29 December 1975

== Show ==
; Name
*John Peel Show
; Station
*BBC Radio One
; YYYY-MM-DD
*1975-12-29
; Comments
*Penultimate show of the year. Peel claims he'll do the next one (the following night) in the nude
*Show opens with Toots and the Maytals' reggae cover of Louie Louie, said by Wikipedia to be the most recorded rock song ever. It was best known in the 1963 US hit version by garage band the Kingsmen, in which the lyrics were unclear and suspected of being obscene, leading to an FBI investigation. But songwriter Richard Berry claimed the song was about a Jamaican sailor returning home to see his lover, so a reggae version (probably from the 1972 Toots and the Maytals LP Funky Kingston) was appropriate.
*As JP mentions, the Albion Country Band track is a version of a Richard Thompson song from Thompson's debut solo album Henry The Human Fly, and included on the compilation 4-LP set The Electric Muse, issued as a companion to the book of the same name by Karl Dallas (of Melody Maker), Robin Denselow (of the Guardian), Robert Shelton (of the New York Times) and Dave Laing (of Let It Rock), telling the story of the British folk and folk-rock movement. Peel reads Karl Dallas's album notes before playing Thompson's "anthem". It later appeared on the Albion Country Band's album of 1976, Battle Of The Field. Lead singer on this version is, as Peel puts it, "the excellent Martin Carthy"..
== Sessions ==
*Ivor Cutler #6 Repeat of session first broadcast 14 October 1975, recorded 1975-09-29
== Tracklisting ==
*Toots & The Maytals: Louie Louie (album - Funky Kingston) Island ILPS 9330
*Ivor Cutler: Pearly Winged Fly / Go And Sit Upon The Grass (session)
*Cate Brothers: Time For Us (LP - Cate Bros) Asylum
*Ivor Cutler: Life In A Scotch Sitting Room, Volume 2, Episode 11 (session)
*Led Zeppelin: Kashmir (2xLP - Physical Graffiti) Swan Song
*Ivor Cutler: Fremsley (session)
*Osibisa: Uhuru (LP - Welcome Home) Island
*Albion Country Band: New St. George / La Rotta (4xLP - Electric Muse) Island
*Ivor Cutler: True Humility / Nigerians In A Tunnel / I Spent Ten Years (session)
*Ivor Cutler: Sleepy Old Snake / Little Black Buzzer (session)
*Sadistic Mika Band: Okinawa (Strange Fish) (LP - Hot! Menu) Harvest
*Bette Williams: If She's Your Wife (Who Am I) (7" - If You Get Him (He Was Never Mine)) Gregar 71-0113
*Ivor Cutler: A Wooden Tree (session)
*Max Merritt & The Meteors: Slipping Away (7") Arista 28
== File ==
;Name
*John Peel 19751230.mp3
*1975-12-30 John Peel Radio 1 (Incomplete).mp3
*04. RADIO 1  12 12 75  JOHN PEEL.MP3
;Length
*51.54
*1.00.28
*55:17
;Other
*File dates conflict with the definitive The Peel Sessions by Ken Garner
*Many thanks to Bill for the longer version, which includes the whole of the first and last tracks.
*3rd file was a misdated file from the torrent, starting near the end of the first track and running to the end, of slightly higher quality
;Available
* John Peel Torrent Compilation 8 of 17 (1967-1993)
* mooo
Category:1975
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