Sessions The celebrated Peel sessions on the DJ’s Radio 1 show usually consisted of four pieces of music pre-recorded at the BBC's studios in Maida Vale. Such exclusive recordings originally came about due to restrictions that limited “needletime” ... Read More
Fanzines John Peel, 1979: “Although there are those who would say the fanzine outlived its usefulness in 1977, I am here to tell you, my beauties, that as a guide to what is going on throughout the land they are, collectively, more valuable ..." Read More
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Record Collection: Details of the first 100 LPs of each letter of John Peel's record collection were released at The Space website in 2012, including unexpected items featuring Spoken Word, Comedy, Classical and Opera. A later Record Boxes series featured selections from the collection by key music figures. All material was subsequently re-posted at John Peel Archive and YouTube.
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On This Day
April 19
19 April 1973: Chilli Willi & The Red Hot Peppers, Clifford T Ward, John Dummer's Ooblee Dooblee Band