John Peel Sessions

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Sunday, 10 May 2020

John Peel Sessions

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    1. It's great but it's missing JSD Band, Frank Chickens, and Ivor Cutler. And Viv Stanshall, who was a highlight of the show back around 1980.

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    2. http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio1/johnpeel/sessions/

      Nice list though.

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    3. The BBC link is just the database which everyone already knows about, or am I missing audio links there for these sessions?

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    4. What about Loudon Wainwright? Plenty of sessions there

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    5. My band The Relations airbrushed from Peel session history. April16th 1986 I think.

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  2. No 18th Dye? I've only got the 2nd one, was hoping to find the other 2. Great collection though.

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  3. What about Bauhaus? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nbrCke7CrXs https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4xxyGT8JMVk

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  4. Papa Sprain's is a classic.

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wEF2nuplnFY

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  5. + Tim Buckley

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a7zEcK8xKA8&list=RDa7zEcK8xKA8&start_radio=1&t=0

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  6. The Cure 1980 " Seventeen seconds" Peel session. One of the best from the band IMO (the 81 and 82's one ain't bad though) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bsUXcQakUno

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  7. My bloody Valentine is missing....https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JtsOqxnZPto

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  8. Can you add My Bloody Valentine from 1988?

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JtsOqxnZPto

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  9. I Am Kloot released their sessions on an album. Should be on YouTube...

    https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLUK0Td_r010jrzra6sWvrCiABYfVcKkiR

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  10. I Am Kloot released their sessions on an album. Should be on YouTube...

    https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLUK0Td_r010jrzra6sWvrCiABYfVcKkiR

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  11. Queen returned to Peel in 74 and 77. It's all collected on the compilation "On Air"

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  12. Smashing Pumpkins? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=88MPf0YDcdY

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  13. Aqua Vista! John Peel loved this band. This is all I could find although I will try to source the full sessions. https://youtu.be/JMJdhTDOXUY

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  14. Thanks for compiling such a great list!
    If you're taking suggestions, I highly recommend the Eno & the Winkies Peel session from 1974.
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-D1jrgER0cA

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  15. What, no Mandrake Paddle Steamer? Like,boooo, man.

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  16. Thanks for doing all this, really appreciated

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  17. Late 1982 peel session from Testcard F

    https://youtu.be/aQRUbP5gKeE

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  18. Microdisney, 14th January, 1984 :) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N7sS3Dgo35g

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  19. Deep Turtle, October 1994. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lr6t-tAaij0

    ... or is it this one? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cpcNMEvX1z0

    Or both?

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  20. Brilliant work! Thank you so much.
    More Garage Rock circa early 2000 would be appreciated. Von Bondies, Datsuns, White Stripes etc!

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  21. Wonderful!

    Really appreciate what you're doing!

    Please include The Locust in your next update : )

    https://www.discogs.com/The-Locust-The-Peel-Sessions/release/7147123

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  22. Impressive. If you don't mind, I'm going to steal your work and redo it as a spreadsheet, so that it can also be sorted by date, and then send it back to you. I will also, where possible, add the month and day, just because I'm kind of a stickler that way.

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  23. Been look for the Cranes sessions forever. Thanks so much. :)

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  24. Sam Dees session is available on youtube! But better sounding session would be welcome here...

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  25. Gumball year is wrong. I worked on that session - it was recorded in 1991, not 1990

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  26. Amazing work and everyone else, cut the guy some slack, I'm sure he'll add in the appropriate content.

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  27. Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark did 2 sessions in 1980, here's the second: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=je5afEsxXDI

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  28. I noticed that one band is missing:
    Depeche Mode 11.June 1981

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  29. 9th March 1970 (JP)Top gear broadcast 28th March 1970
    Devotion
    Wicked Messenger
    Pineapple and the monkey
    Shake shudder shiver

    Existing ? Many thanks

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  30. Thanx from São Paulo, Brasil, John Peel is a music legend, cheers.

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  31. Nought Peel Session from 2000 https://youtu.be/cY9W9RoVVNY

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  32. This will give me many hours of listening and the opportunity to discover new bands. Thanks a ton.

