Bbc radio 4s home truths, which was hosted by john peel from 1998 until his death in 2004, had a hugely dedicated following. Stream tracks and playlists from johnpeelarchive on your desktop or mobile device. John peel was born in cheshire in 1939 and, after national service, he eventually went into broadcasting while travelling in america, where his liverpool accent convinced them he must know the beatles, and he was even present when lee harvey oswald was shot. From the 60s to the 00s, these records aired on johns radio london and bbc shows often provided the first plays for bands many. He was bbc radio 1s longestserving dj and in recent years had also presented home truths on radio 4. John peel first brought judys moving childhood story to light on home truths.
Tv advert for home truths bbc radio 4 john peel youtube. John explains his unique position in promoting new music, and the burden of having almost sole responsibility at points in time for that. After that, he went into broadcasting while travelling in america. Feargal sharkey was 19 when they made the record, so nothing dramatic there. John peels collection contains his favourite records from a career spanning nearly 40 years of opening ears. John peels record collection threatened to overtake his suffolk home. There is a great, if not vast, difference between predatory males, such as savile, peel, glitter, the unspeakable piece of shit who was the lead singer of lostprophets, etc who set out to sexually abuse and exploit underage children and those males such as tom jones, bowie, pavarotti, members of the beatles, stones, and other singersrock stars, racing drivers, tennis players. The programme became synonymous with peel and with his family, as well as his unique and eccentric views on british life, which were reflected in the people he chose to contribute to the programme. Mickey moscrop sang john peel in a recording made in 1953 in either the crown and thistle, rockcliffe, or the plough inn, wreay. Listen to johnpeelarchive soundcloud is an audio platform that lets you listen to what you love and share the sounds you create norwich. Hot snakes john peel 14th october 2004 by fruitierthanthou.
A tribute biography to the immensely popular dj and broadcaster, john peel. This was published in 1982 on the reynard album pass the jug round. Discover more music, concerts, videos, and pictures with the largest catalogue online at. John robert parker ravenscroft, obe 30 august 1939 25 october 2004, known professionally as john peel, was an english disc jockey, radio and tv presente.
Cold blood devices fullest intent to do harm download. John peel was a real person who hunted his pack in cumbria the location given away by the repeated word ken, the scottish and border word for know and the words were written by a friend of his, john woodcock graves, to the old tune bonnie annie. Welcome to the john peel wiki the wiki about john peel that anyone can edit detailed information on the legendary dj,851 articles since january 2008 featured articles members a firm favourite of peel in the late 70s, the members did three sessions for his programmes. John peel home truths his last broadcast part 1 youtube. See this page for a full listing of every john peel session, from 1967 to three posthumous releases in 2004. Stream 458 episodes of john peels radio show 846 hours. Listen free to fretblanket home truths from abroad into the ocean, why cant i sleep and more. John robert parker ravenscroft, obe 30 august 1939 25 october 2004, known professionally as john peel, was a british disc jockey, radio presenter, and journalist. Someones uploaded 458 john peel shows to soundcloud. We are always eager to hear your submissions of high quality tracks from any genre of music, even if the actual recording is diy.
Amazing archive of 458 john peel shows available to stream. Peel, whose radio career spanned 40 years, was on a working holiday in the city of cuzco with his wife sheila when he suffered a heart attack. This is another song that is authored, in spite of being considered a folk song. John peel was born in cheshire in 1939 and was educated at shrewsbury school before going on to do national service. The late john peel is revered and celebrated by many lovers of rock and pop music as a legendary disc jockey. Jon dennis analyses john peels top 20 albums music. In 1999, the dj presented the tv series sounds of the suburbs, which referenced their best. On monday night i met a couple of people from a band called orange juice who brought me a copy of their single and i played it and said i would play it on wednesdays programme, which i failed to do, so they probably thought, well, we wont listen to him again, in which case theyll have missed hearing the record, which is in tonights. Peel was born at park end, near caldbeck, cumberland.
