Contributed by jamespastepunk. Posted by aubin on Saturday, June 24, 2006 at 12:37 AM (EDT)
As the BBC continues their project to release the entirety of their radio and television history online, the publically-funded British organization has added a nearly definitive collection of every Peel Session broadcast from the legendary BBC broadcaster John Peel.
He was BBC Radio 1's longest-serving DJ and in recent years had also presented Home Truths on Radio 4. He was most famous for being one of the first DJs to give exposure to punk, reggae and hip-hop, long before they crossed over into the mainstream. Currently, the list also includes samples of every performed track recorded, nearly 4000 sessions and 2000 separate artists. You can check them out here: John Peel sessions. Radio (37 comments)
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TheOneTrueBill (June 24, 2006)
The only Peel Sessions I have are Extreme Noise Terror and the Damned and they're both great. If I was more adventurous I'd pick up the Fall box set with all 68 million sessions they did.
SalsaShark (June 24, 2006)
Can someone clue me in on the best bands/sessions on there? I don't want to miss anything good. 4+ Replies
Someone (June 24, 2006)
I always adored the Peel sessions. I have plenty of them thanks to re-releases like Dinosaur Jr., Pixies, Modest Mouse, Billy Bragg, The Fall, Pavement, among others.
sprainedsoul (June 24, 2006)
What a fantastic piece of news for music fans. John Peel's legacy will endure.
givemeamuseumandillfillit (June 24, 2006)
Listen to every single melt banana or boredoms session you can, their visists were always ridiculous, because they really sounded like a completly new band every single time.
SloaneDaley (June 24, 2006)
Joy Division's Peel Sessions CD to me is better than either of their studio discs, if any others are as awesome this is a great service.
davep (June 30, 2006)
Sadly this isn't going to happen, because (1) the BBC's useless; (2) when it comes to punk/new wave it's only interested in a handful of big-name stadium-filling bores; and (2) they'd need performer/label consent for every track.
Peel was wonderful, but everything else about the corporation's music coverage has always sucked, and now he's gone you can write off the whole crap outfit: it's bland mass-consumption garbage, the same tiny handful of top postpunk bands recycled ad nauseam on their existing (garbage) sessions show while the far more interesting outsiders, innovators & DIY acts never get a look-in. As for official release the big labels will only be interested if they see megabucks in it, which is unlikely for the material that's still waiting to see the light of day. Even when the will's there it's complicated because many of the best genuinely in show rest of comment | Features
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X-Ray Spex!
Actually, I think I already have all their Peel sessions on the most recent Germfree Adolescents re-release.
It would take forever to look through everything, but I'll look around a bit.