Cocteau Twins

The Cocteau Twins were a Scottish alternative rock band active from 1979 to 1997, known for complex instrumentation and atmospheric, non-lyrical vocals. The original members were Elizabeth Fraser (vocals), Robin Guthrie (guitar, drum machine) and Will Heggie (bass guitar), who was replaced by Simon Raymonde (also bass guitar) early in the band's career … (read more at Wikipedia)
== Links to Peel ==
The band were discovered by Peel when they sent demo tapes to him and the 4AD label. After hearing the demo, Peel invited the group to do a session for his show in 1982. The 4AD label heard the track and signed them. Peel would play their songs throughout most of the Eighties, although by the time the band released their 1988 'Blue Bell Knoll' album, his interest appeared to have waned. At the end of 1988, Peel's listeners voted their track 'Carolyn Fingers' in the 1988 Festive Fifty, despite the DJ not playing any tracks from the album throughout the year.
In 1986, the group collaborated with Harold Budd and released an album, 'The Moon And The Melodies', under the band's individual names, track from which were aired by Peel on his shows.
Throughout most of the Eighties, Peel made favourable comments on the band in interviews, including BBC Radio One programmes such as My Top Ten and Peeling Back The Years:
;My Top Ten
In 1984 Peel included 'From The Flagstones' by the Cocteaus in his selections for My Top Ten and discussed the band with Andy Peebles:
thumb|320px|right|From The Flagstones
*JP: Well, this is my favourite record of last year. And they were one of those bands again, like when I first heard them I thought, “Great, I’m glad I lived long enough to hear this.” My favourite record of last year, From The Flagstones. (Plays 'From The Flagstones'.)
*AP: The Cocteau Twins and From The Flagstones. It’s a very, very pleasant voice actually. I like listening to that.
*JP: Well, I like the extreme voices. I was just thinking that. Over the years it has always been people who have got the really idiosyncratic voices that I like – Beefheart, Marc Bolan, Rod Stewart, Elizabeth Frazer of the Cocteaus, Mark Smith of The Fall, people like them.
;Peeling Back The Years
The following year, JP discussed the band at greater length with his producer John Walters in the fifth programme of the Peeling Back The Years series:
*JW: … You prefer them to say, “This has come out of nowhere almost.” Surely the band in the post-punk period that as much as anybody did that – and became a great favourite with you – was the Cocteaus, who were clearly not a punk noise at all. They were a beautiful music noise.
*JP: Yes, well, not so much initially. I mean, when they first appeared, I’ve got an acetate somewhere at home and an early demo tape, and everybody just said, “Of course, well, this is another kind of Siouxsie & The Banshees really.” I must admit, that always struck me as a bit of a nonsense, I must admit. I mean, just the fact that there were two women singers with fairly strong and identifiable voices didn’t I think make the Cocteaus Siouxsie & The Banshees clones by any means.
*JW: I’m not really aware of the early stuff that you must have heard at the time. Was it not this kind of swirly-whirly kind of spacey stuff that we’ve got used to?
*JP: It was pretty swirly-whirly. I mean, some of the early things sounded like they might have been produced by some kind of post-punk Phil Spector, you know. They were very kind of Wall of Sound-ish.
*JW: Yeah, cathedral swoopings.
*JP: Cathedral Swoopers – what an excellent name for a band! There’ll be one on the streets next week. (Plays 'Musette And Drums'.)
*JW: Can you say then, apart from the cathedral swoopings, what was it then? Because that did strike very much of a chord with you, didn’t it?
*JP: Well, again it was just because – I mean, I preferred them then to now. I preferred them when they Elizabeth was still singing identifiable words. And I suppose once again the big attraction was that it was such an extraordinary voice. I mean, people would have said, people might have said that it was a very mannered voice. If it was mannered, then I’m perfectly happy for it to have been so. I just liked the noise of her voice, in the same way that I liked the voice of Marc Bolan and Roger Chapman with Family and Captain Beefheart and all of those other people. It’s just a strong and identifiable voice.
== Festive Fifty Entries ==
The Cocteau Twins are the seventh most successful act in the history of the annual chart voted on by Peel's listeners, according to Mark Whitby in The Festive Fifty (Nevin Publishing, pg 150), using David Gedge's formula of one point for a 50th placing and 50 points for a chart-topper, additionally weighted to discount the effect of multiple entries of the same song in all-time lists. This puts the band behind only Joy Division (6th), PJ Harvey (5th), New Order (4th), The Smiths (3rd), the Wedding Present (2nd) and the Fall (1st).
