1997 Festive 31 & Pavement Live. Plus 2004 Underworld As Guest Hosts

Step up Andrew, entrailicus & Monsieur le Grande! All credit to these guys.

23/12/1997 Festive 31 & Pavement Live:
“I’ve been having problems with yousendit this week, that and Gary having to re-up when the link dies made me switch. It’s also interesting to see how many times the file is downloaded! Any advice/warnings gratefully received.”

| Side 1 (rapidshare)
| Side 2 (rapidshare)
| Side 3 (rapidshare)
| Side 4 (rapidshare)
– Contributed by Andrew

Peel Show Guest Hosts: Underworld:
entrailicus: “The show hosted by Underworld from October 2004 is now available. Thanks a lot to the impressively named Dick le Grande, who adds…”

“That song in part 1 that features a “very-drunk” Peely is hilarious ! Here’s part 2. Sadly, ‘cos I didn’t use a C120, the last few songs (inc ‘She’s Lost Control’) are missing. If anyone has the full Monty, please….”

| Underworld on Peel 2004 – pt1.mp3 (yousendit)
| Underworld on Peel 2004 – pt2.mp3 (yousendit)
*LINK FIXED!*Sorry about that – my fault :(
– Contributed by entrailicus & Dick le Grande

The “very-drunk” Peel section that le Grande refers to is all the product of digital processing of course. But it does sound good. A very post-Orb-Trippy-Ambient vibe.

Seasonal Radio Highlights

Seasonal Radio Highlights
I’ve gone through the Christmas edition of the Radio Times on your behalf to see what’s on and found a handful of decent and so-so audio treats. I shall do the same with the telly guide if there’s owt much on. Let me know if you spot something I’ve missed won’t you?

Saturday 15 December 2007

Pop in Translation
BBC Radio 4 10:30-11:00
“During the 1960s many pop artists, from the Beatles to David Bowie, attempted to boost their success with foreign-language versions of their hits. Mark Radcliffe looks at one of pop music’s quirkier episodes.”

Monday 17th December 2007

Joe Strummer’s London Calling
BBC 6 Music 21:30-22:00 (Daily)
“Part 1 of 4. The Clash frontman turns DJ in a series of programmes first broadcast on the BBC World Service in 2001.” Did I ever mention I met the man? I was hanging out with Pulp, (as one does), and Candida says, “Have you seen who’s over there? it’s Joe Strummer”. Had a good chat with him and he seemed like a really genuine friendly chap. Sorry about the shameful name-dropping. All true though. Ah, but those were the days my friend. We thought it would never end.

Wednesday 19th December 2007

The Charles Hazlewood Show
BBC Radio 2 22:00-23:00
“Tonights guests include Billy Bragg, Martin Carthy, Eliza Carthy, Sheila Chandra, Sheema Kukhurjee and Afro Celt Soundsystem.”

Thursday 20th December 2007
The Cannabis Trade
BBC Radio 4 20:00-20:30
“Part 1 of 2: With politicians under fire following the declassification of cannabis, Winifred Robinson tracks the drug from the Vietnamese operators illegally growing massive quantities in Britain, to the boarding schools where the heads say it’s destroying young lives. Containing unique access to police raids and unparalleled recordings of Vietnamese operators.” Part 2 is on at the same time next week.

Christmas Eve 2007

Gideon Coe
BBC 6 Music 23:00-01:00
“Gideon Coe presents highlights of this year’s BBC Electric Proms which featured, among others, Sigur Ros.”

Christmas Day 2007

Siouxsie Special
BBC 6 Music 21:00-22:00
“An hour-long special to mark the one-time queen of punk Siouxsie Sioux’s return to the music scene.” Repeated on New Year’s Day

Tony Wilson Tribute
BBC 6 Music 21:00-22:00
“Paul Morley profiles the Factory Records boss and Joy Division manager who died in August.”

Boxing Day 2007

Radio 1 Presents White Stripes
BBC Radio 1 19:00-21:00
“Highlights from the studio session back in June.”

