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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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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

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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 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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-|'''Heaven 17'''<br />Heaven 17 are an English new wave synthpop band originating from Sheffield in the early 1980s. Peel was a big fan of their debut single, "(We Don't Need This) Fascist Groove Thang," which appeared in the 1981 Festive Fifty and was later a Peelenium choice … [[Heaven 17|(read more)]]
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-|'''Cover Versions '''<br />Unusual cover versions are among the best-remembered features of Peel’s programmes, from ABBA hits sung in Hindi by Pakistani sisters Salma & Sabina and Elvis Presley covers by Eilert Pilarm (the “Swedish Elvis”) to full sessions of covers by artists including Cat Power … [[Cover Versions|(read more)]]
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-|'''Stephen Malkmus'''<br />Stephen Joseph Malkmus (born May 30, 1966) is an American musician best known as the lead singer and guitarist of the indie rock band Pavement. Peel was a fan of Pavement and interested in what the members of the band were doing after the dissolution ... [[Stephen Malkmus|(read more)]]
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+|[[File:STÖRUNG OST - DDR PUNK DOKU ZDF 2003|thumb|left|450px|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.]]
-|[[File:Joe Boyd on Bob Dylan's demos|thumb|left|450px|Record producer Joe Boyd uncovers a [[Bob Dylan]] rarity while making selections in the first of a new [http://www.johnpeelarchive.com/ John Peel Archive] series of [http://www.johnpeelarchive.com/boxes.html Record Boxes] drawn from Peel’s [[Record Collection|record collection]]. (See [http://www.johnpeelarchive.com/joe-boyd/ Joe Boyd’s Record Box].)]]
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+* (Oct 2014) [http://johnpeelarchive.com/john-peel-desert-island-discs/ Desert Island Discs Record Box]
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