Monday, December 29, 2025

John Peel - 29th December 1986

 Featuring session tracks from The Primitives, Stars Of Heaven, 14 Iced Bears, Miaow, James and Laibach.

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The Primitives - Shadow (Session)
Stars Of Heaven - Every Other Day (Session)
Twang - Every Home Should have One (Session)
14 Iced Bears - Cut (Session)
Miaow - Did She (Session)
James - Really Hard (Session)
Laibach - Live Is Life (Session)
Stars Of Heaven - What Else Could You Do? (Session)
The Primitives - Buzz Buzz Buzz (Session)
Twang - Intrusion (Session)
14 Iced Bears - Shy Like You (Session)
James - Scarecrow (Session)
Miaow - Following Through (Session)
Laibach - Krvava Gruda - Plodna Zemlda (Session)
Stars Of Heaven - Paradise Of Lies (Session)
John Fahey - Lo, How A Rose E'er Blooming (Takoma)
Twang - Here's Lukewarm (Session)
The Fall - Bournemouth Runner (Beggars Banquet)
The Bodines - Therese (Creation)
The Wedding Present - You Should Always Keep In Touch With Your Friends (Reception)
The Soup Dragons - Hang Ten! (Raw TV)
The Wedding Present - Once More (Reception)
The Fall - Living Too Late (Beggars Banquet)
Half Man Half Biscuit - Trumpton Riots (Probe Plus)
The Weather Prophets - Almost Prayed (Creation)
The Smiths - Bigmouth Strikes Again (Rough Trade)
The Smiths - Ask (Rough Trade)

Monday, December 22, 2025

John Peel - 22nd December 1983

 This show contains the second installment of the 1983 Festive 50 plus sessions from Sophie And Peter Johnston, Microdisney, Eton Crop, The Three Johns, Craig Charles and Test Department.

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Test Department - Shockwork (Session)
Sophie And Peter Johnston - One Face (Session)
Craig Charles - Party Night (Session)
Microdisney - Sleepless (Session) 
The Three Johns - A Public Song For A Friend Under Suspicion Of Fire Bombing A Private Shop (Session)
Eton Crop - He Didn't Say Anything (Session)
Test Department - State Of Affairs (Session)
Craig Charles - Oh To Be In England (Session)
Sophie And Peter Johnston - Paradise (Session)
Microdisney - Before Famine (Session)
The Three Johns - Son Of Mud (Session)
Craig Charles - In The City (Session)
Test Department - Hunger (Session)
Sophie And Peter Johnston - Rain (Session)
Eton Crop - Gay Boys On The Battlefield (Session)
Microdisney - The Moon (Session)
The Three Johns - The Day Industry Decided To Stop (Session)
Craig Charles - Thought It Was (Session)
Eton Crop - Explain (Session)
The Fall - Wings (Rough Trade)
S.P.K. - Metal Dance (Desire)
Cocteau Twins - Hitherto (4AD)
Sophie And Peter Johnston - Television/Satellite (Session)
Luddites - Doppelganger (Xcentric Noise Records)
The Fall - Kicker Conspiracy (Rough Trade)
Tools You Can Trust - Working And Shopping (Red Energy Dynamo)
The Smiths - Handsome Devil (Rough Trade)
Xmal Deutschland - Qual (4AD)
The Chameleons - Second Skin (Statik)

Monday, December 15, 2025

John Peel, 15th December 1999

 Featuring Beulah in session.

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Stereolab - Op Hop Detonation (Duophonic)
Hrvatski - Routine Exercise (Reckankreuzungsklankewerkzeuge)
Harry Toddler & Anthony Red Rose - Bob Marley Make Up (How Yu Fi Sey Dat?)
Guyana Punchline - Fairweather Jonestown (Prank)
Beulah - Disco The Secretaries Blues (Session)
James Brown - Please Come Home For Christmas (Spectrum)
Melys - Disco Pig (Sylem)
Big Block 454 - Throb (BB454)
Justin Berkovi - The Heist (Predicaments)
Captain Beefheart & His Magic Band - Bellerin Plain (Revenant)
The Jesus & Mary Chain - Never Understand (Blanco Y Negro)
Billy Bragg - Between The Wars (Cooking Vinyl)
Roxanne Shanté - (Pop Art)
Wedding Present - Go Out And Get 'Em Boy (Reception)
Soulbossa - A.M. (Dishy)
Beulah - (Session)
DJ Cash Money - The Music Maker (Strictly Bizness)
Holy Modal Rounders - Bad Boy (Folk Roots)
Gnac: 'Our Distance (CD-Sevens)' (Rocket Girl)
Garnett Silk: 'Hard Nut To Crack (7")' (Mad Doc)
DJ T-Rock - They're Here! (Bomb Hip-Hop)
Swearing At Motorists - East Of Beloxi (Strictly Canadian)
Rosie & The Originals - Angel Baby (Ace)
Beulah - Warmer (Session)
Square Wave - Tekno Chant (Stompin Choonz)
Agoraphobic Nosebleed - Hat Full Of Shit (For Cletus) (Relapse)
Songs: Ohia - The Lioness (Secretly Canadian)
Bhundu Boys - Hatisitose (Discafrique)

Monday, December 08, 2025

John Peel, 8th December 1987

 Featuring sessions from Go Hole and The Very Things.

