Cocteau Twins - Peel Session 1982

[@billcope9476]

The world was a better place with john peel in it

[@thefloyd3295]

I was in London in 1982 and JP played Wax and Wane....I was mesmerized...recorded the show by chance...then they announced a show at the ICA...and I thought: I will save every penny to see them! For a whole week I didn't take the tube to save money...on the day of the show it was pouring rain!!! Cats and dogs and what have you! London oh London! I couldn't afford to get sick...missed the show...regret to this day...same thing happen with the Genesis reunion show in Milton Keynes...bloody hell! England oh England!

[@leematthews6812]

I may have been at that one! I definitely saw them at the ULU, and remember their RFH gig as the third one I was at. Can't remember exactly what the other one was before that, but the ICA sounds likely.

[@sasha_americaaa]

Im their fan just 10yrs

[@Gandenkris]

Alas Dies Laughing is absolutely frigid, what an early masterpiece

[@philipbadiz6189]

John Peel, radio one's most formidable champion of independent musicians and labels. never be another quite like him.

[@destrozar]

Tom comes close though

[@duncan-rmi]

I cannot get this to go loud enough. magnificent.

[@amnril]

For me, Garlands was easily the best Cocteau Twins Album for me, so raw, so perfect. I was 14/15 so listened to Peel religiously and yes, I taped his shows and didn’t edit out his voice.

[@philipbadiz6189]

is there a person alive who was a teenager in the 70s and early 80s who didn't? quite possibly the world's best radio dj ever.

[@timgiebel]

Do you still happen to have those peel show tapes?

[@amnril]

@@timgiebel sadly not although I do know someone who recorded lots of his shows on reel to reel tape in the early/mid 70’s. I’ve heard one show where he was talking about his up coming marriage to Sheila (the pig).

[@timgiebel]

@@amnril that’s really interesting! If you’re still in touch with them, any chance you could find out some more info? I am one of the folks who digitise John Peel shows, and upload them to an online archive called the John Peel wiki. So always looking for new tapes to digitise.

[@ragnar010162]

For me it's Head over Heels, then Garlands.

[@PaulShendtown]

This session was my introduction to The Cocteau Twins. I was just 17, recently relocated with my family to a new town, I knew nobody my own age and spent my evenings in my room playing records and listening to Peel. This recording takes me right back to those days. Bittersweet for sure but more sweet than bitter. I discovered so much music from listening to the John Peel show, there will never be another like him. They try, but they all fail because they 'play the game' and treat Peel's legacy as some sort of marketable genre. THE John Peel stage, THE John Peel sessions... ''ooh yeah John Peel, legend... '' if you weren't listening to him, you'll never know... Influential? Nah, not really. He was ignored most of the time by the mainstream, nobody respected him apart from the inky music press and the spotty geeks sat up in their bedrooms with their tape recorders on 'record/play & pause' waiting for the next interesting song. Since his death, John Peel has become a product, a saleable genre. 'New music' & the beatification of it is just another thing the mainstream has enveloped and sucked into its profiteering maw. John was the real deal, the last of his kind on mainstream media. What they're doing with his name and legacy is abhorrent. John Peel spins in his grave at 33 rpm, sorry, 45, I played that at the wrong speed.

[@amnril]

Paul Shendtown Hearing this as a 14yr old on the Peel show really was a revelation to me.... mind blown.

[@ferroxglideh5621]

John's good work will long outlive his critics and his handlers. His legacy is safe, do not worry. The kids are alright.

[@simonrice5741]

Wise words

[@parisstromatias637]

In the 90s a really good dj started very close to John Peels work name Joh Kennedy in xfm radio station

[@mrscairns4618]

Paul Shendtown, Your opinion and analysis is the absolute truth.

[@cactus-mcjacktus]

this version of Wax And Wane is surprisingly clean. I love the album, but i *love* this! I love how clear everything is and how they just jet off into each song

[@felipeb.9321]

first heard this a little over 42 years ago. radio on, cassette tape ready to press record. John Peel sessions were nearly always the cutting edge of hip sounds, and these guys were some of the best to record their music for him. still as original now as it was then.

[@alexl5311]

Beautiful. Peel sessions over anything else ever recorded.

[@fabioantonio1334]

One of the best dream pop or shoegaze band.garlands and head over heels absolutely masterpieces

[@capgage1]

In the summer of 1982, I was 13 but not yet 13 if you know what I mean. MTV was new. Did not discover CT until four years later. Still will always be my favorite. I am 51 now. Started playing guitar 1980. Went through ALL the phases. All the pop at the time, then Metal. Long story. But CT will always be my favorite, formative, band. Want to hear them when I am dying.

[@vapula4006]

YES. i always say that as i’m dying i would like to hear her voice that’d be beautiful

[@richardstocks9139]

John Peel was the person outside of my family who was most influential on my life even though I only met him once. RIP John, you legend

[@andrasv7905]

That bass on wax and wane. God.

[@francescodibella4878]

It's amazing to see how many people's stories are connected somehow to the Peel Sessions. Friendships, love stories, moving to new homes or cities, garage bands... Every music lover is connected to John Peel, and that's really why he's been so important.

[@TheDaveman75]

Precocious talent, all three of them

[@alectra1]

four of them :D +Will Heggie

[@TheDaveman75]

@@alectra1 That's who I meant, the original three. Heggie was a brilliant bassist, all three originals were amazing.

