Did the 4 Skins ever record a session

[Allan McNaughton]

I knew I'd seen this on Ya Tube... Peel on the Southall riots etc

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sRJf1J3OnD0

- Allan 

(ps first post!)

--- In peel@yahoogroups.com, uk thing <her_thing@...> wrote:
>
> It's always been common knowledge among fans of the band. Mark 
Brennan at Captain Oi! had been after it for a few years + 
eventually his hard work paid off and the BBC started licensing 
various Peel and other radio 1 sessions to him for his label and 
Dojo/Cherry Red/etc - this was probably the most coveted one to get 
due to the fact that it wasn't broadcast.
> I'd recommend this as a slightly biased but truthful account of Oi!
> http://www.garry-bushell.co.uk/oi/index.asp
> 
> 
> --- On Sun, 10/26/08, Steve <so_it_goes_2512@...> wrote:
> 
> From: Steve <so_it_goes_2512@...>
> Subject: [peel] Re: Did the 4 Skins ever record a session
> To: peel@yahoogroups.com
> Date: Sunday, October 26, 2008, 11:43 PM
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
> Dear 'her'
> 
> Thank you for finally clearing this up: though I'd be interested to
> know where you got your information from, there does seem to be 
some
> precedent for this. It opens up a new area of investigation: which
> bands recorded sessions that were never broadcast? I can think of 
at
> least three instances, and I'd be grateful if anybody else could 
add
> to this:
> 
> 1. The Clash abandoned their session midway through the recording,
> stating that the BBC's equipment was not up to scratch (Peel adding
> that, in his opinion, they were so out of their heads that they
> couldn't continue). However, it has been said (I can't remember 
where)
> that they got as far as making the backing tracks. I wonder if 
these
> survive.
> 2. The Pogues' first session (when they were still known as 'Pogue
> Mahone', Irish Gaelic for 'kiss my arse') featured an extra track,
> 'The Boys From County Hell', which wasn't broadcast apparently as a
> result of the prodigious amount of swearing therein (even though I
> recall Magazine's 'Permafrost' , with the line 'I will drug you and
> fuck you on the permafrost', being broadcast unedited years
> previously, with Peel adding 'There's a naughty word in this one'
> beforehand).
> 3. Morrissey's first solo session, 'inevitably tentative' as John
> said, was not broadcast at the singer's own request.
> 
> Best wishes
> Steve (so.it.goes. 2512)
> 
> --- In peel@yahoogroups. com, "her_thing" <her_thing@ ..> wrote:
> >
> > --- In peel@yahoogroups. com, rockerq@ wrote:
> > >
> > > > <<These are the first five tracks from 'The Secret Life Of 
The 4-
> > Skins>>
> > > > 
> > > So does anyone know if Peel ever played them?
> > > 
> > > Confused...
> > > 
> > > Rocker
> > >
> > 
> > The 4-Skins session was recorded for Peel just before Southall 
but not 
> > broadcast (due to the controversy surrounding the band + Oi! in 
general 
> > for a while afterwards). Peel also appeared on a Nationwide 
feature 
> > defending the band soon after. It subsequently became something 
of 
> > a 'holy grail' among Oi!/streetpunk collectors + Mark at Captain 
Oi! 
> > eventually licensed the session off the BBC a few years back, 
along 
> > with a load of other Oi! and punk sessions, hence it appearing 
on 
> > the 'Secret Life' CD.
> >
>