Pooh Sticks - The Peel Sessions

Pooh Sticks came from Swansea and recorded two sessions for the Peel program. The first in 1988 is in my opinion far superior to the second which was recorded just one year later. Their debut self-titled album was released in 1988 through Fierce Records and was followed just a few months later by their second, the classic "Orgasm" album which surely deserves a place in any self respecting record collection. The band continued until 1995 but I think it's fair to say that the band had produced their most sterling work by 1990.

Pooh Sticks recorded two sessions for the Peel program, both of which were released by Overground Records in 1991 but that record is now pretty much impossible to locate. Hence...

Hue - Vocals

Paul - Guitar/Backing Vocals

Stephanie - Bass/Drums/Guitar

Alison - Bass

Geraldine - Guitar/Backing Vocals (5-8)

Amelia Fletcher - Backing Vocals (5-8)

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1. On Tape

2. Alan McGee

3. Heartbreak

4. Indiepop Ain't Noise Pollution

5. Desperado

6. Young People

7. Hard On Love
8. Dare-True-Kiss-Promise

>Transmission Dates<

1-4: 3/5/1988

5-8: 18/5/1989

John Peel - 11th February 1980

Featuring tracks from The Selector, Burning Spear, David Bowie, Brian Briggs, Martha & The Muffins, White Heat,

With session tracks by Delta 5 & The Undertones


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John Peel - 11th April 2001

Featuring tracks from Astrid, Gerry Washington, Prefuse 73, A Sides, Captain Beefheart, Joe Penny, STS, Venetian Snares, Nebula, Bonnie Prince Billy, Robert Johnson, The White Stripes, The Lurkers, Charisma, Lift To Experience, Benny Carter & His Orchestra, J Zone, Dany Engobo, Glen Washington, Phase Syndicate, Geoff Linn,


And a session from Hefner

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Bongwater - 13th April 1991

Bongwater were the brainchild of New York producer/Shimmy Disc record label owner Mark Kramer. Their first release "Breaking No New Ground EP" in 1987 did exactly what it said on the tin and consisted of six very average cover versions. In 1990 however all thet changed. Kramer recruited New York performance artist Ann Magnuson to be the voice on what was to be one of the best albums of it's time. "The Power Of Pussy" was released on Shimmy Disc in 1990 and it's title describes the content perfectly. If you have never heard this record then you should try and find a copy. Every home needs one.Bongwater only recorded one session for the Peel program.

Ann Magnuson - Vocals

Dogbowl - Guitar

Randolph Hudson III - Guitar

David Licht - Drums

Kramer - Backing Vocals

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1. You Don't Love Me Yet

2. Kisses Sweeter Than Wine

3. The Power Of Pussy

4. Car Rental Blues

John Peel - 17th April 1997

Incuding tracks from The Cabineers, Beenie Man, Hard Cousin, Adventures In Stereo, Kenicki, Will Oldham,


And session tracks by Panacea


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John Peel - 10th April 1997

Featuring tracks from Servatron, Meth O D, I-Roy, Alliance, Magoo, Run On, Piano Magic, Mouse On Mars, Can, Gorkys,

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Half Man Half Biscuit - The Peel Sessions

This is pretty much the complete Half Man Half Biscuit Peel Sessions. I think there is probably a couple of tracks missing here and there but nobody's perfect. If you're not familiar with Half Man Half Biscuit, and I've heard that such beings exist then this is a great place to start.

Nigel Blackwell - Guitar/Vocals

Simon Blackwell - Lead Guitar

Neil Crossley - Bass/Vocals

David Lloyd - Keyboards

Ken Hancock - Guitar (24-48)

Paul Wright - Drums (1-19)

Carl Alty - Drums (20- 23)

Carl Henry - Drums (24-44)

