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Post by Deleted on Apr 30, 2022 7:41:11 GMT
Dunno if there's ever been a thread on this but after listening to the brilliant Toxic Reasons session, it got me thinking about the others I listened to at the time and later.
Any personal favourites?
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Post by Deleted on Apr 30, 2022 8:13:23 GMT
D&V were a band who firstly released a single on the Crass label and despite only using drums and vocals they wrote some fine, fine tunes.
Their Peel session further embellishes their sound as below demonstrates. What could have been a bit of a musical straitjacket became a bit of a triumph amidst all the noisy shit of 'the scene' back then.
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Post by Deleted on Apr 30, 2022 9:16:57 GMT
Lots come to mind, here's a few that I really like -
Rubella Ballet 1982 & 83. Siouxsie - 1977 & 78.
The Damned - 1976, 77 & 79. The Slits - 1977.
The Adverts - 1977 (x 2). ATV - 1977. The Cure - 1978 & 79.
There's loads more really good ones, X-Ray Spex, U.K. Subs, Penetration, Ruts..... etc....
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Post by Deleted on Apr 30, 2022 9:38:27 GMT
Aye,I thought it had been done somewhere but I'm going to have a listen or revisit some of the ones you mentioned over the next few weeks. I had a lot of them taped directly off the radio at the time.
Still got them in a box somewhere. Daren't play them though in case they get chewed up in my 'tape recorder'😃
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Post by andyloneshark on Apr 30, 2022 10:54:49 GMT
I thought it was impressive that The Damned from 1979 onwards did something different with their Peel Sessions... rather than just repeat what was already on their records. The Captain unleashes a spectacular feedback fest to finish 'Therapy'...
Some bands totally nailed it at the Beeb
The Chameleons albums are great... but the Peel sessions they recorded are consistently sublime...
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Post by Deleted on Apr 30, 2022 11:42:35 GMT
Totally Andy.
Even Crass deviated from the template which made them sound even scarier
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Post by Deleted on Apr 30, 2022 14:47:32 GMT
I thought it was impressive that The Damned from 1979 onwards did something different with their Peel Sessions... rather than just repeat what was already on their records. The Captain unleashes a spectacular feedback fest to finish 'Therapy'... Some bands totally nailed it at the Beeb The Chameleons albums are great... but the Peel sessions they recorded are consistently sublime... Yep, the Captain is making a glorious racket there for sure 
Some bands nailed it, some didn't. I always thought that The Stranglers 1977 session was lacking, whether it's the band being complacent, poor production or a combination I dunno... Here's a couple of raucous ones from the Mekons, they also did Where Were You, Garden Fence Of Sound and Lonely And Wet on this 1978 session -
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Post by andyloneshark on Apr 30, 2022 15:52:04 GMT
If it hadn't been for the John Peel sessions Métal Urbain cut in 1978, their legacy of recordings would have been a much slimmer volume. With a sound like an angry ticking timebomb, programmed beats, no drums, no bass guitar, they really were ahead of their time...
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Post by stu77 on Apr 30, 2022 16:42:52 GMT
These ended up as the vinyl versions
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Post by stu77 on Apr 30, 2022 16:46:31 GMT
Great version of Homicide
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Post by stu77 on Apr 30, 2022 16:48:32 GMT
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Post by stu77 on May 1, 2022 2:52:46 GMT
A few rather more obscure sessions I'm fond of.
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Post by andyloneshark on May 1, 2022 8:02:29 GMT
...great to hear The Dodgems, i only vaguely remember 'Lord Lucan Is Missing' They have a similar pop sensibiiity to The Yachts  |
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Post by stu77 on May 7, 2022 4:11:08 GMT
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Post by Deleted on May 8, 2022 18:56:20 GMT
This is brilliant👍
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