John Peel Sessions on Strange Fruit (1-6)

It was in 1986 that the very first JOHN PEEL SESSIONS were finally committed from master tape to Vinyl. STRANGE FRUIT RECORDS was established specifically for the purpose of releasing the sessions stored in the BBC Radio 1 archives. Many of these have subsequently been re-released on CD, either as part of artist sessions, or as compilations. Since 1986 a multitude of different formats and combinations have hit the distributors and dealers.
This blog post series is dedicated to the very first 12" vinyl releases of single artist sessions on STRANGE FRUIT, starting from SFPS001 up to SFPS054. Each of the image links below open to a full size image of the REAR sleeve of the original disc, which details everything you need to know about the session. This includes Track listings, timings, recording date, first transmission date and other info. If this whets your appetite to find out more about John Peel, or the fabulously eclectic musical styles he pumped out daily on BBC Radio 1 for many years, then check out this link. I guarantee you, there is a whole heap of fan info out there, so enjoy your surfing and be sure to have a wonderful journey through the world that is the legacy of the late, great Mr John Peel.



If you are interested in any details of the first 54 sessions issued on STRANGE FRUIT (from SFPS001 to SFPS054) then either post a comment or drop me an e-mail, otherwise wait for further blog entries in this series to appear here on The Red Baron Chronicles. Of course, you can always subscribe to the feed and get updates on The Red Baron Chronicles automatically. Remember, due to the amount of session info, and time comstraints, I am limiting this series to issues SFPS001 - SFPS054 only.

I will occasionally drop in links to MP3 downloads of these sessions too.

Enjoy