John Peel Faith Healer MiX (mp3)

Well I just bet you all enjoyed the royal celebrations today didn’t you? But if like me you feel somewhat jaded and marginalised by this theatre for a docile mainstream I give you the John Peel Faith Healer MiX. My tiny tribute in respect of John’s birthday and as an antidote to today’s insult to 46.5 billion years of evolution.

I didn’t want to spend ages compiling it plus it had to be short and contain no chat. But it is nicely mixed and contains some great tunes old and new.

Never mind the length missus feel the quality.

Grab the torrent here
Or direct dl here
a snip at only 47.3MB
191kbps VBR
34m29s

Hope you enjoy it :)

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Track Listing

Track 1 | 00:00
The Sonics – Have Love Will Travel
Album: Here Are The Sonics (1965)
Etiquette Records
Sonics@Wikipedia

Track 2 | 02:36
Vibronics – Marcus Garvey
10”: Lush LRS10 (2007)
Vibrasonics@MySpace

Track 3 | 06:29
Paul Hartnoll Feat. Robert Smith – Please
Album: The Ideal Condition (2007)
ACP Recordings
Paul Hartnoll

Track 4 | 10:26
Electrelane – The Greater Times
Album: No Shouts No Calls
Too Pure
2007
Electrelane
Electrelane@Too Pure

Track 5 | 13:56
The Marshmallow Kisses – Everyone Else Is Ahead, Far Ahead
EP: I Wonder Why My Favorite Boy Leaves Me an EP (2005)
The Marshmallow Kisses

Track 6 | 16:38
Soweto Percussion Ensemble – Abakithi
Album: Tales of the Drum (2003)
Sheer Sound SLCD 053
Soweto Percussion Ensemble@Sheer Sound

Track 7 | 20:37
Jarvis Cocker and Kid Loco – I Just Came To Tell You That I’m Going (Je Suis Venu Te Dire Que Je M’en Vais)
Album: Monsieur Gainsbourg Revisited (2006)
Universal
Promotional site

Track 8 | 24:09
Professor Longhair – Mardi Gras In New Orleans
Album: Atlantic R’n'B 1947-1952 Volume 1 (2006)
Warner Music
Professor Longhair@Wikipedia

Track 9 | 27:02
(Val)Liam – Perfectly Rational
Album: Intermittent Memories (Compilation) (2007)
Celestial Dragon
(Val)Liam@MySpace
Celestial Dragon Records

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Fuck Am*zon and the rest. Stop lining the pockets of corporate MDs – Support Independent Record Retailers. For example…

Juno
Townsend Records
Sterns
Rough Trade
Rooted Records

Birth of a Legend

30th of August 1939 is the date John Robert Parker Ravenscroft was born – as most us know well enough. He would come to be known as John Peel or simply Peelie and would go on to change the lives and fortunes of millions across five decades.

It’s by no means an exaggeration to say he brought hope, excitement and opportunities to all of us and that his influence will continue to be felt wherever music, integrity, laughter and originality reside.

We celebrate you John, today and everyday.

For newcomers…
John Peel at Wikipedia
John Peel at BBC Radio 1

Quick News Roundup

A few items that I was planning to post before the really shitty news about Tony Wilson. Although stirrings of a normal service being resumed here should be treated with the utmost contempt, I don’t think I ought to let the aproach of John Peel’s birthdate, 30th August (1939,) go without some special attention. But for now…

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Radio 1 40th anniversary – BBC Request
(courtesy of the superlative Peel newsgroup)

Hello there,

I’m putting together a ‘Best of John Peel’ programme for Radio 1’s 40th anniversary, and need your help!

I wondered if you or any of your listeners had any favourite John moments or quotes from John’s Radio 1 shows (and if they remember when it was, even better) – and if so if they could please e-mail me asap. I’ll then see if we have those moments in our archives and try to include them in the programme..

Hope you can help!

All the best,

Simon

SimonBarnard
BBC Radio 1
l Yalding House | 152-156 Great Portland St | London W1N 6AJ

Contact Simon here: simon.barnard@bbc.co.uk (I’m sure the beeb have more than adequate spam filtering in place otherwise I wouldn’t normally publish an email address in this way.)

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The Launch of Unpredictable Porridge

Dear music fan

You subscribed to John Peel’s Unpredictable Porridge page. The project has been a long time in the building process, but we now want to provide you with an exclusive 7-day window in which you have the first opportunity to upload your material to the site before it goes public.

Gohereto register, then upload your biog, images and audio. Your music and contact details will be ported straight through to the inboxes of Universal’s A&R heads as well as being available for the public to enjoy.

If you’re not a musician and simply an avid music fan, then hold tight for the public launch of Unpredictable Porridge where you will be able to stream the best new and unsigned music in the UK.

