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Attack
The Attack were an English freakbeat / psych band. In March 1967, the group issued a version of "Hi Ho Silver Lining", shortly before the more familiar version by Jeff Beck. The flip side, a composition of their own called "Any More Than I Do," became an enduring favourite of Peel … (read more)

Freshmen
The Freshmen were a showband from Ballymena, Northern Ireland. Released in 1979, "You've Never Heard Anything Like It" was the group's final single. Although it seems likely that this was intended as a punk parody, Peel enjoyed it enormously … (read more)

Thinking Fellers Union Local 282
Thinking Fellers Union Local 282 are an experimental indie rock group formed in 1986 in San Francisco. Peel, a comparative latecomer to TFUL282's music, commented, "It's always nice to hear a band whose influences aren't immediately apparent …” (read more)

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Peel TV

TOTP_Links_14-12-1995_John_Peel-0 — TOTP Links 14-12-1995 John Peel-0

JP introduces Top Of The Pops for the last time, before being presented with the This Is Your Life big red book.

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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 The Space website in 2012. The site's pilot run came to an end in October 2012. All material is now available at John Peel Archive, with videos at YouTube. Latest:

(June 2014) : Boxes announcement

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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 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... National broadcaster began prolific announcing career with Iron Horse Bicycle Classic - The Durango Herald - - 2022/05/26 07:00 National broadcaster began prolific announcing career with Iron Horse Bicycle Classic The Durango Herald... Teenage Kicks #keepingitpeel Life Has Surface Noise Perfumed Garden Johnpeel.net Festive Fifty Illustrated

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-|'''Tubeway Army'''<br />“I do allow myself the occasional snigger when I consider that Tubeway Army are at number 2 in the charts, because their records have been almost universally slagged off by the critics and we've always played them on these programmes. How smug we get on occasion” … [[Tubeway Army|(read more)]]
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-|'''Great Britons'''<br />Great Britons was a TV series on the greatest British people in history, broadcast on BBC2 in autumn 2002. When Anne Robinson counted down the top 100 favourite Britons voted by viewers, John Peel made an appearance at number 43 … [[Great Britons|(read more)]]
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