Comments on: Book Report: John Peel: Margrave of the Marshes http://realfake.org/blog/2008/01/book-report-john-peel-margrave-of-the-marshes/ Thu, 08 Sep 2011 04:21:28 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.2 hourly 1 By: Marco http://realfake.org/blog/2008/01/book-report-john-peel-margrave-of-the-marshes/comment-page-1/#comment-1618 Marco Sat, 12 Jan 2008 06:30:01 +0000 http://realfake.org/blog/2008/01/11/book-report-john-peel-margrave-of-the-marshes/#comment-1618 Apart from Peel, Symphony Sid, Alan Freed, Wolfman Jack and Murray the K, how many DJs became household names outside of the cities they broadcast from? How many continued breaking new acts and programing music based on their own tastes and not some corporate play list? Not too many, I'd wager. One of the casualties from the great vinyl purge of the late 90's was my copy of Siouxsie and the Banshees:The Complete Peel Sessions. Apart from Peel, Symphony Sid, Alan Freed, Wolfman Jack and Murray the K, how many DJs became household names outside of the cities they broadcast from? How many continued breaking new acts and programing music based on their own tastes and not some corporate play list? Not too many, I’d wager.

One of the casualties from the great vinyl purge of the late 90’s was my copy of Siouxsie and the Banshees:The Complete Peel Sessions.

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