The Complete Peel Sessions 1978–2004

by The Fall

The Complete Peel Sessions 1978–2004 cover art
  • Type: Compilation
  • Released: 25 April 2005
  • Label: Sanctuary
  • Country: United Kingdom
  • Length: 7:02:27
  • Community rating: 4.47/5 from 1 rating

Artists on this release: Tony Wilson, Charles Wesley, Brix Smith, Nev Wilding, Kay Carroll, Vance Wilson, Ralph Simonton, Felix Mendelssohn-Bartholdy, Becky Stewart, Steve Hitchcock, Chris Bailey, Una Baines, Ben Pritchard, Steven Trafford, Dave Bush, Frank Wilson, Don Van Vliet, Tom Head, David Lee Cason, Simon Wolstencroft, Stephen Hanley, Karl Burns, John Rolleson, Kenny Brady, Yvonne Pawlett, Gerry Roslie, Paul Hanley, Jim Boothe, Lee Hazlewood, Hank Mizell, John Porter, Craig Scanlon, Mark Radcliffe, Julia Nagle, Doug Shearer, Lucy Rimmer, Jim Bobo, Dave Milner, Tony Friel, Simon Spencer, Martin Bramah, Eamon J. McCabe, Henry Wilson, Mark E. Smith, Bob Sargeant, Karen Leatham, Dale Griffin, Mike Bennett, Marc Riley, Lee Perry, Steve Davies, The Monks, Joe Beal, Jim Watts, Eleni Poulou, John Sparrow, Spencer Birtwistle, Ed Blaney, Marcia Schofield, Damon Gough, Dave Tucker, Tony Worthington, Rick Goldstraw, Bill Collins, Simon Rogers, Mike Robinson, Ed Kuepper

Album Notes & Community Reviews

The six CD box collects all 24 of the band's BBC sessions for John Peel, from the first in 1978 to the last in 2004. It adds 'Whizz Bang', cut for the thirteenth session but never broadcast, and 'Job Search', an acetate recorded for Peel's 65th birthday, and it won Catalogue Release of the Year at the 2005 Mojo Awards.

Genres

Descriptors: live, witty, diverse, satirical

Tracklist

  1. Futures And Pasts (2:35)
  2. Mother-Sister! (3:07)
  3. Rebellious Jukebox (2:59)
  4. Industrial Estate (1:44)
  5. Put Away (3:33)
  6. Mess Of My (3:13)
  7. No Xmas For John Quays (4:12)
  8. Like To Blow (1:46)
  9. Container Drivers (3:38)
  10. Jawbone And The Air Rifle (3:22)
  11. New Puritan (7:13)
  12. New Face In Hell (5:02)
  13. Middlemass (3:53)
  14. Lie Dream Of A Casino Soul (2:41)
  15. Hip Priest (9:23)
  16. C'n'C - Hassle Schmuck (4:13)
  17. Deer Park (4:26)
  18. Look, Know (5:05)
  19. Winter (8:03)
  20. Who Makes The Nazis? (2:54)
  21. Smile (5:10)
  22. Garden (10:00)
  23. Hexen Definitive - Strife Knot (9:07)
  24. Eat Y'self Fitter (7:01)
  25. Pat Trip Dispenser (4:08)
  26. 2 x 4 (4:15)
  27. Words Of Expectation (9:14)
  28. C.R.E.E.P. (2:36)
  29. Cruiser's Creek (5:49)
  30. Couldn't Get Ahead (2:33)
  31. Spoilt Victorian Child (4:55)
  32. Gut Of The Quantifier (4:42)
  33. L.A. (4:34)
  34. The Man Whose Head Expanded (5:13)
  35. What You Need (5:52)
  36. Faust Banana (5:06)
  37. Hot Aftershave Bop (3:10)
  38. R.O.D. (4:26)
  39. Gross Chapel - GB Grenadiers (6:21)
  40. US 80's-90's (4:53)
  41. Athlete Cured (4:45)
  42. Australians In Europe (5:42)
  43. Twister (4:16)
  44. Guest Informant (4:09)
  45. Deadbeat Descendant (2:17)
  46. Cab It Up (4:40)
  47. Squid Lord (3:48)
  48. Kurious Oranj (5:57)
  49. Chicago Now (5:33)
  50. Black Monk Theme (4:05)
  51. Hilary (2:22)
  52. Whizz Bang (2:59)
  53. The War Against Intelligence (3:02)
  54. Idiot Joy Showland (3:46)
  55. A Lot Of Wind (5:25)
  56. The Mixer (4:32)
  57. Free Range (4:05)
  58. Kimble (3:53)
  59. Immortality (4:27)
  60. Return (4:11)
  61. Ladybird (Green Grass) (4:04)
  62. Strychnine (2:54)
  63. Service (3:35)
  64. Paranoia Man In Cheap Sh*t Room (4:17)
  65. M5 (3:08)
  66. Behind The Counter (4:03)
  67. Reckoning (3:40)
  68. Hey! Student (4:09)
  69. Glam Racket - Star (3:20)
  70. Jingle Bell Rock (1:08)
  71. Hark The Herald Angels Sing (3:09)
  72. Numb At The Lodge (3:00)
  73. He Pep! (4:15)
  74. Oleano (3:08)
  75. Chilinist (5:20)
  76. The City Never Sleeps (2:55)
  77. D.I.Y. Meat (2:32)
  78. Spinetrak (2:39)
  79. Spencer (3:34)
  80. Beatle Bones 'N' Smokin' Stones (3:40)
  81. Calendar (3:00)
  82. Touch Sensitive (3:35)
  83. Masquerade (6:33)
  84. Jungle Rock (6:21)
  85. Bound Soul One (3:50)
  86. Antidotes (4:57)
  87. Shake-Off (1:43)
  88. This Perfect Day (2:15)
  89. Theme From Sparta F.C. (3:53)
  90. Contraflow (4:05)
  91. Groovin' With Mr. Bloe - Green-Eyed Loco Man (6:06)
  92. Mere Pseud Mag. Ed. (3:17)
  93. Clasp Hands (4:41)
  94. Blindness (6:28)
  95. What About Us? (5:52)
  96. Wrong Place, Right Time - I Can Hear The Grass Grow (7:00)
  97. Job Search (4:20)

Credits

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