[peel] New from JP Archive

[rockerq@...]

In 1977 Peel was pretty well the only DJ on UK national radio to play reggae, so it's very likely the record label would have sent him a copy of the Abyssinians album.

Interestingly the tracklistings written on the inner sleeve seem to bear no relation to the album, but are Peel sessions.

The first, starting with "A man's a man for life" is the third session by Five Hand Reel, recorded 25/05/1977. The second, below it, is the only session by The Rumour, recorded 23/05/1977.

The upside-down lists are for sessions by Genesis (their second, recorded 25/09/1972) ,and The Tyla Gang (Their first, recorded 30/05 1977).

The "Forward On To Zion" album came out in 1977 as well, so I guess Peel was using the sleeve to work out the timings for his shows for the first week of June that year. Not sure why the Genesis session is there - does anyone know if it had a repeat around then? Or maybe they had recently split?

Cheers!

Rocker
 

 

 

-----Original Message-----
From: MARK LUETCHFORD <M.Luetchford@...>
To: peel <peel@yahoogroups.com>
Sent: Thu, Feb 28, 2013 7:53 pm
Subject: Re: [peel] New from JP Archive


  
    
                  

being a big Abyssinians (copied and pasted cos I can never spell it!) fan I looked up this - its a rare version on a uk based label - how did he get his hands on it? any explanation for the handwritten notes on the innersleeve - they don't seem to relate to teh record at all and is the handwriting JPs - it doesn't look like it to me ... 
http://www.johnpeelcentreforcreativearts.co.uk/images/stories/a055-9043-3.jpg
 
I posted a comment linking to the page I did (with a lot of help from my friends!) on peel and reggae although it doesn't seem to want to load 
 
http://peel.wikia.com/wiki/Reggae
  
 
 
  
  From: steve <saipanda@yahoo.com>
 To: peel@yahoogroups.com 
 Sent: Thursday, 28 February 2013, 3:30
 Subject: [peel] New from JP Archive
  
 
     
                  
First, many thanks for all those getting involved in the late 80s / early 90s cassette project.

Also, a blog update with new records (first 100 LPs from numbered artists) from John Peel Archive:
http://www.johnpeelcentreforcreativearts.co.uk/index.php?option=com_k2&view=item&id=110:archive-update&Itemid=105

Here are the actual records:
http://www.johnpeelarchive.com/albums/recordbox.html?letter=1

These are now listed and linked for reference at the wiki, with many thanks to Paul Webster for putting the info together:
http://peel.wikia.com/wiki/Record_Collection:_1-9

Cheers,

SW