Guthrie and Fraser both also performed on This Mortal Coil's cover of 'Song To The Siren' (#3 in the 1983 Festive Fifty and #10 in the 2000 Festive Fifty all-time chart). In addition, Frazer supplied vocals for 'Primitive Painters' by Felt, which reached #7 in the 1985 Festive Fifty, and 'Teardrop' by Massive Attack, #21 in the 1998 Festive Fifty.
thumb|320px|right|Pearly Dewdrops Drops
*1982 Festive Fifty: Wax And Wane #37
*1983 Festive Fifty: Musette And Drums #5
*1983 Festive Fifty: Sugar Hiccup #14
*1983 Festive Fifty: From The Flagstones #16
*1983 Festive Fifty: Peppermint Pig #28
*1983 Festive Fifty: Hithertoo #38
*1984 Festive Fifty: Pearly Dewdrops’ Drops #2
*1984 Festive Fifty: The Spangle Maker #4
*1984 Festive Fifty: Ivo #16 An interesting side note to this FF entry: it received votes both for the official release and the session version (which was known as 'Peep Bo).' JP and Judy Leighton, who helped to compile the chart, decided to add these together, presumably in order to a) avoid playing the same song twice, and b) to ensure that one song got a high placing rather than two reaching the lower rungs of the chart (or maybe not at all). This is probably the only instance of this ever happening in the chart (although there are other occasions when the same song made the chart in two different versions, but always in different years). Peel's comment concerning this is reproduced below.
*1984 Festive Fifty: Donimo #22
*1984 Festive Fifty: Pandora #38
*1984 Festive Fifty: Beatrix #39
*1984 Festive Fifty: Pepper Tree #49
*1985 Festive Fifty: Aikea-Guinea #5
*1986 Festive Fifty: Love's Easy Tears #21
*1986 Festive Fifty: Those Eyes, That Mouth #38
*1988 Festive Fifty: Carolyn's Fingers #26 This performed the remarkable feat of entering the chart without JP actually playing it.
== Sessions ==
*Four sessions. All are available on BBC Sessions (2xCD Bella Union, 1999), along with other BBC material. ‘Whisht’ and ‘Peep Bo’ were officially released as ‘Beatrix’ and ‘Ivo’, respectively.
*Simon Raymonde also one session with Drowning Craze, recorded 1982-01-02, first broadcast 13 January 1982, repeated 09 February 1982.
1. Recorded: 1982-06-21. First broadcast: 15 July 1982. Repeated: 26 July 1982, 17 August 1982, 16 December 1982
*Wax And Wane / Garlands / Alas Dies Laughing / Feathers-Oar-Blades
2. Recorded: 1983-01-22. First broadcast: 31 January 1983. Repeated: 15 February 1983, 03 March 1983, 22 March 1983, 21 April 1983, 21 December 1983
*Hearsay Please / Dear Heart / Blind Dumb Deaf / Hazel
3. Recorded: unknown (own studio). First broadcast: 04 October 1983. Repeated: 31 October 1983, 21 November 1983, 25 January 1984, 03 April 1985 (Muriel Gray)
*The Tinderbox (Of A Heart) / Strange Fruit / Hitherto / From The Flagstones
4. Recorded: 1984-08-29. First broadcast: 05 September 1984. Repeated: 27 September 1984, 16 October 1984, 01 January 1985, 25 November 1985
*Pepper-Tree / Whisht / Peep Bo / Otterley
== Other Shows Played ==
(The list below is compiled only from the database of this site and is far from complete, due to a shortage of tracklistings from the band's most active period. Please add further details if known. For collaborations, see also This Mortal Coil, Felt, Harold Budd, Massive Attack.)
;1982
*11 January 1982: Speak No Evil (promo 7" acetate) 4AD The note with the sleeve says that the record contains two tracks from the forthcoming LP to be released in the spring, and perhaps also becoming a single. In the event the track neither made it on to the album nor became a single. And the album didn't get released until 1st September...
*17 January 1982 (BFBS): Speak No Evil (promo 7" acetate) 4AD
*17 February 1982: Speak No Evil (promo 7") 4AD
*19 February 1982 (BBC World Service): Speak No Evil
*22 June 1982: But I'm Not (album - Garlands) 4AD CAD 211
*Peel June July 1982 (30 June 1982 or 01 July 1982): Wax And Wane (forthcoming album - Garlands) 4AD CAD 211 another one later in the show.
