John Peel - 6th July 1991

 This was the first of the cover version specials and features sessions from S.O.B. and Ivor Cutler.

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Ride - European Son (Imaginary)
Mark Arm - Masters Of War (Sub Pop)
S.O.B. - Unseen Terror (Session)
Thriller U - Careless Whisper (Redman International)
Gibson Bros - Broke Down Engine (Siltbreeze)
Slowdive - Golden Hair (Creation)
Clash - Pressure Drop (Epic)
The Picketts - Should I Stay Or Should I Go? (Popllama)
Jordan Chataika with Edina and Molly - Ndawana Shamwari
The Slits - I Heard It Through The Grapevine (Island)
Morrissey - That's Entertainment (HMV)
Altern 8 - Infiltrate 202 (Network)
S.O.B. - Humanity Of Stupidity (Session)
S.O.B. - Obsessed With Wickedness (Session)
S.O.B.: Over The Line (Session)
Ivor Cutler - Glasgow Dreamer Episode 8 (Session)
Velvet Crush - Everything Flows (Seminal Twang)
Sugar Minott - Not My Baby (Jammy's)
Wreck - Various Times (Play It Again Sam)
Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds - By The Time I Get To Phoenix (Mute)
Barmy Army - Que Sera Sera (On-U Sound)
Teenage Fanclub - The Ballad Of John And Yoko (Paperhouse)
Ivor Cutler - Beside The Fish/Footsteps/Green Light (Session)
The Ramones - Needles And Pins (Sire)
Maloko - Words Of Love (The African Music Gallery)
Silver - Do You Wanna Dance (Black Label)
Loop - Rocket USA (Reactor)
This Mortal Coil - Song To The Siren (4AD)
S.O.B. - What's The Truth (Session)
S.O.B. - Why (Session)
Scotty - Thieves In The Temple (Two Friends)
Better Beatles - Penny Lane (Hook Or Crook)
Ivor Cutler - Biltong/A Long Hard Gland/Hee Haw (Session)
Hüsker Dü - Sunshine Superman (Bespoke Discs)
Wayne Wonder and Cutty Ranks - Lambada (Penthouse)
Big Black - The Model (Blast First)
33 1/3 Queen - Searchin' (Network)
Galaxie 500 - Listen, The Snow Is Falling (Rough Trade)
S.O.B. - Ego Fix (Session)
S.O.B. - Device (Session)
Ken Boothe - You Keep Me Hanging On (Coxsony)
Ivor Cutler - Two Coy Hinnies/Insect/Seaweed (Session)
Gallon Drunk - Miserlou (Clawfist)
Dick Dale - Miserlou (Rhino)
Y Pants - Off The Hook (99 Records)
Happy Mondays - Tokoloshe Man (Elektra)
Ubik - We Jack The House (Zoom)
Lush - Chirpy Chirpy Cheep Cheep (Midnight Music)
Mudhoney - The Rose (Sub Pop)

John Peel, 6th July 1991

The first of two cover version specials. Featuring sessions from SOB and the mighty Ivor Cutler.

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Ride - European Son (Imaginary)
Mark Arm: Masters Of War (Sub Pop)
S.O.B. - Unseen Terror (Session)
Thriller U - Careless Whisper (Redman International)
Gibson Bros - Broke Down Engine (Siltbreeze)
Slowdive - Golden Hair (Creation)
The Clash - Pressure Drop (Epic)
The Picketts - Should I Stay Or Should I Go? (Popllama)
Jordan Chataika with Edina and Molly - Ndawana Shamwari (Zim)
The Slits - I Heard It Through The Grapevine (Island)
Morrissey - That's Entertainment (HMV)
Altern 8 - Infiltrate 202 (Network)
S.O.B. - Humanity Of Stupidity (Session)
S.O.B. - Obsessed With Wickedness (Session)
S.O.B. - Over The Line (Session)
Ivor Cutler - Glasgow Dreamer Episode 8 (Session)
Velvet Crush - Everything Flows (Seminal Twang)
Sugar Minott - Not My Baby (Jammy's)
Wreck - Various Times (Play It Again Sam)
Nick Cave And The Bad Seeds - By The Time I Get To Phoenix (Mute)
Barmy Army - Que Sera Sera (On-U Sound)
Teenage Fanclub - The Ballad Of John And Yoko (Paperhouse)
Ivor Cutler - Beside The Fish/Footsteps/Green Light (Session)
The Ramones - Needles And Pins (Sire)
Maloko - Words Of Love (The African Music Gallery)
Silver - Do You Wanna Dance (Black Label)
Loop - Rocket USA (2x12" - Wolf Flow (Reactor)
This Mortal Coil - Song To The Siren (4AD)
S.O.B. - What's The Truth (Session)
S.O.B. - Why (Session)
Scotty - Thieves In The Temple (Two Friends)
The Better Beatles - Penny Lane (Woodgrain)
Ivor Cutler - Biltong/A Long Hard Gland/Hee Haw (Session)
Hüsker Dü - Sunshine Superman (Bespoke Discs)
Wayne Wonder and Cutty Ranks - Lambada (Penthouse)
Big Black - The Model (Blast First)
33 1/3 Queen - Searchin' (Network)
Galaxie 500 - Listen, The Snow Is Falling (Rough Trade)
S.O.B.: Ego Fix (Session)
S.O.B.: Device (Session)
Ken Boothe - You Keep Me Hanging On (Nura)
Ivor Cutler - Two Coy Hinnies/Insect/Seaweed (Session)
Gallon Drunk - Miserlou (Clawfist)
Dick Dale - Miserlou (Rhino)
Y Pants - Off The Hook (99 Records)
Happy Mondays - Tokoloshe Man (Elektra)
Ubik - We Jack The House (Zoom)
Lush - Chirpy Chirpy Cheep Cheep (Midnight Music)
Mudhoney: The Rose (Sub Pop)

