Name: Getting By (Holly Rees Cover) by James A. Reay
Duration: 3 min 4 s
Description: One of the best records of last year covered in a typically ramshackle style by James' latest fictional band 'The Awkward Ones'.

Forget your digitally remastered CDs and 180g vinyl - this is what punk really sounded like at the time.
These John Peel sessions were recorded in 1977 from a tinny transistor radio onto the cheapest Boots C60 tape using a budget microphone and a portable cassette player.
As a 13/14 year old, this was the only affordable way to hear much of this stuff, and many of the songs were yet to be released officially.
The sound quality is dreadful - loads of wow, flutter, hiss and distortion - but that's the way we heard these tunes back then.
Full tracklisting at https://twitter.com/Birmingham_81/status/760185547671371776

Peel Sessions 77

Punk & New Wave  1977 - John Peel Sessions from cheap Boots Audio C60

Interview

Echo and The Bunnymen Interview on Radio 1 in Sept 1980

Salvaged from an old cassette - John Peel talking about the Futurama 2 Festival in Leeds in Sept 1980. Brilliant roll call of UK post-punk bands. Lots of love for Echo & The Bunnymen and Altered Images. Less impressed by U2!

Futurama

John Peel previews and reviews Futurama 2 in Sept 1980

Browsing

Produced by Ben Hannah, mixed by Jackson Vert + mastered by Jamie Donnelly.

Cover art by Sarah Legender.

Tell Me

Out 27th February.

Recorded and Produced by Chad Male
Mastered by Pete Maher

Artwork by Milly Hutchcraft

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Let Go

One of the best records of last year covered in a typically ramshackle style by James' latest fictional band 'The Awkward Ones'.

Getting By (Holly Rees Cover)

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