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I have an old C90 cassette of the Peel sessions for the Reptile House album, which were twice as good as the versions that appeared on the vinyl. The tape is wearing out, is there any CD version of it I can get?
I've checked the Peel Sessions part of the BBC website, but they only list 2 sesssions, neither of which have the Retile House songs. Maybe it was a session for one of the other DJ's?
Anyone got any ideas? I have searched here, but there seem to be so many replies it would take forever to find it.
Session one: September 1982 For John Peel's show
1969 / Floorshow / Good Things / Alice
Session two: March 1983 For David "Kid" Jensen's show
Heartland / Jolene / Valentine / Burn
Session three: July 1984 For John Peel's show
Poison Door / No Time To Cry / Walk Away / Emma
There are other studio out-takes and early session versions though, most notably the Portastudio demos from 1983. Maybe that's what you're thinking of?
Tracks: Valentine #1, Body Politic (actually Fix -- it's assumed that the "Body Politic" name got on via bootlegger mislabelling), Anaconda, Driver, Good Things, Phantom, Burn It Down, Burn (instr), Valentine #2
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Thanks for the reply, didn't think there would be anyone out there with the info!
That second one sounds like it, although I am sure all the Reptile House songs are included. I know 6 songs is strange for a Radio One session, must dig the tape out and check it.
Maybe my brain is playing tricks on me, whenever I listen the real album, I get frustrated and have to listen to the session, so perhaps I don't work through it.
Never been officially released, but they are available on bootlegs of varying quality. There's a share going on at the moment of digital rebroadcasts of the 1st and 3rd sessions, but the second was never rebroadcast.
The portastudio demos are also widely available on bootlegs (another "never officially released" job though), and crop up fairly regularly for free on here.
If I told them once, I told them a hundred times to put 'Spinal Tap' first and 'Puppet Show' last.
I've downloaded the Radioland MP3 and the demos flood porta one, and I don't think they are the same as the ones I have on tape. I still need to find the tape though, and I wasn't sure which of the two "new" ones I was listening to, but will try and get my head round them over the weekend.
"Valentine" at the slower speed is fantastic, isn't it?!
