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Obernkirchen Children's Choir
Peel’s first-ever gig was seeing Obernkirchen Children's Choir at Liverpool Stadium in 1954, taken by his mother “with a great show of reluctance.” Founded in 1949 for war orphans, the German youth choir enjoyed a major UK hit with ‘The Happy Wanderer’ after a BBC broadcast … (read more)

Transmitters
Transmitters were a post-punk band active intermittently between 1978 and 1989 who recorded two Peel sessions. They were notable for containing members of future groups: Sam Dodson and Dave Muddyman (Loop Guru), and Tim Whelan and Hammi Lee (Transglobal Underground) … (read more)

Transglobal Underground
Transglobal Underground are a London-based music collective specializing in a fusion of western, Asian and African music styles whose first four albums featured Natacha Atlas as lead singer. TGU gained two lower-rung Festive Fifty entries and recorded two Peel sessions ... (read more)

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STÖRUNG_OST_-_DDR_PUNK_DOKU_ZDF_2003 — STÖRUNG OST - DDR PUNK DOKU ZDF 2003

John Peel is interviewed (between 42.44 and 45.22) on 1996 German TV documentary Störung Ost on the Punk movement in East Berlin in the 1980s.

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Vote HERE until the end of November for this year's official Festive Fifty.

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:

(Oct 2014) Desert Island Discs Record Box

Please support the John Peel Centre For The Creative Arts.

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.

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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-|'''Tomorrow'''<br />Tomorrow recorded the first-ever Peel session for BBC Radio One, on 21 September 1967. It was first broadcast on 01 October 1967, when Peel made his Radio One debut on the Top Gear show. Despite critical acclaim and support from Peel ... [[Tomorrow|(read more)]]
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-|'''Ski Patrol '''<br />“The Peel Session was an incredible experience. You were always against the clock, but we had this new piece which was barely rehearsed. It ran about seven minutes long, a tone poem almost. We ended up doing three tracks but with a little more time“ … [[Ski Patrol|(read more)]]
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+*[http://www.mixcloud.com/DandelionRadio/ Mixcloud: Archive of shows since January 2013]
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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>
+* (Oct 2014) [http://johnpeelarchive.com/john-peel-desert-island-discs/ Desert Island Discs Record Box]
-* (Sept. 2013) [https://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=aZ7Q92mJPxI: The Zombies on 'Odessey and Oracle' (video interview)]
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