[peel] 400 Box (another one from summer 79)

[Mike Parker]

thanks for this steve,yes your right the crass label in general did suffer from a lack of airplay, i wonder if walters had a bit of an inflluence ''eh peely best not play too much of this anti thatcher stuff on the show and upset the bbc hierarchy'' i wonder how much he did say to peel behind the scenes as he did seem to know the correct approach on keeping everyone happy.cheers mp. <saipanda@...>
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Sent: Sunday, 28 August 2011, 4:39
Subject: [peel] 400 Box (another one from summer 79)


  
Hi folks,

Sorry for delay in this one, again from our 400 Box of fun:

24 July 1979 (Monitors, Scritti Politti)
http://peel.wikia.com/wiki/24_July_1979

Sorry it's another six-part epic. Be great if someone can sort out a unified version. Many thanks to whoever did the last one (Ray?).

Further to a recent message, the Poison Girls are played on this one. I also remember noticing a bit of a lack of Crass and related artists on shows at the time (with the exception of Honey Bane), which seemed a bit strange as they were so big in the indie charts.

On the Fall in 79 point - I thought they were kind of a grower for Peel, eventually emerging unchallenged. As a counter-example, the Undertones seemed to start big, big, big, but didn't last the distance in the same way (although Teenage Kicks obviously did). 

Anyway...

Cheers,

SW