Here’s a little treasure trove of Gems for John Peel fans. Although it’s a good little gem for anyone who loves to explore the rare obscurities This is John Peels complete show that was first aired on the 25th of November, 1982 and features almost Two hours of rarities. Enjoy!
John Peel – Complete Radio Show from November 1982
Track-listing
00:00 Terminal Fun – Twist and Survive (7″ – Great Moments) Projected Image
01:46 Edith Massey – Big Girls Don’t Cry (7″) Egg
04:47 Twinkle Brothers – The World Was One (LP – Underground) Twinkle Music
09:20 Xmal Deutschland – Incubus Succubus (Peel Session)
14:54 Room – One Hundred Years (7″) Red Flame
18:52 Dizzy Gillespie – I’m Bepoppin’ Too (2xLP – ) RCA Victor (French import)
21:31 3D – Dreaming Of You (Peel Session)
25:12 Shockabilly – Good Girl Is Gonna Go Bad (12″ EP – The Dawn Of Shockabilly) Rough Trade
28:04 Don Carlos & Gold – Right On Christine (LP – Them Never Know Natty Dread Have Him Credential) Channel
31:51 Jam: Beat Surrender (EP – Beat Surrender) Polydor
35:25 Beat: I Confess (EP – I Can Confess) Go-Feet
39:02 Xmal Deutschland: Geheimnis (Secret) (Peel Session)
42:54 Musical Youth: Rub ‘N Dub (LP – The Youth Of Today) MCA
46:18 Microdisney: The Helicopter Of The Holy Ghost (7″ – Hello Rascals) Kabuki
50:47 March Violets: Grooving In Green (7″) Merciful Release
54:31 Disconnection: Bali Ha’i (v/a LP – Birth Of The Y) Y Records
58:00 3D: A Child’s Toy (Peel Session)
01:01:35 Sister Nancy: Boom Chaka Iaka (v/a LP - A Dee-Jay Explosion Inna Dance Hall Style) Heartbeat
01:04:17 Prince Mohammed: Turn Me On (v/a LP - A Dee-Jay Explosion Inna Dance Hall Style) Heartbeat
01:07:40 N***** Kojak: Jam Papa Kojak (v/a LP - A Dee-Jay Explosion Inna Dance Hall Style) Heartbeat
01:11:37 Brigadier Jerry: Ghetto Stylee (v/a LP - A Dee-Jay Explosion Inna Dance Hall Style) Heartbeat
01:17:51 Xmal Deutschland: Qual (Peel Session)
01:21:35 Planet Patrol: Play At Your Own Risk (7″) 21 Records
01:26:44 Jackie Doll And His Pickled Peppers: When They Drop The Atomic Bomb (v/a soundtrack LP – Atomic Cafe) Rounder
01:30:42 23 Jewels: The Bomb Party (v/a 2xLP – Journey Without Maps) 101 International
01:34:38 3D: Red Wine (Peel Session)
01:38:26 Mary Love: You Turned My Bitter Into Sweet (compilation 7″-green vinyl)’ (Kent)
01:40:51 Xmal Deutschland: Zinker (Peel Session)
01:46:14 Pioneers: Mama Look Deh (7″) Amalgamated
01:49:33 Siouxsie & The Banshees: Melt (12″) Polydor
01:53:24 Outro
The John Peel show
The John Peel show was a Radio Show on BBC Radio 2 which ran for years up til the DJs death in 2004. He was one of the first broadcasters to play Psychedelic Rock and Progressive Rock records on British Radio. He was most famous for his promotion of small, obscure Bands that wee unheard of and promoted them. Way back before the days of the Internet, if you had a band, you sent your demo tape into John Peel and hope it got heard by him and played.
However, he got thousands of Demo tapes sent into him. I once saw a documentary where he’d enter his office of a normal day and his door would have a massive pile of mail lying piled up behind it. He’d have to shoulder the door to get in. So you can imagine the backload of tracks he had to play. But when he died, the barn that he owned was stacked full of stuff that he still hadn’t had a chance to listen to yet.
Respect for the Tunes
But I think the thing I loved most about John Peel as a D.J was the fact that he let each single play fully right to the end before he said a word. Most DJs rabbit on over the music. Disturbing it. So annoying. Again, Back in the pre internet days before MP3 Downloads that take a few seconds, we used to tape things from the radio.
This required putting a cassette tape in the player and pressing record n play to capture songs we liked on the Radio. Since Peely was an ex pirate ship radio D.J from the Radio Caroline days, he was onboard with this. So he always made sure he let the track play right to the end before talking. He also liked to be constructive when he did talk. As far as John Peel was concerned, he was there to play music.
However, broadcasting rules required DJs to have a certain amount of taking in the 2 hour slot he’d gave on a Tuesday and Thursday nights between 8pm and 10pm. So instead of just babbling Luke most D JJ s seemed to do for the same of it, he’d use the time wisely. Between every second song he would tell you the song that had just played and introduced the next track. But every half hour or so, hed spend about Five minutes telling all about a group or a new release, etc
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