John Peel Special

the corpo

Hey all,

During the early to mid 90's, I was an avid listener of the John Peel show. Growing up in Dublin with only a handful of small independent record shops and pre-internet, it was nigh on impossible to get my hand on new, good music. John's show, fuzzy reception and all, was like a lifeline to me, and just last week on a visit home I was searching through all the many, many 'Peelie' compilation tapes I'd made. There were tons!
I was asked to make this weeks show a tribute of sorts to John, and I really wasn't sure what the best way to approach it was. I know some people vowed to play only the obscurest of new releases, which is more than fitting, but I thought I'd be better served to spend a few hours going through my collection and picking out records that I rushed out, bought and treasured as a result of hearing them on his programme. My initial fear was would I be able to find enough music to sustain a 2 hour show? After 20 minutes I released I wouldn't be able to fit a fraction of them into even a 2 day show. That man cost me a fortune over the years!

Anyway, it was a privelige to dedicate this programme to him, and each track brought back many fond memories. Thanks for the music, John!


28/10/04
This special show will be permanently archived on the XFM site in the near future

The Fall - Pay Your Rates (Cog Sinister)
Formula One - Theme from wifes bedroom (Invicta HiFi)
Pulp - Do you remember the first time? (Island)
Melt Banana - Get the head back (Level Plane)
The Pastels - Yoga (Domino)
Missy X - Black Sabbath (Slampt)
The Wedding Present - Why are you being so reasonable now? (Peel Session)
Prolapse - Every night I'm mentally crucified (7000 times) (Lissys)
Captain Beefheart - Ella Guru (Reprise)
Yo La Tengo - Decora (City Slang)
Calvin Party - All messed up (Probe Plus)
Sonic Youth - Halloween (Blast First)
Thingy - SK5 (Cargo)
Lig - Empty (Abstract Sounds)
Make Up - Blue is beautiful (K)
Kenickie - Come in (Slampt)
Delgadoes - Pull the wires from the wall (Chemikal Underground)
Arab Strap - The first big weekend (Chemikal Underground)
Unsane - Bath (Peel Session)
Hem - Be completely full of... (Fantastic)
The Fall - Hey student! (Artful)
Helen Love - Does your heart go boom (Che)
Low - Last snowstorm of the year (Peel Session)
Pavement - Sue me, Jack (Big Cat)
Captain Beefheart - Steal softly through snow (Reprise)
US Maple - Stuck (Skin Graft)
Broadcast - The book lovers (Warp)
Ui - Match my foot (Soul Static Sound)
PJ Harvey - Sheela na gig (Too Pure)
Shellac - The billiard player song (Touch and Go)
The White Stripes - I'm finding it harder to be a gentleman (Peel Session)
The Undertones - Teenage Kicks
The Fall - Prole art threat (Cog Sinister)
Stereolab - French Disko (Duophonic)

dathi1

prog now available here:

http://xfmdublin.com/dud/dud.ram