Pete Townsend on being invited to give the inaugral John Peel lecture

[ken]

to be fair i think it was janice long and her then producer Mike Hawkes who picked up on the proclaimers first - see IN SESSION TONIGHT pp. 154-55. Their first session was for her in Jan 87, and they signed to chrysalis a few weeks later. Before that they had only had a demo tape doing the rounds, no indie single releases, and peel at that time did not broadcast demos, so I have to wonder if Townsend's memory is correct. In my mind, and I was a regular listener in 86-87, they were always an evening show band. It is always possible peel played their first single on chrysalis once or twice in summer 87, but I do not recall it. We need more show tapes from these years!

ken


--- In peel@yahoogroups.com, MARK LUETCHFORD <M.Luetchford@...> wrote:
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> i think I first heard the proclaimers on Peel but no evidence on tape - definitely remember seeing  them on the tube - wild 
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> Maybe he meant The Pretenders ??
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> On Tue, Oct 4, 2011 at 2:20 PM, RobF <robfleay@...> wrote:
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> >The Proclaimers?? Is he sure?
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> >No mention of The Proclaimers in the wiki tracklists but can anyone categorically confirm/deny?
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> >On 4 October 2011 13:44, Ben Harrison <abcdetc@...> wrote:
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> >>The Jesus And Mary Chain: ‎"Through John's shows I first heard artists like the Jesus and Mary Chain, the Undertones and the Proclaimers before they had record contracts." - Pete Townsend on being invited to give the inaugral John Peel lecture -http://tinyurl.com/townshendjplecture
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