*08 July 1982: Wax And Wane (album - Garlands) 4AD CAD 211
*11 July 1982 (BFBS): Wax And Wane (album - Garlands) 4AD CAD 211
*11 July 1982 (BFBS): The Hollow Men (album - Garlands) 4AD CAD 211
*11 July 1982 (BFBS): Blind Dumb Deaf (album - Garlands) 4AD CAD 211
*22 July 1982: Wax And Wane (album - Garlands) 4AD CAD 211
*25 July 1982 (BFBS): Blind Dumb Deaf (album - Garlands) 4AD CAD 211
*25 July 1982 (BFBS): Shallow Then Halo (album - Garlands) 4AD CAD 211
*28 July 1982: The Hollow Men (album - Garlands) 4AD CAD 211
*01 August 1982 (BFBS): The Hollow Men (album - Garlands) 4AD CAD 211
*John Peel 1982 edited 2: Grail Overfloweth (album - Garlands) 4AD CAD 21
*05 August 1982 (BBC World Service): Wax And Wane (album - Garlands) 4AD CAD 211
*15 August 1982 (BFBS): Garlands (album - Garlands) 4AD CAD 211
*24 August 1982: Shallow Then Halo (album - Garlands) 4AD CAD 211
*26 August 1982 (BBC World Service): The Hollow Men (album - Garlands) 4AD CAD 211
*22 September 1982: Feathers Oar-Blades (12" - Lullabies) 4AD BAD 213
*Peel September to December 1982: It's All But An Ark Lark (12" - Lullabies) 4AD BAD 213
*29 September 1982 (BFBS): Alas Dies Laughing (12" - Lullabies) 4AD BAD 213
*29 September 1982 (BFBS): Feathers Oar-Blades (12" - Lullabies) 4AD BAD 213
*06 October 1982 (BFBS): It's All But An Ark Lark (12" - Lullabies) 4AD BAD 213
*20 October 1982 (BFBS): Alas Dies Laughing (12" - Lullabies) 4AD BAD 213
*21 October 1982: It's All But An Ark Lark (12" - Lullabies) 4AD BAD 213
*04 November 1982: Hollow Men (LP-Garlands)' (4AD)
*15 November 1982: Wax And Wane (album - Garlands) 4AD CAD 211
*07 December 1982: Alas Dies Laughing (12" - Lullabies) 4AD BAD 213
*20 December 1982: Wax And Wane (LP-Garlands) 4AD FF#37
*29 December 1982 (BFBS): Alas Dies Laughing (12" - Lullabies) 4AD BAD 213
;1983
*04 January 1983: Speak No Evil (shared 7" flexi-disc with Thomas Leer - Who's Fooling Who / Speak No Evil) Vinyl Magazine 
*09 January 1983 (BFBS): It's All But An Ark Lark (12" - Lullabies) 4AD BAD 213
*09 January 1983 (BFBS): Alas Dies Laughing (12" - Lullabies) 4AD BAD 213
*18 January 1983: Speak No Evil (shared 7" flexi-disc with Thomas Leer - Who's Fooling Who / Speak No Evil) Vinyl Magazine 
*Fast Forward (Peel Compilation Tape) Laugh Lines (12" - Peppermint Pig) 4AD BAD 303
*16 March 1983 (BFBS): Peppermint Pig (12") 4AD BAD 303
*16 March 1983 (BFBS): Laugh Lines (12" - Peppermint Pig) 4AD BAD 303
*20 March 1983 (BFBS): Hazel (12" - Peppermint Pig) 4AD BAD 303
*28 March 1983: Laugh Lines (12" - Peppermint Pig) 4AD BAD 303
*30 March 1983: Hazel (12" - Peppermint Pig) 4AD BAD 303
*Karl's Tape 17 - April May 1983: Peppermint Pig (7") 4AD AD 303
*04 April 1983 (BBC World Service): Peppermint Pig (12") 4AD BAD 303
*10 April 1983 (BFBS): Peppermint Pig (12") 4AD BAD 303
*11 April 1983 (BBC World Service): Laugh Lines (12" - Peppermint Pig) 4AD BAD 303
*17 April 1983 (BFBS): Hazel (12" - Peppermint Pig) 4AD BAD 303
*16 May 1983: unknown
*05 June 1983 (BFBS): Alas Dies Laughing (12" - Lullabies) 4AD BAD 213
*07 September 1983 (BFBS): Shallow Then Halo (album - Garlands) 4AD CAD 211
*13 September 1983: Shallow Then Halo (album - Garlands) 4AD CAD 211
*24 September 1983 (BFBS): Grail Overfloweth (album - Garlands) 4AD CAD 211
*27 September 1983: Sugar Hiccup (album - Head Over Heels) 4AD CAD 313
*29 September 1983: Musette And Drums (album - Head Over Heels) 4AD CAD 313
*Peel Late Sep - Oct 1983: When Mama Was Moth (album - Head Over Heels) 4AD CAD 313
*12 October 1983 (BFBS): Sugar Hiccup possibly (7" promo) 4AD AD 314
*22 October 1983 (BFBS): When Mama Was Moth (album - Head Over Heels) 4AD CAD 313
*22 October 1983 (BFBS): Five Ten Fiftyfold (album - Head Over Heels) 4AD CAD 313
