Two unique sessions and two tracks that made the 1995 Festive Fifty feature in this show.
Death is in the air: Viv Stanshall died on 5 March (the Sabres Of Paradise dedicate a previously untitled session track to him) and Delroy Wilson on 6 March (Peel plays a track by him and promises to play another on the next programme).
Sessions[]
Today Is The Day: one and only session. Recorded 1995-02-26. No known commercial release.
Sabres Of Paradise: one and only session. Recorded 1995-03-13. No known commercial release.
JP: 'I went to a memorial service for Viv (Stanshall) during the week in Soho Square. As you might imagine, it was a melancholy affair, but it did have its moments. For example, it was more religious than I imagined it would be. It never occurred to me that Viv was Catholic, or indeed that he was anything, so it was quite a Catholic event. We were invited in the course of the service to sing four hymns, but were not provided with any hymnbooks, so the chap who was standing alongside me hummed them in a loud and confident manner, but I couldn't do that, and nor could most of the other people. But a nice touch, I felt.'
Scud Mountain Boys: 'Glacier Bay (Import LP-Pine Box)' (Chunk) %
JP: 'Well, you may be thinking to yourself, well, that's a bit Radio 2, isn't it? And I know what you mean, and yet...and yet...when I played it at home, the Pig came in and said, 'What on earth are you playing that for?' '
Asend: 'Twelve O'Clock Drop (12 inch - Can't Hold Back)' (Second Movement Recordings)
National Heroes: 'Fire And Explosion Research Group (LP-Interplanetary Music)' (Theme Park)