23 April 1981 (BFBS)

== Show==
; Name
*John Peel's Music On BFBS
; Station
*BFBS (Germany)
; YYYY-MM-DD
*1981-04-23
; Comments
*John seems to be at his grumpiest, disaffected early 80s best, treating many of the listeners letters with (perhaps humorous) disdain
== Sessions ==
*None
== Tracklisting ==
*File 1
*Fall: Fit And Working Again (10" - Slates) Rough Trade RT 71
*Stiff Little Fingers: Piccadilly Circus (album - Go For It) Chrysalis CHR 1339
*Altered Images: Leave Me Alone (cassette single - Dead Pop Stars) Epic EPC 40-A1023
*Chefs: 24 Hours (7") Attrix RB 13
*Cure: The Holy Hour (album - Faith) Fiction FIX 6
*Diagram Bros.: Bricks (7") New Hormones ORG 9
*Black Slate: Legal Dub (album - Ogima) TCD TCDLP 2
*UK Subs: Warhead
*PiL: Track 8 (album - The Flowers Of Romance) Virgin 2189
*Past Seven Days: So Many Others... (7" - Raindance) 4AD AD 102
*John saw the band above and found the keyboardist irritating enough to contemplate physical retribution..
*Family Fodder: Savoir Faire
*In answer to a query from a listener, "What is your answer to the question 'What is History'" John replies "History Is A Series Of Disappointments, and as a consequence of that, I'm not going to mention your name or play the record you wanted me to play".
*Black Uhuru: World Is Africa (v/a album - Sly And Robbie Present Taxi) Island / Taxi ILPS 9662
*John Peel: Imitating The Usual DJ's Attitude
*U2: Stories For Boys (album - Boy) Island ILPS 9646
*John reads out a request from Hong Kong - Please don't play any more requests. Then he plays a request for them...
*Bill Nelson: Hers Is A Lush Situation (12" - Banal) Mercury WILL 12
*File 2
*Joy Division: Dead Souls (7" - Licht Und Blindheit) Sordide Sentimentale SS 33 002
*Tarzan 5: Boys Game (7") 021 OTO 5
*Stiff Little Fingers: Hits And Misses (album - Go For It) Chrysalis CHR 1339
*Fall: Prole Art Threat (10" - Slates) Rough Trade RT 71
*X-Ray Spex: Oh Bondage Up Yours
*Request (Modern English): Eddie: Invitation To Borussia Dortmund vs.Liverpool historical replay
*Modern English: A Viable Commercial (album - Mesh & Lace) CAD 105
*Undertones: It's Going To Happen (7") Ardeck ARDS 8
*Adam And The Ants: Feed Me To The Lions (album - Kings Of The Wild Frontier) CBS 84549 
*Sinatras: Happy Feeling (7") Dining Out TUX.6
*Vice Squad: Young Blood () Riot City
*Klaus Krüger: You Have To Pay (7") Fabrikneu KK 13150
*Mikey Dread: Israel Stylee (Iz Tribes) (12" - Warrior Stylee / Israel Stylee) Dread At The Controls DCD 004
*Higsons: My Love Is Bent (At Both Ends) (v/a album - Norwich - A Fine City) Romans In Britain NERO 1
*Dukes Of Rhythm: High Ride
*Cure: Doubt (album - Faith) Fiction FIX 6
== File ==
;Name
* John Peel's Music - 1981-04-23A.mp3
* John Peel's Music - 1981-04-23B.mp3
;Length
* 01:00:43
* 00:58:11
;Other
*Taped and digitised by Eddie Berlin
;Available
*Mooo
Category:Peel shows
Category:BFBS
Category:Eddie Berlin Tapes
Category:1981
Category:Available online