Culture Club

Punk era

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Peel's enthusiasm for music outside the mainstream occasionally brought him into conflict with the Radio 1 hierarchy. On one occasion, the then station controller Derek Chinnery contacted John Walters and asked him to confirm that the show was not playing any punk, which he (Chinnery) had read about in the press and of which he disapproved. Chinnery was evidently somewhat surprised by Walters' reply that in recent weeks they had been playing little else.


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John Peel: A Life in Music Hardcover – 30 Nov 2004
by Michael Heatley  (Author)


John Peel, the balding, self-deprecating Liverpudlian with the wilfully obscure taste in music, was an unlikely national institution. Yet with a pioneering radio career that spanned almost forty years, in which he championed left-field sounds from Captain Beefheart to Siouxsie and the Banshees, that is exactly what he became. When he died suddenly at the age of sixty-five in October 2004, millions mourned the loss of this quirky, influential figure. Now in this new biography, Michael Heatley traces Peel's career from his early counter-culture days on pirate radio through his maverick career at Radio One, right up to his later years where he found a new audience on Radio Four's popular Saturday morning show, Home Truths.  

The Peel Sessions: A story of teenage dreams and one man's love of new music Paperback – 4 Oct 2007
by Ken Garner  (Author)

This is a story of teenage dreams, which, as any Peel fan knows, are hard to beat. Between 1967 and 2004 John Peel picked over 2000 bands to come and record over 4000 sessions to be played on his radio show. Many were young and had never been in a recording studio before, for some it was the start of an illustrious career, for others it was the only recognition their musical talent ever got.

For over 35 years the cream of British musical talent made the journey to the BBC's studio in Maida Vale, from Pink Floyd to Pulp, the Small Faces to the Smiths. And because John Peel was so respected his sessions took on a legendary status - they were a rite of passage that every new band wanted to go through.

 

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This is a selection of tracks from john peel radio shows. Early sessions like the one with david bowie from 1971, tracks from obscure finnish rock shows in 89 and 90 with post punk music until the millenium years with “official” john peel sessions by herman düne, interpol, cat power or the white stripes.I focussed in the compilation a bit on those artists, who are quite known today, but they might not be so known, if john peel would not have played them in his shows – but surely there are some not that famous artists here as well like e.g. hood or the lavender factory.(and maybe in a second mix there I will focus on those “forgotton artists”)

 

Beautiful..
One of his masterpiece like "The Cello".
 

heute: consolation of man

war neben Alan Bangs und Roodigans Rockers (auch BFBS) bis ca 80, 81 die einzig verfügbare öffentliche Quelle für die in Deutschland seinerzeit unbekannte moderne Musik. Die junge Gemeinde versammelte sich regelmässig und geschlossen vor dem Rundfunkempfänger zu den Übertragungszeiten, die auch schon mal zwischen 2.00 und 4.00 liegen konnten. Alles wurde mitgeschnitten.  

deka irritiert zum schluss...(TV spot eigentlich)
 

John Peel war immer auf Augenhöhe mit der Musik. Außer kurzen, knappen An- und Abmoderationen und gelegentlichen Bemerkungen zum Fußball und The Fall blendete der Radio-Moderator seine eigene Person völlig aus.

Genau das war der Grund, warum sein Publikum so an seiner Expertise interessiert war. Also schrieb er. Dass er das konnte, beweist die Autobiografie “Margrave Of The Marshes”, die er bis zu seinem Tod immerhin zur Hälfte fertig stellte und die schließlich von seiner Ehefrau vollendet wurde.

Aber dieser Rückblick auf sein Leben war nicht das erste Mal, dass sich Peel an die Schreibmaschine setzte, im Gegenteil: Seit den 1970er Jahren schrieb er regelmäßig. Kolumnen, Konzertkritiken, Reiseberichte, Episoden aus dem Leben eines BBC-Moderators. Veröffentlicht wurden die im Guardian, im Observer, Sounds, Radio Times und vielen weiteren Magazinen, von denen viele nicht über den Fanzine-Status hinauskamen.

Peels Familie hat nun die ihrer Meinung nach besten Stücke dieser immensen Sammlung veröffentlicht.  

"Margrave of the Marshes"


When he died in 2004, John Peel was in the middle of writing his memoir, which was completed by his wife, Sheila Ravenscroft, with help from their four children. His compelling autobiography details his life as the most influential DJ in rock history.

At BBC’s Radio 1, Peel helmed his own show from 1968 until his death, and first introduced UK listeners to reggae, punk, and hip-hop. T-Rex, David Bowie, the Faces, the Sex Pistols, Fairport Convention, Pink Floyd, the Clash, the Buzzcocks, the Cure, Joy Division, the Wedding Present, Def Leppard, Pulp, the Smiths, and the White Stripes have all credited Peel as a major boost to their careers.

This intimate portrait of the man and his music provides firsthand remembrances of many of these acts and illuminates how this modest and unassuming man singlehandedly changed the course of rock’n’roll.  

Immer den Wecker zu stellen war mir zu anstrengend:-)

Aber John Peel war schon ein Phänomen, er hat eine ganze Generation musikalisch geprägt. Immer neugierig auf jede noch so seltsame neue Art von Musik abseits der ausgetretenen Pfade.

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