Which are John Peel's 140 fave albums?

I found some Charlie Feathers last night - sounded good. If I find time this evening (questionable as I'm out to see Mark Thomas & Rob Newman, yay Political Comedy!), I'll sort something out.

(have just been through my lists of stuff he's played in the last couple of years and there are about 10 others that haven't been posted yet that i have (no Charlie Feathers though). this may take a while...)

Party of Special Things to do (for youse)
http://s52.yousendit.com/d.aspx?id=2RT6OEX1SNEVC3RF9NTYNGV8T5

Ashtray Heart
http://s55.yousendit.com/d.aspx?id=3RLLCMEG0JG2T1L53LHR9W6VQT

And finally, off the Beefheart Tribute single:
China Pig.
http://s55.yousendit.com/d.aspx?id=2I7HJ62MVXOTH1ZJP5Q88BCTL2

Hotel Yorba:
http://s60.yousendit.com/d.aspx?id=0B01WT6GC66O62DITKKNIJ80Y9

Lord send me an angel
http://s60.yousendit.com/d.aspx?id=3KQP8FTO6GOKH03FCQED2NE272

I like the fact that Paul Morely namechecked Melanie, even if it is her "novelty" single.

and Sheena EASTON is ACE! How could you NOT like 9-5?!?!?

Mike T-Diva, I am intrigued by your taste in music. I wish my computer could cope with You Send It and I'd go and listen to some of those MP3s.

(Also, YSI-ing major acts like the Beatles isn't perhaps such a great idea.)
you may be right there mike, it was the completist in me who uploaded those songs. ysi only offers a maximum of 25 downloads. this doesn't really do harm to anyone.

and sorry for my not so nice comment upthread, patita. i wasn't in a good mood last night.

I understand your motive, alex in manhattan, so no harm. hope things are better for you now.

I'd given some thought to burning the mp3s to cds and making a few nice little boxes for them as gifts for fellow music lovers. silly, but it might be fun.

i wish i'd be in manhattan. but i am only in frankfurt, germany. main is the river -hattan stands for the only german skyline.

Here's a zip file containing Alan Price, Cat Power, Charlie Feathers (Get With It, Nobody's Woman, Wild Wild Party, Tongue Tied Jill), Don French, Elmore James, Laurie Anderson, MC5, Nilsson (WY/ET), OV Wright, Paul Revere, S.Easton, S.Quo, Soledad Brothers (JDL/S&S), The Move.

http://s57.yousendit.com/d.aspx?id=033RKO1KJQCOU3J8QZ9GGB6P4D

At this rate, Mike will have the entire 142 songs posted by the weekend! Thanks (once again).

that ZIp YSI won't work for me. Thank you for doing this.

It gave me problems - aborted twice, probably because it's a really large file - but eventually worked.

Yeah, I got the zip from another computer. Thanks again.

Whoever you are that brought these blessings to our humble home, godspeed!

ah, sorry to drop the i on you, alex! that's what I get for trying to read after crunching numbers all day.

001 Surfin' Hootenanny (this is fantastic, the guitar mimicry)
002 Don't Play Blue Eyes (beware, digital clipping = horrid sound)
004 Popatop (played in last night's bbc6 thing)
022 Stop! Get A Ticket
024 Sugar Bee (this also good)
044 Lemon Tree
(i have a theoretical 17 more at home, all played on his shows in 2003 and 2004, although i think a couple of them are duplicates with mike's above (cheers mike))

http://s39.yousendit.com/d.aspx?id=0FTQFSCJ8MR572KYBYPVGSM04K
(about 10M of file, zipped)

