Happy birthday to (Seán) Feargal Sharkey and Michael Bradley, born in Derry on this day in 1958 and 1959 respectively.
Are teenage dreams so hard to beat?
Didn’t John Peel say that this was the perfect single EVER!
. . . . interview (sic?) with John Peel
To mark 20 years since the passing of #JohnPeel. The first activity Plainsong did when forming in 1972 was to record a Peel session.
It including this classic Commander Cody song Seeds & Stems (Again).
JOHN PEEL - Soundtrack of our lives | Butterboy
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John Peel: The Soundtrack of Our Lives - 46 More Classic Peely Prime Cuts (2024 Remastered Special Edition) [2024] (2 x CDs)
In memory of the late great John Peel, here is my very special bonus 2CD set marking exactly 20 years since his very sad death on October 25, 2004.
I wanted to take this moment to celebrate his legacy and the tremendous impact he has had on myself and my life.
There are so many songs and artists I probably never would have heard if it hadn't been for John. My extensive record collection is almost entirely based on the music he played from 1976 onwards, with so many original singles and albums I still own and enjoy today.
This new 2CD set, like the previous 20 discs, comprises of the very diverse cross section of music John played over the years and features many songs which eventually became big hits, along with others which are pretty obscure, extremely rare and hard to find on small independent record labels John would always slip into his nightly broadcasts. Many tracks have never been officially released on CD including the magnificent 'Life in the 1980s' by The Martian Schoolgirls (featured in this collection) which John played on his very first show of 1980 and ended the decade by once again playing it on his final show of 1989.
The majority of my research for this new set was conducted here on the John Peel Fandom Wiki site, which is an astonishingly detailed and a comprehensive archive of his show playlists and Festive Fifties:
https://peel.fandom.com/wiki/John_Peel_Wiki
https://peel.fandom.com/wiki/John_Peel_Show
John Robert Parker Ravenscroft OBE (30 August 1939 - 25 October 2004), better known as John Peel, was an English radio presenter and journalist. He was the longest serving of the original disc jockeys on BBC Radio 1, 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 many genres, including pop, dub reggae, punk rock and post-punk, electronic music and dance music, indie rock, extreme metal and British hip hop. Fellow DJ Paul Gambaccini described Peel as "the most important single person in popular music from approximately 1967 through 1978. He broke more important artists than any individual."
Peel's Radio 1 shows were notable for the regular "Peel Sessions", which usually consisted of four songs recorded by an artist in the BBC's studios, often providing the first major national coverage to bands that later achieved fame. The annual Festive Fifty countdown of his listeners' favourite records of the year was a notable part of his promotion of new music.
Peel appeared on television occasionally as one of the presenters of Top of the Pops in the 1980s and provided voice-over commentary for a number of BBC programmes. He became popular with the audience of BBC Radio 4 for his Home Truths programme, which ran from the 1990s, featuring unusual stories from listeners' domestic lives.
The original 444 track 20CD set can be found here:
http://butterboycompilations.blogspot.com/2022/05/ks-john-peel-special-soundtrack-of-our.html
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!
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