Thursday 27th December 2007

Isle of Wight Festival 2007
Virgin Radio 18:00-22:00
“Highlights from this year’s event.”

The Cannabis Trade
BBC Radio 4 20:00-20:30
“Part 2 of 2: Amid mounting concerns about the effects of cannabis on teenagers, Winifred Robinson examines the supply of the drug among the young.”

Jay-Z: From Brooklyn to the Boardroom
BBC Radio 4 23:30-00:00
“Financial expert Alvin Hall loks at the rags-to-riches story of US rap star who escaped the Brooklyn ghetto to acquire an empire worth $320 million. He looks at how Jay-Z built his personal fortune from scratch and how big-name American brands are now hiring his business savvy to help them too.” Some people may complain about repeats but this is a good time to catch up on those things that were missed earlier in the year like this. I’m not down with the rap kids so I’ve never heard of this guy. I just hope some of that fortune finds it’s way back to the community he left in Brooklyn and to other people who really need it. One can only have so much money before it becomes almost meaningless.

Friday 28th December 2007

Al Bowly – Britain’s First Pop Star
BBC Radio 2 19:00-19:300
“Clare Teal presents a four part series in tribute to South Africa-raised singer Al Bowly.” If the The Pig’s 78s and the Peelenium have whet your appetite for dance music of the 30s and 40s then you should appreciate this.

New Year’s Day 2008

Rick Wakeman and the Mighty Boosh
Planet Rock 18:00-19:00
“Repeat of an interview from a couple of months ago with Julian Barratt and Noel Fielding from the Mighty Boosh”
| booshare – The Mighty Boosh

Neome
BBC 6 Music 13:00-16:00
“Including an interview with PJ Harvey.”

Siouxsie Special
BBC 6 Music 21:00-22:00
“An hour-long special to mark the one-time queen of punk Siouxsie Sioux’s return to the music scene.” Repeat broadcast from Christmas Day

| BBC Radio 1
| BBC Radio 2
| BBC Radio 4
| BBC 6 Music
| Virgin Radio
| Planet Rock

1992 December 11th John Peel Show

11/12/1992 Huggy Bear & FunDaMental. sides 1 and 2. 84 mins:

| huggy1.rar (77978 KB)
“sides 3 and 4 to follow soon hopefully”
contributed by Andrew from the Peel Newsgroup

advance warning: gary’s about to go “off on one”.

Some inexplicable efficiency on my part has led me to post mirrors before Andrew’s yousendit link expires. I’ve split the files to make any further re-posts quicker and easier to deal with plus some people have monthly download allowances or may still be on dial-up.

Mirrors:
| 19921211_HuggyBear_FunDaMental_1-4_LINK.zip
| 19921211_HuggyBear_FunDaMental_2-4_LINK.zip

It’s up to you to let me know if the current regime is complete pants! I’d love to host everything on my server but with an average visit rate of just over 1000 per week I imagine things might get a little expensive. And me on disability allowance too. Oh the degradation, the plight, the untold never-ending self-contained misery of it all. Enough? Then we might have to get into begging by pay*al or membership restrictions and…..no, best we leave things in their present adhoc status for now.

That is until my long-lost uncle returns from safari with the promised “Untold riches beyond the dreams of Avarice – and twice-fold that of all the wishful exuberance of the wife Betty. Pearls as big as your eyes. Rubys as big as your fist boy. Oranges as big as satsumas and all the liquorice you can eat. Hahaha, hahaha, wahaha…”

Then he’d usually continue laughing like that for a good ten minutes, so, if truth be told I don’t think we ever really had that much confidence in his plans to be honest. Plus Auntie Lily has mentioned that on several occasions she sees someone who looks “Very much like your Uncle Rupert” climbing all over the swings in the local park at night “stinking of booze shouting abuse in Swahili”.

Come to think of it, it has been thirty two years since we last heard from him. And that was just a postcard from London Zoo with the message, “Look, Lions, grrrrr!”

