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Heaven 17 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 nominated as a Peelenium choice … (read more) Cover Versions 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 … (read more) Stephen Malkmus tephen 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 of the group ... (read more)
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Silver Jews 20 Dec 2000 05 Feb 1974 12 August 1995 10,000 Maniacs 25 Jan 1982 Pop-Off Tues 20 March 1975 27 August 1997 14 Sept 1991 09 April 1994 27July96 BFBS Grateful Dead 15 January 1998 Michael Palin
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Joe Boyd on Bob Dylan's demos Record producer Joe Boyd uncovers a Bob Dylan rarity while making selections in the first of a new John Peel Archive series of Record Boxes drawn from Peel’s Record Collection. (See Joe Boyd’s Record Box.)
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John Peel Centre Record Collection Dandelion Radio Vintage Tapes Please support the John Peel Centre For The Creative Arts. johnpeelcentre.com Twitter Facebook 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 2014) Joe Boyd’s Record Box 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.

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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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