Man or Astro-Man? Sessions
Stuart
stuartb@...
Fri Oct 7 08:38:24 CEST 2011
I see the BBC Keeping It Peel webpage for the 1996 session http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio1/johnpeel/sessions/1990s/1996/Jun11manorastroman/ has clips of the 4 session tracks strongly suggesting they have the full recording.
Stuart
--- In peel@yahoogroups.com, "kfilmer" <kfilmer@...> wrote:
>
> Alan,
>
> Thanks. That listing is actually what led me here, and I sent a personal email to who I'm now assuming is the wrong person (sorry).
>
> That date is, I believe, a Mark and Lard session which I have an incomplete copy of. So if someone has it, and wants to help out, I'd appreciate it.
>
> I have the session with the absurdly long title, but I've never seen the complete name. I've always seen it as "Oh Cha Cha Cha and Once Again, Ladies and Gentlemen." Thanks for the info. That's from their first session with the MOAM?'s second line-up. The titles during that era were very wordy. See their last LP, A Spectrum of Infinite Scale, for further examples.
>
> Thanks to you guys for the help already, keep it coming!
>
> KF
>
> --- In peel@yahoogroups.com, Alan Ford <ford.alan@> wrote:
> >
> > Someone here claims to have the 1996 session, although it's listed as 8/5/96
> > http://peel.wikia.com/wiki/My_John_Peel_Show/Session_list
> >
> > According to Ken it was recorded 11/6/96, tx 13/7/96, apparently not
> > repeated.
> >
> > I bet at least 1 other person on here has it.
> >
> > BTW Is this the longest ever track title (from 27/7/99)?
> > Man...Or Astroman?: 'Oh Cha Cha Cha And Once Again, Ladies And Gentlemen I'm
> > John Peel And While Only A Minor Political Activist I'd Like To Say That Man
> > Or Astroman Is Indeed My Favourite Band Even Moreso Than The Fall' (Peel
> > Session)
> >
> >
> >
> > Alan
> >
> >
> > On Thu, Oct 6, 2011 at 11:48 PM, kfilmer <kfilmer@> wrote:
> >
> > > **
> > >
> > >
> > > Hi all,
> > >
> > > I'm new to this group and I come over from the Man or Astro-Man? group (
> > > http://launch.groups.yahoo.com/group/astro-list/ ).
> > >
> > > We're working on compiling a comprehensive set of Man or Astro-Man? BBC
> > > Sessions as a digital album. We're compiling all the Peel stuff, Mark and
> > > Lard, and anything else we can get our hands on. The band's old British
> > > label owner is even involved.
> > >
> > > Anyway, the group's 1996 session is totally eluding us, and we've got to
> > > have it, especially considering the fact that it's listed as one of the top
> > > 125 Peel Sessions ever here:
> > > http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio1/johnpeel/sessions/top125/.
> > >
> > > If anyone has a copy they're willing to help us out with, or anything else
> > > (we are missing some other stuff), I'd greatly appreciate it.
> > >
> > > I'll certainly post a link for the album's download here once we've put it
> > > together and have artwork, etc.
> > >
> > > Thanks in advance,
> > >
> > > KF
> > >
> > >
> > >
> >
>
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