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'''Where It's At''' was a six-part documentary series recorded by Peel for BBC Radio 3 and broadcast weekly on Fridays, 7-7.30pm, from [[23 April 1976]]. [[Ken Garner]] (''The Peel Sessions'', p. 216) describes the programmes as about "the present and possible future of music" and gives the following lineup of shows:
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'''Where It's At''' was a six-part documentary series recorded by Peel for BBC Radio 3 and broadcast weekly on Fridays, 7-7.30pm, from 23rd April 1976. [[Ken Garner]] (''The Peel Sessions'', p. 216) describes the programmes as about "the present and possible future of music" and gives the following lineup of shows:
   
 
# How Did It Get Here? beginnings
  
# How Did It Get Here? beginnings
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# Rock Art and Rock Folly ([[Bob Dylan|Dylan]], [[Beatles]], [[Emerson, Lake & Palmer|ELP]], Mike Oldfield)
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# Rock Art and Rock Folly ([[Bob Dylan|Dylan]], [[Beatles]], [[Emerson, Lake & Palmer|ELP]], [[Mike Oldfield]])
 
# The Supreme Sacrifice (Blues & Gospel)
  
# The Supreme Sacrifice (Blues & Gospel)
 
# From Highlife to Dub and Skank
  
# From Highlife to Dub and Skank
 
# Is There Rock On The Moon? (Rock spreads around the world)
  
# Is There Rock On The Moon? (Rock spreads around the world)
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# Gives Me Great Pleasure (Tax exiles and the music Peel currently likes)
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# It Gives Me Great Pleasure (Tax exiles and the music Peel currently likes)
   
 
In an article in the [[Listener]] (1976-04-22, reprinted [[Olivetti Chronicles]], hardback, p.70), Peel himself regrets the title of the series and says that ''"the listener may well expect to learn which are the current trends and in what directions we may find ourselves moving in the future,"'' but admits ''"I can still, despite many hours of contemplation, see no trends or direction with which I can reasonably satisfy the questor after truth."'' <ref>It could be argued that Peel was not alone in failing to foresee the imminent arrival of the UK [[Punk|punk]] revolution.</ref>
  
In an article in the [[Listener]] (1976-04-22, reprinted [[Olivetti Chronicles]], hardback, p.70), Peel himself regrets the title of the series and says that ''"the listener may well expect to learn which are the current trends and in what directions we may find ourselves moving in the future,"'' but admits ''"I can still, despite many hours of contemplation, see no trends or direction with which I can reasonably satisfy the questor after truth."'' <ref>It could be argued that Peel was not alone in failing to foresee the imminent arrival of the UK [[Punk|punk]] revolution.</ref>
   
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A short fragment was rebroadcast as part of the [[John Peel Around The World]] tribute programme (see linked page for track listing details). Two complete programmes in excellent quality have since been made available, with many thanks to the original taper. All tracks are short extracts and serve only to illustrate Peel's analysis.
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A short fragment was rebroadcast as part of the [[John Peel Around The World]] tribute programme (see linked page for track listing details). Two complete programmes in excellent audio quality have since been made available, with many thanks to the original taper. All tracks are short extracts and serve only to illustrate Peel's analysis.
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The series was repeated almost exactly one year later from [[15 April 1977]].
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=== '''Programme 1: How Did It Get Here? ''' ===
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''Peel looks at the trend of music on how it ended up here''
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*''File cuts in below''
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*[[Pink Floyd]]: One Of These Days (LP - [https://www.discogs.com/Pink-Floyd-Meddle/release/4137493 Meddle]) Harvest
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*[[Rolling Stones]]: Street Fighting Man (LP - [https://www.discogs.com/The-Rolling-Stones-Beggars-Banquet/release/10803342 Beggars Banquet]) London
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*[[Slade]]: The Bangin' Man
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*[[Sweet]]: Burn On The Flame (LP - [https://www.discogs.com/Sweet-Strung-Up/release/3252393 Strung Up]) RCA
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*[[Faces]]: Had Me A Real Good Time ''(Peel mentions The Faces are his all time favourite band)''
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*[http://cadensa.bl.uk/cgi-bin/webcat Sound & Moving Image Catalogue] (Find Format: B380/1)
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=== '''Programme 2: Rock Art And Rock Folly ''' ===
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''Peel looks at art in rock music, sometimes known as art rock''
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* [[Jerry Lee Lewis]]: Whole Lotta Shakin' Goin'
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*[[Bob Dylan]]: Sad Eyed Lady Of The Lowlands
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*[[Beatles]]: A Day In The Life (LP - [https://www.discogs.com/The-Beatles-Sgt-Peppers-Lonely-Hearts-Club-Band/release/499497 Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Heart Club Band]) Parlophone
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*[[Nice]]: Ronda (LP - [https://www.discogs.com/The-Nice-The-Thoughts-Of-Emerlist-Davjack/release/1523115 The Thoughts Of Emerlist Davjack]) Immediate
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*[[Emerson, Lake & Palmer]]: The Great Gates Of Kiev (LP - [https://www.discogs.com/Emerson-Lake-Palmer-Pictures-At-An-Exhibition/release/7329433 Pictures At An Exhibition]) Island ''(Peel describes the album as true grotesque and Emerson, Lake & Palmer as the unacceptable face of art rock)''
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*[[Pink Floyd]]: Brain Damage (LP - [https://www.discogs.com/Pink-Floyd-The-Dark-Side-Of-The-Moon/master/10362 The Dark Side Of The Moon]) Harvest
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*[[Matching Mole]]: Marchides (LP - [https://www.discogs.com/Matching-Mole-Matching-Moles-Little-Red-Record/release/435761 Matching Mole's Little Red Record]) CBS
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*[[Mike Oldfield]]: Tubular Bells (LP - [https://www.discogs.com/Mike-Oldfield-Tubular-Bells/release/1740939 Tubular Bells]) Virgin
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*[[Henry Cow]], [[Slap Happy:]] Beautiful As The Moon - Terrible As An Army With Banners (LP - [https://www.discogs.com/Henry-Cow-Slapp-Happy-In-Praise-Of-Learning/release/1027427 In Praise Of Learning]) Virgin
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*[[Tangerine Dream]]: Phaedra (LP - [https://www.discogs.com/Tangerine-Dream-Phaedra/release/3501730 Phaedra]) Virgin
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*[[Captain Beefheart & His Magic Band]]: She's Too Much For My Mirror (LP - [https://www.discogs.com/Captain-Beefheart-His-Magic-Band-Trout-Mask-Replica/master/463963 Trout Mask Replica]) Straight
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*[[Michael Mantler]]: The Insect God (LP - [https://www.discogs.com/Michael-Mantler-The-Hapless-Child-And-Other-Inscrutable-Stories/release/653470 The Hapless Child (And Other Inscrutable Stories)]) WATT Works
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*0:28:19
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*[http://cadensa.bl.uk/cgi-bin/webcat Sound & Moving Image Catalogue] (Find Format: B380/1)
   
