Magazine - Peel Session 1978

[@discosecret6363]

Listening to this on Feb. 18, 2022. 44 years on and this band still sounds fucking brilliant.

[@mr.bloodvessel260]

Secondhand Daylight is one of the lost treasures of that era....

[@plasmatronic]

One of the greatest albums ever recorded.

[@shaneholland7841]

This is superb, the light pours out of me is an amazingly clar and tight recording Fresh and dynamic respect to the Maida Vale crew and of course the band!

[@briteness]

Live sessions recorded for John Peel usually sounded better than a band's official releases, and this is no exception. Thank you for sharing it here.

[@davidwiltshire6188]

Yes they did.

[@therealrodhull1]

Yes, maybe that's due to the BBC and BBC engineers etc.

[@karambolina6615]

listening to this in Belgrade in October 2022..I brought the first album when it first come out ...this is the first time I heard the peel session..totally brilliant.

[@joecvar]

Super excited for the new John McGeoch book. I love that dude, he was always interesting and inspiring to listen to✌🏻

[@permaveg]

Definitive Gaze is interesting , Magazine were a unique band who's music still sounds as fascinating as it was in 78.

[@Warrogue1]

Interesting is an understatement.

[@Kelly14UK]

That's a good song that one. A bit dark towards the end but you get uplifted out into a happy outro

[@musibaba70]

Totally true, their sound are advanced and sophisticated. Some bands introduced electronic sounds but they came from other trends. Magazine came from punk-rock and they did it magnificently!

[@patthewoodboy]

agree . "the conspiracy of silence" ? its about Gay Glitter

[@noeljohnson868]

This one's a 'work in progress' version, I'd say...

[@scarymantra]

RIP, John McGeogh

[@ECNIV2000]

Amen. 🙏🏻

[@nickwyatt9498]

Somewhere in a box in the attic I have a dusty cassette of Magazine rehearsing before they recruited Dave Formula. Very Spiral Scratch. Can't remember what's all on it - The Light Pours Out Of Me, definitely. Also, the version of My Mind's Not So Open was entitled Suddenly We're Eating Sandwiches, which Howard later told me came from a Beckett short story. Er, that's all I got. Until I dig out that tape!

[@danielvanstichel6077]

One of my fave band at the time (77 onwards). I was already fan of Buzzcocks (Spiral Scratch - January 77). So, I was a bit disappointed to see Howard leave the band. But actually it was for the better. Pete Shelley took the leading with Buzzcocks and Howard formed the great Magazine. And I super happy to have witnessed an extraordinary concert when I was travelling to Londo in 2012. On that evening called "From Front to Back", four different line-up was on stage. Ending this very long set with the original line-up. I was totally exhausted after this!

[@michaelplatter3281]

Awesome Band and so innovative

[@MichaelThomas-ll1hw]

This is one of the best peel sessions ever

[@clintdavies491]

outrageously brilliant. this is the best version.

[@daros194]

Prefer this version than the one on the LP. Much more raw and not over produced.

[@mikebryan7060]

It is often said that Peel sessions produced bands best versions of their material.

[@jonathanwatmough]

Fantastic.

[@whatmouth]

Jonathan Watmough love magazine .....still do

[@johnmacleod4481]

This group sound as new as when they first became heard of and being listened to on all forms of media platform.

[@christopherwelch136]

Barry Adamson. Yes.

[@ericrhodes5174]

Jazz devil!

[@dustynathan6442]

Devoto devotee!

[@noeljohnson868]

Just about the best sound for a 1978 UK band, and also, the best look, too....still sounds good today, but that is to be expected considering the awesome array of talent lined up against that wall...

[@thedoc1210]

Adamson had just started playing when he joined. That blows my mind, his bass is amazing.

[@johncrow5296]

Seen MAGAZINE many times...one ov My Faves...met Howard in Boston, we had a great time at WMBR radio after the show...this iz a GEM..thanx...John Z.

[@stevehastings5161]

Me too!!

[@ramonpastor7394]

The Band, the best ,jewels , please a new concert

[@bobbyshafto3259]

Magnificent band "live" outstandingly good !

[@BFC442]

Brill thanks.........

[@andrewhudson3723]

Arguably the best post punk song ever written, ever played.

[@AnthonyAvery]

A recent fan of three years! Where have I been?

[@bobbyshafto3259]

Plenty of time to "catch-up" on their entire back catalogue (including No Thyself),you won't regret it.

[@richardp1156]

Timeless music!

[@hugs1705]

Wonderfull!!!

