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A double-disc compilation album featuring an array of bands championed by the late John Peel will hit stores on the Monday (October 17th) following John Peel Day (Thursday October 13th).
Released through Warner Strategic Marketing, the album features the likes of the Super Furry Animals and Blur. A portion of profits will go to charities - the Salvation Army, East Anglia's Children's Hospices and the Kariandusi School Trust. Full track listing below.

CD1
Lonnie Donegan - Lost John
Tyrannosaurus Rex - Deborah
Pink Floyd - Set The Controls For The Heart Of The Sun
Jim Hendrix Experience - Spanish Castle Magic
Van Morrison - Sweet Thing
David Bowie - Life On Mars
The Doors - Five To One
Tim Buckley - Song For A Siren
Rod Stewart/The Faces - Stay With Me
The Misunderstood - I Can Take You To The Sun
Country Joe & The Fish - Not So Sweet Martha Lorraine
Fairport Convention - Meet On The Ledge
Captain Beefheart - Big Eyed Beans From Vegas
Loudon Wainwright III - Be Careful There Is A Baby In The House
Roy Buchanan - I Am a Lonesome Fugitive
The Bonzo Dog Doodah Band - Mr Apollo
The Ramones - I Don't Want To Walk Around With You
The Clash - Complete Control
Joy Division - Love Will Tear Us Apart
New Order - Ceremony

CD2
The Undertones - Teenage Kicks
Altered Images - Happy Birthday
The Smiths - How Soon Is Now
The Cocteau Twins - Pearly-Dewdrops Drops
Jesus & Mary Chain - Sidewalking
Blur - Song 2
Culture - Lion Rock
Billy Bragg - New England
Robert Wyatt - Shipbuilding
The Wedding Present - Brassneck
PJ Harvey - Sheila Na Gig
Pulp - Common People
The Fall - Theme From Sparta F.C.
Super Furry Animals - Something For The Weekend
Nina Nastasia - Bird Of Cuzco
The Delgados - Pull The Wires From The Wall
Belle & Sebastian - Lazy Line Painer Jane
Laura Cantrell - Two Seconds
Orbital - Chime
Elmore James - Dust My Blues


Seems a bit more mainstream than I would have expected but some good stuff. Any glaring omissions?

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Me too. I blame the chocolate stout...

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No Birthday Party? Surely they can drop Country Joe and the Fish and include Hamlet Pow Pow Pow instead?

Agree with comments about lack of black/death-thrash music. A ten-minute hard-core dub track would liven things up. Apparently, though, the track list comes from Peel's own collection of fave records and has been carefully vetted by wife and kids (not that THAT is any garuntee of quality - imagine if your partner was asked to list your all-time favourite tunes - makes you shudder, doesn't it?).

Seems to me the collection is really aimed at people who liked the idea of John Peel but never much got round to listening to his show (unless you count his Radio 4 broadcasts).

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