So here we have another little Helping from the John Peel larder. This is his full BBC Radio Show from the 26th of November, 1985 and has 31 awesome Tracks, hand selected by the Late and Legendary D.J. Hope you enjoy!
The John Peel Show – 26th of November 1985
Tracklisting
01. Intro
02 Turbines: That’s The Way (LP – Last Dance Before Highway) Big Time
03. Wake: Send Them Away (LP – Here Comes Everybody) Factory
04. Culture: Peace And Love (LP – Culture In Culture) Music Track
05. Jesus And Mary Chain: You Trip Me Up (Peel Session)
06. Pontiac Brothers: Straight And Narrow (LP – Doll Hut) Frontier
07. Johnny Thunders: M.I.A. (LP – Que Sera, Sera) Jungle
08. LL Cool J: Dangerous (LP – Radio) Def Jam
09. Xymox: Agonised By Love (Peel Session)
10. Buzzcocks: Love Battery (LP – Another Music In A Different Kitchen) Liberty
11. Culture: Old Tattoo (LP – Culture In Culture) Music Track
12. Jesus And Mary Chain: Cut Dead (Peel Session)
13. Elfyn Presli: Party Billy Thomas
14. Loudon Wainwright III: Screaming Issue (LP – I’m Alright) Rounder
15. A Witness: Camera (EP – Loudhailer Songs) Ron Johnson
16. Elmore James: Something Inside Me (7″) Sphere Sound
17. Xymox: Mesmerised (Peel Session)
18. Flowers In The Dustbin: Nails Of The Heart (7″) Mortarhate
19. Culture: This Way (LP – Culture In Culture) Music Track
20. Stars Of Heaven: Clothes Of Pride (7″) Hotwire
20. Mekons: Flitcraft (v/a LP – Dig This – A Tribute To The Great Strike) Forward Sounds
21. World Domination Enterprises: Asbestos Lead Asbestos (7″) Karbon
22. Jesus And Mary Chain: Some Candy Talking (Peel Session)
23. Triffids: Everybody Has To Eat (12″ – Raining Pleasure) Hot
24. Massive Horns: Stalag 274 (LP – Merrie Melodies) Top Notch
25. Intimate Obsessions: Assassin (7″) Third Mind
26. Terry & Gerry: A Thousand Towns (LP – From Lubbock To Clintwood East) In Tape
27. 10,000 Maniacs: Grey Victory (12″ – The Wishing Chair) Elektra
28. Culture: Step Along (LP – Culture In Culture) Music Track
29. Xymox: After The Call (Peel Session)
30. 31 Jesus And Mary Chain: Psycho Candy (Peel Session)
31. Tav Falco Panther Burns: Working On A Building (12″ – Sugar Ditch Revisited) New Rose
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 Peeli 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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