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1. D’ye Ken Ted Moult

2. Arthurs Farm/All I Want For Christmas Is A Dulka Prague Away Kit

3. The Trumpton Riots

4. Old Tige

5. The Bastard Son Of Dean Friedman

6. I Left My Heart In Papworth General

7. Reasons To Be Miserable (Part 10)

8. Rod Hull Is Alive…Why?

9. The Best Thing In Life

10. Dickie Davies Eyes

11. I Was A Teenage Armchair Honved Fan

12. Yipps (My Baby Got The)

13. Ordinary To Enschede

14. Our Tune

15. Prag Vec At The Melkweg

16. Mars Ultras (You’ll Never Make The Station)

17. 4AD 3D CD

18. Floreat Interria

19. Goodnight Irene

20. Song Of Encouragement For The Orme Ascent

21. Mr Cave’s A Window Cleaner Now

22. Get Kramer

23. CAMRA Man

24. Bad Review

25. Deep House Victims Minibus Appeal

26. Dead Men Don’t Need Season Tickets

27. A Shropshire Lad

28. Paintball’s Coming Home

29. Monmore Here’s Running

30. Tonight Matthew I’m Going To Be With Jesus

31. Prs Yearbook The Quick Drawbridge

32. He Who Would Valium Take

33. Four Skinny Indie Kids Drinking Weak Lager

34. You’re Hard

35. Secret Gig

36. Moody Chops

37. Uffington Wassail

38. Gubba Look-alikes

39. Bottleneck At Capel Curig

40. Twenty Four Hour Garage People

41. Them’s The Vagaries

42. The Light At The End Of The Tunnel (Is The Light Of An Oncoming Train)

43. Song To The Siren/Vatican Broadside

44. Breaking News

45. Asparagus Next Left

46. For What Is Chatteris

47. Epiphany

48. Joy Division Oven Gloves

Broadcast Dates:-

1-4 :- 20/11/85

5-7 :- 3/3/86

8-11 :- 8/9/86

12-15 :- 4/4/90

16-19 :- 27/6/92

20-23 :- 5/8/95

24-28 :- 14/10/96

29-32 :- 2/2/97

33-36 :- 24/2/98

37-40 :- 9/9/99

41-44 :- 3/9/02

45-48 :- 16/11/04

Quickspace - The Peel Sessions

Re-posted by request.

Here are all three sessions from the rather exellent Quickspace. In case your not familiar with the band, they began releasing records in the early 1990's under the moniker Quickspace Supersport. They started life on the Too Pure record label and fitted in perfectly with their then roster which included the likes of Stereolab and Laika. Their first Peel session was broadcast in 1995 and the band would go on to record a further three sessions in 1996,1998 and 1999.

Unfortunately I don't have a copy of the 1995 session but I'm sure the other three will give you more than just an insight into this exellent, if sometimes strange band.

Tom Cullinan - Guitar/Vocals

Roxanne Stephen - Vocals

Ed Grimshaw - Drums

Louis Jack-Jones - Bass

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Peel Session 1st September 1996

1. Song For The BBC

2. Winona

3. Quasi Brau

4. Rise

Peel Session 20th October 1998

1. Would You

2. If I Were A Carpenter

3. Worth

4. Bath Time

Peel Session 29th September 1999

1. They Shoot Horses Don't They

2. The Lobbalong Song

3. The Flat Moon Society

4. Gloria Clip

5. I Can Take You To The Sun

John Peel - 16th July 1967

This is the earliest program I have. The sound quality is a bit wishy washy but still well worth a listen. If anyone has any earlier programs please get in touch.

Featuring tracks by The Rolling Stones, The Loving Spoonful, Donovan, Simon & Garfunkel, Freddy King, The Velvet Underground, The Beatles, The Byrds, Misunderstood, Country Joe & The Fish, John's Children, Howlin' Wolf, The Shadows Of Night, The Doors, John Mayal

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Culture - 11th January 1983

I think it's fair to say this is one of the best Peel Sessions of all time. Culture were regulars on the Peel program and "Lion Rock" in particular seemed to come up on quite a regular basis. This session was issued as a twelve inch through Strange Fruit in the 1980's but like most of the early Strange Fruit ep's is now almost impossible to find. The best way to gain maximum pleasure from this session is to lock all the doors and turn the volume up as high as possible.

If you are not familiar with Culture's "Two Sevens Clash" album then you really are missing a treat and as far as I'm concerned that record is one of the best reggae works of all time. It was re-issued last year through the Shanachie label and is an essential record to have in your home.

