December 2010
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THE RAVISHING BEAUTIES John Peel Session 14th...
I have been listening to lots of old tapes of PEEL sessions. This session introduced to me THE RAVISHING BEAUTIES. I believe they began their life during the TEARDROP’s “Club Zoo” residency in Liverpool, and supported them a number of times towards the end of 1981, and in 1982. I had seen the TEARDROP EXPLODES a number of times over this period, quite a few times with THE...
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THE GO-BETWEENS “I Need Two Heads” 7” (1980)
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BOTTLENOSE DOLPHINS The Memorial Hall, Church...
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ERIC BOGOSIAN John Peel Session 10th August 1983
I don’t know if you’re ever sitting watching LAW & ORDER & thing.. “Hey that guy with the lank poodle haircut looks familiar… I don’t, I think ‘Hey that’s ERIC BOGOSIAN…”
Probably best know on my side of the pond for his portrayal of Barry Champlain in the late 1980’s film “Talk Radio”… The adaptation of his...
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SILVERY MAGNUS The South Street Arts Centre,...
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ELTON JOHN John Peel Session 18th December 1973
OK it’s not really a session.. More a (relatively) impromptu piss up around the piano.. Or as Madam has just politically correctly shouted at me.. “The alternative Queen’s speech from a poof & a piano..” Legend has it that John Walters raided every BBC green room he could find for it’s beverages to get Elton in the mood.. I don’t think that he really needed that much persuading… As PEEL...
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SLARAFFENLAND, CROWNS ON THE RATS ORCHESTRA The...