Peelers - dipping my toes into file sharing...

[steve]

Hi Mark,

Many thanks for your message. I tried to drop you a quick line off-list a few days ago but it bounced back.

Anyway, yeah, "John Peel's Got Nice Legs" does indeed sound like it could well be Walters at work. Steve in Korea has fleshed out the wiki page a bit and tracked down a show in which was it was played, although Peel says he there he has no idea where it came from:

http://peel.wikia.com/wiki/Peelers

As you mentioned in your email, the jingle was presumably related to Peel playing with the Radio One football team or similar and maybe dates back to the 70s. 

Other things mentioned in the 1992 show as found in the same clearout at home include the original Undertones demo tape and a recording of Captain Beefheart playing at Frank Freeman's Dancing School back in 1968.

Anyone else remember anything about "John Peel's Got Nice Legs"?

Thanks again for the file. Great stuff.

Cheers,

Steve

--- In peel@yahoogroups.com, "mr_maudlin" <markc63@...> wrote:
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> Hi Steve,
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> I had forgotten about the "John Peel's Got Nice Legs" jingle that was at the beginning. All I remember about it was that Peel said he found it on an old cassette in his studio at home and decided to give it another play, I've always assumed it's John Walters doing the singing and it dates from the 1970s.
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> Mark
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> --- In peel@yahoogroups.com, "steve" <saipanda@> wrote:
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> > Hi Mark,
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> > Yeah, downloaded no problem, and great listening. Few bits I recognized, but others I didn't - anyone know what that was at the start, for example?
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> > Always great to hear the panto story - nice choice of track to follow it - along with the dolphin and fox impressions! Also made me laugh to hear Flossie put a record on at the wrong speed ("it's in the genes"), which made me go back and listen again to the Blur at Peel Acres show, which it comes from.
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> > Will put up a basic wiki mixtape page. Would be great if people can help out with a rough tracklisting (and any show dates they know).
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> > More please!
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> > Cheers,
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> > Steve W
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> > --- In peel@...m, "mr_maudlin" <markc63@> wrote:
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> > > Hi All,
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> > > This is the first time I've tried to upload something to Mediafire and share it. I don't really know what I'm doing so forgive me if the link doesn't work. The file (should the link work) is about 26 mins in length and 35mb and contains what I used to call "Peelers", basically Peel's amusing comments and asides, together with extended bits of DJ chat with Andy Kershaw. They date from the time his and Andy's shows followed each other (late 1980's early 90's at a guess). I used to make compilations from the shows I recorded and would fill up the end bits of the tape with these snippets. Contains details of the legendary visit to see Simon bates in panto. No, really. Happy times...
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> > > http://www.mediafire.com/?mz5mjimjmta
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> > > Mark
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