 
==='''Programme 3: The Supreme Sacrifice'''===
  
==='''Programme 3: The Supreme Sacrifice'''===
   
 
''Peel traces the development of black music from the blues of the 1930s to the disco music then current.''
  
''Peel traces the development of black music from the blues of the 1930s to the disco music then current.''
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*[[Blind Willie McTell]] / [[Allman Brothers]] / [[Taj Mahal]]: 'Statesboro Blues'
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*[[Blind Willie McTell]] / [[Allman Brothers Band]] / [[Taj Mahal]]: 'Statesboro Blues'
 
*[[Blind Boys Of Alabama]]: 'Way Down In The Hole'
  
*[[Blind Boys Of Alabama]]: 'Way Down In The Hole'
 
*[[Supremes]]: 'Baby Love'
  
*[[Supremes]]: 'Baby Love'
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*[[Stevie Wonder]]: 'Boogie On Reggae Woman (LP-[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fulfillingness%27_First_Finale Fulfillingness' First Finale])' (Tamla Motown)
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*[[Stevie Wonder]]: 'Boogie On Reggae Woman (LP-[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fulfillingness%27_First_Finale Fulfillingness' First Finale])' ([[Motown|Tamla Motown]])
 
*[[Rolling Stones]]: 'Melody (LP-[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Black_and_Blue Black And Blue])' (Rolling Stones)
  
*[[Rolling Stones]]: 'Melody (LP-[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Black_and_Blue Black And Blue])' (Rolling Stones)
 
*[[Barry White]]: 'You're The First, The Last, My Everything'
  
*[[Barry White]]: 'You're The First, The Last, My Everything'
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* [http://mooo.peelwiki.com/dl/steve/Various/Where%20It's%20At/Where%20It's%20At%20%233.mp3 Mooo]
   
