John Peel's Favorite Singles (RR)

jazzercismjazzercism 838 Posts
edited October 2005 in Strut Central
John Peel's record collection threatened to overtake his Suffolk home. But in a small, battered wooden box, the much-loved DJ kept a precious selection of 7-inch singles that meant more to him than any of the others. Here is an exclusive insight into the full list of 142 singles

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  • hcrinkhcrink 8,729 Posts
    awesome! thanks for posting this!

    can you even imagine what his collection must be/have been like



  • Flossing your Drum n Bass comps may be , but it seems as though he has quite a few.

  • hcrinkhcrink 8,729 Posts
    haha!!!

  • SwayzeSwayze 14,705 Posts
    um... 10 white stripes records? but i still love that guy. anyone ever heard the CAN peel sessions?

  • mylatencymylatency 10,475 Posts
    1. Al Casey - Surfin' Hootenanny + Easy Pickin (PIE INTERNATIONAL) 1963

    2. Al Ferrier - I'm Not Drinking More + Don't Play Blue Eyes' (MASTER TRAK) 1980

    3. Alan Price Set - I Put a Spell on You (DECCA)

    4. Andy Capp - Popatop + Reco - The Lion Speaks (TREASURE ISLAND) 1969

    5. Anemic Boyfriends - Guys Are Not Proud + Bad Girls in Love (RED SWEATER RECORDS) 1980

    6. Ann Peebles - I can't stand the rain + i've been there before (LONDON) 1972

    7. Anti-Social - Traffic lights + teacher, teacher (DYNAMITE RECORDS) 1977

    8. Arthur K Adams - Wildwood flower + It's a wild, wild, wild, wild wildwood flower (JETSTAR)

    9. Big Stick - Drag racing + Hell on earth (RECESS RECORDS) 1985

    10. Bill Oddie - Harry krishna + on ilkla moor baht'at (DANDELION) 1970

    11. Boards of Canada - Aquarius + Chinook (SKAM)

    12. Bobby Lee Trammell - If you ever get it once + Don't you know I love you (ALLEY RECORDS)

    13. Cat Power - Headlights + Darling said sir (THE MAKING OF AMERICANS)

    14. Charlie Feathers - Deep elm blues + Nobody's darling' (HOLIDAY INN RECORDS)

    15. Charlie Feathers - Nobody's women + When you decide (KING) 2x copies

    17. Charlie Feathers - Today and tomorrow + Wild wild party' (MEMPHIS RECORDINGS)

    18. Charlie Feathers - Tongue-tied Jill + Get with it' (METEOR RECORDS)

    19. Charlie Feathers - When you come around + Too much alike' (KING)

    20. Cheeze - Dancin With The Dead - Dancin queen + Direwolf 1989 (BOB RECORDS) 1989

    21. Clague - The stride + I wonder where (DANDELION) 1969

    22. Clefs of Lavender Hill - Stop! - Get a ticket + First tell me why (DATE)

    23. Cleveland Crochet - Sugar bee + Drunkards dream (GOLDBAND)

    24. Don Covay - It's better to have + Leave him (MERCURY) 1973

    25. Don French - Lonely saturday night + Goldilocks (QUALITY) (LANCER) 2x copies

    27. Dreamland Express - Groovy + u.f.o (EMI)

    28. Easy Teeth - Car noise + Her blade (DENTAL RECORDS) 1980

    29. Eddie & Ernie - I believe she will + We try harder (CHESS) 1984

    30. Eddie & Ernie - I'm gonna always love you + Outcast (EASTERN)

    31. Eddie & Ernie - Time waits for no one + That's the way it is (EASTERN)

    32. Electro Hippies - Mega-armageddon death (STRANGE FRUIT) Peel session

    33. Elmore James - The sky is crying + Standing at the crossroads (FLASHBACK RECORDS)

    34. Firemen - Old smokie + Louie's theme (LE CAM)

    35. Freshmen - You never heard anything like it + Bombing run (RELEASE RECORDS) 1979

    36. G L Crockett - It's a man down there + Every hour, every day (4 BROTHERS)

    37. G L Crockett - Look out Mabel + Did you ever love somebody (CHECKER)

    38. Geater Davis - For your precious love + Wrapped up in you (HOUSE OF ORANGE)

    39. Gene Dozier & The United Front - Give the women what they want + The best girl I ever had (MERCURY) 1974

    40. Golinski Brothers - Bloody + Toy (BADGE RECORDS) 1980 2x copies

    42. Green Hornes - Stayed up last night (ITALY RECORDS)

    43. Hooten 3 Car - Danny + Numena (RUMBLESTRIP RECORDS)

    44. Idle Race - Here we go round the lemon tree + My father's son (LIBERTY) 45. Izzy Royal - Coronation St (WEA) 1983

    46. Jane Bond and The Undercover Men - Hot rod Lincoln + Come on up (EAR MOVIES RECORDS) 1982

    47. Jerry Byro - Memories of Maria + Invitation (MONUMENT) 1961 2x copies - different labels

    48. Jody Reynolds - Endless sleep + Western movies (LIBERTY)

    49. Johnnie Taylor - I've been born again + At night time (STAX) 1974

    50. Johnny Adams - You're a lady + I wish it would rain (ATLANTIC) 1972

    51. Johnny Fortune - Dragster + Soul surfer (SONET) 1964

    52. Ken Colyers Jazzmen (TEMPO RECORDS) 1953

    53. La Peste - Black + Better off dead (BLACK RECORDS) 1978

    54. Larry Bright - Mojo workout + I'll change my ways (TIDE)

    55. Laurie Anderson - O Superman + Walk the dog (ONE TEN RECORDS) 1981

    56. Lee Perry - Bafflin' smoke signal + Black smoke signal (BLACK ARC) 1978

    57. Lightnin Hopkins - Mojo hand + Glory be (FLASHBACK RECORDS)

    58. Marc Bolan - Marc Bolan talking to Stevie Dixon, 1973. Jennifer Sharp, Steve Harley & John Peel talking to Stevie Dixon 1977. (CUBE/PYE RECORDS)