*22 October 1983 (BFBS): In Our Angelhood (album - Head Over Heels) 4AD CAD 313
*22 October 1983 (BFBS): Sugar Hiccup (album - Head Over Heels) 4AD CAD 313
*22 October 1983 (BFBS): Glass Candle Grenades (album - Head Over Heels) 4AD CAD 313
*29 October 1983 (BFBS): In The Gold Dust Rush (album - Head Over Heels) 4AD CAD 313
*29 October 1983 (BFBS): The Tinderbox (Of A Heart) (album - Head Over Heels) 4AD CAD 313
*Stewart Tape Oct 1983: Five Ten Fiftyfold (album - Head Over Heels) 4AD CAD 313
*Stewart Tape Oct 1983: Sugar Hiccup (album - Head Over Heels) 4AD CAD 313
*05 November 1983 (BFBS): In Our Angelhood (album - Head Over Heels) 4AD CAD 313
*08 November 1983: In The Gold Dust Rush (album - Head Over Heels) 4AD
*12 November 1983 (BFBS): In The Gold Dust Rush (album - Head Over Heels) 4AD CAD 313
*14 November 1983: From the Flagstones (EP - Sunburst And Snowblind) 4AD
*14 November 1983 (BBC World Service): When Mama Was Moth (album - Head Over Heels) 4AD CAD 313
*14 November 1983 (BBC World Service): Glass Candle Grenades (album - Head Over Heels) 4AD CAD 313
*21 November 1983 (BBC World Service): Musette And Drums (album - Head Over Heels) 4AD CAD 313
*19 November 1983 (BFBS): Sugar Hiccup (12" EP - Sunburst And Snowblind) 4AD BAD 314
*19 November 1983 (BFBS): From The Flagstones (12" EP - Sunburst And Snowblind) 4AD BAD 314
*19 November 1983 (BFBS): Hitherto (12" EP - Sunburst And Snowblind) 4AD BAD 314
*19 November 1983 (BFBS): Because Of Whirl-Jack (12" EP - Sunburst And Snowblind) 4AD BAD 314
*23 November 1983: From the Flagstones (EP - Sunburst And Snowblind) 4AD BAD 314
*29 November 1983: Sugar Hiccup (12" EP - Sunburst And Snowblind) 4AD BAD 314
*Tremble The Dog: Hitherto (12" EP - Sunburst And Snowblind) 4AD BAD 314
*01 December 1983: From The Flagstones (12" EP - Sunburst And Snowblind) 4AD BAD 314
*03 December 1983 (BFBS): From The Flagstones (12" EP - Sunburst And Snowblind) 4AD BAD 314
*03 December 1983 (BFBS): Sugar Hiccup (12" EP - Sunburst And Snowblind) 4AD BAD 314
*05 December 1983: Hitherto (12" EP - Sunburst And Snowblind) 4AD BAD 314
*05 December 1983 (BBC World Service): My Love Paramour (LP - Head Over Heels) 4AD
*07 December 1983: Because Of Whirl-Jack (12" EP - Sunburst And Snowblind) 4AD BAD 314
*07 December 1983: From The Flagstones (12" EP - Sunburst And Snowblind) 4AD BAD 314
*08 December 1983: Alas Dies Laughing (12" - Lullabies) 4AD BAD 213
*10 December 1983 (BFBS): Sugar Hiccup (12" EP - Sunburst And Snowblind) 4AD BAD 314
*12 December 1983: Five Ten Fiftyfold (album - Head Over Heels) 4AD CAD 313
*12 December 1983 (BBC World Service): Sugar Hiccup (12" - Sunburst And Snowblind) 4AD
*12 December 1983 (BBC World Service): From The Flagstones (12" - Sunburst And Snowblind) 4AD
*14 December 1983: From The Flagstones (12" EP - Sunburst And Snowblind) 4AD BAD 314
*14 December 1983: Hitherto (12" EP - Sunburst And Snowblind) 4AD BAD 314
*19 December 1983: Alas Dies Laughing (12" - Lullabies) 4AD BAD 213
*19 December 1983 (BBC World Service): From The Flagstones (12" - Sunburst And Snowblind) 4AD
*21 December 1983 (BFBS): From the Flagstones (12" EP - Sunburst And Snowblind) 4AD BAD 314
*22 December 1983: Hitherto (12" EP - Sunburst And Snowblind) 4AD BAD 314 FF#38
*27 December 1983: Peppermint Pig (7 inch) 4AD FF#28
*28 December 1983: From The Flagstones (12" EP - Sunburst And Snowblind) 4AD BAD 314 FF#16 (JP: “If it was up to me, this would have been in the top three.”)
*28 December 1983: Sugar Hiccup (12" EP - Sunburst And Snowblind) 4AD BAD 314 FF#14 (JP: “Now you see, if I was going to rig the Festive Fifty, as people occasionally suggest that I do, that would have been higher as well.”)
