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.
Back in 2000, Magazine put together an excellent 3-Cd box-set called Maybe It's Right To Be Nervous Now, which was subtitled 'A Collection including Rarities, B-sides and Peel Sessions'. The third of the CDs has 15 tracks drawn from four sessions recorded in February 1978, July 1978, May 1979 and January 1980. I was tempted to go for one from each session but thought it would be more interesting to feature the session from July 1978:-
mp3 : Magazine - Give Me Everything (Peel Session)
mp3 : Magazine - Burst (Peel Session)
mp3 : Magazine - I Love You Big Dummy (Peel Session)
mp3 : Magazine - Boredom (Peel Session)
The first track was the only completely new song and was eventually released as a single four months later. One of the great lost singles of the psot-punk era if you will allow me to offer my opinion.
The second track was lifted from debut LP Real Life and in the typically perverse style adopted by Howard Devoto it was one of the most prog-rock tracks on the record, so why now go for a Peel Session version where punk was so in vogue....
The third and fourth tracks are covers. No let me re-phrase that. The third and fourth tracks are blistering covers of songs originally recorded by Captain Beefheart and Buzzcocks respectively.
Readers of old will know that the decision to reform and tour is one that gave me a huge amount of pleasure. I see they are on the road again soon. Hope they make it north of the border again....
Here's some footage from way back when......
Happy Listening
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