[@lucianofonseca3661]

Espetacular 😆😆😆😆

[@emilyoshiro]

Lovely Peel sessions

[@paulbeardsley4095]

I love the way the first verse is missing in this version of Definitive Gaze, even though I like the Real Life album version.

[@ligeirinho3.028]

Ouvindo em 21 de fevereiro no Brasil 🇧🇷🍺Um fã de buzzcocks.

[@Bigsbeee]

Remember this stuff age 16 - 1979.. Still blows my fkin mind !!!!

[@adrianbrowne7962]

Now That The " Magazine " Has Been Attached This " Musical Revolver Of " Abject Power And Brilliance " Can Be Fired " !!! From Adrian Browne 1965

[@johnking8608]

One great esat talents to exist come back and haunt me wen your dead?

[@royalerathcliff5703]

TaG & DG....smashing versions!

[@paulfitzpatrick954]

Miss John McGeoch..

[@richardp1156]

Yeah great guitarist...

[@markwordsworth1678]

So innovative & so influential

[@patthewoodboy]

A person I knew , had their first LP , he hated it I bought it for £1 .. was 1979, Still have it 🙂

[@dougsmith7083]

MCGEOCH = GENIUS

[@markwordsworth1678]

Eons ahead of their time

[@humbird9536]

Howl, yes. Really dig the 2nd track.

[@Dirkkkkk]

Wow they sounded so much better live. Tragic how stale the stereo recording of the instruments sound in comparison.

[@adrianbrowne7962]

" Peel " Back The layers Of " Musical Genius " And Enjoy This " Absolutely Indispensable " Session Courtesy Of Magazine One Of The " Most Significant Bands Of The late 1970's !!! From Adrian Browne 1965

[@michajanowski3123]

fuckin...fantastic...

[@markpav9906]

Luvacious

[@2old2pogo]

three band members went on to form Visage, along with midge ure and steve strange

[@timrobinson6893]

But Visage's best song was written by Billy Currie from Ultravox

[@valentievalentie6171]

real life wooow

[@leanderssonable]

sounds like eno and buzzcocks baby

[@musibaba70]

It is logical that it sounds like Buzzcocks, being Devoted in both bands!

[@modularsynthspostpunk9354]

❤️💣

[@TheRockerxx69]

August 1978. Lyceum. Some other was there ?

[@darylcumming7119]

👍

[@Teeb2023]

Lookin' well suspicious there Howie... what you hiding? :D

[@geezerchav]

Fuckin' timless.

[@andrewefimako5758]

No one moron saw it, fortunately. God bless Magazine!

[@francoissalemi4895]

Andrew Yefimako I SAW THEM IN 1979

[@tonystephen6312]

Cool sound like euro prog meets punk.

[@pressureworks]

Future Bad Seed Barry Adamson !

[@bobbyshafto3259]

And a brilliant solo artist in his own right,seen him twice.....amazing!

[@mdm4qqjt]

Lucky you,myself and another english friend(from Manchester) tried for 10-15 years to see him here in NL,he never showed up at festivals he was meant to perform at,eventually he turned up at a festival in Amsterdam and we were nervous that he still might not show? Although I was informed when we did finally see him he'd "kicked the habit"?

[@juanelpolisjuanelpolis9666]

Si la música de ahora te parece una m*****que lo es deja de lamentarte y escucha todo esto.

[@honourethefire5794]

Never a fan of these must admit I loved Buzzcocks I didn't see them live until 79 though

[@transmit13]

Magazine > Buzzcocks. And I like them both.

[@frflinstone]

I still prefer the early Buzzcocks.

[@anfrankogezamartincic1161]

When i was young,i thought they are boring,they sounded to me like Pink Floyd, i was into Chaos UK, DISORDER, DEAD KENNEDYS. Now i know better, but still like that trash stuff,GBH, DISCHARGE....

[@patthewoodboy]

the light falls out of me ... a reference to Gary Glitter , look what happened to him

[@roblewis5044]

This is a song...........

[@MajorCulturalDivide]

Are there any female Magazine fans?

[@paulbeardsley4095]

My first two girlfriends bought records by them.

[@MajorCulturalDivide]

@@paulbeardsley4095 I'm glad to hear that. Thank you for responding.

[@catherinebernadettehopkins6262]

Yep. I have been a Magazine fan for many years....1980.

[@johnsword473]

My girlfriend here in NZ turned me on to em in 1982

[@clintdavies491]

@@johnsword473 does that mean she had to play magazine ..............