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 (twelve years ago) link
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 (twelve years ago) link
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 (twelve years ago) link
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 (twelve years ago) link
this record is sick:
http://www.discogs.com/BCKid-Stop-Those-MFs/master/45045
― get wolves (get bent), Wednesday, 9 May 2012 03:52 (eleven years ago) link
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 (eleven years ago) link
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 (eleven years ago) link
C are up:http://thespace.org/content/s000004u/albums/recordbox.html?letter=C
― Goodbye 20th Centipede (NickB), Tuesday, 15 May 2012 09:57 (eleven years ago) link
C is up, rather
Looks empty to me!
― Mark G, Tuesday, 15 May 2012 09:58 (eleven years ago) link
Nice big chunk of Cabaret Voltaire
That Cactus World News album is terrible though
― Goodbye 20th Centipede (NickB), Tuesday, 15 May 2012 10:00 (eleven years ago) link
Only goes up to Cameo, so Captain Beefheart just squeezed out
― Goodbye 20th Centipede (NickB), Tuesday, 15 May 2012 10:02 (eleven years ago) link
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 (eleven years ago) link
Oops, Califone record mislabelled as Calexico...
― Michael Jones, Tuesday, 15 May 2012 10:27 (eleven years ago) link
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 (eleven years ago) link
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 (eleven years ago) link
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 (eleven years ago) link
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 (eleven years ago) link
this mike absalom album is so lovely!
― Impetuous hybrid (Matt P), Monday, 4 June 2012 17:12 (eleven years ago) link
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 (eleven years ago) link
this is lovely from terry
http://thespace.org/items/e000080q
― Crackle Box, Thursday, 14 June 2012 16:11 (eleven years ago) link
This guy had way more Sammy Hagar records than I ever would have guessed.
― Zaireeka Badu (NickB), Tuesday, 19 June 2012 09:02 (eleven years ago) link
only four Half Man Half Biscuit albums?! im surprised
― Michael B Higgins (Michael B), Tuesday, 19 June 2012 09:55 (eleven years ago) link
Yeah, he's got more Hall & Oates than that, must've all been on CD
― Zaireeka Badu (NickB), Tuesday, 19 June 2012 10:10 (eleven years ago) link
'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 (eleven years ago) link
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 (eleven years ago) link
hmmm yeah, i hear you
― Superphysical Resurrection (NickB), Tuesday, 9 October 2012 13:13 (eleven years ago) link
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 (eleven years ago) link
awesome work, much appreciated.
― Spectrum, Tuesday, 9 October 2012 19:04 (eleven years ago) link
shocked he didn't have Los Angeles by X!
― rap game klaus nomi (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Tuesday, 9 October 2012 19:06 (eleven years ago) link