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[So It Goes 2512]

Yes John, this was at the beginning of 2004, and also saw the beginning of Andrew Morrison's famous disclaimers.
I find a pint of water before bedtime works well ;-))

--- In peel@yahoogroups.com, john guthrie <grafpoo@...> wrote:
>
> he did, at some point, start making those announcements early in the show to
> the effect that someone with delicate ears may hear something they wouldn't
> want to hear, and should turn off their radio if they were concerned about
> this. yes? if i weren't a bit drunk right now i could pin this down
> better....
> 
> john
> 
> On Sat, Mar 19, 2011 at 7:40 PM, So It Goes 2512 <
> so_it_goes_2512@...> wrote:
> 
> >
> >
> > Hi Alan
> >
> > This has the smack of urban legend. If John had started to play anything
> > that contained more than an occasional oath (and he even did this with
> > Burning Love Jumpsuit in 2002, only ever playing half of the track), he
> > would have taken it off immediately with a spluttered apology.
> > Moreover, the move to 11 pm did not happen until the end of September 1990
> > and was not preceded by John being taken off the air. There are other DJs
> > who could be candidates as subjects for this story, e.g. Alan Freeman, who
> > mysteriously ended his Saturday Rock Show very shortly after giving the full
> > title of a certain Sex Pistols LP) and Johnnie Walker, who never hesitated
> > to speak his mind about the Bay City Rollers and M******t T******r.
> >
> > Best wishes
> > Steve (TK)
> >
> >
> > --- In peel@yahoogroups.com, cannon alan <ajcauk@> wrote:
> > >
> > > Hi group
> > >
> > > In conversation the other day someone said that John Peel had been taken
> > off
> > > air for a few weeks because
> > > he played a B-side by mistake that was expletive ridden back in the 80's
> > when
> > > he was on at 10 at night and then moved to
> > > 11. Is this an exaggeration or an embellishment? I remember the change of
> > hours
> > > that's all.
> > >
> > > alanjc
> > >
> >
> >  
> >
>