Smaller zips:
http://s58.yousendit.com/d.aspx?id=3HWVXGUEJ035U16U6Q6GYBNPXV
Alan Price Set - I Put a Spell on You
Cat Power - Headlights
Charlie Feathers - Get With It, Nobody's Woman, Wild Wild Party, Tongue Tied Jill
Don French - Lonely saturday night
Elmore James - Standing at the crossroads
Laurie Anderson - O Superman
MC5 - Borderline

http://s58.yousendit.com/d.aspx?id=2URFVXC9G84TP1HHQ4E21TMHZC
Nilsson - Without You, Everybody's Talkin'
O V Wright - That's how strong my love is
Paul Revere & The Raiders - Him or me - what's it gonna be?
Sheena Easton - 9 to 5
Status Quo - Down down
Soledad Brothers - Sugar & spice, Johnny's death letter (with Jack White)
The Move - I Can Hear The Grass Grow
+ Extra exclusive bonus track! Elmore James - The sky is crying

This is a great great list. The Users and Some Chicken recds are great and I'm so pleased to see The Factory's 'Path Through The Forest' and Andy Capp's 'Popatop' in there. One wierd thing - the Eddie and Ernie single 'I Believe She Will' is not from 1984, more like 1967, I'd say. Maybe a re-press?

Did somebody say "Path Through The Forest"?

http://s58.yousendit.com/d.aspx?id=1M733JQ6HE5YH2Z9QZQ7CXO1PC
Clefs of Lavender Hill - Stop! - Get a ticket
Johnny Fortune - Dragster, Soul surfer
Idle Race - Here we go round the lemon tree, My father's son
Andy Capp - Popatop
The Factory - Path through the forest
MC5 - Looking At You
Jody Reynolds - Endless Sleep
Johnny Adams - I Wish It Would Rain
Electro Hippies - Mega-armageddon death (Yes, it really is that short)

Sorry about the two duplications with koogs, but the zip was already made and time was tight. This be a better "Popatop", not sure.

11 more this evening, and then I'm done.

(can you post that bonus track individually (or email it) please. i don't want to download the other 7 tracks again.)

(also, which 11 more?)

I can post it individually this evening, but not before. Same goes for the track listing for the other 11. (But 3 of them are the Upholsterers EP - yeah, MORE Jack White...)

I didn't post "Dead Leaves" as my version has a glitch in it.

Also, don't seem to have "Candy Cane Children", "The Story of the Magi/Silent Night", "Hello Operator", "Jolene" or "The big three killed my baby" here.

(cool, just trying to reduce overall work involved)

i make that 62 tracks so far, and just over 3 hours...

There's a slight similarity between that Yardbirds track and Franz Ferdinand's "Tell Her Tonight", isn't there?

the version of 'you're pretty good looking' on the 7" runs jack's voice through some weird vocoder effect, not unlike Cher's 'believe' or roy vedas's 'fragments of life'

It had been years since I'd heard Easton's "9-5" (thus my dismissive remark way upthread). I listened about 8 times last night - it's a great song!

Ah, the near-perfect dialectic of the first three Sheena Easton singles! Hell, the songs even begin with consecutive letters of the alphabet...

That "You're pretty good looking" version is the "Trendy American Remix" which is on the b-side of "Lord send me an angel". But it's not specifically listed.

There is no "Fell in love with a girl" seven-inch on Sympathy for the record industry, let alone anything called "It takes two".

Mystery solved: it was a 4-track multi-artist promo 7".

http://www.whitestripes.net/releases-promo.php

Side A:
1. Mr. Airplane Man - Hangin' Round Your Door
2. The White Stripes - Fell In Love With A Girl
Side B:
1. Rizzo - Cathy
2. Bantam Rooster - Shitlist + 1

...and it's selling for 85 quid: http://eil.com/shop/moreinfo.asp?catalogid=276358

wow, this is fabulous. I'd tried to find some of these last night and failed--good to see others had better luck.

For the record, "9 to 5" is known as "Morning Train" to the rest of the world as it was retitled to avoid confusion with the Dolly Parton song.

i found a link to john peel's absolute fave on this page: the undertones - teenage kicks.

