Loads of great acts went into the studios and recorded sessions for the John Peel Show over the years. Indeed there are blogs out there dedicated to bring you the best of these.
Many of the acts in questions have gathered these sessions (along with others recorded for other BBC shows) and made them available as LPs or as tracks on b-sides to singles.
The Pixes in 1998 released a CD called At The BBC which brought together 15 tracks recorded for six different sessions, mostly for Peel but also for the Mark Goodier show. Given I gave you schmatlz yesterday, I thought I'd go for raw energy today in the shape of five tracks recorded on May 3rd 1988 and broadcast to the world on the evening on 16th May 1988:-
mp3 : The Pixies - Wild Honey Pie (Peel Session)
mp3 : The Pixies - Levitate Me (Peel Session)
mp3 : The Pixies - Caribou (Peel Session)
mp3 : The Pixies - Hey (Peel Session)
mp3 : The Pixies - (In Heaven) Lady In The Radiator Song (Peel Session)
Three originals and two covers and the band sounding absolutely wonderful. Kurt Cobain was listening very very closely.........
3 comments:
I think this is a great idea, mate. I was once contemplating to do the very same on Sexyloser on a regular basis, but eventually never found the time ... either way I'm looking forward to what you will choose for future series.
You can absolutely never go wrong with the Pixies either.
Nice one - cute nephew btw!!
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