Let's give this 'un a mahoosive bump (over 2 years!)

man or astroman's peel sessions were awesome.

I was listening to a live session the other day of something they did around the time of that record I have of theirs which is on speckled vinyl... fine, fine band. Are they still about? They used to put on a very good live show.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio1/johnpeel/sessions/

there were so so so many good sessions

Pixies
Pavement
Sonic Youth
Nirvana
The Wedding Present
Huggy Bear
Bardo Pond
L7
Madder Rose
Bikini Kill
PJ Harvey
Trumans Water
Jesus Lizard
Babes In Toyland
Hole
Mudhoney
Dinosaur Jr
Sebadoh
Royal Trux
Therapy?
Shonen Knife
Th' Faith Healers
Silverfish
Stereolab
Aphex Twin
Boards Of Canada
The Orb
Plaid
Autechre

to name just a few

Flossie and the Unicorns in the late 90s (possibly early '00s). Ridiculous, and great.

I'm hoping in the next few months to digitise loads of my 'Peel archive' (currently on tape) so I'll try and remember to up some of it here.

this would be nice.


there's alot of JP torrents on TPB
http://thepiratebay.org/torrent/3859...lation_1_of_17

i'm getting 8/17 right now which is 1967-1993 but it's over 4gb and taking days to complete

Nah they haven't been around for awhile except for one live show a couple years ago.

FLOSSIE AND THE UNICORN were awesome ha. What an absurd group.

Sonic Youth
Autechre
Syd Barrett

Those are really the ones I can picture in my head and recall really liking. I looked at the full list on Wikipedia, and it's really amazing how many great bands he had on, but also how many lame new wave acts and worthless alternative groups such as 7 Year Bitch.

If I remember rightly that was called 'rotted as the heater in Maida Vale' and may well be the only thing of theirs I ever enjoyed

Glice i'm getting this now so if you want it and don't have a dime account i can upload it here for you

I have it on tape somewhere, but thanks anyway. If you come across Faust's session from about '99 though I'd be most grateful.

ok i'll keep my eyes peeled

I'm not going to lie to you - I like what you did there. Sharp.

thanks :D

"Hungover as the Queen in Maida Vale", though Peel somehow mis-read that as "Hungover as the oven in Maida Vale". Still got that and loads of others from 1996-2000 on tape somewhere. They later used parts of it on Skinny Fists (or maybe the 12" with Moya? Can't remember off-hand).

All the Delgados sessions were classics, especially the '97 one with the first airing of Pull The Wires From The Wall. And that all-exclusive tracks Belle & Seb session that seemed to take about 3 years to arrange. Not to forget Mogwai covering Don't Cry...

Delgados doing Mr Blue Skys (I think I've lost that tape)... Mogwai doing don't cry was ridiculous (in a great way)... and I can't remember if it was Peel or Lamacq, but Arab Strap did a cover of that Sugababes Christmas single with Lauren Laverne on backing vocals. Radio ga ga indeed.

Joy Division
Autechre
Stereolab
Pixies
Sonic Youth

Nico
Mogwai
Broadcast
The Fall
Loop
Cocteau Twins
Jesus and Mary Chain

more.

I really like Low's Peel Sessions. There was one in 2003 which is my favourite of the three they did.