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|'''Silloth'''<br />During an infamous visit to the Cumbrian town by the John Peel Roadshow on Saturday 15 Dec. 1984, the DJ’s choice of records was so badly received that he was forced from the stage and had to be escorted from the venue by the police for his own protection … [[Silloth|(read more)]]
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|'''Shrewsbury Pumping Station'''<br />"The Music Of Machinery: Volume One Shrewsbury Pumping Station" was a 7" of field recordings from a steam-powered Victorian sewage pumping station in Shrewsbury. On 30 July 2002, Peel claimed that he might play the A side during his forthcoming DJ set at Fabric … [[Shrewsbury Pumping Station|(read more)]]
  
 
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|'''Terrorizer'''<br />Terrorizer is an extreme metal music magazine published in the UK by Dark Arts Ltd. Peel regularly played tracks from its free cover-mount CDs on his show. The magazine also sent him an album of Black Sabbath covers in Latin by Estonian outfit Rondellus … [[Terrorizer|(read more)]]
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|'''Friday Night Is Boogie Night'''<br />The oddly named Friday night Peel show, produced by John Muir, made up for JP's removal from presenting In Concert. It ran on BBC Radio One between 10 and 12 midnight from 07 Jan. 1972 to 29 Sept. 1972, when it moved to Thursday … [[Friday Night Is Boogie Night |(read more)]]
 
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|'''Bury St Edmunds'''<br />The town lies approximately 11 miles to the north west of Peel Acres, the Ravenscroft family home in the village of Great Finborough. On 12 November 2004, the public funeral for John was held at Bury St Edmunds cathedral prior to a family service and burial … [[Bury St Edmunds|(read more)]]
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|'''Jay Walker & The Pedestrians'''<br />In later years, Peel claimed to have branched out into band management during the time he worked for KOMA in Oklahoma in the mid-1960s, citing Jay Walker & The Pedestrians and Dann Yankee & The Carpetbaggers, who allegedly performed on Indian reservations … [[Jay Walker & The Pedestrians|(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 over 26 weeks at [http://thespace.org/ The Space] website in 2012. The site's pilot run came to an end in October 2012. All material is now available at [http://www.johnpeelarchive.com/ John Peel Archive], with videos at [http://www.youtube.com/user/johnpeelarchive YouTube]. Latest:<br>
  
|[[Record Collection]]: Details of the first 100 LPs of each letter of John Peel's record collection were released over 26 weeks at [http://thespace.org/ The Space] website in 2012. The site's pilot run came to an end in October 2012. All material is now available at [http://www.johnpeelarchive.com/ John Peel Archive], with videos at [http://www.youtube.com/user/johnpeelarchive YouTube]. Latest:<br>
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During an infamous visit to the Cumbrian town by the John Peel Roadshow on Saturday 15 Dec. 1984, the DJ’s choice of records was so badly received that he was forced from the stage and had to be escorted from the venue by the police for his own protection … (read more)
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The oddly named Friday night Peel show, produced by John Muir, made up for JP's removal from presenting In Concert. It ran on BBC Radio One between 10 and 12 midnight from 07 Jan. 1972 to 29 Sept. 1972, when it moved to Thursday … (read more)
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Jay Walker & The Pedestrians
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