The Joy Division Peel sessions are a series of sessions recorded by English
post-punk band
Joy Division for
John Peel
John Robert Parker Ravenscroft (30 August 1939 – 25 October 2004), known professionally as John Peel, was an English disc jockey (DJ) and radio presenter. He was the longest-serving of the original BBC Radio 1 DJs, broadcasting regularly fr ...
's radio show on
BBC Radio 1 between January and November 1979.
Releases
''The Peel Sessions'' EP (1986)
The first EP, ''The Peel Sessions'', was released in 1986 by record label
Strange Fruit
"Strange Fruit" is a song written and composed by Abel Meeropol (under his pseudonym Lewis Allan) and recorded by Billie Holiday in 1939. The lyrics were drawn from a poem by Meeropol published in 1937. The song protests the lynching of Black ...
. It features recordings made for John Peel's show broadcast on 14 February 1979, and was recorded at the
BBC Studios in Maida Vale,
London, England on 31 January 1979.
None of the songs had been released prior to the broadcast. The version of "Transmission" is one of the few recordings available where both Curtis and Sumner play guitar at the same time.
The EP spent thirteen weeks on the
UK Indie Chart, peaking at number 4.
Track listing
''The Peel Sessions'' EP (1987)
The second EP, also titled ''The Peel Sessions'', was released in 1987 by Strange Fruit. It features the recordings made for John Peel's show broadcast on 10 December 1979, and was recorded at the
BBC Studios in Maida Vale, London, England on 26 November 1979.
None of the songs had been released prior to the broadcast.
The EP spent seventeen weeks on the
UK Indie Chart, peaking at number 3.
Track listing
''Peel Sessions'' compilation (1990)
A compilation of both EPs, ''Peel Sessions'', was released in 1990 by Strange Fruit.
The US cover does not have the famous "Tube" photo by
Anton Corbijn
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. There is also a French release which has a different cover.
Track listing
References
External links
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Joy Division live albums
Joy Division
1990 live albums
1990 compilation albums
Strange Fruit Records compilation albums
Strange Fruit Records live albums
Albums produced by John Peel
Joy Division compilation albums
Albums produced by Bob Sargeant