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The band, formed in late 1976, recorded and sent their demo to Peel (the demo itself would go on to receive some airplay [1]).Its cover was purposefully designed in "striking blue and yellow (used later on their debut LP), so it could be seen “without reading it, even in a pile” specifically for the benefit of John Peel and his producer John Waters [sic]". [2]
This is a list of artists (bands and individual musicians) who recorded at least one session for John Peel and his show on BBC Radio 1 from 1967 to his death in 2004. [1] The first session was recorded by Tomorrow on 21 September 1967, and the last by Skimmer on 21 October 2004.
The Peel Sessions (Can album) Clawfist - The Peel Sessions; BBC Sessions (Cocteau Twins album) The Complete BBC Peel Sessions; The Complete John Peel Sessions (Gary Numan album) The Complete John Peel Sessions (The Jesus and Mary Chain album) The Complete Peel Sessions 1978–2004; The Complete Peel Sessions 1986–2004; The Complete Radio One ...
John Robert Parker Ravenscroft OBE (30 August 1939 – 25 October 2004), better known as John Peel, was an English radio presenter and journalist. He was the longest-serving of the original disc jockeys on BBC Radio 1 , broadcasting regularly from 1967 until his death in 2004.
Top Gear was a BBC Radio programme broadcast between 1964 and 1975. It was known for its specially recorded sessions in addition to playing records. Top Gear began life in 1964 on the BBC Light Programme and was revived with a progressive rock focus in 1967 on BBC Radio 1, running with that format until its end in 1975.
Discs three and four are live recordings, the latter of which was previously released as BBC Radio 1 Live in Concert [4] and is now titled Live in Concert 1980 on streaming services such as Spotify and Apple Music. "Opening Speech" from the first disc is Andy Partridge imitating John Peel. [5]
The first disc of The BBC Recordings consists of two recorded sessions, the first for Mike Read, which was originally broadcast between 6 and 9 October 1980, and the second for John Peel, broadcast on 16 November 1981. The second disc consists of concert recordings, the first broadcast on 21 November 1981 and the second broadcast on 15 June 1985.
The Peelennium was a selection of songs by BBC Radio DJ John Peel from 1900 to 2000 in order to celebrate the last 100 years of music leading up to the millennium. It was carefully timed to play out over the 100 remaining shows of 1999, starting with Thursday 13 May.