List of Peel sessions

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This is a list of artists (bands and individual musicians) who recorded at least one session for John Peel and his show on BBC Radio 1 from 1967 to his death in 2004.[1] The first session was recorded by Tomorrow on 21 September 1967, and the last by Skimmer on 21 October 2004. After Skimmer's session, three further sessions that had already been booked before Peel's death were recorded: Bloc Party on 4 November, 65daysofstatic on 18 November and Sunn O))) on 9 December. Dates given below are of recording rather than broadcast.

Where an artist has recorded more than one session under different names then both names have been listed.

0–9

File:Threeinchesofblood.jpg
3 Inches of Blood recorded a session in 2003.

A

AC/DC recorded a Peel session in 1976.

B

Bauhaus recorded two sessions in 1979 and 1982.

C

  • Cabaret Voltaire (25 June 1981, repeated 20 July 1981; 14 October 1984)
  • The Cacaroaches (26 July 1988, repeated 29 July 1988; 24 August 1990)
  • Cable (18 October 1994, 25 August 1995, 13 February 1996, 13 May 1997, 14 April 1998)
  • Cado Belle (26 October 1976, 20 April 1978)
  • Cajun Moon (6 November 1975)
  • Calexico (19 October 1997, 27 April 1999, 30 March 2000, 12 April 2001, 31 March 2003)
  • Calvin Party (23 August 1994, 11 April 1995, 9 February 1997, 11 August 2004)
  • John Cale (1 May 1975)
  • Mira Calix (2 February 2000)
File:Calexico (Jena 18.07.2007) 1.jpg
Calexico recorded five sessions between 1997 and 2003.

D

Daft Punk recorded a session in 1996.

E

  • Eat Static (22 August 1993, 16 October 1997)
  • EC80R (21 March 1999)
  • Echo & the Bunnymen (15 August 1979, 13 May 1980, 4 November 1980, 27 January 1982, 6 June 1983, 19 September 1983, 16 September 1997, 1 April 1999)
  • Echobelly (3 February 1995)
  • Echoboy (19 September 1999, 5 November 2000, 30 October 2002, 12 February 2003)
  • Eclection (19 November 1968, 21 April 1969)
  • Econoline (25 November 2002)
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Alec Empire recorded a session in 1995.

F

  • Fabric (11 November 1993)
  • Fabulous Poodles (7 October 1976, 18 April 1977, 6 September 1977, 3 October 1978)
  • Faces (9 March 1970, 15 September 1970, 28 September 1971)
  • John Fahey (22 May 1969)
  • Andy Fairweather-Low (21 October 1975, 31 January 1977)
  • Fairfield Parlour (23 April 1970)
  • Fairport Convention (24 November 1967, 28 May 1968, 9 December 1968, 18 March 1969, 23 September 1969, 5 February 1973, 16 July 1974)
  • The Fall (30 May 1978, 27 November 1978, 16 September 1980, 24 March 1981, 26 August 1981, 21 March 1983, 12 December 1983, 14 May 1985, 29 September 1985, 29 June 1986, 28 April 1987, 25 October 1988, 30 August 1989, 17 December 1989, 5 March 1991, 19 January 1992, 28 February 1993, 2 December 1993, 8 December 1993, 20 November 1994, 14 July 1995, 7 December 1995, 30 June 1996, 3 February 1998, 18 October 1998, 19 February 2003, 4 August 2004)
  • Family (20 November 1967, 16 April 1968, 29 July 1968, 11 November 1968, 11 March 1969, 28 July 1969, 10 August 1970, 2 July 1971, 8 May 1973)
  • Famous Jug Band (29 May 1969)
  • The Family Cat (10 September 1989, 26 June 1990, 30 January 1992)
  • Fantasmagroover (10 January 1999, 2 February 2000)
  • Prince Far I (7 June 1978)
Peel's favorite group, The Fall, recorded 27 sessions, spanning from 1978 to 2004.

G

Laurent Garnier recorded a session in 1995.

H

File:Herman Düne.JPG
Herman Düne recorded six sessions between 2000 and 2004.

I

J

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James Taylor Quartet recorded a session in 1987.

K

File:Kid Koala.jpg
Kid Koala recorded a session in 2000.

L

File:Ladytron London 2003.jpg
Ladytron recorded two sessions in 2001 and 2002.

M

Madness recorded a session in 1979.

N

Napalm Death recorded three sessions between 1987 and 1990.

O

P

File:Pansonic2.jpg
Panasonic recorded a session in 1995.

Q

File:Quasi at Emo's, 2003.jpg
Quasi recorded three sessions between 1998 and 2001.

R

File:Rubellaballet.jpg
Rubella Ballet recorded two sessions in 1982 and 1983.

S

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Sebadoh recorded three sessions between 1992 and 1994.

T

  • T. Raumschmiere (8 October 2003)
  • T.Rex (17 November 1969, 26 October 1970)
  • June Tabor (4 March 1975, 26 August 1976, 25 January 1977, 11 July 1977, 24 January 1978, 27 November 1990)
  • Tad (5 December 1989, 19 June 1990)
  • Talisker (24 February 1976)
  • Talulah Gosh (29 December 1987)
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Richard and Linda Thompson recorded three sessions between 1973 and 1975.

U

V

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The Vibrators recorded three sessions between 1976 and 1978.

W

  • Wagon Christ (2 August 2001)
  • The Wailing Souls (30 October 1984)
  • Wailing Cocks (22 November 1978)
  • Loudon Wainwright III (11 October 1971, 11 June 1973, 6 May 1975, 9 August 1976, 23 November 1976, 1 August 1979, 9 April 1983, 17 September 1985, 8 October 1989, 1 October 1992, 29 July 1999, 27 September 2001, 21 April 2002, 16 July 2003)
  • The Wake (6 July 1983)
  • Walking Seeds (11 January 1987, 22 September 1987, 4 April 1989, 30 January 1990)
File:The Wedding Present.jpg
The Wedding Present recorded nine sessions between 1986 and 1992.

X

Y

File:Yo La Tengo.jpg
Yo La Tengo recorded three sessions between 1997 and 1999.

Z

References

  1. Details are taken from the BBC Sessions listings, unless otherwise noted.
  2. Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
  3. http://web.archive.org/web/20110721052925/http://www.benbecula.com/artists/christ..shtml
  4. NineHertz News Archived 3 October 2011 at the Wayback Machine

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