 
==='''Programme 4: From Highlife To Dub And Skank'''===
  
==='''Programme 4: From Highlife To Dub And Skank'''===
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* [http://mooo.peelwiki.com/dl/steve/Various/Where%20It's%20At/Where%20It's%20At%20%234.mp3 Mooo]
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=== '''Programme 5: Is There Rock On The Moon?''' ===
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''Peel looks at development of music throughout the world, the influence of folk music on British and American artists and finally jazz rock''
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* [[Locomotiv GT]]: Gimme Your Love (LP - [https://www.discogs.com/Locomotiv-GT-Locomotiv-GT/master/214657 Locomotiv GT]) Epic ''(Peel mentions liking an Indonesian rock record he heard on the BBC World Service, whilst driving in Chelmsford. He also says he has an album of a Pervuian band with a fine Hendrix influence guitarist and has 2 singles by a group from Morocco who have attempted to infuse rock with their traditional music)''
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* [[Sadistic Mika Band]]: Time To Noodle (Wah-Kah! Chico) (LP - [https://www.discogs.com/Sadistic-Mika-Band-Hot-Menu/release/1775279 Hot! Menu]) Harvest
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* [[Sadistic Mika Band]]: Style Is Changing (LP - [https://www.discogs.com/Sadistic-Mika-Band-Hot-Menu/release/1775279 Hot! Menu]) Harvest
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* [[Gary Shearston]]: Witnessing (LP - [https://www.discogs.com/Gary-Shearston-Dingo/release/1832985 Dingo]) Charisma
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* [[Little Feat]]: Long Distance Love
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* [[Richard & Linda Thompson]]: Withered And Died (LP - [https://www.discogs.com/Richard-Linda-Thompson-I-Want-To-See-The-Bright-Lights-Tonight/release/2041656 I Want To See The Bright Lights Tonight]) Island
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* [[Steeleye Span]]: False Knight On The Road
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* [[Mahavishnu Orchestra]]: Birds Of Fire ''(Peel mentions that their last LP, Inner Worlds, is silly and tedious relying on too much technology rather than originality)''
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* [[Herbie Hancock]]: Heartbeat (LP - [https://www.discogs.com/Herbie-Hancock-Man-Child/release/30040 Man-Child]) Columbia
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* [http://cadensa.bl.uk/cgi-bin/webcat Sound & Moving Image Catalogue] (Find Format: B380/3)
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=== '''Programme 6: It Gives Me Great Pleasure''' ===
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''Peel looks at rock musicians who are tax exiles and his current favourite records''
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* [[Rolling Stones]]: Fool To Cry
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* [[Count Bishops]]: Teenage Letter (7" - [https://www.discogs.com/The-Count-Bishops-Speedball/release/556255 Speedball]) Chiswick
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* [[Neil Young]]: Lookin' For A Love (LP - [https://www.discogs.com/Neil-Young-With-Crazy-Horse-Zuma/release/1087639 Zuma]) Reprise
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* [[Cate Bros.]]: Standin' On A Mountain Top (LP - [https://www.discogs.com/Cate-Bros-Cate-Bros/release/1699417 Cate Bros.]) Asylum
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* [[Glenn Phillips]]: Lenore (LP - [https://www.discogs.com/Glenn-Phillips-Lost-At-Sea/release/3429555 Lost At Sea]) Caroline
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* [[Eno]]: Sky Saw (LP - [https://www.discogs.com/Eno-Another-Green-World/release/116525 Another Green World]) Island
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*0:28:26
   
 
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* [http://cadensa.bl.uk/cgi-bin/webcat Sound & Moving Image Catalogue] (Find Format: B380/3)
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[http://mooo.peelwiki.com/dl/steve/Various/Where%20It's%20At/Where%20It's%20At%20%234.mp3 Mooo]
  
   
 
;Footnotes
  
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[[Category:1976]]
  
[[Category:1976]]
 
[[Category:Peel shows]]
  
[[Category:Peel shows]]
 
[[Category:Documentaries]]
  
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[[Category:Available online]]
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[[Category:British Library]]

Latest revision as of 02:10, 11 January 2019

Where It's At was a six-part documentary series recorded by Peel for BBC Radio 3 and broadcast weekly on Fridays, 7-7.30pm, from 23rd April 1976. Ken Garner (The Peel Sessions, p. 216) describes the programmes as about "the present and possible future of music" and gives the following lineup of shows:

  1. How Did It Get Here? beginnings
  2. Rock Art and Rock Folly (Dylan, Beatles, ELP, Mike Oldfield)
  3. The Supreme Sacrifice (Blues & Gospel)
  4. From Highlife to Dub and Skank
  5. Is There Rock On The Moon? (Rock spreads around the world)
  6. It Gives Me Great Pleasure (Tax exiles and the music Peel currently likes)

In an article in the Listener (1976-04-22, reprinted Olivetti Chronicles, hardback, p.70), Peel himself regrets the title of the series and says that "the listener may well expect to learn which are the current trends and in what directions we may find ourselves moving in the future," but admits "I can still, despite many hours of contemplation, see no trends or direction with which I can reasonably satisfy the questor after truth." [1]

A short fragment was rebroadcast as part of the John Peel Around The World tribute programme (see linked page for track listing details). Two complete programmes in excellent audio quality have since been made available, with many thanks to the original taper. All tracks are short extracts and serve only to illustrate Peel's analysis.

The series was repeated almost exactly one year later from 15 April 1977.

Programme 1: How Did It Get Here?

Peel looks at the trend of music on how it ended up here

Length
  • 00:20:30
Available

Programme 2: Rock Art And Rock Folly

Peel looks at art in rock music, sometimes known as art rock

Length
  • 0:28:19
Available

Programme 3: The Supreme Sacrifice

Peel traces the development of black music from the blues of the 1930s to the disco music then current.

Length
  • 00:28:42
Available

Programme 4: From Highlife To Dub And Skank

Peel examines the development of reggae and its influence on rock music.

Length
  • 00:28:23
Available

Programme 5: Is There Rock On The Moon?

Peel looks at development of music throughout the world, the influence of folk music on British and American artists and finally jazz rock

Length
  • 0:28:19
Available

Programme 6: It Gives Me Great Pleasure

Peel looks at rock musicians who are tax exiles and his current favourite records

Length
  • 0:28:26
Available
Footnotes
  1. ↑ It could be argued that Peel was not alone in failing to foresee the imminent arrival of the UK punk revolution.
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