08 January 1987

## Show

Name
* Andy Kershaw Show

Station
* BBC Radio One

YYYY-MM-DD
* 1987-01-08

Comments
* John Peel sits in for Andy Kershaw's show, while he is recovering from an illness.
* John Peel plays a track from Giant Sand who do a cover of Johnny Thunders' You Can't Put Your Arms Around The Memory.
* John Peel mentions that he's trying to convince his listeners on his own show that polka will be big in 1987, but is not entirely convinced and then plays one from Polkacide.
* John Peel mentions listening to WLAC radio station based in Tennessee along with Wolfman Jack when he was living in Texas.

## Tracklisting

*(Pickin' The Blues signature)*
*(JP: 'Hiya, there will be those amongst you who expecting Andy and hearing my voice instead will be horrified even enraged. The thing is simply Andy returning from the Gambia by way of a 40 degrees below Stockholm is ill and confined to his bed and I'm music loving John Peel has been stuffed into the breach, bear with me and get those get well cards rolling in.')*
* Pierce Turner: Wicklow Hills (LP - It's Only A Long Way Across) Beggars Banquet

*(JP: 'I have no idea at all what Andy's approach to that one would be, but I think he would like this which is from a band from Orange County, the Beguiled, I Don't Care.')*
* Beguiled: I Don't Care (v/a LP - Sounds Of Now!) Dionysus

*(JP: 'I don't doubt that Andy having been in Africa recently could pronounce this alot better than I can, but the title of this is Ngangi Ekousha.')*
* Nganeziyamfisa No Khamba Lomvaleliso: Ngangi Ekhousha *(phonetically)*
* Roy Orbison: Domino (v/a LP - Born Bad, Volume One) Born Bad

*(JP: 'He doesn't do that on his live gigs anymore you know. I saw him in Ipswich at the Gaumont couple of years ago and he was awe inspiring genuinely and I was moved to tears on two occasions.')*
* Salt 'N' Pepa: I Desire (LP - Hot, Cool & Vicious) Next Plateau
* Cynics: No Place To Hide (7") Dionysus
* Joe Tex: You're Alright, Ray Charles
* Giant Sand: You Can't Put Your Arms Around The Memory (LP - Ballad Of A Thin Line Man) Zippo
* Shonen Knife: Devil House (LP - Pretty Little Baka Guy) Subversive
* Electric Dread: Won't Give Up (7") Skengdon
* Hurrah!: If Love Could Kill (7") Kitchenware
* Red Spots Band: Bo Whe Me (10" LP - Spots Rhythms) Decca
* Polkacide: Laughing (LP - Polkacide) Subterranean
* Fall: Terry Waite Sez (LP - Bend Sinister) Beggars Banquet

*(JP: 'Still the world's top band of course just ahead of the Bhundu Boys whose LP I noticed is only number 6 in the African charts, but we say wake up Britain.')*
* Maria Rodriguez: Las Viejos (LP - La Tremenda) World Circuit
* Sewer Zombies: Never (LP - Reach Out And ...) Subversive
* Michael Hurley, Unholy Modal Rounders, Jeffrey Fredericks & The Clamtones: Sweet Lucy (LP - Have Moicy!) Rounder
* Winston Curtis: Freedom Train (7") Question

*(JP: 'Part of a Christmas present from Bill Wright, thank you Bill, that's Winston Curtis, Freedom Train.')*
* Thee Fourgiven: Down To My Room (LP - It Ain't Pretty Down Here) Dionysus
* Jimmy Reed: You Can't Hide
* Thomas Frempong: Me Nyame (LP - Anansi Shuttle) Asona
* Coolies: Scarborough Fair (LP - Dig..?) Fundamental

*(Friday Rock Show trailer by Tommy Vance)*
* Big Flame: Baffled Island (The Hard Rock Movement) (7" - Cubist Pop Manifesto) Ron Johnson
* Drifters featuring Clyde McPhatter: The Bells Of St Mary's
* Boulevard Of Broken Dreams Orchestra: It's The Talk Of The Town [LP - It's The Talk Of The Town (And Other Sad Songs)] Hannibal
* Lazy Cowgirls: Re-Occuring Thang (v/a LP - Sounds Of Now!) Dionysus

*(JP: 'In case you're sitting there thinking as you listen to your radio, we thought we got rid of this twerp yesterday, where is Andy Kershaw?, well Andy came back from his travels unwell and is taking the day off but hopefully will be back next week.')*
* Earl Gaines: I Can't Face It
* Laugh: Take Your Time Yeah! (12" - Never Had It So Bad) The Remorse Label
* Giannis Koufalitakis (Γιάννης Κουφαλιτάκης): Καστρινός Χορός (LP - Στον Ύπνο Μου Μην Έρχεσαι) Margophone
* Abstürzende Brieftauben: Wär Ich Doch Im Bett Geblieben (LP - Das Kriegen Wir Schon Hin) Au-Weia System

*(JP: 'All the tracks on this excellent LP sound like drinking songs, Abstürzende Brieftauben and I'm not gonna have another go on the title because I think I got it wrong the last time perfectly honest with you. I would not like this programme to pass without playing at least some surfing number, these are the Catalinas.')*
* Catalinas: Banzai Washout (LP - Fun Fun Fun) Recording Industries
* June Tabor: Lord Bateman (12" - The Peel Sessions) Strange Fruit
* John Fahey: The Grand Finale (LP - Visits Washington, D.C.) Takoma

*(JP: 'Andy will be back next Thursday bursting with health full of tales daring do, I will be back on Monday night with sessions from the Stupids and A Witness, coming up shortly the midnight news summary. Thanks very much for listening, goodnight.')*
*(Pickin' The Blues signature)*
## File

Name
* 020A-B1592XXXXXXX-0200A0.mp3

Length
* 1:58:07

Other
* Recordings at the British Library

Available
* Sound & Moving Image Catalogue (Find Format: B1592/2)