*28 December 1983 (BFBS): Because Of Whirl-Jack (12" EP - Sunburst And Snowblind) 4AD BAD 314
*29 December 1983: Musette And Drums (album - Head Over Heels) 4AD CAD 313 FF#5
;1984
*Best Of Peel & Jensen 80s: Wax And Wane (album - Garlands) 4AD CAD 211
*04 January 1984 (BFBS): From the Flagstones (12" EP - Sunburst And Snowblind) 4AD BAD 314
*04 January 1984 (BFBS): Hitherto (12" EP - Sunburst And Snowblind) 4AD BAD 314
*07 January 1984 (BFBS): Five Ten Fiftyfold (album - Head Over Heels) 4AD CAD 313
*07 January 1984 (BFBS): When Mama Was Moth (album - Head Over Heels) 4AD CAD 313
*30 January 1984: The Tinderbox (Of A Heart) (album - Head Over Heels) 4AD CAD 313
*04 February 1984 (BFBS): The Tinderbox (Of A Heart) (album - Head Over Heels) 4AD CAD 313
*29 February 1984 (BFBS): From The Flagstones (12" EP - Sunburst And Snowblind) 4AD BAD 314
*03 March 1984 (BFBS): Multifoiled (album - Head Over Heels) 4AD CAD 313
*09 April 1984: Pearly-Dewdrops' Drops (12" - The Spangle Maker) 4AD BAD 405
*16 April 1984: The Spangle Maker (12") 4AD BAD 405
*18 April 1984 (BFBS): The Spangle Maker (12") 4AD BAD 405
*18 April 1984 (BFBS): The Pepper Tree (12" - The Spangle Maker) 4AD BAD 405
*18 April 1984 (BFBS): Pearly-Dewdrops' Drops (12" - The Spangle Maker) 4AD BAD 405
*18 April 1984: The Pepper Tree (12" - The Spangle Maker) 4AD BAD 405
*23 April 1984 (BBC World Service): The Spangle Maker (12") 4AD BAD 405
*23 April 1984 (BBC World Service): Pearly-Dewdrops' Drops (12" - The Spangle Maker) 4AD BAD 405
*25 April 1984 (BFBS): Pearly-Dewdrops' Drops (12" - The Spangle Maker) 4AD BAD 405
*25 April 1984 (BFBS): The Spangle Maker (12") 4AD BAD 405
*03 May 1984: The Spangle Maker (12") 4AD BAD 405
*09 May 1984 (BFBS): The Pepper Tree (12" - The Spangle Maker) 4AD BAD 405
*22 May 1984: Millimillenary (v/a cassette - Department Of Enjoyment) New Musical Express NME 011
*28 May 1984 (BBC World Service): Millimillenary (v/a cassette - Department Of Enjoyment) New Musical Express NME 011
*02 June 1984 (BFBS): Millimillenary (v/a cassette - Department Of Enjoyment) New Musical Express NME 011
*20 June 1984 (BFBS): The Spangle Maker (12") 4AD BAD 405
*28 July 1984 (BFBS): Shallow Then Halo (album - Garlands) 4AD CAD 211
*19 August 1984 (BFBS): Wax And Wane (album - Garlands) 4AD CAD 211
*26 August 1984 (BFBS): The Spangle Maker (12") 4AD BAD 405
*29 October 1984: Pandora (album - Treasure) 4AD CAD 412 (JP comments that the track names on the upcoming Cocteaus album seemed to have been changed from ones previously used during sessions.)
*29 October 1984: Lorelei (album - Treasure) 4AD CAD 412
*29 October 1984: Cicely (album - Treasure) 4AD CAD 412
*29 October 1984: Donimo (album - Treasure) 4AD CAD 412
*31 October 1984: Beatrix (album - Treasure) 4AD CAD 412
*05 November 1984 (BFBS): Cicely (album - Treasure) 4AD CAD 412
*05 November 1984 (BFBS): Donimo (album - Treasure) 4AD CAD 412
*12 November 1984: Pandora (album - Treasure) 4AD CAD 412
*12 November 1984 (BFBS): Ivo (album - Treasure) 4AD CAD 412
*12 November 1984 (BBC World Service): Ivo (album - Treasure) 4AD CAD 412
*19 November 1984 (BFBS): Pandora (album - Treasure) 4AD CAD 412
*19 November 1984 (BBC World Service): Pandora (album - Treasure) 4AD CAD 412
*25 November 1984 (BFBS): Persephone (album - Treasure) 4AD CAD 412
*27 November 1984: Ivo (album - Treasure) 4AD CAD 412
*03 December 1984: Aloysius (album - Treasure) 4AD CAD 412
*05 December 1984: Donimo (album - Treasure) 4AD CAD 412
*18 December 1984: Pepper Tree (12 inch-B side of Spangle Maker) 4AD FF#49
*19 December 1984: Beatrix (album - Treasure) 4AD CAD 412 FF#39
*19 December 1984: Pandora (album - Treasure) 4AD CAD 412 FF#38
*25 December 1984: Donimo (album - Treasure) 4AD CAD 412 FF#22
:(JP: “A bit of a problem with this next one because a lot of people voted for it when it was called 'Peep Bo' when it was part of the session, and slightly more people voted for it when it was called 'Ivo' and it was part of the LP 'Treasure'. So we added the two votes together, which seemed like the only reasonable thing to do, and it comes out as number 16.”)
