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Re: Peel Sessions

Posted: Fri May 15, 2020 7:10 pm
by budda12ax7
all great stuff.....the VERY early Cure stuff is a fun listen.

Re: Peel Sessions

Posted: Fri May 15, 2020 7:43 pm
by sammynb
OffYourFace wrote:
Fri May 15, 2020 6:38 pm
It's just youtube links right? So they have to search and find everything... plus it's very recent.
THIS LIST IS BEING UPDATED REGULARLY AND THERE'S MORE HERE AND EVEN MORE HERE
I think you might find that the person who runs the blog is also uploading the youtube files and has been compiling this for quite a while as some uploads date back to 2015.
If you go to the youtube channel there is a lot more, including stuff that FrankRay mentioned.
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC9QypD ... xkw/videos

Re: Peel Sessions

Posted: Fri May 15, 2020 8:19 pm
by OffYourFace
sammynb wrote:
Fri May 15, 2020 7:43 pm
OffYourFace wrote:
Fri May 15, 2020 6:38 pm
It's just youtube links right? So they have to search and find everything... plus it's very recent.
THIS LIST IS BEING UPDATED REGULARLY AND THERE'S MORE HERE AND EVEN MORE HERE
I think you might find that the person who runs the blog is also uploading the youtube files and has been compiling this for quite a while as some uploads date back to 2015.
If you go to the youtube channel there is a lot more, including stuff that FrankRay mentioned.
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC9QypD ... xkw/videos
ahh ok thanks for pointing that out.

Re: Peel Sessions

Posted: Wed Oct 14, 2020 9:43 am
by spacelordmother
This is INSANE.

Thanks for the share!

Re: Peel Sessions

Posted: Wed Oct 14, 2020 10:57 am
by Cornelius Plum
Thank you!

Re: Peel Sessions

Posted: Wed Oct 14, 2020 1:30 pm
by cestlamort
Thanks! Some great stuff on there.

The Strange Fruit Peel Sessions 12" records (and tapes and slimline CDs) were always a great way to scratch that "I like this, where's more like it?" itch up here in the dark upper left corner of the US. At worst, alternate versions of songs you already had (often quite different and better than the official ones). I remember trying to read all the tiny band names and filing them away for next trip to the record store / random used bins. ("Undertones" - that sounds cool. "The Jam" - sounds like hippies, etc.)

I still like the how the Peel Sessions are a nice middle ground between album (what a band could be) and live (what it actually is).

p.s. alphabetizing by "The" (or first names) will always tick me off.

Re: Peel Sessions

Posted: Wed Oct 14, 2020 1:57 pm
by PorkyPrimeCut
cestlamort wrote:
Wed Oct 14, 2020 1:30 pm
....At worst, alternate versions of songs you already had (often quite different and better than the official ones)...

...I still like how the Peel Sessions are a nice middle ground between album (what a band could be) and live (what it actually is)...
Really well put & exactly what I love about his sessions in general (and there were so many of them!!)

Re: Peel Sessions

Posted: Wed Oct 14, 2020 3:27 pm
by s_mcsleazy
i was going to bring up that youtube channel. i know i always bring up unwound but i really love the version of kantina they did on john peel.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mxrDW-XuJS8

r.i.p vern.

Re: Peel Sessions

Posted: Wed Oct 14, 2020 3:46 pm
by Veitchy
This is a treasure trove. Great find.

Re: Peel Sessions

Posted: Mon Oct 19, 2020 6:30 pm
by Cornelius Plum
Cool! Thank you.