So. Rapidshare it is then.

Peel’s History of Traditional English Folk Music

Recently upped over at Fades in Slowly:
“This series of Peel-narrated documentaries, originally aired in August & September 1999, are bloody good. Chris, who sent me the end of year ’77 show, was also responsible for making these documentaries public, as well as permanently changing my perspective of this musical genre, for which I’m very greatful”

Peel’s History of Traditional English Folk Music
Part 1: The late Victorian era and the First World War
Part 2: To the fifties and the American influence
Part 3: The boom years of the late sixties and early seventies
Part 4: Folk Rock (Fairport Convention et al)
Part 5: Celtic and Irish music
Part 6: Contemporary folk of the late 90s

| Parts 1 to 3 @ Fades in Slowly
| Parts 4 to 6 @ Fades in Slowly

1999 December 7th John Peel Show

John Peel Show 7th December 1999:

How apt: This John Peel programme is exactly eight years old to the day. Once again we have And at the Peel Newsgroup to thank for this addition to our collective archives. Featuring live sets from Yo La Tengo & Nectarine No.9. Taken from a C120 (and everyone said “Don’t buy them”!), the download is split into two parts thus:

| Side 1 JPYLTa.rar (56983 KB)
| Side 2 JPYLTb .rar (57942 KB)

Download Alert Basil: Winds Strong. Force 4. Squally Showers

I wasn’t planning another update this weekend but when good people continue to share their John Peel files I feel duty bound to pass the info on. Therefore…

1991.12.01 Sessions by Red Ninja & Gumball 180mins (yousendit)
Part 1 (87953 KB): Peel tapes a.rar
Part 2 (87086 KB): Peel tapes b.rar
– Contributed by andthezmore

John Peel Compilations (torrents)
“Time for the penultimate mega Peel torrent!
Last I looked we had 19 seeds completed for ’14 of 17′ so let’s crack
on! As usual; you can initiate the latest torrent from ‘Mininova’ or ‘The
Pirate Bay’! And also as usual! An exhortation to keep sharing the last file for as
long as you can to allow those aficionados with slower connections to
complete their torrents also!”

John Peel Torrent Compilation 17 of 17 now seeding
John Peel Torrent Compilation 16 of 17 soon
John Peel Torrent Compilation 15 of 17 now seeding
John Peel Torrent Compilation 14 of 17 now seeding
John Peel Torrent Compilation 13 of 17 now seeding
John Peel Torrent Compilation 12 of 17 now seeding
John Peel Torrent Compilation 11 of 17 now seeding
John Peel Torrent Compilation 10 of 17 now seeding
John Peel Torrent Compilation 09 of 17 now seeding
John Peel Torrent Compilation 08 of 17 now seeding
John Peel Torrent Compilation 07 of 17 now seeding
John Peel Torrent Compilation 06 of 17 now seeding
John Peel Torrent Compilation 05 of 17 now seeding
John Peel Torrent Compilation 04 of 17 now seeding
John Peel Torrent Compilation 03 of 17 now seeding
John Peel Torrent Compilation 02 of 17 now seeding
John Peel Torrent Compilation 01 of 17 now seeding
| Peel @ Mininova
| Peel @ Pirate Bay
| John Peel Torrents
– Contributed by Dee Dee

Plus “MP3 Of The Moment”:

I plan to put this on an upcoming FaithHealer MiX but who knows when that’s going to be so enjoy this now. From Entrailicus at Fades In Slowly (“,)
| Urban Sprawl – Entrailicus (echo edit)

Thank Phantom It’s Repost Friday

Here, as promised, are the requested reposts. See you next week (“,)

John Peel Radio Interview Auckland 2002:
| John Peel Interview
| Original post with torrent link
– contributed by John B

John Peel’s Phantom Fifty 1991:
| Phantom Fifty Part 1 of 6
| Phantom Fifty Part 2 of 6
| Phantom Fifty Part 3 of 6
| Phantom Fifty Part 4 of 6
| Phantom Fifty Part 5 of 6
| Phantom Fifty Part 6 of 6
| Original post
– Contributed by And