*26 December 1984: Ivo (LP-Treasure) 4AD FF#16
;1985
*01 January 1985: The Spangle Maker (12") 4AD BAD 405 FF#4
*01 January 1985: Pearly Dewdrops' Drops (12 inch-B side of The Spangle Maker) 4AD FF#2 (JP: I was always more of a 'Spangle Maker' man meself.)
*08 January 1985: From The Flagstones (12" EP - Sunburst And Snowblind) 4AD BAD 314
*22 January 1985: From The Flagstones (12" EP - Sunburst And Snowblind) 4AD
*10 February 1985 (BFBS): In The Gold Dust Rush (album - Head Over Heels) 4AD CAD 313
*06 March 1985: Aikea-Guinea (EP - Aikea-Guinea) 4AD
*06 March 1985: Kookaburra (EP - Aikea-Guinea) 4AD
*06 March 1985: Quisquose (EP - Aikea-Guinea) 4AD
*06 March 1985: Rococo (EP - Aikea-Guinea) 4AD
*11 March 1985 (BBC World Service): Aikea-Guinea (12") 4AD
*11 March 1985 (BBC World Service): Quisquose (12" - Aikea-Guinea) 4AD
*17 March 1985 (BFBS): Kookaburra (EP - Aikea-Guinea) 4AD
*17 March 1985 (BFBS): Aikea-Guinea (EP - Aikea-Guinea) 4AD
*18 March 1985 (BBC World Service): Aikea-Guinea (12") 4AD
*24 March 1985 (BFBS): Quisquose (EP - Aikea-Guinea) 4AD
*27 March 1985: Kookaburra (EP - Aikea-Guinea) 4AD
*JG Tape 7 Peel April 1985: Aikea-Guinea (EP - Aikea-Guinea) 4AD
*15 April 1985: Quisquose (12" - Aikea-Guinea) 4AD
*20 May 1985: Ivo (New Version) (v/a 7" EP - NME Readers' Poll Winners '84) NME GIV 1
*20 May 1985 (BBC World Service): Ivo (New Version) (v/a 7" - NME Readers' Poll Winners '84) New Musical Express
*28 May 1985: Ivo (New Version) (v/a 7" EP - NME Readers' Poll Winners '84) NME GIV 1
*02 June 1985 (BFBS): Ivo (New Version) (v/a 7" EP - NME Readers' Poll Winners '84) NME GIV 1
*23 June 1985 (BFBS): Feathers Oar-Blades ('Lullabies' 12") 4AD
*01 July 1985 (BFBS): Alas Dies Laughing
*09 September 1985 (BFBS): Musette And Drums (LP-Head Over Heels) 4AD
*02 October 1985: Kookaburra (12" - Aikea-Guinea) 4AD
*29 October 1985: Pink Orange Red (12" - Tiny Dynamine) 4AD BAD 510
*29 October 1985: Ribbed And Veined (12" - Tiny Dynamine) 4AD BAD 510
*30 October 1985: Plain Tiger (12" - Tiny Dynamine) 4AD BAD 510
*30 October 1985: Sultitan Itan (12" - Tiny Dynamine) 4AD BAD 510
*02 November 1985 (BFBS): Pink Orange Red (12" - Tiny Dynamine) 4AD BAD 510
*02 November 1985 (BFBS): Ribbed And Veined (12" - Tiny Dynamine) 4AD BAD 510
*04 November 1985 (BBC World Service): Plain Tiger (12" - Tiny Dynamine) 4AD BAD 510
*04 November 1985 (BBC World Service): Sultitan Itan (12" - Tiny Dynamine) 4AD BAD 510
*11 November 1985 (BBC World Service): Pink Orange Red (12" - Tiny Dynamine) 4AD BAD 510
*16 November 1985 (BFBS): Pink Orange Red (12" - Tiny Dynamine) 4AD BAD 510
*18 November 1985: Great Spangled Fritillary (12" - Echoes In A Shallow Bay) 4AD BAD 511
*23 November 1985 (BFBS): Melonella (12" - Tiny Dynamine) 4AD BAD 510
*23 November 1985 (BFBS): Great Spangled Fritillary (12" - Echoes In A Shallow Bay) 4AD BAD 510
*25 November 1985 (BBC World Service): Great Spangled Fritillary (12" - Echoes In A Shallow Bay) 4AD BAD 510
*25 November 1985 (BBC World Service): Melonella (12" - Echoes In A Shallow Bay) 4AD BAD 510
*27 November 1985: The Spangle Maker (12") 4AD BAD 405
*25 December 1985: Aikea-Guinea FF#5
;1986
*02 April 1986: Fluffy Tufts (album - Victorialand) 4AD CAD 602 
*02 April 1986: Throughout The Dark Months Of April And May (album - Victorialand) 4AD CAD 602 
*02 April 1986: Whales Tales (album - Victorialand) 4AD CAD 602 
*07 April 1986: How To Bring A Blush To The Snow (LP - Victorialand) 4AD 
*07 April 1986 (BBC World Service): Oomingmak (LP - Victorialand) 4AD 
*07 April 1986 (BBC World Service): Little Spacey (LP - Victorialand) 4AD 
