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Welcome to the John Peel Wiki The wiki about John Peel that anyone can edit Detailed information on the legendary DJ 16,077 articles since January 2008 Featured Articles 1111 Mahotella Queens Mahotella Queens are -
Sheila Ravenscroft
Sheila Mary Ravenscroft (née Gilhooly; born 27 October 1948) is of Irish Catholic descent, and was born in Bradford, Yorkshire. She was married to John Peel from 1974 until his sudden death in 2004. Sheila -
John Peel Show
"John (Walters)'s going to be producing the late night programmes when they start next Monday....don't you forget to be there on Monday night at 11 o'clock on Radio 1 and -
Peel Acres
Peel Acres was the affectionate name JP gave to the family home in the village of Great Finborough, near Stowmarket in Suffolk. It is an extended thatched cottage which was originally named'Nan True's -
1988 Festive Fifty
*If the previous year's chart was'ridiculous', this year's marks the beginning of John's dissatisfaction with the entire exercise (he labelled it'conservative'). He noted that very few recordings of black -
Grandmaster Gareth
Grandmaster Gareth is Gareth Jones of Birmingham band Misty’s Big Adventure. His first album under the name Grandmaster Gareth was ‘An Introduction To Minute Melodies” (2003), which featured 30 tracks each 60 seconds long -
Sounds
Sounds was a music paper published weekly in the UK from 1970-10-10 to 1991-04-06. It was founded to compete with Melody Maker and New Musical Express in the developing "progressive" music -
Cover Versions
"This is a programme that likes a good cover version.” (John Peel, 23 April 2002) Unusual cover versions are among the best-remembered features of Peel’s programmes, from ABBA hits sung in Hindi -
Smiths
The Smiths were an English alternative rock band, formed in Manchester in 1982. Based on the song writing partnership of Morrissey (vocals) and Johnny Marr (guitar), the band also included Andy Rourke (bass) and Mike -
New Order
New Order were formed by three members of Joy Division, who had dissolved the previous band pursuant to the suicide of lead singer Ian Curtis on 18 May 1980. Although the earliest recordings are still -
Peel Sessions Releases
(Related article: Strange Fruit) Note that EP& LP denote 12" vinyl releases. -
Fall: Show Appearances (Excluding Sessions)
This is an attempt to catalogue, as far as possible, the appearances by the Fall on Peel's show. Since he played at least one track by them in the majority of his programmes between -
Undertones
The Undertones are a punk rock/New Wave band formed in Derry, Northern Ireland, in 1975. From 1975 to 1983, the Undertones originally consisted of Feargal Sharkey (lead vocals), John O'Neill (rhythm guitar, backing -
14 August 1967
(N/A) (Courtesy of DuffPaddy, from torrent remaster version 3, with edited Peel comments and format/label details added. Full transcript here) -
Alexandra Ravenscroft
Alexandra Mary Anfield Ravenscroft (born 09 December 1977), commonly known as Danda, is the eldest daughter of John Peel and his wife Sheila Ravenscroft. In 2003, she and her partner Ashley had a son called -
William Ravenscroft
William Robert Anfield Ravenscroft (born 12th January 1976) is the oldest of Peel's children, whose first name was named after schoolboy character William Brown in the Just William stories and the middle names Robert -
Pink Floyd
"Like the cries of dying galaxies lost in sheer corridors of time and space" (Peel reviews Floyd at Mothers, 1969-04-27, in Disc& Music Echo, earning himself a first Pseuds Corner entry in -
Jesus And Mary Chain
“Their only single to date, but, if any of us are around for a Festive Fifty next year, I confidently expect there to be a lot of Jesus And Mary Chain tunes in there -
Pavement
Pavement were an American alternative rock band that formed in Stockton, California in 1989. The group mainly consisted of Stephen Malkmus (guitar and vocals), Mark Ibold (bass), Scott Kannberg (guitar and vocals), Steve West (drums -
Joy Division
Joy Division were a post-punk band formed in 1976 in Manchester from an earlier congregation called Warsaw. They took their name from the prostitution wing of a Nazi concentration camp (actually from references in -
John Walters
"The true genius of Room 318, the philosopher, the creative force, the cultural prism, the inspiration, the social historian and agitator, and the genuine soul rebel behind (Peel's) achievement, was John Walters.....Without -
Lee Tapes
Similar to the model followed in other projects, this page has been created for an overview of the tapes in the Lee collection. 001-099[] LE001: National Fresh NOT SHARED/ Peel December 1987 Lee Tape -
John Peel
John Robert Parker Ravenscroft, OBE (30 August, 1939 – 25 October 2004, known professionally as John Peel, was an English disc jockey, radio presenter, record producer and journalist. He was the longest serving of the original -
Florence Ravenscroft
Florence Victoria Shankly Ravenscroft (born 30th April 1982), known as Flossie, is the youngest of Peel's children. Named after Peel's nanny, Florence Horne, not much is known about Flossie's private life, apart -
Robert Wyatt
“My favourite ever Robert was my dad; my second favourite, Robert Wyatt.” (John Peel, 03 April 1980) Robert Wyatt (born Robert Wyatt-Ellidge, 28 January 1945, Bristol) is an English musician and founding member
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