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One Thousand Violins – In session for John Peel – Sept. 15, 1985 – BBC Radio 1 – 1,000 Violins to end the working week. A short-lived band (only together from 1985-1989), 1,000 Violins (or One Thousand Violins, depending on where you’re looking) released a goodly chunk of single, three...
Throwing Muses – In session for Marc Radcliffe – January 1, 1996 – BBC Radio 1 – Throwing Muses for the middle of the week. Perennial favorites since their self-titled Debut album in 1986. They’ve been categorized as unorthodox and surreal in their music and lyrics (with Kristen Hersh and...
The Telescopes – in session for John Peel – May 16, 1989 – BBC Radio 1 – The Telescopes to start the week. One of those bands who heralded the coming state of the 90s and the whole re-evaluation of what music was coming from and where it was heading....
Motorhead In Session – John Peel – Sept. 25, 1978 – BBC Radio 1 – With the sad news that Fast Eddie Clarke passed away earlier today of complications from pneumonia at age 67, it truly marked the end of an era. Because Fast Eddie was the last surviving member...
Jeff Beck Group – in session for Top Gear (John Peel) Recorded Sept 17, 1968 – broadcast Sept. 29, 1968 – BBC Radio 1 – Jeff Beck Group tonight. After Beck left The Yardbirds he immediately put together another band, enlisting elements from Steampacket, Creation and The Birds to form...
Juliana Hatfield – in session – BBC Radio 1 – Dec. 4, 1993 – BBC Radio 1 – Juliana Hatfield tonight. An artist I have always enjoyed, whose music has always been profound and whose shows have always left me feeling “all-is-okay-with-the-world”. She’s often said that happy lyrics don’t come...
Linoleum – In Concert – BBC Radio 1 – circa April 29, 1997 – BBC In Concert – Linoleum to start the week. A band that, by many standards, was short-lived (1994-2001). But in that short period of time made a strong impression and were essential elements in the Post-Punk...
The Lucys – in session for John Peel – March 3, 1981 – BBC Radio 1 – The Lucys in session for John Peel to end the week. Not that I’ve been purposely focusing on bands that had a brief flourish and then vanished, but truths to tell, there’s a...
Haircut 100 – Live in Munich – March 1, 1983 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – Haircut 100 – recorded live in Munich on March 1, 1983. At a time when Music was going in a million directions at once, Haircut 100 came along and further complicated the situation by...
. . . or click on the link here for Audio Player – Moose – In session for John Peel – June 9, 1991 – BBC Radio 1 Ending up an impromptu week of Shoegaze with one of the more overlooked bands of the Shoegaze era. Moose formed in London...
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