Show[]
- Name
- Station
- YYYY-MM-DD
- 1997-05-05
- Comments
- (Ken) The special, pre-recorded Bank Holiday show from May 1997 featuring Blur visiting and playing live at Peel Acres. Not a normal show, then, but with some amusement and the second half - once Blur have gone - has some good records in it. Once again the mad Bridget the dog makes a starring appearance.
- Note: this is of course a live, not live-live-live performance, as it comprises 2 levels of pre-recording. Peel's links and the live performance at the house on 22nd April; then the evident editing of it all together, including the rest of the show, seemingly live but not, at a subsequent date; before the transmission on a third occasion, 5th May. As such, it lacks that live presentation feel of the best Peel shows, but then plenty of normal shows were often pre-recorded anyway.
(Other)
- JP (before 'M.O.R'): "You're listening to Blur, recorded by Radio One at my house. They're great, I'm fat."
Session[]
- Blur #1 Live performance at Peel Acres.
Tracks marked † were released across the formats as b-sides to the single 'On Your Own' in 1997.
Tracklisting[]
- File a begins
- (JP: "A few days ago, Blur came to our house, played football, had a look around the house, drank tea, played some tunes, had some food, then went home. It was an astonishing day. Let 'me tell you all about it.")
- File 1 begins with different intro, indicating that this hour was rebroadcast, from Glastonbury by the sounds of it.
- Blur: Bank Holiday (LP - Parklife) Food
- (JP: "It's April 22nd... today on our calendar is Blur day... it's 8:30 in the morning... I've come out to walk the dogs... and already vans have started arriving...")
- Orbital: The Saint (single) FFRR
- (JP update. Bridget the dog barks.)
- Billy Bragg: The Boy Done Good (LP - Bloke On Bloke)
- (JP: "It's now about 10 o'clock... Still no sign of the band... The Radio One live music team have arrived, nursing hangovers, which is their natural state.")
- Charlatans: With No Shoes (LP - Tellin' Stories) Beggars Banquet
- (Peel interviews two of daughter Flossie's friends.)
- Supergrass: Richard III (LP - In It For The Money) Parlophone
- (Peel talks to Ben, a friend of son Thomas.)
- Shed Seven: Getting Better (LP - A Maximum High) Polydor
- (More Peel talk.)
- Propellerheads: Spybreak! (LP - Decksanddrumsandrockandroll)
- (Peel commentary update. Blur arrive.)
- Gene: Where Are They Now? (single)
- Comsat Angels: Sleep No More (LP - Sleep No More)
- (Peel and Blur discuss his home studio and items from his record collection.)
- Silver Apples: Fractal Flow ( 7" Fractal Flow/Lovefingers) Enraptured
- Fall: Behind the Counter (LP - Middle Class Revolt) Permanent
- (Peel, Blur and Steve Lamacq talk about demo tapes. John shows off his 1931 copy of Melody Maker.)
- Kenickie: Nightlife (LP - At The Club) EMI %
- (Peel talks as the band warm up in the background.)
- Blur live at Peel Acres
- Country Sad Ballad Man
- Chinese Bombs †
- Movin' On †
- M.O.R. †
- On Your Own †
- Popscene †
- Song 2 †
File 1 ends
- Dreadzone: Earth Angel (single) %
File a ends and File b begins
- (JP chats with Blur.)
- Wire: I Am The Fly (single) Harvest %
- (JP relates story of Melanie singing at the end of his bed when he had jaundice. Flossie then plays a Melanie LP at the wrong speed. JP: "It's in the genes.")
- Melanie: Christopher Robin Is Saying His Prayers (LP - Born To Be) Buddah
- Blur: Beetlebum (LP - Blur) %
- Natacha Atlas: Amulet (LP - Hamim) Nation
- Coco Tea: Fire No Guns (7") 2B Grafton Road
- Hooton 3 Car: Not Recognised (7") Rugger Bugger
- Suckle: Symposium (7") Detox Artifacts
- Disorder (Mathis Mootz, Problem Child): Untitled (12") Chrome
- Ivor Cutler: My Disposition (LP - A Wet Handle) Creation
- Folk Implosion: Burning Paper (LP - Dare To Be Surprised) Communion
- Ice Pack: Jagged Edge (12") Cluster
- Tracks marked % also on File 2
File[]
- Name
- a) Blur at Peel Acres 1997-05-05 pt1.mp3
- b) Blur at Peel Acres 1997-05-05 pt2.mp3
- 1) 1997-05-05 Peel Show S017.mp3
- 2) 1997-03-xx-05-xx Peel Show UC130.mp3
- Length
- a) 00:58:53
- b) 00:55:26
- 1) 00:59:20
- 2) 1:30:18 (1:04:13-1:22:02)
- Other
- a) b) Shared via Peel Mailing List. Thanks to Ken!
- 1) Created from S017 of Stewart Tapes, digitised by Weatherman22
- 2) Created from UC130 of the UC Tapes, digitised by Weatherman22. UC Tape 130 March to May 1997
- Available