Gang Of Four

Gang Of Four are an English post-punk group from Leeds. Original personnel were singer Jon King, guitarist Andy Gill, bass guitarist Dave Allen and drummer Hugo Burnham. They were fully active from 1977 to 1984, and then re-emerged twice in the 1990s with King and Gill. In 2004, the original line-up reunited ... (read more at Wikipedia)

Links To Peel[]

Peel was a supporter of the band from the release of their first single on Fast Records and in 1999 chose 'At Home He's A Tourist' as one of the four tracks for the 1979 Peelenium.

In 2006, 'Damaged Goods' appeared on the posthumous John Peel - Right Time, Wrong Speed 1977-1987 compilation.

In 2012, five albums by the Gang Of Four, including their 1990 Peel Sessions release on Strange Fruit, were among the first 100 LPs found filed under the letter G when details of John Peel's record collection were released at TheSpace website.

Sessions[]

Three sessions. Debut session originally released on 'The Peel Session EP' (12" Strange Fruit SFRCD104, 1986). All sessions released on 'The Peel Sessions' (LP / CD, Strange Fruit, 1990).

1. Recorded 1979-01-09. First broadcast 18 January 1979. Repeated 06 February 1979, 26 March 1979, 29 May 1985.

I Found That Essence Rare / Return The Gift / 5.45 / At Home He's A Tourist

2. Recorded 1979-07-02. First broadcast 09 July 1979. Repeated 15 August 1979.

Natural's Not In It / Not Great Men / Ether / Guns Before Butter

3. Recorded 1981-03-09. First broadcast 12 March 1981. Repeated 30 March 1981.

Paralysed / History's Bunk / To Hell With Poverty

Festive Fifty Entries[]

1979 Festive Fifty: Damaged Goods (LP - Entertainment) (EMI) (#23)
1980 Festive Fifty: Damaged Goods (LP - Entertainment) (EMI) (#50)

Peelenium[]

'At Home (He's A Tourist) (LP-Entertainment!)' (EMI) (Peelenium 1979)

Other Shows Played[]

The list below is compiled only from the database of this site and is certainly incomplete. Please add further information if known.

1978: (JP: “Now Fast Records have established a fairly wonderful track so far I think, with Mekons, 2.3 and the Human League, and their latest release features Gang Of Four, and all three tracks from the thing are excellent, so I shall play you them all.”)

13 October 1978: Damaged Goods (7”) Fast
13 October 1978: Armalite Rifle (7”) Fast
13 October 1978: Love Like Anthrax (7”) Fast

(JP: “There’s a band that sent us a demo tape about I suppose four of five months ago which wasn’t terribly good. They’ve obviously improved a great deal since then.”)

19 October 1978: 'Damaged Goods (7")' (Fast Product)
20 October 1978: 'Armalite Rifle (7")' (Fast Product)
02 November 1978: Damaged Goods (single) Fast
29 November 1978: Damaged Goods (7" - Damaged Goods / Love Like Anthrax / Armalite Rifle) Fast Product FAST 5
20 December 1978: Armalite Rifle (7" – Damaged Goods) Fast

1979

19 March 1979: Love Like Anthrax (7") Fast
08 May 1979: At Home He's A Tourist (7") EMI
12 May 1979 (BFBS): At Home He's A Tourist (7") EMI
16 May 1979: At Home He's A Tourist (7") EMI
28 May 1979: At Home He's A Tourist (7") EMI
11 June 1979: At Home He's A Tourist (single) EMI
Walhalla (21-08-79): At Home He's A Tourist (7") EMI
01 October 1979: Ether (LP - Entertainment!) EMI
01 October 1979: Natural's Not In It (LP - Entertainment!) EMI
01 October 1979: Not Great Men (LP - Entertainment!) EMI
01 October 1979: Damaged Goods (LP - Entertainment!) EMI
02 October 1979: Return The Gift (LP - Entertainment) EMI
02 October 1979: Guns Before Butter (LP - Entertainment) EMI
02 October 1979: I Found That Essence Rare (LP - Entertainment) EMI
03 October 1979: Glass (LP - Entertainment) EMI
03 October 1979: Contract (LP - Entertainment) EMI
03 October 1979: At Home (He's A Tourist) (LP - Entertainment) EMI
04 October 1979: 5:45 (LP - Entertainment) EMI
04 October 1979: Anthrax (LP - Entertainment) EMI
08 October 1979: Ether (LP - Entertainment) EMI
11 October 1979: Natural’s Not In It (LP – Entertainment!) EMI
22 October 1979: Not Great Men (LP – Entertainment!) EMI
27 October 1979 (BFBS): Not Great Men (LP – Entertainment!) EMI
October 1979 (Virgin In-Store): I Found That Essence Rare (LP – Entertainment!) EMI
12 November 1979: I Found That Essence Rare (LP - Entertainment) EMI
19 November 1979: Glass (LP - Entertainment) EMI
13 December 1979: Armalite Rifle (LP - Fast Product - The First Year Plan) EMI
26 December 1979: Damaged Goods (LP-Entertainment) EMI FF#21

