18 October 1988

Show

Name

• John Peel Show

Station

• BBC Radio One

YYYY-MM-DD

• 1988-10-18

Comments

• Three tracks played from the new Sonic Youth LP 'Daydream Nation', ahead of the first broadcast of the band's session of Fall covers the following night, 19 October 1988.
• A 1965 single of the Elmore James track played here was later discovered in John Peel's Record Box.
• Peel continues playing more Zimbabwe records. This time it's from Zexie Manatsa & The Green Arrows.

Sessions

• Pixies #2 First broadcast. Recorded 1988-10-09. All tracks except 'Tame' available on At The BBC (CD, 4AD, 1998).

Tracklisting

• Sonic Youth: Silver Rocket (2xLP – Daydream Nation) Blast First
• Billy Bragg: Rotting On Remand (LP – Workers Playtime) Go! Discs
• Steady B: Let The Hustlers Play (12”) Jive
• Pixies: Dead (session)
• Elmore James: The Sky Is Crying (LP - The Collection) Deja Vu
• Chesterfields: Lunchtime For The Wild Youth (LP – Crocodile Tears) Household

(JP: 'And the Diagram Brothers, remember them. I thought they were going to take over the whole world of popular music about seven or eight years ago.')

• Diagram Brothers: Those Men In White Coats (LP – Some Marvels Of Modern Science) New Hormones @
• U.P.: New Age (v/a LP - American Gothic) BOMP!
• M.D. Shirinder & Family: Ndzi IIkensa (LP – The Heartbeat Of Soweto) Shanachie
• Sonic Youth: ‘Cross The Breeze (2xLP – Daydream Nation) Blast First
• Pixies: Tame (session)
• 3-D (aka Three Times Dope): Greatest Man Alive (12”) City Beat
• U Thant: Agwedd (LP – Bugeilio) U Thant
• Julian Cope: Christmas Mourning (EP – Charlotte Anne) Island
• Big Black: Sleep! (12” EP – Racer-X) Homestead #

(JP: 'Noir Énorme as they known to our French listeners. That's Big Black and Sleep!')

• Cool House: Rock This Party Right (Tyree's Beats 4 Now Mix) (12” – Rock This Party Right) Underground
• Half Man Half Biscuit: Old Tige (12" EP - The Peel Sessions) Strange Fruit #
• Heresy: Belief (LP – Voice Your Opinion - 異端者) Dogma #
• Zexie Manatsa & The Green Arrows: Mwana Wangu Kura (7") Inkonkoni (Peel calls the track Mwana Wangu and says it is on the Jabulani label)
• Pixies: There Goes My Gun (session)
• Traveling Wilburys: Handle With Care (7”) Wilbury
• Children Of The Night: It's A Trip (12”) Jive
• Sonic Youth: Hey Joni (2xLP – Daydream Nation) Blast First
• Plant Bach Ofnus: Awst (7" - Awst / Llwyd) Überschall
• Pazazzz: Hold It (v/a LP - The B-Boy / Boogie-Down Sampler 2) Westside
• Heart Throbs: Here I Hide (7”) Profumo
• Mark Wonder: We Rule (7”) Black Scorpio
• Pixies: Manta Ray (session)
• Fire Engines: Candyskin (7”) Pop Aural
• Jungle Brothers: I'll House You (12”) Gee Street
• Brilliant Corners: Why Do You Have To Go Out With Him When You Could Go Out With Me (12”) McQueen
• Tracks marked # on File 1
• Tracks marked @ on File 2

File

Name

• 1) [1988-14] John Peel Selection ~ BBC Radio 1 ~ October 1988
• 2) best of peel vol 40 pt1 (with introductions)
• 3) 020A-B3422XXXXXXX-0200A0.mp3
• 4) 020A-B3422XXXXXXX-0201A0.mp3

Length

• 1) 1:11:21 (until 4:44)
• 2) 47:11 (29:15-32:30)
• 3) 58:50
• 4) 57:51

Other

• 1) Many thanks to Pirate Radio Archive. John Peel Selection ~ BBC Radio 1 ~ October 1988
• 2) Many thanks to Mike. Best Of Peel Vol 40
• 3-4) Recordings at the British Library

Available

• 1) Mediafire
• 2) Mooo Server
• 3-4) Sound & Moving Image Catalogue (Find Format: B3422/2)