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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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‎Sessions A-Z 1977 Name Songs ‎Place Songs Peaceville ‎Robin W B Friedman D McWilliams ‎BFBS 1986 Sounds Elementz DJ Eastwood Greyhound I Am Kloot ‎DavidBedford ‎BookerT&MGs Mickey Jupp Little Bob S Junior's Eyes Expelaires‎ ‎Big Maybelle Panama Ltd Snivelling S Doctors OM Searchers
Peel TV
Smack - Edward Fox (Official Audio) Peel introduces 'Edward Fox' by Manchester band Smack (1980).
R.I.P.
Dickey Betts Allman Brothers Band 12 Dec 1943 - 18 Apr 2024 Ben Eldridge Seldom Scene 15 Aug 1938 - 14 Apr 2024 Jon Card SNFU, D.O.A. 11 Dec 1960 - 8 Apr 2024
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Record Collection JP Mailing List Vintage Tapes Dandelion Radio Peel Centre Peel Archive Alerts 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. From Jan. 2022 on BBC Radio 6 Music, Tom Ravenscroft and 10 weekly guests explored the vast musical archive at his family home in The Collection (Peel Acres). A second series of eight shows started on 1 Jan. 2023, with Jarvis Cocker as the first guest. On 14 June 2022, a limited number of rare records and other items from the Peel archive were put up for auction. Peel Mailing List: Long hosted by Yahoo, the online group dedicated to Peel moved to groups.io at the end of Nov. 2019. New group homepage at groups.io Archive of old Yahoo posts If you have tapes of vintage Peel shows that you would like to share or get help converting to digital formats, please contact the Peel Mailing List, where you will find many people keen to help you. Independent. Original. Uncompromising. Official home of the Festive Fifty since 2006. Listen live Mixcloud: Archive of shows Twitter The John Peel Centre for Creative Arts is a vibrant venue run by enthusiastic volunteers in Stowmarket, Suffolk. Music, dance, theatre & visual arts. Homepage Challenge 81: Fundraiser Twitter Working with the Ravenscroft family to build a digital archive of John Peel's record collection. Homepage Twitter (John Peel updates on Google Alerts.) Ceduna Magistrates Court list, Friday, April 19 | The Advertiser - - 2024/04/18 22:52 Arnold John Peel. Vernon Marshall Peters. Ian Milton Weatherald. The previous court list article for Ceduna Magistrates Court can be viewed here ...... Strange Times are Coming - The Meteors - Euro Weekly News - - 2024/04/18 15:32 The original band recorded a (relatively subdued) John Peel session in 1981 which was never officially released, although it is out there for all to ...... Pulp's His 'n' Hers Showed a New Side of Masculinity to Northern British Men - - 2024/04/18 15:03 As the story goes, despite getting early radio play from era-defining DJ John Peel, Pulp had to wait for their success. By the time His 'n' Hers ...... Kirkcaldy set to welcome John Peel favourite for King's Theatre show - Fife Today - - 2024/04/18 13:34 Kirkcaldy is set to host a unique free show at the town's Kings Theatre as a former John Peel favourite takes to the stage.... What's The Ugliest Part Of Your Body? - Splice Today - - 2024/04/18 10:30 It might be my top album of all time, certainly it's in my Top 10. I heard it when it came out, in 1968. I used to listen to Top Gear, John Peel's ......

On This Day
April 19 19 April 1973: Chilli Willi & The Red Hot Peppers, Clifford T Ward, John Dummer's Ooblee Dooblee Band 19 April 1977: Heron, Supercharge 19 April 1979: records only 19 April 1980: Undertones, A Certain Ratio concert 19 April 1980 (BFBS) 19 April 1982: Associates, Nightingales 19 April 1983: Marine Girls, March Violets 19 April 1988: FSK, Heresy 19 April 1989: Walking Seeds 19 April 1990: Fatima Mansions 19 April 1992 (BFBS) 19 April 2000: DJ Food 19 April 2001: Zabrinski
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