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#Peel6Music - help create the ultimate John Peel playlist

Tom Robinson asks 6 Music listeners to create a special playlist marking the 75th anniversary of John Peel.

As part of the 6 Music's John Peel anniversary programming, Tom Robinson asks listeners to create a special playlist celebrating the man and the music he championed.

30 August would have marked the 75th birthday of the inimitable DJ, who sadly passed away 10 years ago this October after a heart attack.

His now legendary Peel Sessions have given a platform to more than 2,000 then new acts from Bowie and Led Zeppelin, through to The Undertones, The Fall, Nirvana, Pulp, The White Stripes and beyond.

For Now Playing's #Peel6Music playlist listeners can pick their favourite Peel Session track, those acts that featured in his Festive Fifty, artists from his Dandelion Records or Strange Fruit labels, or any other interesting music link.

Tom Robinson will also be sharing his own memories, including receiving replies to his letters as a young music fan from Peel. Tom later performed his own Peel Session in the 1970s, and went on to become good friends with the DJ.

Plus the show will also feature classic archive, including John Peel in his own words.

Suggestions are invited by Twitter via #Peel6Music, posting on the show blog or the 6 Music or Now Playing Facebook pages, dragging tracks onto the show's collaborative Spotify or Rdio playlists, or the other usual live show contact methods.

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Sun 31 Aug 2014 18:00
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  • A selection of radio voices share their memories of John Peel

Music Played

  • bis

    We Love John Peel

  • PJ Harvey

    Sheela-Na-Gig

  • Billy Bragg

    Milkman of Human Kindness

  • Skids

    The Saints Are Coming (Radio 1 John Peel Session, 29 Aug 1978)

  • Bhundu Boys

    Manhenga - Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Session 06/07/1986

  • I Am Kloot

    Proof (Radio 1 John Peel Session, 5 Feb 2004)

  • The Specials

    Rat Race (Radio 1 Session, 15 Oct 1979)

  • SELECTED BY THE JOHN PEEL CENTRE'S ANDREW STRINGER

    • Richard Thompson

      Poor Ditching Boy

  • The Fall

    Eat Y'Self Fitter

  • T. Rex

    Ride a White Swan (Radio 1 John Peel Session, 26 Oct 1970)

  • The Orb

    Little Fluffy Clouds

    • Big Life.

  • Misty in Roots

    Mankind

  • SELECTED BY GIGWISE'S ANDREW TRENDELL

    • The White Stripes

      Let's Build A Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ/Goin' Back To Memphis (Peel session, 08/11/2001)

  • Napalm Death

    The Kill/ Prison Without Walls/ Dead

  • Status Quo

    Down Down

    • Whatever You Want - V.Best Of Status.
    • Polygram Tv.

  • Captain Beefheart & His Magic Band

    Electricity (Radio 1 John Peel Session, 4 Feb 1968)

  • The Jam

    Eton Rifles - Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Session 29/11/1979

  • SELECTED BY DAVID GEDGE OF THE WEDDING PRESENT AND CINERAMA

    • Cinerama

      Your Charms

  • Bill Oddie

    On Ilkla Moor Baht'at

  • Half Man Half Biscuit

    All I Want For Christmas Is A Dukla Prague Away Kit (John Peel Session 1985)

  • Aphex Twin

    Quintute (John Peel Session, 5 Dec 1992)

  • The Undertones

    Teenage Kicks

    • Beautiful Game (Various Artists).
    • Universal.

Broadcast

  • Sun 31 Aug 2014 18:00
    Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Radio 6 Music