The Peel tapes: August 1991

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Side 1
1. Apollo 440 – Destiny
2. Nightmares on Wax – A case of funk
3. Swans – Song for dead time
4. Lydia Lunch – Spooky
5. Frankie Knuckles – The whistle song
6. Solo – Rainbow
7. Manic Street Preachers – Stay beautiful
8. The Times – Lundi Bleu
9. Utah Saints – What can you do for me?
10. Eon – Fear (The mind killer)
11. Pixies – Palace of the brine

Side 2
1. Ramleh – Black Moby Dick
2. Red Shift – Showdown
3. Tim Buckley – Morning Glory
4. Pixies – Subba cultcha
5. Altern 8 – Infiltrate 202
6. The Tinklers – Trees like to rot in the forest
7. Where’s the beach – Primeval goddess
8. Junior Cat – Boomshot
9. N-Joi – Anthem
10. Acid (man)

Notes: Did I really here Lydia Lunch's 'Spooky'on 'Match of the Day' the other day? Entirely possible. Lot of cheesy hardcore rave on this tape. Well it was the summer of '91. I would have been down Tom Tom's in Cardiff of a Saturday night, or talking with JLC in the Lion about our impending trip to Universe (the first one, by Junction 18 of the M4). Happy memories.
Of the rest, the Ramleh track stands out in my mind: percussive guitars, the power of repitition. Shimmydisc's The Tinklers were another curious proposition. Faux-naif, but charming nonetheless. I think the Happy Flowers were funnier though.