APPROACHING KEEPINGITPEEL DAY 2011 (Part 1)

First of all, a huge word of thanks to Mr John Greer for his superb posts of the last few days.  He certainly has a few fans out there judging by the very positive comments left behind and I promise he'll be back before too long with more words of wisdom.

Back to matter is hand..........

I hope some of you will recall that last year, Webbie from the hugely entertaining Football and Music blog made it his mission to organise keepingitpeel.

Keeping itpeel was a day to recall and remember the great and late John Peel but with this it being less about the artists who performed and more about those who listened over the years. Keepingitpeel  took place on 25th October 2010 on the anniversary of the date the day we lost the great man. Webbie did a fantastic job with bloggers all round the world joining in - my own contribution featured Bourgie Bourgie (thanks to the innkeeper at the Punk Rock Hotel) - and the entire day was just perfect in honouring John Peel's memory and legacy.

Keppingitpeel is back in 2011 and the plan is to make it bigger and better.

There's a real work of art and labour of love to be found over here. Please go and visit.

And please, if you are a blogger or have a twitter of facebook account, do something special Peel-related on 25 October. The website tells you how to go about it.

As in 2010, I'm going to build up to keepingitpeel with a few postings featuring stuff I have in the collection. Last year I did postings on Cinerama, Wire, compilation CDs, and the afore-mentioned Bourgie Bourgie. I promise no repeats.......

Seems appropriate to start with this lot.....

Orange Juice did two John Peel sessions, with 8 tracks in all including all three of their Postcard singles in the first session from October 1980. The second session came in August 1981 and is a joy for sad completists like me as two of the tracks put down for the session were otherwise unreleased:-

mp3 : Orange Juice - Dying Day (Peel Session)
mp3 : Orange Juice - Holiday Hymn (Peel Session)
mp3 : Orange Juice - Three Cheers For Our Side (Peel Session)
mp3 : Orange Juice - Blokes on 45 (Peel Session)

The second track is a cover of a Vic Godard track while the final track is a great wee bit of fun as the boys play a medley of all the singles in a manner that was briefly fashionable at the time.  Click here to recall the gruesome tale.

More John Peel related stuff tomorrow.