27 July 1999

Show

Name

• John Peel Show

Station

• BBC Radio One

YYYY-MM-DD

• 1999-07-27

Comments

• Two complete recordings of the show are available. The first, at almost five minutes longer, suggests it is running a little slow.
• The Bing Crosby Peelenium track is cited by Peel as one of his favourite records ever, and is dedicated to his brother Francis Ravenscroft, who gave JP a copy of the record when he was 10 years old, "and I've not stopped singing it since."
• John, watching the TV monitor while working, is depressed that Kelly Brook has been fired from the Big Breakfast, as he thought she was "a breath of fresh air."
• John reveals, in response to a listener query, that he is an honorary doctor of music. "I can legally and legitimately call myself doctor now, and often do. Nobody else does."

Sessions

• Man...Or Astroman?, #5. Recorded 1999-06-27. No known commercial release.

Tracklisting

• Beulah: 'Score From Augusta (CD-When Your Heartstrings Break)' (Shifty Disco)
• Recycler: 'Scaffoldings (CD-Alphabhangrapsychedelicfunkin')' (Nation)
• Man...Or Astroman?: 'Engines Of Difference' (Peel Session) (JP: 'Whoever's in there, their guitars still twang, that's the main thing.')
• Smith Garrett Band: 'All I Got From Loving You Was A Broken Heart (7")' (Where It's At Is Where You Are)'
• Embee: 'Angel Dust (3x12"-Twisted Soundscapes Part 1)' (Fuze)
• Sharps: 'We Three-My Echo, My Shadow And Me (Compilation CD-Old Town Doo Wop Vol. 5)' (Ace)
• Fall: 'Tom Raggazzi (CDS2-F-'Oldin' Money)' (Artful)
• Woodbine: 'Mound of Venus (CDS)' (Domino Recording Company Ltd)
• (trailer for Summer Of One Love)
• Beenie Man: 'Forget You (7")' (Greensleeves)
• Man...Or Astroman?: 'Theme From Eeviac' (Peel Session)

Peelenium 1931

1. Layton & Johnstone: 'Oh Donna Clara'
2. Al Bowlly with Ray Noble Orchestra: 'Goodnight Sweetheart'
3. Bing Crosby: 'Just A Gigolo'
4. Ruth Willis with Blind Willie McTell: 'Experience Blues'

• Sterac: 'Rolling Blues (Compilation LP-Tresor Compilation Vol. 7)' (Tresor)
• Secret Goldfish: 'Honestly, It Was Nothing (CD-Mink Riots)' (Creeping Bent)
• Man...Or Astroman?: 'Oh Cha Cha Cha And Once Again, Ladies And Gentlemen I'm John Peel And While Only A Minor Political Activist I'd Like To Say That Man Or Astroman Is Indeed My Favourite Band Even Moreso Than The Fall' (Peel Session)
• Krispy: 'On The Scene (CD-From The Country)' (Bomb Hip-Hop)
• Loudon Wainwright III: 'The Swimming Song (CD-The BBC Sessions)' (BBC Music / Strange Fruit)
• Captain Beefheart & His Magic Band: 'Sure Nuff N Yes I Do (live) (5xCD-Grow Fins: Rarities (1965-1982))' (Revenant)
• Reynolds: 'To Unwind To Unwound (7")' (Gringo)
• Man...Or Astroman?: 'Krasnoyask 26 (Forward Version)' (Peel Session)
• Solar X: 'Xiao Jie (CD-Little Pretty Automatic)' (Worm Interface)
• Hardwire: 'Dope Jam (12")' (Kingsize)
• Melvins: 'AMAZON (CD-The Maggot)' (Ipecac)
• McKinney's Cotton Pickers: 'It's Tight Like That (CD-1928 - 1931)' (Giants Of Jazz)
• Man...Or Astroman?: 'Many Pieces Of Large Fuzzy Mammals Staggered Together At A Rave And Snoozing With A Brick' (Peel Session)
• Sukhbir: 'Hai Rabba (LP-Hai Energy)' (Oriental Star)

File

Name

• a) Peel Show 1999-07-27
• b) jp270799.mp3

Length

• a) 01:54:50
• b) 01:49:47

Other

• a) Many thanks to the taper and uploader.
• b) Many thanks to max-dat.

Available

• a) Mooo
• b) Mooo

Footnotes