We now have 62 tracks. I broke down the missing ones in 3 categories:

A) COMPLETELY MISSING

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

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)

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

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

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

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)

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

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

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

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

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

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

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)

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)

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

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)

72. Nilsson - Kojak Columbo (RCA)

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

121. The Versalites - Cutting rasor + Black belt Jones (DL INTERNATIONAL)

122. The White Stripes - Lafayette blues + Sugar never tasted so good (ITALY Records)

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

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)

B) B-SIDE THERE, A-SIDE Missing

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

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

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

C) A-SIDE THERE, REST MISSING

1. Al Casey - [Surfin' Hootenanny] + Easy Pickin (PIE INTERNATIONAL) 1963

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

106. The Misunderstood - [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

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

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

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

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

quads belong in category B, sorry.

No they don't - They Must Be Thousands is DEFINITELY the A-side, 'cos a) I've got the vinyl original and b) it was the track that Peel hammered in 79.

Elmore James - The Sky Is Crying (liberated from this morning's zip)
http://s58.yousendit.com/d.aspx?id=182A9XXKLKZ8X01198ZD5E6KM1

By the way, the original Times list has been augmented with this article.

4th and last zip. I have been ILM's bitch for long enough.
http://s58.yousendit.com/d.aspx?id=0X3XURUTMHU9T216B2UNJ2CJXR

I Can't Stand Up For Falling Down - Sam & Dave
Pain, I Ain't Superstitious, Apple Of My Eye - The Upholsterers
The Thoughts Of Emerlist Davjack - The Nice
This Should Go On Forever - Rod Bernard
Mojo Hand - Lightnin' Hopkins
Wine Wine Wine - The Nightcaps
I've Been Born Again - Johnnie Taylor
Ghost Riders In The Sky - The Ramrods
Hurt Me If You Will - The Mark Four

Please continue. The John Peel Record Box MUST BE BUILT!

Thanks to everyone who's YSId these.

six more (lots of clashes with mike and his are generally better quality so...):

060: Sipple Out Deh
063: Coast To Coast
064: His Guiding Hand
078: Leader Is Burning
099: Keep Her Under Hand
108: Love Is Not Real

http://s41.yousendit.com/d.aspx?id=0772VBXOPAEJG0GRC3WOYBWBZG (12M ish)

all taken from recordings of shows and, therefore, not the best quality in the world. have possibly 1 more (111: My Friend Jack) but otherwise that's it from me.

(that emerlist davjack thing i heard last night whilst extracting these. it's crazy. was from the show with, i think, that nina nastasia live at peel acres track where the phone rings in the middle...)

Yeah, Emerlist Davjack is great! Also, that Yardbirds B-side, 'Psycho Daisies' is a CORKER IIRC.

Nice work everyone, just wish I had the opportunity to download 'em all :o(

just seen the modified dates on those files mike. nice to know i wasn't the only one... 8)

oh, and
121. The Versalites - Cutting rasor + Black belt Jones (DL INTERNATIONAL)

should be

121. The Versatiles/Lee Perry - Cutting Razor + Black Belt Jones

(7" of which is currently selling for 70 euros in places... but also on Kung Fu Meets The Dragon, Lee Perry cd)

ah, that emerlist davjack thing of mike's is different from the one listed. in the show he was talking to nina and her band about it and he'd provided some sort of advertising trailer for it which had later been pressed up as a very limited run of 7" singles for other djs.

http://home.clara.net/koogy/music/070_Emerlist_Davjack_Trailer.mp3
(for a limited time only)

I have the Some Chicken 7", and I've got La Peste on mp3, but I can't YSI it at the moment because my DSL is fucked at home. If it gets fixed today I'll try and send those when I get home.

Some Chicken's been done, but La Peste would be great...

koogs: That trailer has clips of loads of different Nice songs, but more in their better-known prog-rock vein. Emerlist Davjack was their debut single, and hence more psychedelic pop.

If anyone's looking for Mike Spencer & The Cannibals, then be advised that the slow blues B-side "Nothing takes the place of you" was the track that Peel rated (and played to death in the late 70s). I seem to remember him dismissing the actual A-side as nothing special.

I thought only the A-side of Some Chicken had been done, but haven't reread the whole thread, so dunno.