Sessions

[Andy Smith]

Kim:

> I'd be curious to know what everyone's top 5 favourite Peel 
> sessions are

I'd be hard pushed to name a top 5 but the ones that stay in my mind
are the bands I've never heard/heard of before. Moonshake comes to 
mind as a session that grabbed me instantly and a band I've liked ever
since, especially the verion of Mugshot Heroine with Margaret on vocals,
and also the recent Boards of Canada session, (although not such 
an instant response at least I got a chance to make my mind up about the 
band based on more than just one track). And, as someone mentioned, all
those early PJ Harvey sessions...

I vaguely remember a magical night in the early 80's where both the 
Smiths and Cocteau Twins were in session on the same night - can this 
really be true? And around the same time was a Higsons session that I
still have on a very poor quality tape somewhere, which is probably not
a great session but at the time was probably the only way I could afford 
to hear the band recorded.

Ken:
>> PPS. Has there been discussion earlier in the list about the "whites-only
>> playlist" allegations made so erroneously in the Guardian and Independent

Like Stuart I can't remember whether it was actually on this list. 
I think Julie Burchill was happy to add it to her anti-Peel evidence
although it seemed to originate elsewhere in the Guardian. It's such
nonsense, given the amount of black music Peel plays from the 20's up
to the present (be it blues, r'n'b, soul, African, rap), and especially
given the amount of complaining I did in the mid-80's when he seemed
to play nothing but rap.

AndyTBTG