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Sister Ray - Random Violence (Resonance)
Talulah Gosh - Testcard Girl (53rd & 3rd)
L.L. Cool J - Going Back To Cali (Def Jam)
The Smiths - Rusholme Ruffians (Rough Trade)
The Very Things - Let's Go Out (Session)
Barmy Army - England 2 Yugoslavia 0 (On-U-Sound)
State - State (Statement)
Red Rose Group - Nee Bhabhi (His Masters Voice)
Go Hole - Treacherous (Session)
Stetsasonic feat. The Reverend Jesse Jackson With Olatunji And The Drums Of Passion - A.F.R.I.C.A, (Tommy Boy)
Poppi UK - Riot (Dead Man's Curve)
The Very Things - There's A Ghost In My House (Session)
Slab! - Tunnel Of Love (Ink)
Dick Dale And The Del-Tones - Misirlou (Deltone)
Battalion Of Saints - Ace Of Spades (Nutrons)
The Noseflutes - Heartache Is Irresistable (Ron Johnson)
Society - Love It (Big Life)
Amaswazi Emvelo - Jabula Mfana (Earthworks)
The Very Things - She's Standing Still (Session)
Friends Of The Family - Katrine (Ediesta)
Jerry Lee Lewis - The Ballad Of Billy Joe (Sun)
Test Dept. - Cha Till Sinn Tuille (Ministry Of Power)
Black Uhuru - Positive (Real Authentic Sound)
Ignition - Anger Means (IG/Dischord)
The Fall - An Older Lover (Cog Sinister)
The Very Things - Walking In The Sand (Session)
Public Enemy - Bring The Noise (Def Jam)
Go Hole - Bayonete Practice (Session)
Erich Edlinger - Wann I Von Der Alm Obageh (BASF) 

Monday, December 01, 2025

John Peel, 1st December 1987

 Featuring sessions from Overlord X and Les Thugs.

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Angst - Back In January (SST)
Disco Four - He's Santa Clause (Profile)
Les Thugs - Intro/Les Thugs/Little Kiddy (Session)
Amayenge - Chibuyubuyu (Kariba)
New Order - Touched By The Hand Of God (Factory)
Electro Hippies - Thought (Strange Fruit)
Overlord X - I'm Deaf (Session)
My Bloody Valentine - The Things I Missed (Lazy)
State Ensemble For Traditional Songs And Dances - Nat Pat Hodam, Na Pat Pracham (Harmonia Mundi)
Les Thugs - Bulgarian Blues (Session)
Yeah Yeah Noh - Crimplene Seed Lifestyle (In Tape)
Zero Boys - Vicious Circle (Nimrod)
Bogshed - Excellent Girl (Shelfish)
The Sensations - Let Me In (Increase)
Don & Juan - What's Your Name (Increase)
The Waltones - She Looks Right Through Me (Medium Cool)
Overlord X - In Effect (Session)
Eton Crop - To Moscow By Covered Wagon (Ediesta)
Dinosaur Jr. - Little Furry Things (SST)
Les Thugs - About Your Life (Session)
Shelton Dunaway & The Boogie Ramblers - I'm Going (Goldband)
Seeborn & Puma - They Call Me Puma (Select)
The Fall - Pay Your Rates (Cog Sinister)
Freiwillige Selbstkontolle - Bahnsteig Walzer (Zickzack)
Eddie Wilson - Dankeschoen-Bitteschoen-Wiedersehn (Oriole)
The Groove Farm - Surfin' Into Your Heart (Subway Organization)
Overlord X - Lyrical Content (Session)
The Creepers - Fan Club (Red Rhino)
State Ensemble For Traditional Songs And Dances - Prez Gora Varviaha (Harmonia Mundi)
Napalm Death - Dragnet (Earache)
Les Thugs - Legal Drugs (Session)
Erich Edlinger - Wann I Auf Hohen Bergen Steh (BASF)
The Barmy Army - Sharp As A Needle (On-U-Sound)