1980

10 March 1980: It's Her Factory (single - At Home He's A Tourist b-side) EMI
21 April 1980: Outside The Trains Don't Run On Time (7" - Outside The Trains Don't Run On Time / He'd Send In The Army) EMI Z1
24 April 1980: Outside The Trains Don't Run On Time (7") EMI
28 April 1980: He'd Send In The Army (b-side of Outside The Trains Don't Run On Time) EMI
01 May 1980: Outside The Trains Don't Run On Time (7" - Outside The Trains Don't Run On Time / He'd Send In The Army) EMI Z1
03 May 1980 (BFBS): Outside The Trains Don't Run On Time (7" - Outside The Trains Don't Run On Time / He'd Send In The Army) EMI Z1
10 May 1980 (BFBS): Outside The Trains Don't Run On Time (7" - Outside The Trains Don't Run On Time / He'd Send In The Army) EMI Z1
14 May 1980: Outside The Trains Don't Run On Time (7" - Outside The Trains Don't Run On Time / He'd Send In The Army) EMI Z1
31 May 1980 (BFBS): Outside The Trains Don't Run On Time (7" - Outside The Trains Don't Run On Time / He'd Send In The Army) EMI Z1
05 June 1980: Outside The Trains Don't Run On Time (7" - Outside The Trains Don't Run On Time / He'd Send In The Army) EMI Z1
27 August 1980: Damaged Goods (7”) Fast
02 September 1980: Why Theory (v/a album - Rock Against Racism's Greatest Hits) RAR
06 September 1980 (BFBS): Why Theory (v/a album - Rock Against Racism's Greatest Hits) RAR
22 September 1980: Outside The Trains Don't Run On Time (7" - Outside The Trains Don't Run On Time / He'd Send In The Army) EMI Z1
29 September 1980: Why Theory (v/a album - Rock Against Racism - RAR's Greatest Hits) RARecords RAR 1LP
20 October 1980: At Home He's A Tourist
30 October 1980 (BFBS): At Home He's A Tourist
12 November 1980: He'd Send In The Army "remixed for Ronnie's People"
15 November 1980 (BFBS) : Outside The Trains Don't Run On Time (12" - Gang Of Four) Warner Bros. MINI 3494
26 November 1980: Armalite Rifle
29 November 1980 (BFBS): It's Her Factory (12" - Gang Of Four) Warner Bros. MINI 3494
22 December 1980: "Damaged Goods" (Entertainment!, 1979) EMI FF#50

1981

01 January 1981: At Home He's A Tourist
05 March 1981: unknown
08 March 1981 (BFBS): In The Ditch (album - Solid Gold) EMI EMC 3364
08 March 1981 (BFBS): What We All Want (7") EMI EMI 5146
16 March 1981: If I Could Keep It For Myself (album - Solid Gold) EMI EMC 3364
18 March 1981: unknown/unknown (LP - Solid Gold) EMI
19 March 1981 (BFBS): Outside The Trains Don't Run On Time (album - Solid Gold) EMI EMC 3364
19 March 1981 (BFBS): Paralysed (album - Solid Gold) EMI EMC 3364
22 March 1981 (BFBS): In The Ditch (album - Solid Gold) EMI EMC 3364
29 March 1981 (BFBS): Paralysed (album - Solid Gold) EMI EMC 3364
05 April 1981 (BFBS): Why Theory? (album - Solid Gold) EMI EMC 3364
06 April 1981: In The Ditch (album - Solid Gold) EMI EMC 3364
John Peel June 1981: To Hell With Poverty (7") EMI EMI 5193 possibly 23 June 1981
29 June 1981: To Hell With Poverty (7") EMI EMI 5193
30 June 1981: Capital (It Fails Us Now) (7" - To Hell With Poverty) EMI EMI 5193
02 July 1981 (BFBS): To Hell With Poverty (7") EMI 5193
12 July 1981 (BFBS): To Hell With Poverty (12") EMI 12EMI 5193
14 July 1981: To Hell With Poverty (7") EMI
15 July 1981: To Hell With Poverty (12") EMI 12EMI 5193
30 July 1981 (BBC World Service): To Hell With Poverty! (7") EMI
24 September 1981 (BFBS): To Hell With Poverty! (12") EMI 12EMI 5193
01 November 1981 (BFBS): Capital (It Fails Us Now) (7" - To Hell With Poverty) EMI EMI 5193
01 November 1981 (BFBS): What We All Want (7") EMI EMI 5146

