Saturday October 25th 2014 marks 10 years since the legendary John Peel sadly passed away. This date also marks the annual ‘John Peel Day’ on which Peel’s legion of devoted listeners and fans honour his memory and legacy.
In 1998, John Peel ran a competition on his BBC Radio 1 show in order to give away 600 Dance / Electronic 12” records that had been building up steadily in Peel Acres since 1997. Because the programme simply didn’t have the budget to courier the records over to the winner, part of the prize – almost unbelievably – involved John driving over to the winner’s house to hand-deliver them! As his contribution to John Peel Day, the winner of these 600 records has put together a special 2-hour radio programme featuring a mix of his favourites from the 600, as well as the story of how it all came about.
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Fantastic mix of tracks and a great way to pay tribute to John Peel. It would be great to have a track list of the songs featured if possible? 😁
Danke für alle :)
Thank you :)
Great! What a back story to a mix.
"I'll remain forever grateful to John Peel for such an amazing gift of the 600 records, and meeting him was such a magical moment in my life! Sending a special salute on the 10th anniversary of John's sad passing to those that continue to go against the grain, the independent producers in pursuit of their own sound, building their own underground scenes and, of course, to all those that love independent and underground music!"
you have something money cant buy so cherish and keep and most of all play because that is what it all about the music
"Right from the start I should make it very clear that I'm not out to get any publicity for myself, ‘cash-in’ on my win, or somehow ‘ride on the back’ of John Peel's legacy – far from it! And to demonstrate that (in possibly a step too far!) I'm not going to mention my name at all on the programme. Now there may be some of you that know me, or that can work out who I am, but I would encourage you to please help keep my anonymity so I can prove I'm doing this for the right reasons. I'm also not making any money from this programme. I've put this together out of massive respect for John Peel and my sole aim is to share my story and, most importantly, to share this amazing music with you."