Absolute classic show from 31st of august 1978, with DIY originators, The Desperate Bicycles, and a repeat of their only session for the BBC. This alongside the legendary Wire, the equally marvellous Radio Stars and the genius that was/is Dr. Feelgood. (I am a huge advocate of the higher end of the Pub Rock phenomena, so be prepared for a pub rock month coming up, you know you want it!) All that and the peerless Eno!?
(Peels intro:) "Well hello honeybunchers, this is the Post Birthday Peel. Back in your midst with a session with the Desperate Bicycles to whom I was speaking to this very morning on a matter which I'll discuss with you later, if I remember. Among the records a track from the new Feelgoods album, odds and ends from a new Eno LP, three more from Radio Stars from their newie, something unpronouncable in Welsh, 4 tracks from Wire from their album, which sounds excellent, I've only heard one side if it, but that was very good indeed, also a new Skids single, so the whole thing sounds irresistible, I think you'll agree."
Around 23 minutes of the show is missing, 10 minutes near the end of the show, with the rest missing due to tape flips.
Sessions:
Desperate Bicycles only session, recorded 4th July 1978, repeat, first broadcast 10 July 1978.
Tracklisting:
Buzzcocks: Noise Annoys (b-side of 7" - Love You More) United Artists
Dr Feelgood: Down At The Doctors (7") United Artists UP 36444
Desperate Bicycles: Smoke Screen (session) first track of session
Jackson Browne Before The Deluge (album - Late For The Sky) Asylum W 43007
Rich Kids: Burning Sounds (album - Ghost Of Princes In Towers) EMI EMC 3263
Brian Eno: M386 (album - Music For Films ) Editions EG EGED 5
Upsetters: Congo Dub (b-side of double single Row Fisherman by Congos) Upsetter (also known as Fisher Man Dub by Lee Perry)
Streetwalkers: Toenail Draggin' (album - Downtown Flyers) Vertigo 6360 123
Skids: Sweet Suburbia (7") Virgin VS 227
Desperate Bicycles: Sarcasm (session)
Wire: Practice Makes Perfect (album - Chairs Missing) Harvest SHSP 4093
Wire: French Film Blurred (album - Chairs Missing) Harvest SHSP 4093
Wire: Another The Letter (album - Chairs Missing) Harvest SHSP 4093
Wire: Men 2nd (album - Chairs Missing) Harvest SHSP 4093
Nutmegs: Story Untold (v/a album - Alan Freed's Top 15)) Roulette R-42042
Larry Graham And Graham Central Station: Pow (album - My Radio Sure Sounds Good To Me) Warner BSK 3175
Shwn: Carriad
Devo: Uncontrollable Urge (album - Q: Are We Not Men? A: We Are Devo!) Virgin V 2106
Stealers Wheel: You Put Something Better Inside Of Me (album - Stuck In The Middle With You - The Best Of Stealers Wheel) A&M LP 394 708-1
tape flip to side b, jumps to next track
Desperate Bicycles: Skill (session)
Mistic: Forward With Jah Orthodox () Upsetter (starts playing at the wrong speed, first time in a month he claims)
Radio Stars: (I've Got Dem Old) Sex In Chains Blues (Again Mama) Part I (album - Holiday Album) Chiswick CWK 3001
Radio Stars: Sitting In The Rain (album - Holiday Album) Chiswick CWK 3001
Radio Stars: The Real Me (album - Holiday Album) Chiswick CWK 3001
Cravats: Gordon (7") Small Wonder CH 004
Ashley Hutchings And Friends: The Broken Hornpipe (album - Kickin' Up The Sawdust) Harvest
Ashley Hutchings And Friends: Ricketts Hornpipe (album - Kickin' Up The Sawdust) Harvest
timecheck: 23:43:40
Desperate Bicycles: Teacher's Prayer (session)
Dr. Feelgood: Night Time (album - Private Practice) United Artists UAG 30184
Rezillos: I Like It (album - Can't Stand The Rezillos) Sire K 56530
DOWNLOAD 31st of August 1978 HERE!
Those crazy Finns ...
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12 comments:
Thanks for all the Peel, Nick. This will certainly help to give me a nice warm feeling on the long winter nights ahead...
Yes, these Peel Shows are producing my largest audience so far. Pure nostalgia, but very interesting,and there's more to come.
Great to see you sharing tapes from the Peel Wiki. If anyone has any tapes to share of his shows they would be more than welcome there. I think he would have approved of the DIY ethos of your site and theirs ...
Hi mark , i appreciate the tone of your comment,unlike the previous condescending wrist slapping events from your colleagues at Peel Wiki. I thought the object was to share some John Peel shows? I could have typed it all out again myself I suppose, but what idiot would do that just to avoid netiquette faux pas's? To avoid further snottiness i will get round to crediting the peel wiki on all my peel posts where appropriate.
Any other shit will be deleted if no polite!
Have a good one,
Nick (former member of the peel wiki,and typer of at least ten of the peel show running orders thank you very much).
PS, that school teacher chap who thinks he owns the peel wiki seems determined to carry on with his shit on the top lip attitude. I think Mark has a higher standard of communication skills, and should be your spokesman. But on the brighter side, this discussion has pushed this peel show into my top ten hits list of all time.....as the teacher sarcastically mumbled....nice.
Hey, I remember those STANDARD C90 tapes, they may have been shaped like the Philips Compact Cassette, but were made by criminals. They used to shed oxide like crazy after one play. Indeed the only one on your background I could get any decent sound out of was Sony UCX.
Trying to find the name of the band that Peely boy played on one of his shows, Sunday I think.
It was a punk version of the ABBA song S.O.S.
Apologies about the vaugeness but the year was 1978, 79 or 80
Yeah,i know that one! It was SOS by The Favourites, 1979.
http://www.discogs.com/Favourites-SOS/release/2241121
and you can hear that very show 23rd july 1979, at the link below
http://www.mediafire.com/?eutldikg1drd3nc
Apparently that show link don't work! Try these
http://www.mediafire.com/?c304b9pn8xglx8n
http://www.mediafire.com/?a4ivoxhsh47cs3i
njoy
Absolutely brilliant Jonny, been trying to find the band and song for years. (Brought a tear to these old eyes)
Don't know why it was never released - great cover version.
Have a couple more I hope you could help with.
Don't have the names but one song started with monkeys screaming, and the other had the chorus "Who shot the Poles in their holes"
I know pretty random, but I was sure they both and sos were played the same week, but after listening to your download they werent there.
Cheers,
Ged
Hi Ged, the bands don't spring to mind immeadiately, but I will do some research.I like a challenge.
The peel downloads i provided were not the whole of the show in question,so they may have been from that show!I'll check it out.
Hi Jonny, managed to remember one of the songs - "Smart Patrol/Mr.DNA" by Devo, (who shot the poles song chorus).
Can't find which JP show it was aired though. Sure both songs were played on the same show.
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