My Original Master Tapes
John Peel Radio Sessions

The Best of the John Peel Radio Sessions
Title Artists Quality Time Format
Volume One Kevin Ayers and his Band, Boomtown Rats, Brand X, Budgie, Buzzcocks 10 Stereo 71.19 CD (RM)
Volume Two Magazine, Strangers, Vibrators, XTC, Rezillos, Metal Urbain 9-10 Stereo 74.27 CD (RM)
Volume Three The Fall, Models, XTC, Zeros, The Boys, New Hearts 10 Stereo 58.15 CD (RM)
Volume Four Neil Innes, John Otway, Ian Dury and the Blockheads, Elvis Costello (3 sessions) 9-10 Stereo 76.44 CD (RM)
Volume Five Boomtown Rats, The Motors (2 sessions), Radio Stars and Siouxsie and the Banshees 9-10 Stereo 72.00 CD (RM)
Volume Six Subway Sect, Chris Spedding & The Vibrators, Radio Stars, Eddie & The Hot Rods, Vibrators, Adverts 9-10 Stereo 70.10 CD (RM)

Location Date Quality Time Ref
Adverts 25/05/1977 9 Stereo 13.18 C320 / JPCD6
One Mad Wonders, The New Boys, Bored Teenagers, Looking Through Gary Gilmore's Eyes, Quickstep
Kevin Ayers and his Band 22/07/1976 10 Stereo 15.21 C271 / JPCD1
Mr Cool, Ballad of Mr Snake, Star, Loves Gonna Turn You Around Again
Boomtown Rats 03/08/1977 10 Stereo 15.52 C325 / JPCD1
Joey, Mary of the Fourth Form, Neon Heart, Looking After Number One
Boomtown Rats 26/05/1978 10 Stereo 14.53 C398 / JPCD5
Clockwork, Me and Howard Hughes, Watchout for the Normal People, Living on an Island
The Boys 16/05/1978 10 Stereo 10.19 C398 / JPCD3
Brickfield Nights, Boys, T.C.P., Classified Suzy
Brand X 02/08/1976 10 Stereo 18.14 C271 / JPCD1
Why should I lend you mine when you've broken yours already, Malaga Virgin
Budgie 03/08/1976 10 Stereo 11.38 C271 / JPCD1
Sky High Performance, In the grip of the tyre fitters hand
Buzzcocks 19/09/1977 9 Stereo ? C327
Fast Cars, Pulse Beat, What do I Get?
Buzzcocks 17/04/1978 10 Stereo 10.12 C395 / JPCD1
Noise Annoys, Walking Distance (instrumental), Late For The Train (instrumental)
Buzzcocks 23/10/1978 9 Stereo ? C434
Sixteen Again, Lipstick, Promises, Everybody's Happy Nowadays
Climax Blues Band 30/11/1976 10 Stereo ? C334
Like a Mighty Fire, Couldn't Get it Right
Elvis Costello 17/08/1977 10 Stereo 11.50 C325 / JPCD4
Red Shoes, Mystery Dance, Less Than Zero, Blame it on Cain
Elvis Costello 20/03/1978 10 Stereo 12.03 C395 / JPCD4
(I Don't Want to go to) Chelsea, Pump it up, You Belong To Me, The Beat
Elvis Costello 30/10/1978 10 Stereo 11.00 C434 / JPCD4
Radio Radio, I Just Don't Know What to do With Myself, Stranger in the House, Really Mystified
Ian Dury and the Blockheads 06/01/1978 9 Stereo 13.21 C331 / JPCD4
Clever Trevor, Sex Drugs & Rock n Roll, Blockheads
Eddie and the Hot Rods 21/02/1977 9 Stereo 12.55 C326 / JPCD6
Why Can't it be, Keep on Keeping On, Teenage Depression, On the Run
Andy Fairweather-Low 25/06/1977 10 Stereo ? C317
Checking Out the Checker, Lighten Up, Bebop n Hola, Shimmy Doo ArSay, Ain't No Fun Anymore
The Faboulous Poodles 27/04/1977 9 Stereo 14.00 C319
When the Summer Comes, On the Street Where You Live, Mr Mike, Work Shy
The Faboulous Poodles 19/09/1977 9 Stereo ? C327
Rumbaba Boogie, Bite Blood, Chicago Box Car, See You Later Alligator
The Fall 15/06/1978 10 Stereo 10.30 C398 / JPCD3
Industrial Estate, Rebellious Jukebox, Futures and Pasts, Mother Sister
Neil Innes 02/05/1977 10 Stereo 15.14 C322 / JPCD4
Drama on a Saturday Night, Cheese & Onions, Queen Elizabeth, Randy Raquel
The Jam 02/05/1977 9 Stereo 10.09 C319
Modern World, Art School, In the City, Change My Address
Lonestar 05/08/1976 10 Stereo 15.41 C271
Hypnotic Mover, Spaceships
Lonestar 06/07/1977 10 Stereo 22.20 C317
Lonely Soldier, Bells of Berlin, From All of Us
The Lurkers 07/08/1978 9 Stereo ? C434
Here Come the Bad Times, Room 309, Gods Lonely Men, Countdown
Magazine 20/02/1978 9 Stereo 13.12 C395 / JPCD2
My Mind - It Ain't So Open, The Light Pours Out On Me, Real Life, Touch and Go
Metal Urbain 19/01/1978 10 Stereo 12.40 C331 / JPCD2
Ghetto, Atlantis, History Connectique, E202
Models 09/08/1977 10 Stereo 12.14 C325 / JPCD3
Man of the Year, A Breath of Foul Air, Censorship, Brainwash
The Motors 22/04/1977 9 Stereo 18.16 C319 / JPCD5
Bringing the Morning Light, Dancing the Night Away, Emergency
The Motors 21/09/1977 9 Stereo 14.53 C327 / JPCD5
Freeze, You Beat the Hell, Dancing the Night Away, Phoney Heaven
New Hearts 14/10/1977 10 Stereo 7.28 C328 / JPCD3
If You, Here Come the Ordinaries, Revolution, Love's Just a Word
The Only Ones 20/09/1977 9 Stereo ? C327
Telephone Love, Love is a Today, In Betweens, Oh No
John Otway 26/06/1978 10 Stereo 13.03 C425 / JPCD4
Place Farm Way, The Alamo, Oh My Body is Making Me, I Can't Complain
Racing Cars 25/07/1977 10 Stereo 18.26 C322
They Shoot Horses Don't they, Pass the Bottle, Rhonda Reggae, Calling the Tune
Radio Stars 20/05/1977 9 Stereo 13.15 C319
No Russians in Russia, You Scare Me to Death (with your horrible breath), Dear Prudence, Dirty Pictures
Radio Stars 18/11/1977 9 Stereo 11.10 C331 / JPCD5
Don't Waste My Time, Is It Really Neccessary, The Beast of Barnsley, Good Personality
Radio Stars 14/09/1978 10 Stereo 11.33 C434 / JPCD6
Radio Stars, Boy Meets Girl, Sitting in the Rain, Sex in Chains
Rezillos 18/01/1978 10 Stereo 10.46 C331 / JPCD2
No, My Baby Does Good Sculptures, Top of the Pops, Fight Amongst Yourselves
Rods 17/10/1977 10 Stereo ? C328
Life on the Line, I Don't Know What's Going on, Telephone Girl, Beginning and The End
Chris Spedding & The Vibrators 17/02/1977 9 Stereo 11.39 C326 / JPCD6
Pogo Dancing, Get out of my Pagoda, Hurt By Love, Misunderstood
Stranglers 07/03/1977 9 Stereo 15.22 C326
Goodbye Toulouse, Hanging around, Something Better Change, I feel Like a Wog
Stranglers 13/09/1977 10 Stereo