Joseph Hill - Vocals

Frederick Thompson - Lead Guitar

Ronald Campbell - Rhythm Guitar

Fez Walker - Bass

Lewis Daley - Drums

Harry Powell - Percussion

Vincent Morgan - Keyboards

Evoald - Trombone

Itico - Trumpet

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1. Too Long In Slavery

2. Two Sevens Clash

3. Lion Rock

4. Armageddon

John Peel - 22th March 1996

Featuring tracks from Jimmy Reed, Spatchelor, Prophets Of The City, Fire & Theft, The Fabians, Hi Tech Roots Dynamics, The Only Ones, Kenicki, The Rumblers, Stillsuit, Melt Banana


With The Fugees & Pan@sonic in session


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Finitribe - 22nd February 1989

This was the second of three sessions Finitribe recorded for the Peel show and consists of three tracks which appeared on the Edinburgh bands "Noise Lust & Fun" album released in the same year through One Little Indian. This version of "Electrolux" sounds particularly fine.

By the way if you have anything to say about the site or any requests etc. Please feel free to use the forum which can be found at the top right of this page. I started it in a moment of madness a few days ago and it still has exactly..... wait for it...... zero posts. Oh well, just an idea.

John Vick - Keyboards

Philip Pinsky - Bass

David Millar - Guitar/Vocals

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1. Electrolux

2. Disturb

3. Swans

John Peel - 7th January 1998

Featuring tracks by Dummy Run, Laptop, Purple Cola, Ten Benson, Rooney, Be-Non, Joe Gibbs & The Professionals, Menis, R Notorious J & King Size, Raggity Anne

With Girlfriendo in session

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Birdland - 6th June 1989

Well I have to say it's good to be back and over the coming months this site will (all being well) become bigger and better than ever with sessions and programs all available side by side.

This is the first of two sessions Birdland recorded for the Peel program and captures the band at the peak of their powers. I remember seeing their blond moptops on the cover of NME around this time and thinking they just LOOK like their going to make a great noise, and of course they did. Their self-titled debut album was released the following year and think I've got a very attractive white vinyl copy somewhere in the collection. I do remember being somewhat dissapointed by the album because it sounded a bit over produced and polished taking away alot of the spirit of the band which undoubtedly comes shining through in this session.

Robert - Vocals

Simon - Bass/Backing Vocals

Lee - Guitar/Backing Vocals

Kale - Drums

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1. White

2. Sugar Blood

3. See No Evil

4. Paradise

John Peel - 18th November 1975

Featuring tracks by Bunny & Rikky, The Amazing Rhythm Aces, John Fogerty, The Undisputed Truth, Spring, Laurel & Hardy, Richard & Linda Thomson, Mike Oldfield, Tommy Ellison, Neil Young, Can


And a session from The Climax Blues Band


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John Peel - 19th March 1993

Featuring tracks by Secret Shine, Headbutt, Curve, Glitch, The Jackson Five, Datblygu, Superchunk, Centry

With a session track by New Fast Automatic Daffodills

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John Peel - 16th April 2002

Featuring tracks by Ballboy, Meteor 7, The Good Britannia's, Decapitated, The Dirty Sweets, Darren Christian, Etta James, Mclusky, Ascii Disko, Main, The Land Of Nod, The Minutemen, The Samurai Seven, Fixit Kid, George Nooks, Grover, Anne Cole, The Fall, The Hokum Clones

And a session by Technical Itch

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John Peel - 28th August 1990

This is one of my favorite programs of it's era. It's basically Peel's review of the 1990 Reading Festival and is quite simply excellent.

With tracks by Neds Atomic Dustbin, Billy Bragg, Dee Lite, The Farm, Mav Cacharel, Nick Cave & The Black Seeds, The Popguns, The Wedding Present, Inspiral Carpets, Pixies, Ride, Napalm Death, Mudhoney

And a session by 3 Mustaphas 3

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John Peel - 23rd August 1990

Featuring tracks by The Popguns, Mav Cacharel, Extreme Noise Terror, Rusco Gordon, The Farm, Cutty Ranks, Subatomic, Teenage Jesus, Spin, Pixies, Prong, The Shamen, Wreck, Hypnotone, Captain Beefheart, Entombed

And a session by My Dad Is Dead

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John Peel - 21st August 1990

Featuring tracks by Cutty Ranks, The KLF, Plant Bach Ofnus, The Dwarves, The Fall, Pixies, Link & Chain, Gregory Isaacs, The Ex, The Prudes, CPO, The Bridewell Taxies, Wildski, Zitany Neil, Th' Faith Healers, Napalm Death.

And a session by Crane.

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