Two or three years ago, there was a list going around of John Peel's favourite 20 LPs. I have a feeling he did it for a feature in one of the broadsheets,...
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John Bravin
john.bravin@...
Nov 1, 2001 5:51 pm
Peter For more details the Festive Fifty see http://www.rocklist.net/festive50.htm This page has the lists for 1976-2000 Looking at 1976, most of the names are...
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Stuart McHugh
stuart@...
Nov 1, 2001 5:55 pm
... not the same thing and you've probably seen it already, but the transcript from Desert Island Discs can be found at ...
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rockerq@...
Nov 1, 2001 6:22 pm
<< but who exactly were 'Grinderswitch' with their No. 27 entry 'Pickin' the blues' >> Doh!...
... Hadn't seen that - thanks. Radio 3 has a sort of equivalent to Desert Island Discs, called Private Passions. It lasts an hour, and has less personal chat...
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peel@yahoogroups.com
Nov 2, 2001 7:54 pm
Hello, This email message is a notification to let you know that a file has been uploaded to the Files area of the peel group. File : /metropeel.jpg ...
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Stuart McHugh
stuart@...
Nov 3, 2001 10:08 am
... hey! Younger readers might be interested to know that this is the guitar instrumental which always opened/closed the show in the 1970's and '80's. ...
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John Bravin
john.bravin@...
Nov 3, 2001 11:11 am
Thanks Stuart Having listened to most of the shows through the 70s I was never aware that "dum di dum di dum di dum" with the overlayed slide guitar was by ...
... This prompted some more research here on a Saturday night when I should be watching the baseball series but it is a rout. I have the the original...
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John Bravin
john.bravin@...
Nov 4, 2001 8:32 am
Thanks Tom, but now the plot thickens: I was fascinated by your research, and bizarrely was driving round here in Belgium on Saturday morning listening to the...
... More research. I went and got a box of papers down from the attic from a trip to London in 1988. On Oct 10 1988 Peel let my wife and me attend a taping of...
If anyone's not currently listening and can, the show's pretty priceless at the moment. Our man appears to have had "a couple of glasses" of red wine, and is...
On Wed, 7 Nov 2001 22:18:28 +0000 (GMT) Daniel Butt ... Is that at all possible? I think he's been trying for some time to get "I'm not reading this teribly...
... Tom Roche added ... None of the information on 'Pickin' The Blues' is inconsistent Most of Elmore James' recordings regardless of who happened to get the ...
... I don't know, but if you have web access you can vote at: http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio1/alt/peel_features/festive_fifty_vote.shtml Festive 50 shows are...
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John Bravin
john.bravin@...
Nov 8, 2001 9:52 pm
Some more finger pickin' research. There's no knowing when it was written, but Pickin' the Blues was recorded by: Chet Atkins in 1954 Elmore James in New York...
Did anyone grab The White Stripes electronically on Thursday? I was unable to as we were heading to Europe for the weekend and we listened in the car, cursing!...
... Afraid not, I'm unable to record atm, as I'm in Dublin with work. Shame, I'm really liking their album... Thankfully though I will be back for christmas,...
Hello All, Just discovered this group while looking for a Times article about JP on the internet. I've copied the article, by Matthew Bannister, below. BTW,...
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Stuart McHugh
stuart@...
Nov 20, 2001 1:26 pm
... I'd never seen the above site before (surely someone posted it and I somehow missed out?), but at its root, http://www.radio.plus.com, a ridiculous number...
Hi, It seems enough people downloaded the cowcube sessions, I thought I'd upload something else. I have the Waren Zevon Kershaw session from Andy's last show...
Good to hear Kiss and abit of Montrose on the show.I wonder if he'll play Alice Cooper or Black Sabbath next week?He could also play Man,The Groundhogs or...
<I wonder if he'll play Alice Cooper or Black Sabbath next week?> He was playing sabbath a couple of weeks ago prior to the mercury rev session as they had...
There is a session next week that is likely to be of interest to Peel listeners in a place where you wouldn't expect to find it! The Rock Show (Tuesday...
Hi all-- Might anyone have recording of Peel's rundown of last year's Festive 50? I have a friend that is trying to get up w/ the, erm, 'latest' indie type...
