 1981 A Formal Sigh : 'Ev Rev' (Peel Session) 10 September 1981 (JP: 'I'm very partial to that, I must say.') Nightingales : '(One) Mistake' (Peel Session) 10 September 1981 Wailing Souls : 'Who No Waan Come (LP-Wailing )' (Jah Guidance) 10 September 1981 (tape flip)
Comsat Angels : 'Our Secret (LP-Sleep No More )' (Polydor) 10 September 1981 Bananarama : 'Aie A Mwana (7 inch )' (Demon) [2] 10 September 1981 Black Blood : 'A.I.E. (A Mwana) (LP-A.I.E. )' (Mainstream) 10 September 1981 Slits : 'Earthbeat And Earthdub (12 inch-Earthbeat )' (CBS) 10 September 1981 Adam And The Ants : 'Prince Charming (7 inch )' (CBS) 15 September 1981 (Peel fades this early, as he has an ulterior motive in playing this...)
Rolf Harris : 'War Canoe (7 inch )' (Columbia) (...which bears an uncanny resemblance.) 15 September 1981 Fall : 'Deer Park' (Peel Session) 15 September 1981 Thundertones : 'Hot Ice (LP-The Best In Buried Sound)' (Ostrich) 15 September 1981 (JP: 'Profoundly lo-fi, that, for which I apologise, but only half-heartedly.') Undertones : 'What's With Terry? (LP-Hypnotised )' (Sire) 15 September 1981 Pigbag : 'Me And Your Shadow' (Peel Session) 15 September 1981 Maximum Joy : 'Stretch (7 inch )' (Y) 15 September 1981 Scientist(2) : 'Wa Di Is Free (LP-Scientist Meets The Roots Radics )' (Selena) 15 September 1981 Max Romeo : 'War In A Babylon (7 inch )' (Charmax Music)(the beginning of the Altered Images track featured at the start of the tape) File Name Length Other Available Footnotes
↑ As JP remarks, their first session was for Richard Skinner, 'months and months ago. He scoops us on everything.'
↑ Produced by Paul Cook of the Sex Pistols . Apparently. Followed by the original version.