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Link Wray
Link Wray was an American rock'n'roll guitarist, songwriter and vocalist. His main claim to fame is Rumble (1958), which features a murderously heavy riff that allegedly inspired Jimmy Page, Neil Young, Iggy Pop and Pete Townshend, among many others. ... (read more)

June Tabor
Peel discovered June Tabor when Tim Hart, member of Steeleye Span, was due to perform a session for Peel's show with Maddy Prior in 1975, however she had a sore throat and Hart decided to call Tabor, who he knew from her work with other folk artists, to invite her to perform with him.... (read more)

Van Morrison
Throughout the late 60's and 70's, Peel would often play solo tracks from Van Morrison on his show. One of the first of these was the ungrammatically-titled "He Ain't Give You None", from the singer's Blowin' Your Mind LP, played on an early Top Gear. Peel drily introduced it as "the sad tale of a man who failed his English O-Level"...." (read more)

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Documentary about the band with John heavily featured.

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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. All material is now available at John Peel Archive and YouTube. Since Sept. 2014, a new Record Boxes series features selections from the collection by key music figures. Latest:

(Dec 2014): Mala Record Box

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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 1986 (BFBS) 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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John Peel Wiki Template:April 19 - Steve W - 2024/04/19 06:55 ← Older revision Revision as of 06:55, 19 April 2024 Line 6: Line 6: [[19 April 1982]]: Associates, Nightingales [[19 April 1982]]: Associates, Nightingales [[19... Indie - Steve W - 2024/04/19 06:47* ← Older revision Revision as of 06:47, 19 April 2024 Line 28: Line 28: A decade earlier, Peel's own [[Dandelion Records]] had been distributed via the majors, but the new network... PM126 - Weatherman22 - 2024/04/18 23:43 ← Older revision Revision as of 23:43, 18 April 2024 (27 intermediate revisions by the same user not shown) Line 2: Line 2: ; Name ; Name + PM126... PM126 - Weatherman22 - 2024/04/18 23:14* Created page with "== Tape == ; Name PM125 ; Station BBC Radio One ; YYYY-MM 1978 ;Comments Time marks denote edits. ==Tracklisting == SIDE A 21 December 1978 SIDE B == File == ;Name J... PM125 - Weatherman22 - 2024/04/18 23:12* ← Older revision Revision as of 23:12, 18 April 2024 (18 intermediate revisions by the same user not shown) Line 20: Line 20: [[Veins]]: Speed Of The City [[Veins]]: Speed... Peel Mailing List Peel News Just mining our business in Horse Gulch – The Durango Herald - The Durango Herald - - 2023/10/27 07:00 Just mining our business in Horse Gulch – The Durango Herald The Durango Herald... Inside investigation: Invasion of the light strings – The Durango Herald - The Durango Herald - - 2023/05/29 07:00 Inside investigation: Invasion of the light strings – The Durango Herald The Durango Herald... One wheel, one amazing trip: Unicyclist puts smiles on hundreds of faces - The Durango Herald - - 2022/05/27 07:00 One wheel, one amazing trip: Unicyclist puts smiles on hundreds of faces The Durango Herald... A skier's place in Iron Horse lore – The Durango Herald - The Durango Herald - - 2022/05/27 07:00 A skier's place in Iron Horse lore – The Durango Herald The Durango Herald... Iron Horse became part of the gravel explosion - The Durango Herald - - 2022/05/26 07:00 Iron Horse became part of the gravel explosion The Durango Herald... Teenage Kicks #keepingitpeel Life Has Surface Noise Perfumed Garden Johnpeel.net Festive Fifty Illustrated

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+|'''Link Wray'''<br />Link Wray was an American rock'n'roll guitarist, songwriter and vocalist. His main claim to fame is Rumble (1958), which features a murderously heavy riff that allegedly inspired Jimmy Page, Neil Young, Iggy Pop and Pete Townshend, among many others. ... [[Link Wray|(read more)]]
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-|'''Mieskuoro Huutajat'''<br />Mieskuoro Huutajat (Men's Choir Shouters) is a shouting choir from Oulu, Finland. They were established in 1987 and originally comprised 20 shouting men, since expanded to 30. Peel probably heard the group through his work for Finland's Rockradio ... [[Mieskuoro Huutajat|(read more)]]
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-|'''David McCallum'''<br />"You'll find this extraordinarily hard to believe … I used to look a bit like him. So much so that when I lived in Oklahoma City, I used to rather work at looking like him and was occasionally stopped in the street by young girls who'd say, 'Are you that Ilya Kuryakin off the television?' ..." [[David McCallum|(read more)]]
+|'''Van Morrison'''<br />Throughout the late 60's and 70's, Peel would often play solo tracks from Van Morrison on his show. One of the first of these was the ungrammatically-titled "He Ain't Give You None", from the singer's Blowin' Your Mind LP, played on an early Top Gear. Peel drily introduced it as "the sad tale of a man who failed his English O-Level"...." [[Van Morrison|(read more)]]
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+|[[File:The Undertones Story with John Peel (Part. 1)-0|thumb|left|450px|Documentary about the band with John heavily featured.]]

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