John Peel
John Robert Parker Ravenscroft, OBE (30 August 1939 -- 25 October 2004), known professionally as John Peel, was an English disc jockey, radio and TV presenter, record producer and journalist.
John was the longest-serving of the original BBC Radio 1 DJs, broadcasting regularly from 1967 until his death in 2004.
He was one of the first broadcasters to play psychedelic rock and progressive rock records on British radio, and he is widely acknowledged for promoting artists working in various genres, including pop, reggae, indie pop, indie rock, alternative rock, punk, hardcore punk, breakcore, grindcore, British hip hop, electronic music and dance music.
Peel's Radio 1 shows were notable for the regular "Peel sessions", which usually consisted of four songs recorded by an artist live in the BBC's studios, and which often provided the first major national coverage to bands that later would achieve great fame.
Links to John Peel and his radio shows below:
John Peel's Interview With Phil Lynott Of Thin Lizzy In 1976
John Peel's Patrick Andy - Woman A Yard
John Peel's Barrington Levy & Josey Wales - Pick Your Choice
John Peel's Patrick & The Raiders - You Doing Wrong
John Peel's Aavikko - Manoliton Vapaapäivä
John Peel's Mechanic Manyeruke Singing Happy Birthday To John Peel On His 50th Birthday In 1989
John Peel's Low Country - Lake Charles
John Peel's Democratic Three - Cut Loose
John Peel's Brilliant - Wait For It
John Peel's Blazing Apostles – Day Of Descent
John Peel's Tobias Areketa And The Shazi Band - Maprani
John Peel's Thin Lizzy's First Peel Session (1971)
John Peel's Crab Tunes / Noggins - Crab Tune #2
John Peel's Unknown Reggae Track
John Peel's Luddites - Letters (session)
John Peel's Third Light - Shine
John Peel's Q&A In Nottingham 2002
John Peel's Collectors - Different World & The Obtainers - Yeh Yeh Yeh
John Peel's Wedge - Godzilla Stomp
John Peel's Seven Minutes - Ways And Means
John Peel's Big Tube Squeezer - Walk On The Suicide
John Peel's Cook Da Books - I Wouldn't Want To Knock It! (The Sausage Meat Mix)
John Peel's Swinging Laurels - Beating Heart (Peel Session)
John Peel's 3D A Fish In Sea - Houdini (Peel Session)
John Peel's Shambeko! Say Wah! - 8-8.30 Or 10 Til 12 (Peel Session)
John Peel's Pete Drummond And The V.H.F. - Rocking At The B.B.C.
John Peel's Great Leap Forward - If The C.A.P.'s Flat, Then Waive It
John Peel's Anonymous Sisters - The Ballad of Controversy