As promised, I have some special stuff for you in the memory of the best DJ of all time.
First up, a session track done by 'bis', obviously dedicated to Peely.
bis - We Love John Peel
Next, as John was a big fan of The Fall, someone had made a compilation mp3 of loads of times he mentioned them in his shows. I took some of them and made a mini Fall-mix track that I'd planned to do some time ago so I could sample JP onto it.
John Peel - Stuff From The Fall (2.43)
Then, as John was also a big fan of African music, I think it's time I included what is the best one I've heard. The only thing I know about it is that it was by UXB and appears to be a techno remix of African music, released around 1997. If anyone knows anything else about this, please let me know.
UXB - African techno
The next one that I made is called "Wrong Speed". All Peel fans know what this refers to and I took it from when he tried to play a track by Road Capelle in 1987.
John Peel - Wrong Speed (0.49)
And finally, we have a compilation of quotes from the great man himself, which I made from searching through about 20 hours of radio shows to make what I think is a great tribute to our musical mentor.
John Peel DJbites (5.05)
Viva John Peel!
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This is a blog to hear many classic indie songs (usually first heard by me on the John Peel radio show) which passed by largely unknown. Some of the tracks have less than perfect sound quality as I transferred them from my old cassettes to the PC. I'll include any information I know about the bands and the songs. I will put some music on here again but it may not be that often. I intend to give you stuff that you can't get anywhere any more.
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5 comments:
When was the bis session? I have no memory of this one!
That was from summer 1996. Luckily for you, I actually labelled that on my tape! You were probably out having a social life. ;)
Ah yes indeed those were the days.
Glastonbury Festival (sans mortgage), packed sweaty gigs, vinyl, cheap hi-fi, four tv channels (surely that's plenty), no computers, Teletext, wine, women & song, and everyone dancing in the streets!
Of course all of this was back when Ben Elton was funny and the CIA had yet to fully engage in their world-wide terror campaign and blame on next door. Oo-er bit of politics....etc, etc
We never 'ad it so good (",)
I've not been reading my friends' posts for a while (you're not the only victim) due to family commitments, so it was a real pleasure to discover these songs (yes I mean it).
I still listen to your Pixies mix that you did (I had fun trying to identify the tracks on it), so listening to your Peel mix was a requirement. Great fun and extremely well executed.
John once said that mentioning him in a song was a guaranteed way to get a session, and Bis obviously took that to heart!! (only one Festive Fifty track for them though...)
Thanks for that, I'm glad you like it. Did you get the 7 Pixies songs then? Obvious ones being Gigantic, Debaser, Here Comes Your Man and La LA Love You.
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