This site will continue the legacy of John Peel, you can upload your new musical creations and check out other emerging talent.

Regardless of what style of music you are into, or whether you like to play music, create music, or just listen to music; this site will be for you. John’s son William, and Universal Music are seeking to further John’s commitment by providing real opportunities and potential record deals for emerging acts. This new interactive portal will be all about your ideas, your talent and your passion for music.

Unpredictable Porridge

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John Peel Round Table 1978

Sound Engineer Iain Roberton has kindly offered to attempt a clean up of an old edition of BBC Radio 1’s Round Table with Kid Jenson, Kate Bush and John Peel. The recording can best be described as shite and offers several technical challenges, but mostly it requires much of time and patience. It is not simply a noise removal and EQ job. Serious offers of help from audiophile masochists can request a disc containing the 300+MB wav file by emailing me at the usual address.

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Peelenium Request

Hi Gary

I was sorry to read you’ve been having health problems, I hope that you will be feeling better soon.

I was wondering if, with your extensive knowledge of the Peel Internet community, you could help me locate a download of the Peelennium shows, specifically the 1931 edition.

I lost the recording of this through typical negligence almost as soon as I’d made it. It featured two beautiful tracks, Just A Gigolo performed by Bing Crosby with the Gus Arnheim Orchestra and Dona Clara by Leyton & Johnstone, a Black vocal duo who seem to have no Internet presence. This version of Dona Clara is unlike more familiar versions, played in a soft, lilting style.

I once saw a compilation of Leyton & Johnstone’s work in Tower Records Piccadilly. It did not contain that track so I did not snap it up, not knowing then how rare and obscure their work had become.

Apart from being a wonderful piece of music which I want to hear again, the track also has special significance for my Grandmother Edith, now in her 90s. It was a favourite song of her older brother Will whom she idolised and who died tragically young.

I know it is a lot to ask, especially in view of your own health problems, but if you think you might be able to help (maybe you could refer me to a Peel or 1930s music fanatic) you would have my deepest gratitude.

Yours truly

Howard Flaxa

Progress can be read at my other blog: here.

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And finally…

Updates here have been scarce because I needed (still?) a good long break from everything. The fact that some cunt deleted all the Peel links at rapidshare doesn’t help. Why do people need to publicly prove their immaturity? I do have plenty of files to share but I’ve not decided the best method yet.

↵ Don’t forget the torrent feed though!

Special thanks to Jon Horne for his recent message who has long been a big inspiration behind john peel everyday. Kent at KSR for sourcing me a splendid Kurzweil and thus providing a renewed interest in life.

Tony Wilson

*Not Just Manchester’s Loss


Founder of Factory Records and The Hacienda Club in Manchester, Anthony H Wilson lost his fight with cancer last Friday, 10th August.

Born at Hope Hospital, Salford, he went to De La Salle Grammar School, Salford, and studied English at Cambridge before beginning his TV career as a trainee with ITN in 1971. He was a reporter and presenter on Granada Reports and also worked on Granada’s flagship current affairs programme World In Action. But it was presenting the legendary So It Goes, which reflected the true state of music at the time by featuring artists such as The Sex Pistols, Elvis Costello and The Jam, that was to bring most attention. In the Eighties and Nineties his late night arts show “The Other Side of Midnight” continued the tradition by debuting The Stone Roses, 808 State and The Happy Mondays. Besides presenting, he helped to organise the annual In The City festival in Manchester which attracts musicians and critics from all over the world.

He was also a supporter of the National Secular Society and the British Humanist Association.

There is so much one could say about Tony Wilson but what made him stand out as a true modern day icon worthy of emulation for me was his total self belief and devotion to art in all it’s forms plus his finely tuned bullshit detection that refused to coerce with the non-evolutionary rancid mire that is mainstream culture.

I’ll leave the final relevant quote to Wilson himself:

“When they said I would have to pay £3,500 for the drugs each month, I thought where am I going to find the money? I’m the one person in this industry who famously has never made any money. I used to say some people make money and some make history – which is very funny until you find you can’t afford to keep yourself alive. I’ve never paid for private healthcare because I’m a socialist. Now I find you can get tummy tucks and cosmetic surgery on the NHS but not the drugs I need to stay alive. It is a scandal.” BBC source: Friends fund Wilson’s cancer drug

Further Reading:
• Tributes paid to ‘Mr Manchester’ (BBC)

• Wilson: my NHS love letter (BBC)

• Cerysmatic Factory: Unofficial blog, history and archive about Factory Records plus many links to tributes, has much more to read including several of which I’ve highlighted below.
• So It Goes
• The Other Side Of Midnight
• Big Issue Interview (2002)
• NME Interview (1986)

• Tony Wilson@Wikipedia
• British Humanist Association
• National Secular Society

R.I.P. Tony Wilson:
A true Working Class Hero.