Here we have another awesome Two hour radio show from the late and legendary, one and only John Peel. This show is from the 5th of October, 1988. Hope you enjoy the show!
The John Peel Show – 5th of October, 1988
Tracks;
- Fall: Wrong Place, Right Time (7″ – Big New Prinz) Beggars Banquet
- My Bloody Valentine: I Can See It But I Can’t Feel It (Peel Session)
- Public Enemy: Terminate X To The Edge Of Panic (LP – It Takes A Nation Of Millions To Hold Us Back) Def Jam
- Jad Fair and Kramer: Twist And Shout (LP – Roll Out The Barrel) Shimmy Disc
- Siouxsie and the Banshees: Overground (v/a LP – 21 Years Of Alternative Radio 1) Strange Fruit 16:56 Satellites: Beardman Ska (v/a LP – Dance Crasher: From Ska To Rock Steady) Trojan
- Beat Hotel: Smile (7″) Household
- Funky Ginger: Jack The Knife (Peel Session)
- Fear Of God: Prisoner Of Your Ideals (7″) Temple Of Love
- Public Enemy: Night Of The Living Bassheads (LP – It Takes A Nation Of Millions To Hold Us Back) Def Jam
- Datblygu: Gwlad Ar Fy Nghefn (LP – Wyau) Anhrefn
- My Bloody Valentine: Lose My Breath (Peel Session)
- Bridget St. John: Many Happy Returns (LP – Ask Me No Questions) Dandelion
- Dinosaur Jr.: Freak Scene (LP – Bug) Blast First
- Rob Base & DJ E-Z Rock: Keep It Going Now (LP – It Takes Two) Supreme
- Bob, Bob, Bob And Bob: What Do They Mean? (12″ – A Loud E.P.) 808 Records
- Four Brothers: Nhaka Yemusiiranwa (LP – Makorakoto) Cooking Vinyl
- Autry Inman: Ballad Of Two Brothers (v/a LP – Wavy Gravy: Four Hairy Policemen) Beware (tape flip in middle)
- Funky Ginger: Money Passion and Vice (Peel Session)
- Sore Throat: D.T.C.H.C. (LP – Death To Capitalist Hardcore) Acid Rain
- Close Lobsters: Loopholes (12″ – What Is There To Smile About) Fire
- Singers & Players: Run Them Away (LP – Vacuum Pumping) On-U Sound
- Plaid Retina: Sugarfit (7″ EP – Untitled) Lookout!
- My Bloody Valentine: Colm’s Song (Peel Session)
- John Lee Hooker: No Shoe (LP – Solid Sender) Charly
- Bitch Magnet: C Word (LP – Star Booty) What Goes On
- Bolt Thrower: In Battle There Is No Law (12″ – The Peel Sessions) Strange Fruit
- Odolites: I’ll Show You Why (LP – Face Down In The Violets) Rampant
- Funky Ginger: Slaughter House (Peel Session)
- Jay Bees: Good Times (v/a LP – Garage Punk Unknowns Vol. 3) Stone Age
- My Bloody Valentine: Feed Me With Your Kiss (Peel Session)
- Flatmates: Heaven Knows (7″) Subway Organization
- Lindisfarne: Mandolin King (12″ – The Peel Sessions) Strange Fruit
- Outro “In June 2013, Patrick Kimura-Macke, aka John Leonhard’s Dad, kindly started uploading his collection of Peel Shows from the 1980s, and a handful from the 1990s. The majority of these are complete shows previously unshared.” (From Fandom/John Peel Wiki)
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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