Peel '71 intro

[Darren Giddings]

I'm not sure if this has been posted before, so apologies if so ...

In 1988 the BBC put out a souvenir 7" single to celebrate the 21st  
anniversary of Radio 1. Part of the disc was a six-minute compilation  
of all the shows broadcast on 15th December 1971, including Peel  
doing 'Sounds of the 70s'. It's only about 45 seconds of Peel, but of  
course it's an otherwise "lost year" and only Peel could be recorded  
for posterity and manage to cock up the introduction!

The whole six minute thing is here: http://www.colander.org/peel/ 
r1-15-12-71.mp3 (14.6MB)
It features the likes of Tony Blackburn, Jimmy Young &c and so is  
both achingly nostalgic to those of us of a certain vintage, and also  
gives a good idea of what Peel was up against.

If you just want to hear the Peel bit, I have chopped it out and put  
it here: http://www.colander.org/peel/jp-15-12-71.mp3 (2.7MB)

I wonder if the BBC actually recorded the whole day's broadcasting on  
15 Dec 71? They were prone to taking 'examples' of things for  
posterity. Nice to think there might be at least one 1971 'SOTS'  
gathering dust in the archives.

Darrg