Guessing he wouldn't have the XX album.
pretty far-fetched "guess"
both Xs are p good sometimes
― ┗|∵|┓ (sic), Tuesday, 8 May 2012 11:50 (1 year ago) Permalink
I need Scott or someone to tell me who Babe Ruth and/or Back Door were.
― btw didn't i braek ur heart (NickB), Tuesday, 8 May 2012 12:47 (1 year ago) Permalink
― cinco de extra mayo (loves laboured breathing), Tuesday, 8 May 2012 12:55 (1 year ago) Permalink
i think he would have had trouble picking up that XX record back in 09
― Jamie_ATP, Tuesday, 8 May 2012 12:56 (1 year ago) Permalink
A disco cover of Babe Ruth's "The Mexican" appeared in the late 1970s, performed by the Bombers. This version inspired an electro/freestyle cover produced by Jellybean Benitez in 1984, for which he managed to recruit Haan on vocals - the cover subsequently becoming noted for its popularity as an underground dance hit.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Babe_Ruth_(band)
xp
― cinco de extra mayo (loves laboured breathing), Tuesday, 8 May 2012 12:58 (1 year ago) Permalink
I think it was also used as one of the breaks in 'Planet Rock' though Rev or Alex in Montreal (who introduced the song to me in outloud) probably knows more about that than I do...
― cinco de extra mayo (loves laboured breathing), Tuesday, 8 May 2012 12:59 (1 year ago) Permalink
Man, I had no idea that Hatfield was such a funky place in the 70s.
― btw didn't i braek ur heart (NickB), Tuesday, 8 May 2012 13:13 (1 year ago) Permalink
The Badgeman! Unsung heroes of the Salisbury scene....
― my father will guide me up the stairs to bed (anagram), Tuesday, 8 May 2012 13:16 (1 year ago) Permalink
this record is sick:
http://www.discogs.com/BCKid-Stop-Those-MFs/master/45045
― get wolves (get bent), Wednesday, 9 May 2012 03:52 (1 year ago) Permalink
abwarts are amazing! ex-members of neubauten. kind of no wavey.
i checked out a: grumh's 'no way out'. which is industrial as fuck electronic music. a bit screamy and harsh but im getting into it.
― Michael B Higgins (Michael B), Wednesday, 9 May 2012 10:56 (1 year ago) Permalink
Even in death, Peel is still inspiring and sharing his great love of music. It's a joy to see.
― Gerald McBoing-Boing, Wednesday, 9 May 2012 13:32 (1 year ago) Permalink
C are up:http://thespace.org/content/s000004u/albums/recordbox.html?letter=C
― Goodbye 20th Centipede (NickB), Tuesday, 15 May 2012 09:57 (1 year ago) Permalink
C is up, rather
Looks empty to me!
― Mark G, Tuesday, 15 May 2012 09:58 (1 year ago) Permalink
Nice big chunk of Cabaret Voltaire
That Cactus World News album is terrible though
― Goodbye 20th Centipede (NickB), Tuesday, 15 May 2012 10:00 (1 year ago) Permalink
Only goes up to Cameo, so Captain Beefheart just squeezed out
― Goodbye 20th Centipede (NickB), Tuesday, 15 May 2012 10:02 (1 year ago) Permalink
or do people file him under 'B'?
That Randy California album is great, 'Downer' is such a mean-sounding song.
― Goodbye 20th Centipede (NickB), Tuesday, 15 May 2012 10:07 (1 year ago) Permalink
Oops, Califone record mislabelled as Calexico...
― Michael Jones, Tuesday, 15 May 2012 10:27 (1 year ago) Permalink
Sure you've already discussed this upthread, but are the index card numbers just Peel's chronological handiwork? We seem to get into the 20000s around the mid-'90s.
― Michael Jones, Tuesday, 15 May 2012 10:29 (1 year ago) Permalink
Yeah, I think he started numbering in the late sixties (?), so all the ones bought prior to that are in alphabetical order, and everything bought subsequently just gets the next number as it comes thru the door.
― Goodbye 20th Centipede (NickB), Tuesday, 15 May 2012 10:37 (1 year ago) Permalink
Everett True tries his hand at what David Stubbs started a couple of weeks ago by doing the 'C's:
http://thequietus.com/articles/08799-john-peel-record-collection-everett-true
― Goodbye 20th Centipede (NickB), Tuesday, 15 May 2012 16:56 (1 year ago) Permalink
The Ds:http://thespace.org/content/s000004u/albums/recordbox.html?jpID=D060
― Heaven knows I'm thirsty and miserable now (NickB), Tuesday, 22 May 2012 09:50 (11 months ago) Permalink
this mike absalom album is so lovely!
― Impetuous hybrid (Matt P), Monday, 4 June 2012 17:12 (11 months ago) Permalink
Don't think anyone's mentioned this, they are scanning a bunch of letters and other ephemera from Peel's collection as well:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/johnpeelarchive/
― my father will guide me up the stairs to bed (anagram), Tuesday, 5 June 2012 12:12 (11 months ago) Permalink
this is lovely from terry
http://thespace.org/items/e000080q
― Crackle Box, Thursday, 14 June 2012 16:11 (11 months ago) Permalink
This guy had way more Sammy Hagar records than I ever would have guessed.
― Zaireeka Badu (NickB), Tuesday, 19 June 2012 09:02 (11 months ago) Permalink
only four Half Man Half Biscuit albums?! im surprised
― Michael B Higgins (Michael B), Tuesday, 19 June 2012 09:55 (11 months ago) Permalink
Yeah, he's got more Hall & Oates than that, must've all been on CD
― Zaireeka Badu (NickB), Tuesday, 19 June 2012 10:10 (11 months ago) Permalink
'X' shelf was a bit sparse after all:
http://thespace.org/content/s000004u/albums/recordbox.html?jpID=X
Wouldn't mind that Xhol record, could take or leave most of the rest of it.
― Superphysical Resurrection (NickB), Tuesday, 9 October 2012 10:26 (7 months ago) Permalink
This also now leaves a strange and unpleasant taste in the mouth.
― Here he is with the classic "Poème Électronique." Good track (Marcello Carlin), Tuesday, 9 October 2012 13:04 (7 months ago) Permalink
hmmm yeah, i hear you
― Superphysical Resurrection (NickB), Tuesday, 9 October 2012 13:13 (7 months ago) Permalink
for anyone still following this, i've been making playlists of the spotifyable stuff.
here's the big a-x one.
http://open.spotify.com/user/grannykart/playlist/7e2UT382pTSwuFcgQSLJAj
here's a "best of" with 130 tracks (there will be more when y and z are posted):
http://open.spotify.com/user/grannykart/playlist/3c6GRo8jtVwikKMfhoYByc
― sriracha bishop (get bent), Tuesday, 9 October 2012 18:25 (7 months ago) Permalink
awesome work, much appreciated.
― Spectrum, Tuesday, 9 October 2012 19:04 (7 months ago) Permalink
shocked he didn't have Los Angeles by X!
― rap game klaus nomi (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Tuesday, 9 October 2012 19:06 (7 months ago) Permalink