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Chameleons The Chameleons are an English post-punk band, formed in Middleton, Greater Manchester, in 1981. The demo tape handed to Peel outside the BBC was “so accomplished that he suspected he had been given a cassette of an established band” … (read more) Everly Brothers The Everly Brothers were an American close harmony duo from Kentucky who influenced early rock 'n' roll by infusing it with country influences. Peel, who was in the States when they were at the peak of their powers, selected 'Poor Jenny' for the 1959 Peelenium … (read more) Private Eye Private Eye is a fortnightly satirical magazine, published in the UK since 1961. Peel was a not unwilling victim of its scathing wit, both in print and on record. In 1969, he earned his first Pseuds Corner entry for likening Pink Floyd’s music to the “cries of dying galaxies” … (read more)
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Deep Purple 12 April 1990 Cheb Khaled 29 March 1996 ‎Shonen Knife 15 March 1990 Bhangra M/A/R/R/S 28 Feb 1990 Wild Turkey Queen 2Mar96 BFBS Soup Dragons Bernard Lenoir Chris Moyles
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V is for... Van De Graaff Generator Peter Hammill remembers Van Der Graaf Generator playing Peel Acres as a duo in the 1960s (John Peel Archive, 2012)
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John Peel Centre Record Collection Dandelion Radio Vintage Tapes Please support the John Peel Centre For The Creative Arts. John Peel Centre John Peel Centre: Fundraising 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: (Sept. 2013) The Zombies on 'Odessey and Oracle' (video interview) Independent. Original. Uncompromising. Official home of the Festive Fifty since 2006. Listen live Mixcloud: Archive of shows since January 2013 Mixcloud: Archive of shows before January 2013 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 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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