John Peel - 18th May 1981

Featuring sessions from Ivor Cutler and Moondogs.

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Joy Division - New Dawn Fades (Factory)

Cuban Heels - Sweet Charity (Virgin)

Black Uhuru - Sistren (Mango)

Moondogs - I'm Not Sleeping (Session)
Dead Or Alive - Number Eleven (Inevitable)

Hot Lips Page Band - Pagin' Mr Page (ASV/Living Era)

Ivor Cutler - Step It Out Lively Boys (Session)

Simple Minds - The American (Virgin)
Au Pairs - Come Again (Human)

Freddie Macgregor - When I'm Ready (Studio One)

Esprit De Corps - Anxiety (Come)

Moondogs - That's What Friends Are For (Session)
Plastics - Last Train To Clarksville (Island)

Ivor Cutler - Ready/A Land Of Penguins/Her Darling (Session)

Black Uhuru - The Youth Of Eglinton (Mango)

4 Skins - 1984 (Decca)
Be Bop Deluxe - Kiss Of Light (Harvest)

Bill Nelson - Life Runs Out Like Sand (Mercury)

Moondogs - Home Is Where The Heart Is (Session)

Splodgenessabounds - Cowpunk Medlum (Deram)
Little Johnny Taylor - Walking Barefoot Through My Rug (Charly)

Siouxsie And The Banshees - Spellbound (Polydor)

Misunderstood - Children Of The Sun (Cherry Red)

Ivor Cutler - Pellets (Session)
Wailers - Small Axe (Island)

The Fall - Fit And Working Again (Rough Trade)

Betty Davis - If I'm In Luck I Might Get Picked Up (Just Sunshine)

Moondogs - Dream Girl (Session)

Black Uhuru - Carbine (Mango)

Ivor Cutler - Life In A Scotch Sitting Room Volume 2 Episode 16 (Session)

Joy Division - Decades (Factory)

John Peel - 19th December 1984

A Festive Fifty show featuring session repeats from Ivor Cutler, Men They Couldn't Hang, Folk Devils and Guana Batz.

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Men They Couldn't Hang - Green Fields Of France (Session)

Guana Batz - Night Watch (Session)

Folk Devils - Broken Head (Session)

Ivor Cutler - Jelly Mountain (Session)

1984 Festive Fifty: Numbers 40-31

=39. Cocteau Twins - Beatrix (4AD)

=39. Flesh For Lulu - Subterraneans (Polydor)

38. Cocteau Twins - Pandora (4AD)

37. The Jesus And Mary Chain - Upside Down (Creation)

36. The Smiths - Reel Around The Fountain (Rough Trade)

35. Robert Wyatt - Biko (Virgin)

34. Berntholer - My Suitor (Blue Feather)

33. This Mortal Coil - Another Day (4AD)

32. Yeah Yeah Noh - Bias Binding (In Tape)

31. Propaganda - Dr. Mabuse (ZTT)

John Peel - 5th May 1978

Featuring sessions from Whitecats and the mighty Ivor Cutler.

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Ivor Cutler - Life In A Scotch Sitting Room Vol II Episode 8 (Session)

Clint Eastwood and Bold One - Dry Up Your Tears (Cha Cha Music)

Bizarros - A New Order (Clone)

Waitresses - Slide (Clone)
Germs - Lexicon Devil (Slash)

Ivor Cutler - There's Got To Be Something There (Session)
Slaughter And The Dogs - Victim Of The Vampire (Decca)
Dogs - No Way (Melodies Massacre)
Whitecats - Second Time Around (Session)
Prince Mohammed - Thunder And Lightning (Phase One)
Ivor Cutler - Life In A Scotch Sitting Room Vol II Episode 14 (Session)
The Buzzcocks - I Don't Mind (United Artists)
Five Hand Reel - Sheriffmuir (RCA Victor)

John Peel - 30th July 1985

Featuring sessions from Ivor Cutler and Shriekback.