Abducted by her psychotic spiritualist father and kept like a dog in the backyard, she went on to suffer at the brutal hands of nuns in a manchester orphanage, before living wild on the streets. This particular collection has many complete shows from. Home truths was a weekly bbc radio 4 programme which began on 11 april 1998 and was usually hosted by the dj john peel until his death in october 2004. In addition to his groundbreaking music show on bbc radio 1 john peel also hosted a fascinating and eclectic weekly talk show called home truths on radio 4 from 1998, until his death in 2004. And ive followed john peel both often and far oer the rasper fence and the gate and the bar from low denton holme to the scratchmere scar when we vied for the brush in. And for a sense of the incredible breadth and eclectic inclusiveness of peels musical tastes, visit the john peel archive, an online project cataloguing every single record in peels collection. An incredible, heartwrenching story of a child who refused to. Archive of john peel radio shows to stream and download. He paused briefly to enthuse about how it was the first time hed heard it and how great it was, how it was a pity that bbc regs meant he wouldnt be able to play it again for another hour, then played it again. From the back cover of a bestselling book about john peel. Home truths presented by john peel bbc radio 4 16th october 2004 his last broadcast kizoa movie video slideshow maker. A tribute biography of the hugely popular dj and broadcaster john peel. Some of the once leftfield artists he championed include pink floyd, david bowie, the specials, kraftwerk, the smiths and pulp.
Abstract john peel will be remembered mainly as the most influential british radio dj of the last century, but he was in addition a successful and important presenter of speech radio. One night in 1829, john woodcock graves sat in his parlor with john peel, a farmer, horse dealer, and foxhunter whose hounds were highly celebrated by the local sheep farmers. Amid the recent furore over the future or not of 6 music, one figure has loomed large. A soundcloud users personal collection of recordings of the john peel show has been gaining listeners as word has spread of its existence. Playlist for john peel radio one show 21 feb 1980 by barky. In isolation, you could give him the benefit of the doubt and think it must just have reminded him of his own teenage years, 20odd years previously, but along with everything else we know about him massively. In the saturday 9 10 am slot, it gradually became one of radio 4s most successful programmes the show was essentially a talk show where the host would interview ordinary people with an extraordinary story to tell. The bbc, for which he worked for many years, regards him a major figure in the history.
Stream the complete john peel sessions bbc version by the house of love and tens of millions of other songs on all your devices with amazon music unlimited. The heswallborn dj is one of greatest who ever lived, who strived hard to give a platform to the worlds best, weirdest, and most wonderful artists. Click on the audio icon to listen to an item or click the underlined text link for a page containing. John peel revealed his favourite albums to the guardian in 1997 but he kept us guessing as to their significance. We are removing our fees for every select subscription for 3 months to help support creators. Home trending history get youtube premium get youtube tv best of youtube.
Yes, i ken john peel and auld ruby, too ranter and royal and bellman so true from the drag to the chase, from the chase to the view from the view to the death in the morning. John peel is known for his work on a bridge too far 1977, creep 1995 and man of straw 1972. Forget 6 music what happened to john peels radio 1 slot. The transition from being a dj on bbc radio 1 to presenting the radio 4. John peel was the iconic dj who introduced the world to a huge range of music when few djs had the freedom to play their own records. By honouring a sex predator like john peel the bbc shows. But in a small, battered wooden box, the muchloved dj kept a precious selection of 7inch singles that meant more to him. John peel tribute is an ongoing netlabel music tribute, where artists contribute a piece of their music, as a way of respect to the legacy of john peel, and to showcase exciting music new and old. Mp3 audio download is at the bottom of this article. John robert parker ravenscroft, obe 30 august 1939 25 october 2004, known professionally as john peel, was an english disc jockey, radio presenter, record producer and journalist.
Veteran bbc broadcaster john peel has died at the age of 65, while on holiday in peru. Born in heswell near liverpool, on 30 august 1939, he began his radio career in 1962 at wrr radio in texas playing on his liverpool origins and connections, he pushed his ratings up by claiming acquaintance. John peel has always been at the cutting edge of music, introducing many new musical genres to the public, including punk, reggae, hiphop and rap. Some of the white familys property at ruthwaite near ireby passed into his hands, which secured peel a comfortable income. Its been an incredible experience for all of us to broadcast your remarkable. The home truths team would like to thank everyone who has contributed and listened to the programme over the years. For fans disappointed that the online debut of the late john peels record collection didnt feature actual music off those platters or broadcasts by the legendary british dj, heres the real deal.
He was one of the original djs of bbc radio 1 in 1967 and of those the only one remaining on. He was baptised on 24 september 1777, but most sources suggest he was born the previous year. He was the longest serving of the original bbc radio 1 djs, broadcasting regularly from 1967 until his death in 2004 he was one of the first broadcasters to play psychedelic rock and progressive. Pa i n 1997 the guardian asked john peel to list his top 20 albums. Johnpeelarchive john peel archive free listening on.