1982

26 January 1982: To Hell With Poverty
31 January 1982 (BFBS): What We All Want (12" - Another Day/Another Dollar) Warner Bros.
28 April 1982: I Love A Man In Uniform (single) EMI
04 May 1982: World At Fault (b-side 'I Love A Man In Uniform' single)
Peel May June 1982: Life, It's A Shame (album - Songs Of The Free) EMI EMC 3412
12 May 1982 (BFBS): I Love A Man In Uniform (7") EMI EMI 5299
18 May 1982: Muscle For Brains (album - Songs Of The Free) EMI EMC 3412
Peel May June 1982: I Will Be A Good Boy (album - Songs Of The Free) EMI EMC 3412
26 May 1982: unknown
26 May 1982 (BFBS): Life, It's A Shame (album - Songs Of The Free) EMI EMC 3412
26 May 1982 (BFBS): 'We Live As We Dream, Alone (album - Songs Of The Free) EMI EMC 3412
27 May 1982: 'We Live As We Dream, Alone (album - Songs Of The Free) EMI EMC 3412
01 June 1982: Life, It's A Shame (album - Songs Of The Free) EMI EMC 3412
06 June 1982 (BFBS): 'I Will Be A Good Boy (album - Songs Of The Free) EMI EMC 3412
17 June 1982 (BBC World Service): Life, It's A Shame (album - Songs Of The Free) EMI EMC 3412
16 August 1982: Lord Make Me A Cowboy (split 7" flexi with Five Or Six - Lord Make Me A Cowboy / Black Balloons Drop) Vinyl Magazine No 16
09 November 1982: Producer (12" - I Love A Man In A Uniform) Warner Bros. 1-23683
17 November 1982: I Love A Man In A Uniform (Dub Version) (12") Warner Bros. 1-23683
23 November 1982: I Love A Man In Uniform (Remix) (12") Warner Bros. 1-23683
24 November 1982 (BFBS): I Love A Man In A Uniform (Dub Version) (12") Warner Bros. 1-23683

1983

22 August 1983: Is It Love (7") EMI
05 September 1983 (BBC World Service): Is It Love (Dance Mix) (12") EMI 12 EMI 5418
12 September 1983: I Fled (LP - Hard) EMI
17 September 1983 (BFBS): I Fled (album - Hard) EMI EMC 1652191
17 September 1983 (BFBS): Silver Lining (album - Hard) EMI EMC 1652191
22 September 1983: Arabic (album - Hard) EMI EMC 1652191
27 September 1983: A Piece Of My Heart (album - Hard) EMI EMC 1652191
23 November 1983: Silver Lining (7") EMI EMI 5440
07 September 1983: Is It Love? (12") EMI

1984

07 July 1984 (BFBS): Life, It's A Shame (LP - Songs Of The Free) EMI
18 July 1984: We Live As We Dream Alone (LP - At The Palace) Mercury
29 October 1984: At Home (He's A Tourist) (single) EMI

1986

07 April 1986: Outside The Trains Don't Run On Time (7") EMI
04 November 1986: At Home He's A Tourist (12" - The Peel Sessions) Strange Fruit
11 November 1986: I Found The Essence Rare (12" - The Peel Sessions) Strange Fruit
15 November 1986 (BFBS) (Peel 045 (BFBS)): 'I Found That Essence Rare (12"-The Peel Sessions)' (Strange Fruit)
24 November 1986: At Home He's A Tourist (EP - The Peel Sessions) Strange Fruit

1987

13 March 1987 (BFBS) (Peel 054 (BFBS)): 'At Home He's A Tourist (12"-The Peel Sessions)' (Strange Fruit)
05 June 1987 (BFBS) (Peel 062 (BFBS)): 'I Love A Man In A Uniform (7")' (EMI)
10 August 1987: Not Great Men (LP - Entertainment)
01 September 1987: Guns Before Butter (LP - Entertainment) EMI
08 September 1987: Guns Before Butter (LP - Entertainment) EMI
21 December 1987: At Home He's A Tourist (v/a cassette album - Mixed Peel) New Musical Express

1988

18 April 1988: Silver Lining (LP - Hard) EMI
11 October 1988: I Found That Essence Rare (LP – Entertainment) EMI
22 October 1988 (BFBS): I Found That Essence Rare (LP – Entertainment) EMI

1989

The Peel Tapes Vol.7: To Hell With Poverty (7") EMI EMI 5193

1990

23 June 1990 (BFBS): Not Great Man
30 November 1990 (BFBS): It's Her Factory (single)

1991

Mainly Peel January 1991: To Hell With Poverty (7") EMI EMI 5193

1999

01 December 1999: At Home (He's A Tourist) (LP-Entertainment) EMI Peelenium 1979

2003

24 April 2003 (Radio Eins): A Man With A Good Car (7")
06 May 2003: To Hell with Poverty (7") EMI
15 May 2003 (Radio Eins): To Hell With Poverty (single) EMI
18 June 2003: I Found That Essence Rare (LP- Rough Trade Shops Post Punk 01) Mute Records
26 June 2003 (Radio Eins): I Found That Essence Rare (LP- Rough Trade Shops Post Punk 01) Mute Records

External Links[]

Wikipedia entry