John Peel was a great person, and will always be missed.

What did you think of the Smiths' Peel sessions, by the way?

Looks to be a good album for great man. Wasn't 'Reel around the fountain' Peel's fave Smiths track though? I suppose that would be far less commercial.

looking at the tracklisting, to me, this cd doesn't seem to reflect john peel at all. yes he liked all of the bands included but it just doesn't read like a john peel playlist. i'd also think it might perhaps be more appropriate for session songs to be released instead of what seems at a glance each bands most famous work.

i do really miss him, his show but i just can't buy into all of these things. would he have wanted this? i don't know

You can do better than that.

on someone else's death.
Did Peel have a family which may get the royalties, etc., instead of just the corporate man cashing in?

anyone seen the advert to this cd? they show clips of all the bands and when they come to the smiths, they show the clip of johnny teaching moz to play the guitar (featured in 'how soon is now')!!

Katie

John Peel's All time festive 50 -  Year 2000

01 Joy Division - ' Atmosphere' (Factory)
02 Undertones - ' Teenage Kicks' (Good Vibrations)
03 Joy Division - ' Love Will Tear Us Apart' (Factory)
04 Sex Pistols - ' Anarchy In The UK' (EMI)
05 Clash - '(White Man) In Hammersmith Palais' (CBS)
06 New Order - ' Blue Monday' (Factory)
07 Smiths - ' How Soon Is Now?' (Rough Trade)
08 Nirvana - ' Smells Like Teen Spirit' (Geffen)
09 Smiths - ' There Is A Light That Never Goes Out' (Rough Trade)
10 This Mortal Coil - ' Song To The Siren' (4AD)
11 Robert Wyatt - ' Shipbuilding' (Rough Trade)
12 Pulp - ' Common People' (Island)
13 Capt Beefheart & His Magic Band - ' Big Eyed Beans From Venus' (Reprise)
14 Dead Kennedy' s - ' Holiday In Cambodia' (Cherry Red)
15 Joy Division - ' New Dawn Fades' (Factory)
16 My Bloody Valentine - ' Soon' (Creation)
17 New Order - ' Ceremony' (Factory)
18 Only Ones - ' Another Girl, Another Planet' (CBS)
19 New Order - ' Temptation' (Factory)
20 Joy Division - ' She's Lost Control' (Factory)
21 Wedding Present - ' Brassneck' (RCA)
22 Smiths - ' This Charming Man' (WEA)
23 Sugarcubes - ' Birthday' (One Little Indian)
24 Fall - ' How I Wrote 'Elastic Man'' (Rough Trade)
25 Wedding Present - ' My Favourite Dress' (Reception)
26 Delgados - ' Pull The Wires From the Wall' (Chemikal Underground)
27 My Bloody Valentine - ' You Made Me Realise' (Creation)
28 Joy Division - ' Transmission' (Factory)
29 Sex Pistols - ' Pretty Vacant' (Virgin)
30 Pixies - ' Debaser' (4AD)
31 Belle & Sebastian - ' Lazy Line Painter Jane' (Jeepster)
32 New Order - ' True Faith' (Factory)
33 Clash - ' Complete Control' (CBS)
34 Fall - ' Totally Wired' (Rough Trade)
35 Jam - ' Going Underground' (Polydor)
36 Stereolab - ' French Disko' (Duophonic)
37 Jimi Hendrix Experience - ' All Along The Watchtower' (Polydor)
38 Fall - ' The Classical' (Situation Two)
39 Damned - ' New Rose' (Stiff)
40 Tim Buckley - ' Song To The Siren' (Straight)
41 Beach Boys - ' God Only Knows' (Capitol)
42 Velvet Underground - ' Heroin' (MGM)
43 Nick Drake - ' Northern Sky' (Island)
44 Bob Dylan - ' Visions Of Johanna' (CBS)
45 Beatles - ' I Am The Walrus' (Parlophone)
46 Beach Boys - ' Good Vibrations' (Capitol)
47 Sundays - ' Can' t Be Sure' (Rough Trade)
48 Culture - ' Lion Rock' (Strange Fruit)
49 P J Harvey - ' Sheela-na-gig' (Too Pure)
50 Pavement - ' Here' (Big Cat)