David Bowie at the BBC (Radio 2 Celebrates David Bowie) | soundaboard

David Bowie at the BBC (Radio 2 Celebrates David Bowie)

A special programe divided in two parts, David Bowie at the BBC is a biography of David Bowie drawn entirely from BBC archive interviews and sessions.

These episodes were part of the 'Radio 2 Celebrates David Bowie' BBC Radio 2 specials.

... including the debut of Kooks, played only two days after the song was written! Also included are unique versions of songs from Ziggy Stardust and Aladdin Sane, rare covers and extracts from some of the most revealing interviews Bowie ever gave.

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Kooks (In Concert - John Peel) (Recorded 3.6.71) (2000 Remaster)

Kooks (In Concert - John Peel) (Recorded 3.6.71) (2000 Remaster) · David Bowie & Friends

Bowie at the Beeb (The Best of the BBC Sessions 1968-1972)

℗ 2000 BBC Music under licence to Parlophone Records Ltd, a Warner Music Group Company

Song / Track of The Day | The Undertones : The Love Parade (John Peel Sessions)

The Love ParadeThe UndertonesPeel Session

 

Peelie’s favourite band (sort of - he claimed Teenage Kicks was the great pop punk classic song ever written) and this is very different tho’ unmistakable

*we should also note our recent reborn admiration for Feargal Sharkey who has now reinvented himself as a political ec-warrior trying to protect our waterways and their water quality! Go FEARGAL!

The History Of John Peel On The Radio 2009 +

Various Artists : Kats Karavan  (4 CD Compilation) + Various: John Peel - Right Time, Wrong Speed 1977 - 1987

John Robert Parker Ravenscroft OBE (30 August 1939 – 25 October 2004), known professionally as John Peel, was an English disc jockey (DJ) and radio presenter. He was the longest-serving of the original BBC Radio 1 DJs, broadcasting regularly from 1967 until his death in 2004. Peel was one of the first broadcasters to play psychedelic rock and progressive rock records on British radio. He is widely acknowledged for promoting artists of multiple genres, including pop, dub reggae, punk rock and post-punk, electronic music and dance music, indie rock, extreme metal and British hip hop. 

Another gem from Kostas and well worth checking out for fans of the Peel!

 

SIOUXSIE & THE BANSHEES AT THE BBC - Session 1977 - 1982 - Floppy Boot Stomp

 more gems from Silent Way over at Floppy Boot Stomp and Voodoo Wagon . . . . . . . what more do you want on a Sunday?!

Siouxsie & The Banshees - BBC Live Sessions '77-'82 - Floppy Boot Stomp

Eight tracks but what eight tracks from a Peel Session (x2) and a Kid Jensen session later in 1982

 Although if I am honest I am listening to mostly Nic Jones this morning after a blast from Uncle Lou and this may seem to be from

The SUBLIME TO THE RIDICULOUS

(or vice versa!)

NIC JONES

Try his 'Introduction to. . . '  from the peerless Topic Records

“I think this selection of tracks represents very well my working repertoire during the years I was a professional performer. In music, I have always liked stories, encapsulated in a rhythmic way. I have enjoyed the visions, true or false, black or white, philosophical or emotional, played to the best on my old guitar… So here are a few of those songs that will take you all around the world and, hopefully, set your own visions alight” – Nic Jones January 2019

Buy it here . . . .you won't regret it! 

The 14th release in Topic’s acclaimed ‘An Introduction To….’ series celebrates the classic English folk singer, fingerstyle guitarist and fiddle player, Nic Jones. Compiled by Nic himself, the album includes sleeve notes by Colin Irwin (fRoots/The Guardian) and two previously unreleased 2013 studio tracks, ‘Now’ and ‘I Only Spoke Portuguese.’ Available now : http://smarturl.it/nicjones

If you thought the Reed was early in 1974 try this from the John Peel Sessions 1976 this is what I am listening to this morning