- (This page is about the Scottish band. For the Somerset band of the same name, see Visitors(2). For the Australian psychedelic goa trance group of the same name, see Visitors(3)).

Sounds, Nov 1980. Click here and again on the image for full page view
The Visitors were a band from Edinburgh that had three Peel sessions.
Links To Peel[]
On the 25 March 1981 show (when the second session was repeated), Peel mentions that the only Edinburgh band he's failed to meet up with during Radio One's week in Scotland are the Visitors. Later in the show John McVay from the band turns up at the studio for an interview.
Peel gave the band the money to release their second single on their own label. The third single featured two tracks taken from the band's second Peel session.
Festive Fifty Entries[]
- None
Sessions[]
- Three sessions. The band's third single, Compatibility, featured two tracks from their second session.
Visitors - Peel Session 1980
1. Recorded: 1980-02-06. First broadcast: 14 February 1980. Repeated: 12 March 1980
- Pattern / Exploiting The Masters / Our Glass / The Orcadian
2. Recorded: 1980-12-16. First broadcast: 08 January 1981. Repeated: 25 March 1981
- Poet's End / Compatibility / Distance
3. Recorded: 1982-02-10. First broadcast: 25 February 1982. Repeated: 16 March 1982
- Flow / Third Base / Unit Of Acceptance
Other Shows Played[]
The following list was compiled only from the database of this site and is almost certainly incomplete. Please add further details if known.
- 1979
- 21 May 1979: Electric Heat (7") Deep Cuts
- 02 June 1979 (BFBS): Electric Heat (7") Deep Cuts
- 02 June 1979 (BFBS): Moth (7" - Electric Heat) Deep Cuts
- 18 June 1979: One Line
- 07 July 1979 (BFBS): Electric Heat (7") Deep Cuts
- 09 July 1979: Moth (7" - Electric Heat) Deep Cut DEEP ONE
- 1980
- 03 May 1980 (BFBS): The Orcadian (7” - Empty Rooms) Departure RAP 001/100
- 07 May 1980: Empty Rooms (7") Departure RAP 001/100
- 10 May 1980 (BFBS): Empty Rooms (7") Departure RAP 001/100
- 14 May 1980: The Orcadian (7” - Empty Rooms) Departure RAP 001/100
- 19 May 1980: The Orcadian (7” - Empty Rooms) Departure RAP 001/100
- 17 June 1980: Empty Rooms (7") Departure RAP 001/100
- 12 July 1980 (BFBS): The Orcadian (7” - Empty Rooms) Departure RAP 001/100
- 16 August 1980 (BFBS): The Orcadian (7” - Empty Rooms) Departure RAP 001/100
- 1981
- 10 May 1981 (BFBS): Compatibility (7") Rational RATE 2
- 12 May 1981: Poet's End (single taken from Peel Session) Rational
- 25 May 1981: Compatibility (7") Rational RATE 2
- 1982
- 15 March 1982: The Orcadian (7" - Empty Rooms) Departure Music RAP 001
- 1983
- 10 April 1983 (BFBS): The Orcadian (7" - Empty Rooms) Departure Music RAP 001
- 1988
- 14 June 1988: The Orcadian (12" - Empty Rooms) Departure Music
- 1997
- 11 September 1997 (BFBS): The Orcadian (7"-B side of Empty Rooms) Departure Music