Part 1

Part 2

Dennis Brown - Love By The Score (Greensleeves)
Ivor Cutler - The Curse (Session)
Creedence Clearwater Revival - It Came Out Of The Sky (EMI)
Scientists - It Came Ou Of The Sky (Karbon)
Bobby Melody - Live Stock (Scorpio)
Bloodsport - Class Struggle (Quiet)
Ivor Cutler - Vermin (Session)
Ivor Cutler - A New Home (Session)
Ivor Cutler - Large And Puffy (Session)
Ivor Cutler - A Country Door (Session)
Ivor Cutler - Are You A Tory (Session)
Chicaynes - Further Thoughts (Bam Curuso)
Shriekback - Faded Flowers (Session)
Jon And The Nightriders - Depth Charge (Anagram)
Do-Re-Me - Man Overboard (Virgin)
Souzy Kasseya - Success (Earthworks)
The Pougues - I'm A Man You Don't Meet Everyday (Stiff)

John Peel 30th Decenber 1975

Featuring Ivor Cutler in session.

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Toots And The Mayta - Louie Louie (Trojan)
Ivor Cutler - Pearly Winged Fly/Go Sit Upon The Grass (Session)
Cate Brothers - Time For Us (Asylum)
Ivor Cutler - Life In A Scotch Sitting Room Vol II Episode 11 (Session)

Led Zeppelin - Kashmir (Swan Song)
Ivor Cutler - Fremsley (Session)
Osibisa - Uhuru (Bronze)
Albion Country Band - The New St George/La Rotta (Island)
Ivor Cutler - True Humility/Nigerians In A Tunnel/I Spent Ten Years
Ivor Cutler - Sleepy Old Snake/Little Black Buzzer (Session)
Sadistic Mika Band - Okinawa [Strange Fish] (Harvest)
Betty Williams - If She's Your Wife [Who Am I]
Ivor Cutler - A Wooden Tree (Session)
Max Merritt and The Meteors - Slipping Away (Arista)

John Peel 7th May 1969

Featuring tracks from the debut Ivor Cutler session.

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Leonard Cohen - A Bunch Of Lonesome Heroes (CBS)
Kantele Music (BBC Archives)
Ivor Cutler - Trouble Trouble (Session)
The Who - Christmas (Track)
Ivor Cutler - An Old Pontoon (Session)
Ivor Cutler - Bounce, Bounce, Bounce (Session)
Peter Cook and Dudley Moore - ? (Decca)
The Who - Go To The Mirror (Track)
The Shepherd Song (BBC Archives)
Ivor Cutler - There And Back Via Sweden (Session)
Ivor Cutler - In My Room There Sits A Box (Session)
Mikis Theodorakis and Maria Farandouri - O Andonis
Ivor Cutler - Beatrice And Her Dirty Knees (Session)
Merrill E. Moore - Rock Rockola
Ivor Cutler - An Indirect Love Poem (Session)
Louis Armstrong And His Hot Five - Strutting With Some Barbecue
The Who - The Overture (Track)

John Peel - 8th April 1994

Featuring Ivor Cutler and AC Acoustics in session

Part 1

Part 2

Autechre - Basscadet (Warp)

Supersuckers - I WAs BOrn Without A Spine (Sub Pop)

Ivor Cutler - Glasgow Dreamer, Episode 19 (Session)

Jacobs Mouse - Fandango Widewheels (Wiiija)

Mudhuney - By Her Own Hand (Strange Fruit)

Culture - Zion Gate (Shanachie)

AC Acoustics - Leather Buyer (Session)

Neuropolitique - No Feet On Stage (Irdial)

Pulp - Joyriders (Island)

Violent Onsen Geisha - Mr Russ Tamblinman (Endorphin Factory)

Ultrahigh - Instigator (Mille Plateaux)

Meat Puppets - Roof With A Hole (London)
Credit To The Nation - Ole Him Selector (One Little Indian)
Lumbumbashi Stars - SOS Passe-Partout (Sonodisc)
AC Acoustics - Oregon Pine Washback (Session)
Unconvincing - Spaceways (18 Wheeler)
Underdog Vs Sabres - Theme (Sabres Of Paradise)
The Fall - 15 Ways (Permanent)
Ivor Cutler - Spreadeagled (Session)
Ivor Cutler - A High Treat (Session)
Ivor Cutler - Gym Mistress (Session)

Mazey Fade - Inside My Brush (Domino)
Loop Guru - Jungle A (Nation)
Arcwelder - Attic (Touch and Go)
Backbeat Band - Bad Boy (EMI)
Smut - Symphony #1

John Peel - 23rd March 1983

Not by any means a complete show but still pretty smart. Featuring sessions from The Fall and the immortal Ivor Cutler.

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Fruit Pastilles - I Don't Ever Want To See Your Face Again (Epic)
The Fall - Smile (Session)
Don Carlos - My Brethren Party (Burning Sounds)

Ivor Cutler - Brenda/Mostly Tins/Bad Eye (Session)
Cook Da Books - Rich Men Don't Know (Kite)
Cook Da Books - Low Profile (Kite)
1919 - Machine (Red Rhino)
Spinners - City Full Of Memories (Atlantic)
The Fall - Garden (Session)
The Upsetters - Time Marches On 
Colourbox - Breakdown (4AD)
Ivor Cutler - Life In A Scottish Sitting Room Vol 2, Ep 17 (Session)
Gabi Delgado - Amour (Virgin)
Die Shadocks - Alltagstrott (No Name Records)