details of every john peel session broadcast on bbc radio 1 since 1992
This site is an archive of all the bands that have recorded for or appeared live on the John Peel BBC Radio 1 programme since 1992, intended as an unofficial update to the reference section of Ken Garner's book In Session Tonight. Session details and tracklistings can be found in the index section.
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This
site is an archive of all the bands that have recorded for or appeared
live on the John Peel Radio 1 programme since 1992, intended as an unofficial
update to the reference section of Ken Garner's matchless book In
Session Tonight. Without access to the BBC's archives it is impossible
to provide all the detail you'd like, but with a great deal of help I have
managed to reconstruct a healthy amount. Consider the website a work in
progress.
The sessions
are listed both chronologically and alphabetically, with session details
and tracklistings to be found in the index section.
Read what
Ken
Garner, author of
In Session Tonight, the history of the
first 25 years of the Peel sessions wrote for the site about his book and
what has happened since publication.
The site was
originally published in 1999, and came about mainly thanks to Rocker, who
sent me seven years' worth of lovingly compiled lists of everyone who had
appeared on the Peel show since the cut-off date of In Session Tonight.
Many of the tracklistings are from playlist details kept by Tim and Lorcan,
to both of whom many thanks.
Every effort
has been made to ensure all details are as accurate as possible. If you
spot any mistakes or omissions or have any further session details please
let
me know. A list of the session details still missing from the archive
can be found here.
If you want
to get in touch with John Peel or learn more about the programme please
visit BBC
Radio 1.