*08 April 1986: Feet-Like Fins (LP - Victorialand) 4AD
*14 April 1986: Throughout The Dark Months Of April And May (LP - Victorialand) 4AD
*14 April 1986 (BBC World Service): How To Bring A Blush To The Snow (LP - Victorialand) 4AD
*15 April 1986: Little Spacey (LP - Victorialand) 4AD
*12 April 1986 (BFBS): 'Oomingmak (LP-Victorialand)' (4AD)
*12 April 1986 (BFBS)): 'Little Spacey (LP-Victorialand)' (4AD)
*21 April 1986 (BBC World Service): Little Spacey (LP - Victorialand) 4AD
*14 May 1986: The Thinner The Air (LP - Victorialand) 4AD
*24 July 1986 (BFBS) (Peel 038 (BFBS)): 'Alas Dies Laughing (12"-Lullabies)' (4AD)
*24 September 1986: Orange Appled (v/a 7" - Vinyl Conflict 2) Melody Maker
*24 September 1986 (VPRO): Orange Appled (v/a 12" - Vinyl Conflict 2) Melody Maker
*06 October 1986: Those Eyes, That Mouth (7" - Love's Easy Tears) 4AD
*15 October 1986: Love's Easy Tears (7") 4AD
*31 October 1986 (BFBS): Love's Easy Tears (7") 4AD
*October 1986 (BBC World Service): Orange Appled (Melody Maker 7" EP)
*October 1986 (BBC World Service): Those Eyes, That Mouth (7" Love's Easy Tears) 4AD
*12 November 1986: Eyes Are Mosaics (LP - The Moon And The Melodies) 4AD
*18 November 1986: Sea, Swallow Me (LP - The Moon And The Melodies) 4AD
*08 December 1986: Those Eyes, That Mouth (7" - Love's Easy Tears) 4AD
*23 December 1986: Those Eyes, That Mouth (EP-Love's Easy Tears) 4AD FF#38
*24 December 1986: Love's Easy Tears (7 inch) 4AD FF#21
;1987
*02 January 1987 (BFBS) (Peel 049 (BFBS)): 'Wax And Wane (LP-Garlands)' (4AD)
*07 January 1987: Wax And Wane (LP - Garlands) 4AD
*13 January 1987: The Hollow Men (LP - Garlands) 4AD
*19 January 1987: Blood Bitch (LP - Garlands) 4AD
*23 January 1987 (BFBS) (Peel 050 (BFBS)): 'Blood Bitch (LP-Garlands)' (4AD)
*22 March 1987 (BFBS) Head Over Heels (LP-Head Over Heels)' (4AD)
*03 April 1987 (BFBS) (Peel 056 (BFBS)): 'Multifoiled (LP-Head Over Heels)' (4AD)
*30 June 1987: Crushed (v/a album - Lonely Is An Eyesore) 4AD CAD 703
*01 July 1987: Crushed (v/a album - Lonely Is An Eyesore) 4AD CAD 703
*July 1987 (2) (BBC World Service): Crushed (v/a album - Lonely Is An Eyesore) 4AD CAD 703
*28 September 1987: Plain Tiger (12" - Tiny Dynamine) 4AD
*21 December 1987: Crushed (v/a album - Lonely Is An Eyesore) 4AD CAD 703
;1988
*13 January 1988: Amelia (album - Treasure) 4AD CAD 412
*19 April 1988: When Mama Was Moth (LP - Head Over Heels) 4AD
*19 September 1988: Athol-Brose (LP - Blue Bell Knoll) 4AD
*HO John Peel 7 1988: Blue Bell Knoll (album - Blue Bell Knoll) 4AD CAD 807
*26 December 1988: Carolyn's Fingers (CD-Blue Bell Knoll) 4AD #26
;1989
*28 January 1989 (BFBS): Alas Dies Laughing
;1990
*07 July 1990 (BFBS) (Peel 152 (BFBS)): 'In The Gold Dust Rush (LP-Head Over Heels)' (4AD)
*08 August 1990: 'Wax And Wane (LP-Garlands)' (4AD)
*09 August 1990: 'The Hollow Men (LP-Garlands)' (4AD)
;1992
*31 July 1992: Amelia (LP-Treasure) Zonar (competition to win Latvian pressing of Cocteaus LP)
*20 September 1992 (BFBS): Feathers Oar-Blades (EP - Lullabies) 4AD
*11 December 1992: Frosty The Snowman (v/a album - Volume Five) Volume V5CD
*December 1992 (BBC World Service): Frosty The Snowman (v/a album - Volume Five) Volume V5CD
*24 December 1992: Frosty The Snowman (v/a album - Volume Five) Volume V5CD
*25 December 1992: Frosty The Snowman (v/a album - Volume Five) Volume V5CD (JP: "Well that's a poke in the eye for those of you who thought the Cocteau Twins had no sense of humour....probably fed up with hearing that by now, I would have thought, and it's the only Christmas record in this week's programme.")
