And me I’m on a radio show…
EMI is releasing several classic John Peel sessions
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EMI?s greatest artists meet the BBC?s greatest DJ on this series of digital bundles. Featuring original sessions taken from the legendary John Peel vault and performed by multi-platinum selling artists: David Bowie, Syd Barrett, Jethro Tull, The Specials and The Stranglers, the bundles feature a mixture of hits, live favourites and classic cover versions ? highlights include David Bowie?s rendition of the timeless Velvet Underground track, ?White Light/White Heat? and Syd Barrett?s album gem, ?Effervescing Elephant?.
Accompanying the audio bundles are five video collections of classic BBC Top Of The Pops performances from Blondie, Roxy Music, The Human League, The Stranglers and Marillion. Each video bundle presents a unique look at these artist?s biggest hits captured in the moment of their greatest success ? all in the nostalgic environment of the world renowned television programme.
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Sadly, there is no Bowie TOTPs bundle as of yet and I don’t know at this stage if there are plans for one.
However, here are the
Artist: David Bowie
Title: Original John Peel Session: 23rd May 1972
Release Date: 01/12/2008
Digital Tracklist:
1 ~ White Light/White Heat
2 ~ Moonage Daydream
3 ~ Hang On To Yourself
4 ~ Suffragette City
5 ~ Ziggy Stardust
I feel duty bound to point out that this session is already widely available in it’s entirety as part of the Bowie At The Beeb release.
This session remains one of my particular favourites on account of it being the first Bowie radio session I ever heard…albeit five years after the original broadcast.
I taped it from the radio with a hand-held mic onto a somewhat stretched C120 when John Peel aired it again along with a session by Chelsea in June 1977.
It remained the only source of a Bowie version of White Light/White Heat for me until the 1983 RCA issue of the Ziggy Stardust Motion Picture soundtrack release in 1983…ignoring a couple of unofficial releases along the way of course.
On a final self-indulgent note, you’ll hopefully forgive me for boring you with the irrelevant tale that