''The Peel Sessions 1979–1981'' is a compilation album collecting the first four sessions recorded by the English

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Killing Joke Killing Joke are an English rock music, rock band from Notting Hill, London, England, formed in 1979 by Jaz Coleman (vocals, keyboards), Paul Ferguson (drums), Geordie Walker (guitar) and Youth (musician), Youth (bass). Their first album, ''Ki ...

for the legendary

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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 ...

, plus a session recorded for his colleague Richard Skinner's programme. The sessions had been previously available as bootlegs, but are presented here in pristine sound quality.

Track listing

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

Personnel

;Killing Joke *

Jaz Coleman Jeremy "Jaz" Coleman (born 26 February 1960) is an English singer and musician. He came to prominence in the early 1980s as the lead vocalist and keyboardist of post-punk group Killing Joke. Coleman is known for his unique raspy baritone voic ...

vocals Singing is the act of creating musical sounds with the voice. A person who sings is called a singer, artist or vocalist (in jazz and/or popular music). Singers perform music (arias, recitatives, songs, etc.) that can be sung with or without ...

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* Kevin "Geordie" Walker -

guitar The guitar is a fretted musical instrument that typically has six strings. It is usually held flat against the player's body and played by strumming or plucking the strings with the dominant hand, while simultaneously pressing selected stri ...

* Martin "Youth" Glover -

bass guitar The bass guitar, electric bass or simply bass (), is the lowest-pitched member of the string family. It is a plucked string instrument similar in appearance and construction to an electric or an acoustic guitar, but with a longer neck and ...

Paul Ferguson Matthew Paul Ferguson (born 31 March 1958) is an English rock drummer, best known for his work in the post-punk/ industrial group Killing Joke and cult English punk band Pink Parts. Following a stint as the drummer with the London-based Matt St ...

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References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Peel Sessions 1979 - 1981, The BBC Radio recordings Peel Sessions recordings Killing Joke live albums 2008 live albums 2008 compilation albums