10.23

C326 / JPCD2
Dead Ringer, No More Heroes, Bring On the New Bars, Burning Up Time
Subway Sect 24/10/1977 10 Stereo

11.38

C328 / JPCD6
Chain Smoking, Parallel Lines, I Don't Split it, For You
Sutherland Brothers & Quiver 26/07/1977 9 Stereo 15.00 C323
Something Special, Devil Are You Satisified?, Silver Sister, Last Boy Over The Moon (Repeat from 15/01/75)
Thin Lizzy 22/08/1977 9 Stereo ? C324
Bad Reputation, Down Town Sundown, Dancing in the Moonlight, Killer Without a Cause, That Woman's Gonna Break Your Heart
The Tyla Gang 20/10/1977 10 Stereo ? C323
Sterophone, Don't Turn Your Radio On, Dust On The Needle, On The Street
Vibrators 28/10/1976 9 Stereo 8.51 C320 / JPCD6
Jenny Jenny, I'm Going to be Your Naxi Baby, Sweet Sweetheart
Vibrators 05/04/1978 10 Stereo 15.06 C395 / JPCD2
Automatic Lover, Destroy, Fall in Love, Troops of Tomorrow
Wreckless Eric 11/10/1977 10 Stereo ? C328
Whole Wide World, Rags and Tatters, Semaphore Signals, Personal Hygiene, Song For Europe
XTC 20/07/1977 10 Stereo 12.13 C320 / JPCD2
Cross-Wires, Radios in Motion, Science Friction, She's So Square
XTC 17/02/1978 10 Stereo 10.35 C395 / JPCD3
Dance Band, I'm Bugged, Heatwave Mark 2, Into The Atom Age
Zeros 05/01/1978 10 Stereo 7.02 C331 / JPCD3
Nice Girls, Hungry, The Easy Way Out, Solid State

Notes:
Quality ratings are out of 10 (10 means as good as an official release, 9 is excellent, 8 means very good etc)
All times are in Minutes and seconds

(RM) - means my own remastered series onto CD, where either my own original recordings (sometimes from original master cassettes), have been improved or recordings received that have required improving. This process includes removal of hiss, crackle and clicks, and careful editing to repair imperfections etc.

Most of the above Radio Sessions are of approximate 12-18 minutes duration, where not specified. At present I do not have exact timings of some of these. The majority of these recordings are still on their original cassettes, and gradually I will be remastering these onto Mini-Disc, and creating selections on CD featuring full sessions of 4 or 5 artists. The quality varies from tape to tape mostly depending on the tapes used at the time. Those with ratings of 10 are all superior quality, leaving those not quite as good for one reason or another as a 9.

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