LOW first played by Peel when?

[lorcan58]

I've found an earlier Low play (If You Were Born Today, 7", Wurlitzer 
Jukebox) on 11 November 1997. Still no evidence of a definitive first 
play though.

Lorcan

--- In peel@yahoogroups.com, "ken garner" <ken_garner@...> wrote:
>
> 
> thanks. Their one-off Christmas show (well 2 her European gigs 
only) at Oran Mor in 
> Glasgow a week ago tonight was wonderful, with an especially 
surprising, faithful version 
> of Lennon and Yoko's christmas song added in, with full harmonies. 
Big reverential crowd 
> stood in near silence, a very unusual occurrence at a glasgow gig. 
Band joined on stage by 
> their 3-piece support band and friends Ida for the christmas set. 
The encore was Last 
> snowstorm of the year. New christmas single is quite good, but the 
big seller on the table 
> at the back was the original christmas mini lp, from which they 
played every track, and the 
> twangy (rather than distorted) live version of little drummer boy 
was especially affecting, I 
> found. At the start, Alan Sparhawk dedicated the show to John Peel, 
to whom, as far as the 
> UK was concerend, they felt they owed everything, and always 
remembered him whenever 
> they come back,
> 
> k
> 
> --- In peel@yahoogroups.com, "lorcan58" <lorcan58@> wrote:
> >
> > This isn't a definitive answer, but Peel played Low (Joan Of Arc, 
7", 
> > Tugboat Records) on 21 April 1998. This is the oldest entry on my 
> > website but my earlier records are very incomplete so this 
probably 
> > wasn't the first.
> > 
> > Lorcan
> > 
> > --- In peel@yahoogroups.com, "ken garner" <ken_garner@> wrote:
> > > Low's first peel session was not till 99, but I am sure he must 
> > have played their records some 
> > > considerable time before then (their first album was 93? 94?). 
If 
> > not from the show tapes 
> > > going round, does anyone have any recollections? I am hoping to 
> > talk to them soon regarding 
> > > the glitch in my book about the live one in 2000, and would 
like 
> > some more background 
> > > before doing so. I remember the Christmas mini album coming out 
of 
> > course (one of my 
> > > festive favorites), but am sure he featured more before that...
> > > 
> > > cheers
> > > 
> > > ken
> >
>