[@Batstrings]

my fave CT session. Life got a whole lot worse for a lot of us when JP passed away. I think he had more impact on other peoples lives than anyone else . There was never a DJ like him before and certainly not after, though a couple tried, nobody could fill the void. a truly great man

[@quentincrisp6933]

Bigger than Murray the K the 5th Beatle?🤔

[@vauxhallramrod4155]

Wax and wane is like a time machine. Gets me back to the 80’s, in my room: Where’s Pa’? Where’s Ma’?, need to stop reading Kafka and get my high school homework ready for Monday, need to plan my life!! ...... I’m back: what’s in this coffee?

[@pressureworks]

Upon hearing The Cocteau Twins around this period in history, via John Peel's BBC World Service Show, a young person's life was changed and enlightened. Forever grateful to John Peel.

[@mikey8710]

Lucky, somehow I missed this until much later in life.

[@pressureworks]

@@mikey8710 how does feel, having lived a deprived life beforehand ????

[@doozle5132]

I love the way bands stretch out in Peel sessions. This is truly original music.

[@philipbadiz6189]

back again... still get chills from all these, especially 'Wax and Wane'.

[@adrianreeve71]

The incomparable John Peel introducing the incomparable Cocteau's.

[@KevinSmith-xy7qq]

A friend from work once played on the John peel show, Steve Robson, he played lead with spray dog, i still have the CD now

[@hanahclaudia]

Peel Sessions.. so many memories..💕

[@j.c.9784]

So cool to start off like that..

[@startervisions]

Perfect for when Joy Division doesn't seem to have enough melody...perfect for when Strawberry Switchblade isn't sounding dark enough...perfect

[@2000zenek]

bullshit

[@OzzyG-u9p]

They are top five bands in the my world 🌎❤

[@unclehamish]

Vibracobral I salute you. Just stumbled upon your site tonight and immediately subscribed. I was one of those youngsters (13 years old) with my fingers forever poised over the Record and Pause buttons when John Peel was on (1000pm until midnight if I remember correctly). This is one of many John Peel sessions I recorded, I have a lot to thank that man for, he introduced me to some great music, and its great to hear is voice again, makes me feel young again.

[@thezebrafromheaven7568]

The guitar starting at 6:10 is so bloody good words can´t describe it.

[@Weenybean.]

Incomparable

[@startervisions]

Perfect word. They started the first wave of "proto-Shoegaze"

[@dixienormous6969]

Absolutely love this. L O V E

Great upload! Saw them in Lisbon, 1994. Great show.

[@sppdenver]

great start to the day! thanks for this Vibracobra23!! ; )

[@evetsocratesofficial]

Thanks so much for this!

[@x-raybravo1990]

Wow Impressive !

[@ferroxglideh5621]

Happy 2021 Vibracobra! Thanks for all the swell posts

[@timturpin-fleck8667]

Thank you for posting this and especially with the great man's voice

[@spensert4933]

Planet Cocteau!

[@ferroxglideh5621]

magic.

[@seanmccuen6970]

wow, this is killer.

[@pabloimireia]

Impresionante

[@jeanmaurice451]

Thanks for posting. This is great!

[@sands7779]

✔✔✔ love this

[@m.darmos6703]

wow. it was 1982 and I would like to know how did they program their drum machine then! it's so good.

[@waltermolina3325]

Un perfect lujo dark

[@Allan-zb7mb]

I was 14 years old and at that time I liked all above New Wave and Goth Sounds , these were contemporary sounds and new and I decided to cut my hairs a bit and colored them blonde ( originally I have dark brown, almost black hairs and so they were more orange than blonde ) , then I've worn a black raincoat and darkblue leather shoes and a purple leather tie bearer...When my father came home he was shocked and said if I don't change my hair colors again he will make a baldie of me. I had to do what he wanted but two years later I became more radical and went away one night to my mother who has allowed me all .. .. hehe

[@darylcumming7119]

The early eighties.

[@showyourvidz]

I do love the Cocteau Twins but listening to this made me think about something. I'd love to have an 80's retro band that uses a drum machine. We could put a sign on it saying "position: Drummer - terminated due to automation."

[@m.darmos6703]

but it is very good use of drum machine. I would love to see how they did it then.

[@david_post_punk]

@@m.darmos6703 Sisters of Mercy were using drum machines pretty good , The Cure used drum machine for their Pornography stuff to, in 1982 April, it's used in One hundred years played live and other tracks supposedly while recording

[@LANGI902]

Drum machines are suitable depending on what genre. It works with this stuff, because it is more so a musical project than an actual band

[@LANGI902]

Meaning they are artists and had to get the songs out of them and probably did not intend on fame / following

[@david_post_punk]

@@LANGI902 u're saying Cocteau twins aren't a band? Dude gtfo

[@luizahm]

🤩🤗🎧🎶

[@pauldablue]

~ So very good, but where did 40 years go?

[@georgetzimas1541]

Well spent, hopefully.

[@pauldablue]

@georgetzimas1541 - Yeah some of it, some of it wasted 🙁 it's all good now 🙂

[@vasileiosfilis9284]

!

[@NameNotAlreadyTaken2]

What happened to the other Cocteau Twins session videos that got taken down recently?

[@Vibracobra23_Original]

I have better recordings, so will be re-uploading them in the next week or so

[@NameNotAlreadyTaken2]

Awesome. Although the ones that were taken down sounded fine to me.

[@Vibracobra23_Original]

They're all re-uploaded and have been online for a while. I'm not really sure how the hell you haven't spotted them!

[@MarkusGrandpre]

Did he say "Cocktail Twins" two times?

[@LANGI902]

Couple drinks 😂

[@startervisions]

legend has it...John could drink anyone under the table