The Complete John Peel Sessions (The Jesus and Mary Chain album)

The Complete John Peel Sessions
Compilation album by The Jesus and Mary Chain
Released	February 2000
Recorded	October 1984 - November 1989
Genre	Alternative rock Noise pop
Length	60:37
Label	Strange Fruit
Producer	Mark Radcliffe, Dale Griffin, Mike Robinson
The Jesus and Mary Chain chronology
Munki (1998) The Complete John Peel Sessions (2000) 21 Singles (2002)

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The Complete John Peel Sessions is an album released by Scottish alternative band The Jesus and Mary Chain.

It comprises the sessions the group recorded for the late Radio 1 DJ John Peel on his late night radio show from October 23, 1984 to November 26, 1989. Peel was an early supporter of the band and gave them well needed publicity which they were unable to gain from the majority of other DJs and music programmes of the day who concentrated mostly on the Synthpop craze sweeping the 1980s.

In 1985 (the year of the band's debut release Psychocandy), John Peel show listeners voted them 1st (Never Understand), 2nd (Just Like Honey) and 12th (You Trip Me Up) in his annual Festive Fifty chart.[1]

Contents 1 Track listing 2 Notes 2.1 Recording Dates 3 Personnel 3.1 The Jesus and Mary Chain 3.2 Additional personnel 4 References

Track listing

All songs written by Jim Reid and William Reid, except where noted.

LP (SFRSLP 092) and CD (SFRSCD 092)

1. "In a Hole" – 2:42
2. "You Trip Me Up" – 2:07
3. "Never Understand" – 3:08
4. "Taste the Floor" – 3:07
5. "The Living End" – 2:14
6. "Inside Me" – 3:00
7. "Just Like Honey" – 2:48
8. "Some Candy Talking" – 3:12
9. "Psycho Candy" – 2:00
10. "You Trip Me Up" – 2:41
11. "Cut Dead" – 2:46
12. "Fall" – 3:11
13. "In the Rain" – 2:27
14. "Happy Place" – 2:21
15. "Sidewalking" – 4:22
16. "Coast to Coast" – 3:19
17. "Take It" – 3:06
18. "My Girl" (Smokey Robinson, Ronald White) – 3:05
19. "Far Gone and Out" – 3:03
20. "Silverblade" – 3:11
21. "Here Comes Alice" – 2:47

Notes

Recording Dates

• Tracks 1 to 4 recorded 23 October 1984
• Tracks 5 to 7 recorded 3 February 1985
• Tracks 8 to 11 recorded 29 October 1985
• Tracks 12 to 14 recorded 25 November 1986
• Tracks 15 to 18 recorded 31 May 1988
• Tracks 19 to 21 recorded 26 November 1989

Personnel

The Jesus and Mary Chain

• Jim Reid - vocals
• William Reid - guitar
• Douglas Hart - bass (tracks 1 to 7, 15 to 21)
• Bobby Gillespie - drums (tracks 1 to 7)

Additional personnel

• Karen Parker - backing vocals (tracks 5 to 7)
• Mark Radcliffe - production (tracks 1 to 4)
• Dale Griffin - production (tracks 5 to 14, 19 to 21)
• Mike Robinson - production (tracks 15 to 18)
• Mike Engles - engineer (tracks 5 to 7, 19 to 21)
• Dave Dade - engineer (tracks: 12 to 14)
• Mike Robinson - engineer (tracks 1 to 4, 15 to 18)
• Simon Clifford - engineer (tracks 12 to 14)

References

The Jesus and Mary Chain Jim Reid William Reid Loz Colbert Mark Crozer Phil King Murray Dalglish Dave Evans Bobby Gillespie Douglas Hart Ben Lurie Steve Monti John Moore Nick Sanderson Richard Thomas Studio albums Psychocandy Darklands Automatic Honey's Dead Stoned & Dethroned Munki Live albums Live in Concert Compilations Barbed Wire Kisses The Sound of Speed Hate Rock 'N' Roll The Complete John Peel Sessions 21 Singles The Power of Negative Thinking: B-Sides & Rarities Upside Down: The Best of The Jesus and Mary Chain EPs Some Candy Talking Happy When It Rains Darklands Rollercoaster The Peel Sessions Sound of Speed Singles "Upside Down" "Never Understand" "You Trip Me Up" "Just Like Honey" "April Skies" "Happy When It Rains" "Darklands" "Sidewalking" "Blues from a Gun" "Head On" "Reverence" "Far Gone and Out" "Almost Gold" "Sometimes Always" "Come On" "I Hate Rock 'n' Roll" "Cracking Up" "I Love Rock 'n' Roll" Related articles Discography Primal Scream Creation Records Blanco y Negro Records Freeheat Lazycame Black Box Recorder