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John Peel's Music On BFBS #5
Leider kann das genaue Datum der Sendung auch hier nicht festgelegt werden. Leider sehr dumpfen Klang, der gegen Ende etwas besser wird.
BFBS (Germany): 1985-10-00
Exact date unknown. Cocteau Twins 12" released 1985-10-14. Many thanks to the taper. Very muffled sound, which improves slightly towards the end.
- John Cooper Clarke: 'Suspended Sentence (7"-Innocents EP)' (Rabid)
- (JP: 'The first and the best, and where is he now that we need him?')
- Johnny Thunders: 'Alone In A Crowd (LP-Que Sera, Sera)' (Jungle)
- A Witness: 'Camera (12"-Loudhailer Songs)' (Ron Johnson)
- Conflict: 'Mighty And Superior (7"-The Battle Continues)' (Mortarhate)
- Purple Things: 'Subterranean Cave Mind (Mini LP-Deep In The Mind Of)' (Media Burn)
BFBS (Germany): 1986-01-16~23
Exact date unknown: JAMC track from 7" released in February 1986. Sonic Youth track referred to as the "new" single. Many thanks to the taper.
16 January 1986
- Death In June: 'Come Before Christ And Murder Love (12")' (New European Recordings)
- Sonic Youth: 'Flower (Anti-Fuckword Radio Edit) (7")' (Blast First)
- (JP: 'What a farcical record, and what can they mean? Not "bum" again, I hope....Looking forward to hearing the unadulterated version of it.') [1] – Peel refers to the fact that in this 'radio edit' the word "fuck" is repeatedly obscured by screeching guitars.
- Doublehappys: 'Some Fantasy (12"-Cut It Out)' (Flying Nun)
- Angst: 'Lite Life (LP-Lite Life)' (SST) 7.(JP: 'Well, there you are my lovelies, all over in a twinkle.')
23 January 1986
- Marc Riley With The Creepers: 'Cure By Choice (LP-Cull)' (In Tape)
- Freiwillige Selbstkontrolle: 'A Swingin' Safari (12"-Last Orders (The John Peel Session))' (Zickzack)
- (JP: '...and that little last bit is for somebody who wrote in this week, as people do from time to time, and said how much they enjoy my attempts to pronounce things in German. In fact, some people even collect them illegally and put them on cassettes.')
- Front 242: 'S.Fr. Nomenklatura Parts 1&2 (LP-No Comment)' (Red Rhino)
- Minor Threat: 'Small Man, Big Mouth (LP-Minor Threat)' (Dischord)
- Hüsker Dü: 'Won't Change (Compilation LP-A Diamond Hidden In the Mouth Of A Corpse)' (Giorno Poetry Systems)
- Half Man Half Biscuit: 'Sealclubbing (LP-Back In The D.H.S.S)' (Probe Plus)
- (JP: 'A Haliborange overdose indeed.')
- Shop Assistants: 'Safety Net (12")' (53rd & 3rd)
- Wedding Present: 'Once More (7")' (Reception)
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