Release Date: 19 Oct 2009 (UK)
Label: EMI
Format: CD (four box set)
Disc 1 highlights include The Misunderstood and the recently discovered Peel Session version of Free’s Walk In My Shadow, long thought of as destroyed after its first broadcast. This is one of 4 unreleased versions on this disc, the others are by John Cale, Medicine Head and the Boomtown Rats. Alongside many long deleted rareities. Disc 2’s highlight has to be John’s only appearance on record, singing backing vocals to Altered Image’s Song Sung Blue. It sits alongside unreleased recordings by Elvis Costello, The Cure, Linton Kwesi Johnson, Julian Cope and Soundgarden . Disc 3 Features unreleased recordings by Hole, Thievery Corporation, Marxman, Tiger and Justin Berkovi. Disc 4 Has 9 unreleased recordings by Bloc Party, Mercury Rev, And You Will Know Us By The Trail of Dead, Bong Ra, The Datsuns, Yeah Yeah Yeahs, The Hellacopters, Soledad Brothers and Your Code Name Is; Milo. The artwork features rare and unseen photos alongside recollections from some of the biggest and smallest artists to appear on John’s show. Artists such as Jarvis Cocker, Block Party and Mercury Rev all contributed“ Also includes The Misunderstood, Sandy Denny, John Cale, Medicine Head, The Jam, The Fall, The Orb, Julian Cope, Ivor Cutler, Soledad Brothers and much more.
4 CDs of Peel favourtes and raritiers, includes album tracks, singles and Peel session tracks. Includes The Misunderstood, Sandy Denny, John Cale, Medicine Head, The Jam, The Fall, The Orb, Julian Cope, Ivor Cutler, Soledad Brothers and much more.
Track Listing:
Disc 1:
1. The Misunderstood I Can Take You To The Sun
2. Traffic Coloured Rain Stereo Album Version – Stereo
3. Tim Hardin If I Were A Carpenter
4. Small Faces Lazy Sunday 09/04/1968 John Peel
5. Free Walk In My Shadow 15/07/1968 John Peel
6. Thin Lizzy Whiskey In The Jar BBC Radio 1 John Peel Session
7. Sandy Denny Ecoute Ecoute
8. John Cale Fear Is A Man’s Best Friend 01/05/1975 John Peel
9. Joan Armatrading Dry Land
10. Aswad Back To Africa Peel Session Date: 10/08/1976 Programme Number: 99YJ7007
11. Deaf School What A Way To End It All
12. The Damned New Rose Peel session, 30/11/76
13. Rico Africa
14. Medicine Head Slip And Slide 27/04/1977 John Peel
15. The Jam In The City 02/05/1977 John Peel
16. The Fabulous Poodles When The Summer’s Thru
17. The Boomtown Rats Looking After Number 1 03/08/1977 John Peel
18. The Slits Love And Romance John Peel BBC Radio 1 Session 1977
19. Steel Pulse Ku Klux Klan 29/09/1977 John Peel
20. Funboy Five Life After Death
Disc 2
1. (And The) Native Hipster There Goes Concorde Again 1980 7″
2. Various Artists High Fidelity 25/02/1980 John Peel
3. The Bodies Art Nouveau
4. The Cure A Forest 30/03/1980 John Peel 7″
5. The Passions I’m In Love With A German Film Star 05/11/1980 John Peel 7″
6. The Fall C ’n‘ C Hassle Schmuk Peel Session 31/3/81
7. Linton Kwesi Johnson All Wi‘ Doin Is Defendin John Peel 27/10/1981
8. Pulp Turkey Mambo Momma John Peel 07/11/81
9. Musical Youth Pass The Dutchie Original 7″ Version
10. Altered Images Song Sung Blue John Peel 1982 7″
11. Julian Cope Sunspots 29/05/1984 John Peel
12. The Frank Chickens Blue Canary
13. Nick Haeffner Don’t Be Late
14. That Petrol Emotion Big Decision 7″ Version
15. Cud You Sexy Thing BBC session – previously unreleased
16. A Certain Ratio The Big E
17. Bob Convenience 1989 John Peel
18. Extreme Noise Terror System Shit 01/05/1988 John Peel
19. A Certain Ratio The Big E
20. Soundgarden Everybody’s Got Something To Hide (Except Me And My Monkey) Live On The John Peel Show/1989
Disc 3
1. The Orb Back Side Of The Moon John Peel Session
2. PJ Harvey Sheela-Na-Gig Peel 29.10.91
3. Marxman Fascist Boom 27/11/1992 John Peel
4. Hole Rock Star 25/03/1993 John Peel
5. Tindersticks Raindrops BBC In Session – John Peel 27/04/93
6. Dave Clarke Protective Custody
7. Stereolab Ping Pong
8. The Delgados Monica Webster
9. The Tiger Icicle 03/11/1996 John Peel
10. The Sweeney Why?
11. Clinic IPC Sub Editors Dictate Our Youth
12. Grandaddy Hawaiian Island Wranglers 17/05/1998
13. Justin Berkovi Real Action
14. Ivor Cutler Jam
15. The Samurai Seven Xeroxy Music
Disc 4
1. Laura Cantrell Not The Tremblin‘ Kind 2000 7″ John Peel
2. Mercury Rev Little Rhymes 11/10/2001 John Peel
3. Ballboy All The Records On The Radio Are Shite
4. …And You Will Know Us By The Trail Of Dead Another Morning Stoner 05/02/2002 John Peel
5. The Datsuns Fink For The Man 01/05/2002 John Peel
6. Yeah Yeah Yeahs Maps 10/07/2002 John Peel
7. The Loves She’ll Break Your Heart
8. The Hellacopters By The Grace Of God 09/04/2003 John Peel
9. Soledad Brothers Cage That Tiger 25/05/2003 John Peel
10. YOURCODENAMEIS:MILO I Am Connecting Flight 20/10/2004 John Peel
11. Bloc Party Tulips Minotaur Shock Mix
12. Steveless Bored 2005 John Peel 7″
13. Amsterdam Does This Train Stop On Merseyside June 2005 7″ John Peel
14. Spare Snare Taking On The Sides
15. CLSM John Peel Is Not Enough (Fergus Mayhem Remix)
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