Uncut magazine in late 2005 gave away this CD as their way of commemorating the Festive 50 that was of course now no more after John Peel's death in 2004. The full track listing was:-1. Half Man Half Biscuit - The Trumpton Riots
2. Camper Van Beethoven - Take The Skinheads Bowling
3. Spizzenergi - Where's Captain Kirk?
4. The Mighty Wah! - Remember
5. The Sugarcubes - Birthday
6. The Woodentops - Well Well Well
7. Billy Bragg - The Saturday Boy
8. The Field Mice - Sensitive
9. The Bhundu Boys - Foolish Harp/Waerera
10. Pavement - Gold Soundz
11. Felt (featuring Elizabeth Fraser) - Primitive Painters
12. The House Of Love - Destroy The Heart
13. The Wedding Present - Everyone Thinks He Looks Daft
14. Robert Wyatt - Shipduilding
15. The Fall - Eat Y'self Fitter
Friday being the day I normally go for five tracks from LPs, I thought it would be an idea to go with five from this CD, preferably from singers/bands who havent appeared on TVV before or very rarely:-
mp3 : Spizzenergi - Where's Captain Kirk?
mp3 : The Woodentops - Well Well Well
mp3 : The Bhundu Boys - Foolish Harp/Waerera
mp3 : The House Of Love - Destroy The Heart
mp3 : Robert Wyatt - Shipbuilding
All acts that were much adored by Peel. He had a particularly soft spot for The Bhundu Boys. In 1987 one of his newspaper columns said a gig of theirs was one of the best 5 public performances he had ever witnessed, while he was a long-time friend of Robert Wyatt, datinng back to the days of Soft Machine and well before us indie-kids got to know him through his wonderful rendition of the anti-war song written by Elvis Costello.
Oh and I cant leave without offering the 'hidden track' that comes at the end of the CD. All 18 seconds of it:-
mp3 : John Peel - The Smiths and The Nightingales
Hope you've all decided to be part of keepingitpeel come Monday.
10 comments:
Aye. The Wyatt version is absolutely the definitive one - his vocals are heartbreaking - but I will admit a soft spot for, um, the Suede take on 'Shipbuilding'. So, shoot me!
Have the CD but didn't know about the hidden track - couldn't have ever played it all the way through.
So thanks.
I gave away the "Destroy The Heart" single (with a pile of others) to a vinyl junkie a few days ago - great song from a great band.
Thanks for the digital version - I'm almost tempted to hum the theme from the X-Files...
Cheers - Lynchie from Aberdeen
Brilliant. This has topped my night off. Got an email from the Trashcans to let me know I could join their live stream from a house gig in Portland, Oregon tonight and well, that's pretty lovely. I"m also walking around singing Bye Bye Baby...the definitive version, having gone to see Jersey Boys tonight with wife and mum in law. Respect to Frankie and the boys. The did actually produce some quality rock and roll. And it's a lovely night in Sydney with the jasmine in my garden wafting into the house. Right, I better lie down now. Cheers JC for this...Peace and love.
Oh yeah, I remember the Woodentops.
There was a great song ont Hypno Beat Live; This song was named "Why". It's a great one :)
I have 'Destroy The Heart' on 12" and I'm skint, so I'm open to offers.
Go on then Mr H, i'll give you 50p for it, postage is free, right?
Spizz, Bhundus and Wyatt all classics. Though I have a strange penchant for the Tasmin Archer version of Shipbuilding. But don't tell anyone.
Nowt wrong with the Tasmin Archer version, it's just not as good as Costello or Wyatt's (and as a seventeen year old it lead to me getting properly into Costello, as the EP also featured 'All grown Up' 'New Amsterdam' and 'Deep Dark truthful Mirror').
Thought occurs: one of the few things that Costello's version has that Wyatt's doesn't is Chet Baker's trumpet solo. It's quite possible that had it done, it might just have been the most unbearingly beautiful thing EVER recorded... Suede's version (from the 19995 help! charty comp was alright too...
Thinking back to the original post, this was most definitely an awesome CD, which remains one of the best freebies i have ever heard. I maintain that the Bhundu Boys track is what Shoegazing wuld have sounded like if it has come from Zimbabwe and not the Thames valley (and that's meant as a compliment). However, it's a re-recording, the original is even better!
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