The Peel Sessions (Fluke album)

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The Peel Sessions
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Live album by
Released1994
Recorded1994
Genre Electronic music
Label Astralwerks
Producer Fluke
Fluke chronology
Six Wheels on My Wagon
(1993)
The Peel Sessions
(1994)
Oto
(1995)

The Peel Sessions is a live album by British electronica group Fluke, first released in 1994.

Contents

The album is a compilation of performances recorded live at the BBC for John Peel's radio show. It includes early versions of several tracks from Six Wheels on My Wagon and The Techno Rose of Blighty along with a previously unreleased track, "Time Keeper".

Source recordings

This CD is a selection from two live sessions (18 November 1990 [1] and 10 December 1991). [2] All four tracks are present from the 1990 session, and just three of the four tracks from the 1991 session are present. [3]

Fluke were invited to perform two further, unreleased, Peel Sessions after this CD. One broadcast on the 10 November 1996 [4] (recording date unknown) and the other performed live on the 8 December 2002. [5]

Track listing

  1. "Thumper!"
  2. "Taxi"
  3. "Jig"
  4. "Our Definition of Jazz"
  5. "The Bells"
  6. "The Allotment of Blighty"
  7. "Time Keeper"

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References

  1. "BBC Radio 1: John Peel: Fluke Session 1990" . Retrieved 9 November 2006.
  2. "BBC Radio 1: John Peel: Fluke Session 1991" . Retrieved 9 November 2006.
  3. "BBC - Radio 1 - Keeping It Peel - 10/12/1991 Fluke".
  4. "BBC Radio 1: John Peel: Fluke Session 1996" . Retrieved 9 November 2006.
  5. "BBC Radio 1: John Peel: Fluke Session 2002" . Retrieved 9 November 2006.