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  33. Juicy Lucy - She's Mine, She's Yours (John Peel Session 1969)
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BO9wfRoVJdw
    But I wonder where are other 3 songs from that session?

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  34. Tools You Can Trust, one of John's favourite bands - https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=tools+you+can+trust++john+peel

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  35. Bridget St John? Great list. Still back in 1969.

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  36. What an heritage you're bringing here! Thank you.
    Here as an add the Soft Machine sessions https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k_I4f-U_Hn4

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  37. Godspeed you! Black Emperor also missing! Great work anyway :)

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  38. This is an exceptional gift to the nation! Should see us through to the next apocalypse. Thanks.

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  39. Bastard Kestrel - 2 x sessions 1988 https://youtu.be/uS4NVpmZ7Mg

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  40. i don't see the 2nd joy division peel session !!!!!

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  41. Massive thanks for putting this together. An Aladdin's cave.

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  42. Fantastic to see this! Sadly none of the Cream or Soft Machine sessions from around 1969/70 ... maybe one day?! Thank you!

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  43. Great compilation! Here’s another to add! MEAT BEAT MANIFESTO
    https://youtu.be/4V9lDSVcQ64
    Thanks for your effort, it’s appreciated!

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    1. I have the peel session:

      https://www.mediafire.com/file/if62cwnvavpncxg/02-Peel_Session_%281993%29-20200521T170957Z-001.zip/file

      I have the 80% discography of meat beat manifesto (with singles), and jack dangers if you want... Replay with you email and i send you my google drive folder...

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  44. Amazing list thankyou so much - been down a proper rabbit hole of nostalgia last night. No Helen and the Horns or The Popticians which would be amazing to hear again.

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  45. Hi & thank you so much for all this. This is huge of course but I wish I could have the audio files. Is there a solution for this ? thnkss...

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  46. Skrewdriver were played on Peel's shows in 1977 and were invited to do a session.
    On October 19 Skrewdriver recorded a John Peel session of four tracks at BBC’s Maida Vale studios: ‘Streetfight,’ ‘Unbeliever,’ ‘The Only One’ and a new version of ‘Anti-Social.’ The session was broadcasted on October 28.

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  47. Would love a better quality version of the Swell Maps 1979 session if anybody knows if it is out there. Marc Riley played something a while back and I have been waiting to hear it again properly for years since.

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  49. My personal favorite is the Fall's 1983 Peel session: https://youtu.be/kPAiOLd-0f0

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  50. Absolutely fabulous. The Roy Harper one is superb!! I so miss Peelie!!

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  51. Not on the list yet
    John Peel's Blizzard Boys - In The Mix
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nqf0v9_mIWc

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  52. Hi as Eton Crop we're with one session in the list, we're adding all of the 5 sessions we did to YouTube. Here's the one I did today. https://youtu.be/jYG4pt5J_D0

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  53. Great work, thanks! and: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qHobTH5rQ3o

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  54. Hello, wow such a great collection - any chance you could add our 2nd session - also in 1987?
    all the best
    Tim

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  55. Oh man, thought I'd finally found access to "THe THe's" Peel session...not there. Any idea why not, it's like EVERYTHING is... but that!

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  56. Fucking amazing. This is so much fun. The Cure were so strong right out of the gate. Love how young, immediate and raw everything sounds. What a wonderful time in music. Thanks so much, Dave. Put a Donation Button at the top. I'd gladly donate for all your hard work. Love it love it.

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  57. Respect for putting this together.

    Can I add one

    https://youtu.be/B5ZiDn0E31s

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  58. The Icicle Works have done a couple of Peel Sessions
    https://youtu.be/brvFsuA5F0w
    https://youtu.be/6qiCKy4v6no

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  59. This is better than a certain pandemic cure? Bless ya bones d strickson.

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  60. Nice, really nice. Is a Youtube Playlist with all the Video's online?

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  61. bless your socks for this

    your missing one of the best fall peel sessions from 1985
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KyTa34DaaUg

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  62. This list is amazing, well done! I'd like to suggest the additions of a late classic here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SUBkFWCenm0

    Plus a couple of sessions by the mighty Melt Banana!

