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Tag Archives: John Peel
BBC4, can we please get Goth Britannia made?
What a fantastic idea. “BBC4, can we please get Goth Britannia made?” is a Facebook campaign – a year old this week – imploring the beautiful BBC to make “Goth Britannia”: We’ve had Soul Britannia, Prog Britannia and Synth Britannia … Continue reading
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Tagged Bauhaus, John Peel, Joy Division, Killing Joke, Love & Rockets, Mission, Nephilim, Nick Cave, Play Dead, Siouxsie, Sisters of Mercy, The Cure, The Glove, Warsaw
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The Cure, 1981 John Peel session streaming on the BBC website (in beautiful, digital high definition)
Excellent news… especially for the seemingly hundreds of people interested in getting hold of high quality versions of the Cure’s early BBC Radio One sessions (for John Peel and Kid Jensen). The Cure early BBC sessions bootleg (reviewed here) has some pretty … Continue reading
John Peel’s tomb discovered
ARCHAEOLOGISTS have located what they believe is the fabulous tomb of the late John Peel. The giant vault, located underneath the BBC’s Maida Vale studios, is said to be crammed with sumptuous music-related ephemera, including jade masks of the Bhundu … Continue reading
The Cure – “Early BBC Sessions 1979-1985″ LP review – Part One (by guest blogger Simon)
Back in April I posted this review of a Cure BBC sessions double bootleg, and I am pleased to say that here is our very first guest blogger on Gods & Alcoves, so please welcome Simon’s review of the very same Peel-fest … Continue reading
The Cure – “Early BBC Sessions 1979-1985″ LP review
The BBC radio archives are an absolute treasure trove for goth, alternative and post-punk, (among many other genres) – especially from the seventies and eighties. Recording professionally in those days was expensive and bands did not enjoy the freedom of … Continue reading
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Tagged John Peel, review, session, Siouxsie, The Cure, TV/radio
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Epitome: Sisters of Mercy – “Good Things”, 1982 John Peel session
Because out there the snipers work the ridges, Building bombs and blowing bridges, Out there on a darkened road, The lines are dead and the cars explode. But in here, there’s nothing but the good things. This track – Good … Continue reading
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Siouxsie and the Banshees – archive John Peel session from 1981 available for one week
I came across the “BBC Music Showcase” website today, which is an archive for BBC recordings. It lists which recordings are available to listen to currently, e.g. here’s a list of their current rock & indie selection. The link I … Continue reading
John Peel’s record collection goes online
The record collection of late, legendary BBC Radio 1 DJ John Peel will soon be available to browse online, as the BBC reports. His collection of LPs will be added in increments of 100 each week from May through October … Continue reading
30 years ago, January 1982 – Play Dead’s first Peel session
Play Dead should have been much, much more successful than they actually were. As I have mentioned my first proper gig, i.e. one that wasn’t the local goth/punk band in the local goth/rock pub/venue (so for us in Cheltenham that was … Continue reading
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30 years ago, January 1982 – the Cure’s fifth Peel Session
As I collated the information for the main Gods & Alcoves website, it occurred to me that it was exactly thirty years ago that I started buying records – I was 14 – and that was 1982, right in the … Continue reading
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