Here we are with another little instalment of The Late and Legendary John Peel Show to the collection. This episode which was kindly uploaded by Hingy was first published on the 21st of June, 1989 and features some great bands of the time including Nirvana, The Butthole Surfers, The Siddeleys and many more. Hope you enjoy!
The John Peel Show – 21/06/1978
Tracks;
01. Nirvana – Love Buzz
02. A Guy Called Gerald: Rockin’ Ricki
03. Siddeleys – When I Grow Up I’ll Be A God
04. Mercy Land: Guessing Time Is Gone
05. Damien Aziwa: Essa Nzonga
06. Pussy Galore: Damaged II
07. Ivor Cutler: I Believe In Bugs
08. Tad: Damaged I
09. Zylan: Look Before You Leap
10. Siddeleys: My Favourite Wet Wednesday Afternoon
11. Coffin Break: Psychosis
12. De La Soul: Say No Go
13. James: Sit Down
14. Culture Musical Club: Subalkheri Mpenzi
15. Siddeleys: Love With Blood
16. Rod Taylor: Ethiopian Kings
17. Pierce Turner: Have You Looked At The Sun
18. Vincent Price
19. Bastro: Shoot Me A Deer
20. Butthole Surfers: Rocky
21. Butthole Surfers: Gary Floyd
22. Siddeleys: Theft
23. Fall: Pinball Machine
The John Peel Show
The John Peel Show was probably, at least in my own opinion, the best Radio show ever produced by the BBC. He was certainly a Pioneer in Radio Broadcasting. Although, he had come from the old Radio Caroline Pirate radio Ship and Music was his main focus. So he was already much better than what Radio One usually played.
Back in the old days before the Internet, MP’s and Digital Technology, we used to use Cassette tapes to record songs from the radio that we liked the sound of. However, it was often tricky to get a decent recording when you had some Radio One DJ rabbiting on and interrupting the song. But John Peel would take care to make sure he didn’t interrupt because he knew people would be taping tunes from the show.
However, I think the thing Peely was best known for was for his promoting of the smaller and lesser known groups. Thousands of bands sent their demo tapes into the show in the hope that they’d get aired. But unfortunately, many didn’t as he only had so much time on air and they’d keep flooding in. When he died in 2004, he had a full barn of unplayed demo’s. Although his family have tried to release what they can. But it’d probably take a hundred lifetimes to get through them all. However, there have been many bands over the years owe their fame to the legendary DJ.
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