;1993
*03 January 1993 (BFBS): Frosty The Snowman (v/a album - Volume Five) Volume V5CD
*04 December 1993 (BFBS): Frosty The Snowman (v/a album - Volume Five) Volume
;1995
*22 September 1995: Wax And Wane (LP – Garlands) 4AD
;1996
*26 January 1996: Circling Girl (box set compilation - Volume 15 - Technology Alert!) Volume
*03 February 1996 (BFBS): Circling Girl (box set compilation - Volume 15 - Technology Alert!) Volume
*20 March 1996: Tishbite (single) Fontana
;1999
*06 May 1999: Wax And Wane (LP-Garlands) 4AD
*August 1999 (FSK): Wax And Wane (2xCD - BBC Sessions) Bella Union
*24 August 1999: Wax And Wane (2xCD-BBC Sessions) Bella Union
*02 September 1999: Feathers Oar / Blades (2xCD – BBC Sessions) Bella Union
*02 September 1999 (Radio Eins): Alas Dies Laughing (2xCD – BBC Sessions) Bella Union
*05 September 1999 (BFBS): Dear Heart (2xCD-BBC Sessions) Bella Union
*09 September 1999 (Radio Eins): Feathers Oar / Blades (2xCD – BBC Sessions) Bella Union
*30 September 1999: Hearsay Please (2xCD – BBC Sessions) Bella Union
*07 October 1999 (Radio Eins): Hearsay Please (2xCD – BBC Sessions) Bella Union
*10 October 1999 (BFBS): Hazel (2xCD-BBC Sessions) Bella Union
*October 1999 (FSK): The Tinderbox (Of A Heart) (2xCD - BBC Sessions) Bella Union
*16 December 1999: From The Flagstones (2xCD: BBC Sessions) Bella Union/BBC Music
*16 December 1999 (Radio Eins): From The Flagstones (2xCD: BBC Sessions) Bella Union/BBC Music
*20 December 1999 (BFBS): From The Flagstones (2xCD-BBC Sessions) Bella Union
;2000
*02 April 2000 (BFBS): 'Hazel (2xCD-BBC Sessions)' (Bella Union)
*19 December 2000: Robin Guthrie appears in Festive 50 quiz
*21 December 2000 (Radio Eins): From The Flagstones (2xCD: BBC Sessions) Bella Union/BBC Music
*27 December 2000: Frosty The Snowman (Compilation CD-Volume Five) Volume
;2003
*February 2003 (FSK): Wax And Wane (CD - Garlands) 4AD
*28 August 2003: From The Flagstones (EP - Sunburst And Snowblind) 4AD 
;2004
*21 September 2004: Aikea Guinea (7") 4AD
*24 November 2004 (Rob Da Bank): 'Aikea-Guinea' (CD Single) - (4AD)
*29 December 2004 (Rob Da Bank): 'Musette And Drums (CD-Head Over Heels / Sunburst And Snowblind)' (4AD)
;Other
*Best Of Peel & Jensen 80s: Wax And Wane (LP-Garlands) 4AD
*U.K. Buzz: Pearly Dewdrops Drops
*Peel Late Sep - Oct 1983: When Mama Was Moth (album - Head Over Heels) 4AD
*Mostly Peel Mid Sep 1983: Sugar Hiccup
*Peel Late 1984: Persephone (album - Treasure) 4AD
*Mainly Peel December 1992: Frosty The Snowman (Compilation CD-Volume Five) Volume
*Keeping It Peel: 'The Tinderbox (of a heart)'
; Drowning Craze (including Simon Raymonde)
*03 September 1981 (BFBS): Storage Case (7") Situation Two
== See Also ==
*Record Boxes: Simon Raymonde
*1983 Top Five Singles
*This Mortal Coil
*NME Celebrity Best Of
*The Collection (Peel Acres - Charlie Bones)
*Gigography 1983
== External Links ==
*Wikipedia
*Official site
;Footnotes
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