Getting Into Radio Introduced by John Peel (1999):
| Get Into Radio
| Original post
– Contributed by me

Download Abigail: Winds Force 3 North East And Blustery

*UPDATED TUESDAY 05:47*

This Is A Moderate Download Alert.
Please Ensure All Family Pets Are Safely Shut Away Indoors
Due to the frequency of these updates I’m running out of titles. There are only so many ways one can say “More John Peel Downloads”. Therefore I’ve decided to adopt the meteorologist’s method of naming various tropical storms and the like by alternating a list of alphabetised female and male names. Wave goodbye to confusion or what? What? Down there for dancin’, up ‘ere for thinkin’ son!

Peel Programme from 7th April 1981
Sessions from B-Movies & Positive Noise
wav 1.09 GB
| 1981.04.07 Peel Torrent

Peel Programme from 29th August 1979
Session by The Undertones
rar 1.08 GB
(This replaces an earlier problematic version)
| 1979.08.29 Peel Torrent

Peel Programme from 29th August 1979
Session by The Undertones
rar 1.08 GB
*UPDATE* – THANKS TO Dee Dee FOR THIS MIRROR LINK (“,)
“As promised, the first of Kevin Beech’s Peel shows now posted
on ‘YouSendIt’ for those who don’t torrent.”
| 1979.08.29 Peel on yousendit

Both from kev over at the Peel Newsgroup. Many thanks Kev (“,)

Consolidation’s What you Need
I’m planning to work back through the last couple of weeks and produce a complete list with a few reposts. I think I may have missed a couple and I know I’m not the only one. Anyway we’ll club together as usual and try to fill those gaps I’m sure. Blimey I’m sounding like an outreach worker. You all muck in or they’ll be fuckin’ trouble awright? That’s better! My re-up list presently consists of the phantom 50 plus a couple of things from a short while ago including The Getting Into Radio disc and, I think, the Auckland radio interview maybe. Need to check on that. Might be easier to bundle them all in a torrent. Easier for me in the short term anyway.

More torrents over at John Peel Torrents.

Walters Week & Liverpool Vs AS Roma

Are you keeping up out there? I think I’m just clinging on myself.

I recently linked Fruitier Than Though but the site definately deserves highlighting.

JOHN WALTERS Walters Week 1983-1985
” Throughout the mid 1980’s he would join the early evening shows of Kid Jensen, Richard Skinner or Janice Long to report on his week… “Walters Week.” This comprised of the things that had amused or irritated him in the previous week, where it be art, music, the music papers or the futile attempts to expedite a birthday present from PEEL.”

JOHN PEEL Liverpool Vs AS Roma, European Cup Final in Rome 30th May 1984
“Digging through my old cassettes of PEEL sessions, I found this. The night of the 1984 European Cup Final with Ravenscroft’s beloved LIVERPOOL FC beating AS ROMA in Rome 4-2, in a penalty shoot out.”

Yes we’ve had this before but it’s a ‘new’ version from FTT’s own cassette archive. Wonder what else the boy has lurking in the old cassette collection?

Thank you Fruity (“,)

My Top Ten Andy Peebles & John Peel

My Top Ten Andy Peebles Interviews John Peel

Having time on one’s hands to trawl the net can really pay off sometimes. This is another gem from The People’s Archive. Let me hand you over to Ross…

“As mentioned in my previous post in this community I’ve an mp3 of John’s appearance on the Andy Peebles hosted show MY TOP TEN, which was the less frequent BBC Radio 1 equivalent of Radio 4’s Desert Island Discs. A few people have asked about it so I’ve uploaded it to a file hosting site.

Help yourself and feel free to proliferate.”

It’s a good quality cassette rip at 192kbps CBR 44.0 MB (46240880 bytes). Thank you Ross (“,)

| My Top Ten with John Peel