    59. Mary Monday - I gave my punk jacket to Richie + Popgun (MALICIOUS PRODUCTIONS)

    60. Max Romeo - Sipple out deh' Lee Perry + Revelation (UPSETTER)

    61. MC5 - Looking at you + Borderline (A-SQUARE RECORDS) 2x copies

    63. Medicine Head - Coast to coast + All for tomorrow (DANDELION) 1970

    64. Medicine Head - His guiding hand + This love of old (DANDELION) 1969 2x copies

    66. Mel and Tim - Starting all over again + It hurts to want it so bad (STAX) 1972

    67. Meow - Kat nip + One night stand + Anthem + Kill kill kill + Catastrophe + Boy groupies (TWIST LIKE THIS RECORDS)

    68. Mickey Lee Lane - Tuitti Fruitti + With your love (MALA)

    69. Mike Spencer and the Cannibals - Good guys + Nothing takes the place of you (BIG COCK RECORDS)

    70. Nice - The thoughts of Emerlist Davjack (IMMEDIATE)

    71. Nilsson - Everybody's talkin' (RCA)

    72. Nilsson - Kojak Columbo (RCA)

    73. Nilsson - Without you (RCA)

    74. O V Wright - That's how strong my love is + There goes my used to be (GOLDWAX)

    75. Paul Blake & The Blood Fire Posse - Every posse get flat + Flat out (STUDIO WORK) 1984

    76. Paul Revere & The Raiders - Him or me - what's it gonna be? + Legend of Paul Revere (CBS) 1967

    77. Pavement - Demolition Plot J-7 (DRAG CITY) 1990

    78. Pocket Fishrmen (sic) - Yr story + The leader is burning (NOISEVILLE) 1989

    79. Quads - You've gotta jive + There must be thousands (BIG BEAR RECORDS) 1979

    80. Ray Martin - Blue tango + Bell of the ball (COLUMBIA) 81. Revelino - Step on high (MUSIDISC)

    82. Rod Bernard - This should go on forever

    83. Roshell Anderson - The grapevine will lie sometimes + Such a beautiful thing (CONTEMPO) 1974

    84. Roy Head - Treat her right + So long, my love (VOCALION) 1965

    85. Sam & Dave - I can't stand up for falling down + Soothe me (STAX)

    86. Sasha Caro - Grade 3 section 2 + Little maid's song (DECCA) 1967

    87. Scrugg - Will the real Geraldine please stand up and be countered + Only George' (PIE) 1969

    88. Sheena Easton - 9 to 5 + Moody (EMI) 1980 2x Copies

    90. Sipho Bhengu - Tickey dopies + I saluti (INKONKONI) 1971

    91. Soledad Brothers - Sugar & spice + Johnny's death letter, with Jack White (ITALY RECORDS)

    92. Some Chicken - New religion + Blood on the wall (RAW RECORDS) 1977 2x copies

    94. Spit Out - O from I + Tan + Rot'n'roll' (MA FROG RECORDS) 1996

    95. Stanley Winston - No more ghettos in America + It's alright (JEWEL)

    96. Status Quo - Down down (VERTIGO) 1974

    97. Super Sister - No tree will grow + She was naked (DANDELION) 1971

    98. The Beatles - Come together + Octopus's garden + Something (foreign pressing, country unknown)

    99. The Big Three - You've gotta keep her under hand + If you ever change your mind (DECCA) 1964

    100. The Buzzcocks -?? Ever fallen in love (UNITED ARTISTS) 1978

    101. The Factory - Path through the forest + Gone (MGM) 1968

    102. The Galactic Symposium - Y.M.C.A + Money (VAGUE RECORDS) 1978

    103. The Legion of Super-Heroes - The great name dropper part 1 + The great name dropper part 2 (AMY RECORDS)

    104. The Mark Four - Hurt me if you will + I'm leaving (DECCA) 1965

    105. The Mighty Avengers - So much in love + Something they say (DECCA) 1964

