24 September 1979

== Show ==
; Name
*John Peel Show
; Station
*BBC Radio One
; YYYY-MM-DD
*1979-09-24
; Comments
*Start of show: “I tell you what, you know, you nearly got rather more of Mike Read than you might have planned for, because I spent rather longer than I intended to asleep in a lay-by that I know just outside Roysten in Hertforshire. An attractive little lay-by, I can recommend it to anybody. If you write and send me a letter I’ll send you the address of it. On tonight’s programme, sessions from Peter Hammill – his first in quite a while – and the debut of the Dodgems from Brighton. Amongst the records, the b-side of the Cockney Rejects single that Mike played in his programme, also a track from Mikey Dread’s debut LP, both sides of the Selecter single, a track from the Cabaret Voltaire LP, some noises from Lars, Black Uhuru plus a famous guitarist. In addition to this, Bob Marley & The Wailers, Ici La Bas, Slits, Brand X, the Homosexuals, Elmore James, the Stranglers and a lot of other people besides. Like the idea of the programme, do you?”
*Peel blames John Walters for the run of tracks with some X connection.
== Sessions ==
*Dodgems #1 First broadcast of only session. Recorded 1979-09-17.
*Peter Hammill #5 First broadcast. Recorded 1979-09-12. Officially available on "The Peel Sessions" (CD, 1995, Strange Fruit).
(Please add details of any commercial release of these sessions)
== Tracklisting ==
*Spizzenergi: Soldier Soldier (single) Rough Trade
*Dodgems: Muscle Beach (session)
: JP: “You know, I bet if I hadn’t already told you, you could have guessed that band were from Brighton, because there’s a definite Brighton sound evolving … those nice ironic little lyrics and the general sound of the band as well. And this is quite a good thing I think and you can notice it all over the country, a Bristol sound and so on, I suppose a Manchester sound besides. Muscle Beach – that’s the first from the Dodgems. I’d love to be muscular myself so people would be frightened of me. Not much chance of that, though. This is Fats Domino and a perhaps more appropriate title – Fat Man.”
*Fats Domino: The Fat Man (single – Walking To New Orleans) United Artists reissue
*Bob Marley & The Wailers: One Drop (LP – Survival) Island
*Ici la Bas: The Total Drop (12” EP) Black Noise
*Cockney Rejects: East End (single – I’m Not A Fool b-side) EMI
*Fredrick Knight: I’ve Been Lonely For So Long (single) Stax
*Peter Hammill: Mr X (Gets Tense) (session)
: JP: “A really tasteless performance this, which I thoroughly enjoyed…”
*Swan Lake Six: Swan Lake, MN (LP – Big Hits Of Mid-America, Vol. 3) Twin Tone
*Stranglers: The Raven (LP – The Raven) United Artists
*Accident On The East Lancs: Tell Me What You Mean (single) Roach
: JP: “The Dodgems, and their biggie, I suppose…”
*Dodgems: Lord Lucan Is Missing (session)
*Homosexuals: Divorce Proceedings From Reality (12” EP) Black Noise
: Peel reads out a postcard from an ex-housemaster inviting him to a school reunion (“The most crushing thing I have read in years”): “It is for all, not scholars and first eleven only, but for those who have done less well too, like you.”
*Undertones: (She’s A) Runaround (LP – The Undertones) Sire
: JP: “This next is from Black Uhuru … and on the label it says ‘featuring Keith Richard from The Stone on guitar’ – and indeed it probably does.”
*Black Uhuru: Shine Eye (12” single) D-Roy
*Frank Sumatra: The Blues (12” EP Te Diem) Small Wonder
*Elmore James: Quarter Past Nine (LP – Original Folk Blues / The Resurrection Of Elmore James) United
*Peter Hammill: Faculty X (session)
*Brand X: And So to F (LP – Product) Charisma
*XTC: Ten Feet Tall (LP – Drums And Wires) Virgin
*X: Los Angeles (single-sided LP – Yes LA) Dangerhouse
*Bags: We Don’t Need The English (single-sided LP – Yes LA) Dangerhouse
*Dodgems: Science Fiction (Baby You’re So) (session)
*Cabaret Voltaire: No Escape (LP – Mix-Up) Rough Trade (continues after tape switch)
: JP: “When I lived in Los Angeles – international man! – I used to hang around with the Seeds. Well, not so much hang around but get in their way I suppose.”
*Selecter: On My Radio (single) Two Tone
*Selecter: Too Much Pressure (single – On My Radio b-side) Two Tone
: JP: “That is great, you know. Very, very good. Both sides of the record, but funnily enough I like the b-side better.”
*Slits: Instant Hit (LP – Cut) Island
*Lip Moves Guest (single) Ticonderoga
*Peter Hammill: Mediaevil / Time For A Change (session)
: JP: “Peter Hammill, as uncompromising as ever. You wouldn’t know think to listen to him that he was quite good at football, would you?”
*Mikey Dread: Dread Combination (LP - Evolutionary Rockers) Dread At The Controls
*Dodgems: Gotta Give It Up (session)
*Penetration The Party's Over (LP – Coming Up For Air) Virgin
: JP: “Well, with a lot of reluctance, I suppose facts must be faced and the second Penetration LP not as impressive as the first, but still some good stuff on it, and that I think the best of it.”
:End of show, news, file (2) switches to 25 September 1979.
== File ==
;Name
*(1) 154-790924c-d
*(2) 153-790924a-b
*(3) John Peel 1979-09-24.mp3
*(4) 1979-09-24 John Peel Radio 1 DB112+DB113.mp3
*(5) 1979-09-24 Peel Show DB112 DB113 v2.mp3
;Length
*(1) 1:31:28
*(2) 1:01:38 (until 30.48, then switches to start of 25 September 1979)
*(3) 2:02:23
*(4) 2:00:46
*(5) 1:59:32
;Other
*Files created from T154 and T153 of 400 Box.
*Many thanks to Roger.
*Note order of file names is different to that of the recording.
*(3) Single file of complete show constructed from the above sources by Dr_Mango.
*(4) Created from DB112 and DB113 of Derby Box, digitised by RF
*(5) Created from DB112 and DB113 of Derby Box, digitised by Weatherman22
;Available
*(1) and (2) Mooo Server (Roger)
*(3) mooo (Dr Mango)
*(4) Mooo
*(5) Mooo
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