[peel] Mystery Sessions

[RobF]

Hi David

Welcome back - as a recipient of a few of the pristine quality Peel
sessions you shared a while back, I'm pleased to see your re-emergence!

I'm always interested in this era of sessions, whether Peel or not. I have
always worked on the assumption that In Session Tonight is nowhere near
complete when it comes to non-Peel sessions, as there were plenty of things
I remember taping that never appeared in his book (like you say a lot of
Nicky Campbell stuff, which were either live sessions or pre-recorded and
inserted into live interviews to make them appear "live". Also I think a
lot of the live sessions that appeared on Saturday Live in the mid-80's
never made it to Ken's book)

That said, I can't help you with any of the items on your list, but
hopefully your notes will turn up.

Cheers
Rob

On 13 April 2015 at 07:13, dgmccarthy@... [peel] <
peel@yahoogroups.com> wrote:

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> Hi all - it's been some time since I posted - or even visited - the group.
> Like, four years. Slack.
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> I am now getting back into digitizing my DAT collection. Some may recall I
> listed my Peel sessions and provided copies to those interested.  While
> possibly the most interesting, that represented less than a quarter of the
> tapes I made between 1989 and 1993 while working at BBC Radio.
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> Other life matters aside, one reason I came to an impasse was that some
> tapes were recorded long-play and I no longer had a machine that would
> replay them. I have now remedied that situation (thank you Ebay) and have a
> bunch of odd program recordings that I made, possibly as they were being
> broadcast. There are a couple of Peel shows but the tapes are in other
> hands right now; I'll report back with the dates when I recover them.
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> The programs comprise a few Radio One and Radio Two shows from late 1992
> and I'll post details if there's any interest.
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> The real motivation for writing is to garner assistance (pun intended, if
> Ken is reading this) in identifying a bunch of Radio One sessions that are
> not Peel.  As with my Peel sessions, I recorded whatever I could as it came
> to hand; it could have been a complete session that I worked on at Maida
> Vale, or a track played during a show broadcast. And, unlike Peel, the
> weekday R1 shows at the time that commissioned sessions (Nicky Campbell,
> Mark Goodier, etc) used them for a week's worth of broadcasts, i.e. one or
> maybe two per show.  Thus I have a bunch of single tracks as well as
> complete sessions from a collection of obscure and not-so-obscure artists
> many of whose details I cannot track down. Any assistance with these would
> be hugely appreciated. I thought I had notes for all this but, if I did,
> they have disappeared in the intervening 25 years (they may be on a
> floppy-disc from an Amstrad PCW, if anyone remembers them!)
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> Although acquired during the 89-93 period, some sessions are quite
> possibly replays of older material.
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> And, as before, I'm happy to provide files for those who would like them.
> I should mention that some of the tapes have broken or become corrupt so I
> can't guarantee that I have full copies of everything.
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> Here are the first three tape listings with any info that I have
> discovered (thanks Ken Garner's "In Session Tonight'):
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> Note: my use of the tilde '~' is to indicate that it was 'probably' this
> broadcast
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> The Dark (4 tracks)
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> A Certain Ration (1) identified as 'Backs to the wall' ~Campbell 7/8/89
> (Ken Garner)
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> Dennis Greaves and The Truth (3)
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> Summerhill (2) identified as 'Lately' & 'If I knew better'  ~Campbell
> 2/10/89 (KG)
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> Mike Oldfield (1) obviously 'Tubular Bells' with Peel narration. Campbell
> 11.9.89 (I did note this)
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> Castanarc (4)
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> The Purple Helmets (4)
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> The Grip (4)
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> Lenny Kravitz (4)
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> Brian Kennedy (4)
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> Blue Aeroplanes (1) identified as 'Careful boy' ~Campbell 5/3/90 (KG)
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> Tanita Tikaram (1) identified as 'Thursday's Child' ~Campbell 29/1/90 (KG)
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> Hinterland (4)
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> La Sonora Dinamita (4)  first track unmistakably 'La Bamba' ~Kershaw
> 22/4/90 (KG)
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> The Lightning Seeds (4)
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> Geneva (4)  The lyrics suggest these are the songs from the Friday Rock
> Show 23/3/90 (KG)
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> Kevin Coyne (4)  lyrics indicate Kershaw 25/3/90 (KG)
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> Green on Red (4) Identified these from the released CD of BBC Sessions as
> Richard Skinner 29/11/89
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> 16 Tambourines (1)
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> Seven (4)
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> Jungle Brothers (4) lyrics indicate Kershaw 15/4/90 (KG)
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> Blue Aeroplanes (1)  '...and stones' ~Campbell 5/3/90 (KG)
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> Mary Coughlan (1)
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> One More Story (1)
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> The Shamen (2)  'Move any mountain' & 'Human energy'
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> Lies Damned Lies (1) identified as 'Say you won't forget me'
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> The Adventures (1) 'Love's lost town' ~Campbell 19/3/90
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> Dean Dwyer (4) includes "Cruelty called tonight'
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> Masasu & P.K. Chisala (3)
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> Shawn Colvin (1)
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> Eddie Reader (1)
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> As I write this, I am convinced I have a list somewhere.  I have numerous
> copies of my Peel list but damned if I can find this one.
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> Anyway, thanks in anticipation.  More details as they are uncovered and
> further listings as time permits.
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> Cheers
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> David
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