Peel's 40th Birthday Show

[dunelm61]

No, Graham, you didn't dream it up. I remember Peel doing a special 
40th birthday show, although I remember him saying specifically that 
the 40 tracks were not necessarily his all-time favourites, just 
records he wanted to hear on his 40th birthday. I remember the tracks 
included Mike Hart's Almost Liverpool 8, Gene Vincent's Race With The 
Devil and the Undertones' Jimmy Jimmy.

As regards the hyper-inflationary In Session Tonight, it's worth 
noting that the book was published some twelve years ago. One hopes 
that Ken Garner and/or the BBC will at some stage consider publishing 
an updated book, taking in everything broadcast up to October 2004.

Finally, on the subject of first gig attended, mine was Showaddywaddy 
at Batley Variety Club in 1976. I can feel my last vestige of 
credibility evaporate even as I type the words . . .