lunedì 30 aprile 2012

Where's the Beach - Peel Sessions (1989-92)


After the release of the track Tripping the LUV Fantastic for the Freak Beats compilation, John Peel got in touch and booked Where's the Beach - Peter Jones and Adam Marshall - for a first session, which was recorded on August 1st 1989 at Maida Vale Studios, with Dale Griffin producin and Mick Robinson engineering. Chloe Mac was on vocals. At the time the band only had three number, which clashed with the four-number format of a Radio One Session. Jones and Marshall wanted to record a version of the Cabaret Voltaire classic Nag Nag Nag but Dale Griffin cut the session short and only three tracks were recorded, namely the two songs from Freak Beats (Tripping The Love Fantastic, Deliciously Deranged) and a version of their soon-to-be first single Suakin (pronounced Sue-R-Kin). Peel loved the session and played it three times once being in his best-of-the-year round-up in December. Rumours have it that WTB never regained the raw energy that was captured on that session, mainly due to the equipment not being very good and slack midi timings caused by connecting things up incorrectly. The session aired on Augusr 31st, 1989.

Exactly one year later, after the release of the band's first single (Suakin), John Peel booked again the band for a second session (of which he said: "I can't understand why this band aren't what you kids call MEGA"). Marshall, Jones and vocalist Angie Summons on August 19th recorded three tracks (Feed The Fire, Chaos At The Axe Factory (Inst),Mega Armagedron Death / Yankamantra) which then aired on September 26th.

The third session for John Peel was recorded after the release of their third single (Sex Slave Zombie), in 1992. On October 11th Jones and Marshall gathered ay Maida Vale Studios, this time with Mike Engles producing and Andrew Rogers angineering, and recorded four new tracks (Unstoppable, Sex Slave Zombie Part Two, Oasis, Pop Killer). This session was finally aired on December 4th 1992.



(Thanks to Angie for the pic!!)

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