Buy Off The Bar

Buy Off The Bar were a Dutch indie band of the 1980s. They recorded four Peel sessions from 1986 to 1989, two albums, a 10-inch of the 2nd Peel Session, and a split-7 inch.
(Read more at Last FM.)
== Links to Peel ==
On his 20 August 1999 (BBC World Service) show, Peel claimed that Solex were the best thing from the Netherlands since Eton Crop and BOTB, ranking the latter outfit among his all-time favourites from the European country.
Back in 1986, the first of the four BOTB sessions had featured a cover of the Fall’s ‘That Man,’ with lyrics adjusted to refer to the DJ.
== Festive Fifty Entries ==
*None
== Sessions ==
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Four sessions. #2 available on The 2nd Peel Session 10", 1987 (Bang Bang Bang Records, BILLY 2) Netherlands
1. Recorded: 1986-09-28. First broadcast: 13 October 1986. Repeated: 18 November 1986.
*Peanut Butter Boy / Commie Come Back / Too Shy To Die/That Man / Papa's Music
2. Recorded: 1987-07-05. First broadcast: 13 July 1987. Repeated 28 July 1987:
*Keyboard Control / There's No Fridge On The Bristol Bridge / In The Back /No Progression
3. Recorded: 1988-07-03. First broadcast: 18 July 1988. Repeated 09 August 1988.
*No Money For The Lavatory / Euroburger / Illegal Shed /Go Away
4. Recorded 1989-07-30. First broadcast 04 September 1989. Repeated 05 October 1989.
*Pleasure Machine / Big Sleep / Hi America
== Other Shows Played ==
;1986
*17 March 1986: February the 6th (split 7" with Golden Strings) Bang Bang Bang / Deng Deng Deng Records
*22 March 1986 (BFBS): February 6th (7" split with Golden Strings - Split) Bang Bang Bang
*08 April 1986: February 6th (7" split with Golden Strings - Split) Bang Bang Bang
*01 October 1986 (VPRO): February 6th (shared 7" with Golden Strings - Split) Bang Bang Bang (other side of single also played)
;1987
*06 May 1987: Commie Come Back (LP - It's Up To Billy) Ediesta (JP: 'The Dutch I understand are very very fond of whistling and that's some of the best whistling on record since Altered Images' Song Sung Blue. That's Buy Of The Bar from their LP, It's Up To Billy, does sound very much like a Nightingale song, although I can't immediately remember which one it is, but they do claim to written it themselves and that's called Commie Come Back, as I say it's an LP on Ediesta records')
*15 May 1987 (Radio Bremen): Commie Come Back (album - It's Up To Billy) Ediesta
*26 May 1987: It's Up To You (album - It's Up To Billy) Ediesta
*04 June 1987 (Rockradio): Commie Come Back (album - It's Up To Billy)
;1988
*24 February 1988: Commie Come Back (LP - It's Up To Billy) Ediesta
*09 March 1988: There's No Fridge On The Bristol Bridge (10" EP - The 2nd Peel Session) Bang Bang Bang BILLY 2
*22 March 1988: There's No Fridge On The Bristol Bridge (10" EP - The 2nd Peel Session) Bang Bang Bang BILLY 2
*23 April 1988 (BFBS): Keyword Control (10" EP - The 2nd Peel Session) Bang Bang Bang BILLY 2
*03 May 1988 (BFBS): In The Back (10" EP - The 2nd Peel Session) Bang Bang Bang BILLY 2
*27 June 1988: Keyword Control (10" EP - The 2nd Peel Session) Bang Bang Bang BILLY 2
*05 July 1988 (BFBS): Keyword Control (10" EP - The 2nd Peel Session) Bang Bang Bang BILLY 2
;1989
*The Peel Tapes Vol.9: World Of Camera (LP - Parboiled) Bi-Joopiter
*17 July 1989: Shopdropping Emergency (LP - Parboiled) Bi-Joopiter (followed by Sugar Minott: Buy Off The Bar (LP - Buy Off The Bar) Power House)
*18 July 1989: No Money For The Lavatory (LP - Parboiled) Bi-Joopiter
*20 July 1989: Stretch Out (album - Parboiled) Bi-Joopiter
*07 August 1989: Fade Away (album - Parboiled) Bi-Joopiter
*02 September 1989 (BFBS): Stretch Out (LP-Parboiled) Bi-Joopiter
== See Also ==
*Cover Versions
*Netherlands
*Dale Griffin: Peel Sessions produced
== External Links ==
*Discogs
*Cloudberry Cake Proselytism blog: Buy Off the Bar
* Other
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