[peel] Re: OT - UB40 In Concert 1981

[MARK LUETCHFORD]

The UB40 Peel session with Followtician in it is really top class Reggae - John Peel Dub being a particular favourite. They were serious reggae. Soemone could oblige and we could put a link on the Reggae section. And there we go a good reason to be broard church in Peel related material as I wouldn't have the opportunity to point people towards that if this session hadn't appeared... 
 
But we should perhaps think about how we present and Peel should always be centre half. 
 
How about some sort of mind map whcih shows teh links - his interests were so diverse - Monster Trucks to skiffle through to the Archers. 
 
And he always had odd relationships with other DJs - I for one, for instance woudl like some Richard Skinner info. here - always thought he was under-rated and dare I say Peter Powell who for a while was at the centre of the New Romantic movement and played stuff like the Scars. Never got Kid Jensen but others of you may well have - although I am still afetr that elusive DollyMixture session he put out in 83ish. 
 
And would Kershaw have played world music if Peel hadn't played Gaspar Lawal in the late 60s and carried on playing African music - I remember Fela Kuti and Black Blood in the ealy 80s - should I have a go at a world music section? 
 
And maybe a series of yoof cult pages - from Punk, post-punk, Ska, Mod, Goth, New Romantics, rave, techno, industrial, etc. Although Peel seemed to play tings that were good rather than because they had labels so maybe that's a bad idea - discuss?
 
Mark

--- On Sat, 9/7/11, so_it_goes_2512 <so_it_goes_2512@...> wrote:


From: so_it_goes_2512 <so_it_goes_2512@...>
Subject: [peel] Re: OT - UB40 In Concert 1981
To: peel@yahoogroups.com
Date: Saturday, 9 July, 2011, 18:33


  



I had all of the LPs on tape when I was at Oxford and played them to death. I still think Signing Off is an all-time classic.

--- In peel@yahoogroups.com, "billfromnorthwales" <billfromnorthwales@...> wrote:
>
> Ok this nearly got into my "Embarassing Recordings" post (coming soon
> folks) but it is hard to imagine now just how credible UB40 were in 1980
> 
> 
> So this is a great listen from June 1981 and available HERE
> <http://www.peel.mooo.com/peelgroup/BillfromNorthWales/03%20In%20Concert\
> /1981-06-13%20BBC%20In%20Concert%20%28UB40%29.mp3>
>