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vPEp_gtL_CI&t=472s
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2F0YuPjZ2a0&t=227s

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  63. Thank you very much! Great work! Ciao Paolo

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  64. Here the Peel Session of Meat Beat Manifesto:

    https://www.mediafire.com/file/if62cwnvavpncxg/02-Peel_Session_%281993%29-20200521T170957Z-001.zip/file

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  65. Your list seems almost a copy of the vibracobra23 initiative at youtube which has been putting all of these and more Peel sessions over more than 5 years already. What is your story of doing this here?

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  66. Hello, fab collection - hats off

    any chance you could add our session from 2003 ?
    I Think Im A Cylon - Peel Session 2003

    all the best
    Tony Head

    https://youtu.be/-BCCyUqGa-8

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  67. Please could you add the session by 10,000 Maniacs, since (as with the Undertones) John pretty much made them, so it's really important in the history of the band.

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    1. More 10'000 Maniacs sessions were generally for Andy kershaw but peel did do 1

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  68. I have the Peel Sessions for Ultraviolence if you need it. It's already been put on YT but if you're looking to add to your collection it's worth getting.

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  69. One To Add

    LOLITA STORM John Peel 14th May 2000

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_SfrjJmRqao

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  70. Amazing, Took a quick look,,,Two questions. Who in their right mind would file all the THE bands under T??? You ignore the T and file under second/main name...the FENCE for example! Second..I only see Twinsets listed once..but they did 3 Oeels sessions.

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  71. Thank you so much for uploading these! I recorded many of these years ago from the Radio, but the quality of your uploads is so much better than my recordings. John Peel was indeed a legend. Hat's off to you for all your hard work.

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  72. Astrid - Peel Session 21st March 2001

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DsLhWaYFGHM

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  73. How could you froget Stimulin - their only ever recorded material! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tfz2lhDCTZE

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  74. Screaming Blue Messiahs 24/7/84 : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JOXYuH3HUyM

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  75. 90 Day Men. 😍 What a band, and how I first heard them. Another diamond from John: https://youtu.be/CkcoE27IQmI

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  76. Tripping Daisy did a session live, it was when John stood in for Marc Radcliffe
    https://peel.fandom.com/wiki/19_March_1996

    https://www.setlist.fm/setlist/tripping-daisy/1996/john-peel-sessions-bbc-broadcasting-house-london-england-38449d7.html
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NWsKYb-oTXo

    Thanks for this

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  77. Lovely treasure trove to find. Thanks for sharing!

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  78. The Aislers Set: https://youtu.be/Fu11sdF5Z4Q

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  79. Oh wow, thanks so much! I have a Pushkins Peel session if you want to add it...album's here https://youtu.be/0Z3GS7apMdE

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  80. S.O.B.'s session from 1990: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=grr3s4zilUQ&ab_channel=SacramentoPunkshows

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  81. Amazing stuff, thanks.

    Nic Jones, 1976 - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RzVWvjistp0

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  82. Thank you for doing so much hard work and sharing the updated list of John peel sessions with us. I really appreciate your time and knowledge.

    Regards,
    Helloo.one

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  83. This is a great resource and once complete will be amazing... can't see any Ivorthete Cutler or Pixies and there's not enough Fall stuff. Did Cardiacs do any peel sessions? Putting bands under 'The' apart from The The is a bit daft, but hey-ho, they're there!

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  84. One of John's very favourite bands were The Idle Race. They did a lot of Peel Sessions, most are out there and survive thankfully. Why such a glaring omission?

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  85. This is a valuable resource and once finished, it will be exceptional. I noticed there's no Ivorthete Cutler or Pixies, and there's not enough content on The Fall. Did Cardiacs ever perform in Peel Sessions? It seems a bit odd to categorize bands under 'The,' excluding The The, but they are included nonetheless! Seekingessay help can provide further insights into organizing and categorizing information effectively, ensuring comprehensive coverage of topics like music history and band discographies.

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  86. Thanks so much for this. It has bought me joy for years 😊

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  87. What an amazing list. Can't help but think the Wedding Present did more sessions than listed, especially when you add in their Ukrainian phase

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