01 September 1981

== Show ==
; Name
*John Peel Show
; Station
*BBC Radio One
; YYYY-MM-DD
*1981-09-01
; Comments
* This was for a while the first documented play of Laurie Anderson's O Superman, although Peel mentions he has received several letters about the track, which suggests it had been played before. Indeed he says that Richard Skinner and himself have been going zany about it over the past week or so. The single was not yet available in the UK. According to this article in The Quietus, published in December 2021, Bob George played the song during a guest spot in August (undocumented to date). An earlier play appears along with John's outro on Peel Late August Early September 1981 with a likely date in late August, though there was no sign of Bob George on that recording. Counteracting the Bob George story, that Peel outro says "Well that's as good as anything I ever heard, and the chances are if you don't like that, that you're a phonebox." "My thanks to Scott at Rough Trade for bringing it to my attention.". In addition, the 30 November 1981 show was the first to feature Bob.
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== Sessions ==
*Dislocation Dance #1, recorded 5th August 1981, repeat, first broadcast 11 August 1981. Released on album - BBC Sessions Vinyl Japan ASKCD 87 .
*Motor Boys Motor only session, recorded 24th August 1981. No known commercial release.
== Tracklisting ==
*File cuts in during first track of the show.
*Rip Rig & Panic: It Don't Mean A Thing If It Ain't Got That Brrod (album - God) Virgin / Uh Huh Prods V 2213
*Misty In Roots: City Blues (album - Wise And Foolish) People Unite PU 101 ALB
*Simple Minds: 70 Cities As Love Brings The Fall (album - Sons And Fascination) Virgin V 2207
*Motor Boys Motor: Little Boy And Fatman (session)
*Palais Schaumburg: Aschenbecher (v/a album - Lieber Zuviel Als Zuwenig) ZickZack ZZ 45
*Anti-Pasti: The Last Call (album - The Last Call) Rondelet Music & ABOUT 5
*Dislocation Dance: Shoot Out At Dead Man's Creek (session)
*Laurie Anderson: O Superman (7") One Ten OTR 005
*Misty In Roots: Wise And Foolish (album - Wise And Foolish) People Unite PU 101 ALB
*DA: Dark Rooms (7") Autumn AU-1
*Motor Boys Motor: Clean Shirt And A Shave (session)
*John had shaved off his beard for the first time in 11 years and was so horrified at what popped out from underneath that he grew it back very quickly and suspects he will never shave it off again.
*Robert Wyatt: Grass (split 7" with Disharhi - Grass / Trade Union) Rough Trade RT 081
*John is surprised that Rough Trade has got as far as RT 081. In fact they would get as far as RT 249 before financial troubles caught up with the label in 1990.
*Ellery Bop: Hit The Moon (7") Base Ideas BASE 001
*Dislocation Dance: Friendship (session)
*Ranking Toyan: Better Your Life (7") Legal Light Sounds
*Cabaret Voltaire: Split Second Feeling (album - Red Mecca) Rough Trade ROUGH 27
*Tony Amaro & The Chariots: Runnin' Around (7") Loma 2068
*Square One: Coloured Sand (7" - Numbers) Sacre Bleu
*Motor Boys Motor: Hooves (session)
*A C. Marias A C.: Drop (7") Dome DOM 451
*John doesn't know why the above record took two years to make. It would be another five before the next release from the artist.....
*Frantic Elevators: Hunchback Of Notre Dame (7" - Searching For The Only One) Crackin' Up CRAK 1
*Misty In Roots: Slavery Days (album - Wise And Foolish) People Unite PU 101 ALB
*Dislocation Dance: It Don't Mean A Thing (If It Ain't Got That Swing) (session)
*Associates: Kitchen Person (7") Situation Two SIT 7
*File cuts out
== File ==
;Name
*1981-09-01 Peel Show DB251.mp3
;Length
*1:34:59
;Other
*Shared via Peel Mailing List.
*created from DB251 of Derby Box, digitised by Weatherman22.
;Available
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