    106. The Misunders tood - I can take you to the sun + Who do you love (FONTANA) 1966

    107. The Move - I can hear the grass grow + Wave the flag and stop the train (DERAM) 1967

    108. The Negatives - Love is not real + Stakeout (LOOK) 1979

    109. The Nightcaps - Wine wine wine + Nightcap rock (MUSICOR)

    110. The Ramrods - Zig zag + Riders in the sky (LONDON AMERICAN) 1960

    111. The Smoke - My friend Jack + We can take it (COLUMBIA) 1966

    112. The Squirrels - Oz on 45 + Alone again (POPLLAMA PROD) 1988

    113. The Undertones ??- Teenage kicks (GOOD VIBRATIONS RECORDS) 1978 3x copies

    116. The Upholsterers - Makers of high grade suites (SYMPATHY FOR THE RECORD INDUSTRY)

    117. The Upsetters - Bucky skank + Yucky skank (DOWN TOWN)

    118. The Upsetters - Key card + Domino game (DL INTERNATIONAL)

    119. The Users - Sick on you + I'm in love with today (RAW RECORDS) 1977 2x copies

    121. The Versalites - Cutting rasor + Black belt Jones (DL INTERNATIONAL) 122. The White Stripes - Lafayette blues + Sugar never tasted so good (ITALY Records)

    123. The White Stripes - Party of special things to do + China pig + Ashtray heart (SUB POP)

    124. The White Stripes ??- Merry Christmas from.... (XL)

    125. The White Stripes - It takes two, baby + Fell in love with a girl (SYMPATHY FOR THE RECORD COMPANY)

    126. The White Stripes -?? Dead leaves and the dirty ground (XL) 2001

    127. The White Stripes - Hand springs (EXTRA BALL RECORDS)

    128. The White Stripes - Hotel Yorba (XL) 2001

    129. The White Stripes - Lord, send me an angel (SYMPATHY FOR THE RECORD INDUSTRY) 2x copies

    131. The White Stripes - Hello operator + Jolene (SYMPATHY FOR THE RECORD INDUSTRY) 2000

    132. The White Stripes - The big three killed my baby (SYMPATHY FOR THE RECORD INDUSTRY) 2x copies

    134. The Henchmen featuring Jack White - Some other guy + Psycho daisies (ITALY RECORDS)

    135. 2 Star Tabernacle - Ramblin man' (BLOODSHOT RECORDS) 1998 cover photo by Jack White

    136. The Wildbunch - Danger - Jack White backing vocals (FLYING BOMB)

    137. Surprise Package vol 2 featuring White Stripes, Rocket 455 and the Blowtops (FLYING BOMB)

    138. Surprise Package vol 3 featuring The Real Pills, MHz, The Dirtbombs (FLYING BOMB)

    139. Travis Wammack - Fire fly + Scratchy (ARA) 140. XL-Capris - My city of Sydney + Dead bugies (AXLE)

    141. Yami Bolo - Richer than Cory (JAMAICA INTERNATIONAL)

    142. Yardbirds - Happenings ten years time ago + Psycho diaries (COLUMBIA) 1966

  • bull_oxbull_ox 5,056 Posts
    um... 10 white stripes records? but i still love that guy.

    LOL

    yeah

    he was always very of the moment

  • anyone ever heard the CAN peel sessions?

    I actually just got that CD the other day. I've been really into it. Some of those improvised pieces are

  • SPlDEYSPlDEY Vegas 3,375 Posts
    anyone ever heard the CAN peel sessions?

    I actually just got that CD the other day. I've been really into it. Some of those improvised pieces are

    YESS!!!!

    This is all i've been listening to lately. That first track kills me everytime.

    - spidey

  • six eddie and ernie tracks...
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