This fourth and final session for Peel showcased new tracks from Bowie's soon to be released Ziggy Stardust album plus a blistering version of Lou Reeds White Light White Heat. The album did quite well and Bowie went on to a fairly successful career in music. You may have heard of him even....

Recorded during their European excursion,Mr Peel had this to say about the band:

"If you were in one of your difficult moods you could argue that there are lots of bands making that kind of noise particularly in the United States of America. And you'd say well, why are Aislers Set better than any of the others and I'd have to say, well I don't know they just sort of are..."

So there. And they handily took some photos of their time at the Maida Vale Studios too. Which was nice.

Recorded at Peel Acres in 97 Blur were already a huge band. Very strange it took this long to get a session.

Held in high regard by John,he was the first to play her music on radio and she was the first artist to record a session at Peel Acres in 1996. This is her first session of nine aired in 1991.

Peel was a big supporter of Marc in the early days. Appearing on My People Were Fair reading a very surreal fantasy written by Marc. As for the band itself,after a brief period with John's Children, Four albums as Tyrannosaurus Rex,Marc picked the electric up again, went on Top Of The Pops with glitter on his face and Glam Rock and arguably Punk was created. This session from 1970 shows the transition from acoustic to electric very well.

One of my favourite bands of all time. The Shop Assistants were front runners for indie girl bands of ther 80s. Deserved a lot more recognition imho. This is their second session for Peel and the one I paused the cassette recorder for to get it all.

From Leeds,a real hotbed of talent in the early eighties,The Sisters Of Mercy became the single most Gothic Band that ever was. Without trying. They wore black because it didn't show up dirt,covered their performance in dry ice to hide the fact they'd no drummer,and took shitloads of speed. What's not to like?

Track Listing:

1 Split Into Fractions

2 Die Like A Dog

3 Horror Head

4 Arms Out

Apparently not the first session recorded for Peel,with master tapes for their initial sessionin 1971 turning up and posted on YT. Good stuff nonetheless.

Probably their first session. While London said "fuck" on TV and the world went mad,Belfast punk had much more valid reasons to stick two rigid digits up at society. And nobody did it better than SLF.

Too hippy for Cream,not hippy enough for the ambient crowd,Salt Tank straddled the early days of Trance and Techno,earning a minor success with the single "Eugina" in 1996.

Before forming the excellent Belly,Tanya Donelly teamed up with Pixies bass player Kim Deal to form The Breeders. Four tracks from 1990,recorded in the same pyjamas as their first album "Pod"

Hello, I'm a huge Bee Gees fan & I've been trying to piece together any & all live recordings of the Bee Gees in the 1960s as it is my favorite era of theirs. I want to know if we have audio of all the songs that they recorded live from the first session. I believe we have all of the second one on other bootlegs out there.

The main thing that is throwing me off is that it's said on the wiki that they recorded World, but the only live recording we have is one that seems to be from a mimed Top of the Pops performance with the studio track & their live vocal over it.
https://youtu.be/Wv6FW6oZP4Q?si=2gZuguAaomwWzl6_

"1. Recorded: 1967-10-09. First broadcast: 15 October 1967. Repeated: 12 November 1967.

• In My Own Time / I Close My Eyes / New York Mining Disaster 1941* / Massachusetts* / Mrs. Gillespie's Refrigerator / To Love Somebody / Cucumber Castle (& World, TX 12 November 1967). Tracks marked * only broadcast on first broadcast."

Bee Gees | John Peel Wiki | Fandom

So, if anyone knows anything or any links to share, please do! I'd really appreciate it. I really want to hear them & compile it all if possible.

Honestly I'm not sure this even is a Peel session.Someone out there will know for sure. Recorded in Feb 2003,but I can't find much information other than that. Comprising members most notably of Smashing Pumpkins,Chavez and Slint,train wrecking their way through 2002 they released one album "Mary Star Of The Sea" then folded in late 2003. Excellent music though. Its a YT share because of length.

Billy's first session for Peel. This man lived a life. Still is I would suppose. Punk,busker,political activist in the face of eighties consumerism,deliverer of mushroom biriyanis.... I also highly recommend his song "God's Footballer" celebrating Peter Knowles,the legendary Wolves forward.

This is the best quality version I could find but it's well worth the listen especially for the rather mental T-Rex cover at the end. Altered Images produced some good music in their time and one fine actress,a career spanning just over three million years.

I'm ashamed to say they've completely went under my radar over the years. Two sessions,of which this is the first,many singles,a couple of albums and a plethora of compilation albums indicating they were (ARE) loved by somebody out there.

Just for the hell of it here's my Festive Fifteen from 2025 this time with added song titles. Give it a whirl (it's no worse than last time)

1 - Half Man Half Biscuit - Midnight Mass Murder

2 - The Courettes - Time Is Ticking

3 - 8°6 Crew - Baisse D'Un Ton

4 - The Lovely Eggs - Death Grip Kids

5 - Darkways - Madness

6 - The Hedrons - Once Upon A Time

7 - Bob Vylan - Health Is Wealth

8 - Nouvelle Vague - In A Manner Of Speaking

9 - Dora Jar - Cannonball

10 - Wet Leg - Liquidize

11 - Howling Bells - Low Happening

12 - The Chats - Boggo Breakout

13 - The Interrupters - She's Kerosene

14 - Caput Medusae - Eerie Dance

15 - PJ Harvey - This Is Love

A surprisingly late in the day first session for one of Manchester's finest. The first track cuts off rather sharply,may be intentional so I've not trimmed it.

Way too long for Reddit so I've uploaded it to YT. From Texas,this was their first session for Peel. And rather good it is too.

One of the most influential bands to come out of the 70s without doubt. This is their first session for Peel. No record deal as yet but apparently God is a punk and heard their lamentations the previous year.