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The Peel Sessions 1979–1981

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Released
  
2008 (2008)

Release date
  
2008

Genre
  
Post-punk

Artist
  
Killing Joke

Label
  
Virgin Records

Recorded
  
17 October 1979, 5 March 1980, and 27 April, 29 May and 16 December 1981 at BBC Radio 1 Studio D

The Peel Sessions 1979–1981 (2008)
  
Live at the Forum (2008)

Similar
  
No Way Out but Forward, Laugh? I Nearly Bought O, The Courtauld Talks, BBC in Concert, Outside the Gate

The Peel Sessions 1979–1981 compilation collects the first four sessions the band Killing Joke did for the legendary BBC Radio 1 DJ John Peel plus a bonus session recorded for Richard Skinner's program. Songs have been previously circulating on bootlegs, but are presented here in pristine sound quality.

Contents

Track listing

  1. "Pssyche" – 4:58
  2. "Wardance" – 3:45
  3. "Nuclear Boy" – 3:06
  4. "Malicious Boogie" – 2:02
  5. Tracks 1-4: Peel Session recorded on October 17, 1979
  6. "Change" – 4:20
  7. "Tomorrow's World" – 4:54
  8. "Complication" – 3:22
  9. Tracks 5-7: Peel Session recorded on March 5, 1980
  10. "Fall of Because" – 4:16
  11. "Tension" – 3:33
  12. "Butcher" – 4:36
  13. Tracks 8-10: Peel Session recorded on April 27, 1981
  14. "Hum" – 4:44
  15. "Empire Song" – 3:24
  16. "We Have Joy" – 2:52
  17. "Chop Chop" – 4:46
  18. Tracks 11-14: Peel Session recorded on December 16, 1981
  19. "Tension" – 4:13
  20. "Unspeakable" – 4:45
  21. "Exit" – 2:52
  22. Tracks 15-17: Skinner Session recorded on May 29, 1981

Personnel

  • Jaz Coleman - vocals, keyboards
  • Kevin "Geordie" Walker - guitar
  • Youth - bass guitar
  • Paul Ferguson - drums

    • Songs

    Pssyche4:58
    Wardance3:45
    Nuclear Boy3:07

    References

    The Peel Sessions 1979–1981 Wikipedia
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