MY BLOODY VALENTINE John Peel 25th September 1988

[@Dgggless]

I was huge into Fields of the Nephilim and Jesus and Mary Chain when I discovered My Bloody Valentine. Felt myself in need of something new, while awaiting albums I read in the magazines of the time- were in the works. Friends of mine were discovering "new" things, so I took a chance on fresh released album from my local record store. Sound Connection in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada. I loved it and got all my friends into it. Who was to know, so much more music wildness was to follow?

[@tar0286]

I love how Kevin is clutching himself in this picture

[@AndreaSzabo7171]

Wadda ya mean..🤔

[@DanielWhite-v4e]

its the david vye, love that eustacia line

[@johnjhon-ef7nv]

Prob singing an ira song in his head lol

[@inaijik]

and I thought Lose my Breath couldn’t sound any better

[@CristianmarceloCaceresbr-zy8mj]

Me gusta belinda butcher...💜💜💜💜

[@feds_watching]

My birthday! Listen to this every year. Today I turn 18!

[@chep-dj3dz]

i'm too late. but anyway, congrats!

[@jeremyseymour7905]

Happy 20th!! Keep listening to the best band on earth.

[@brymsd8895]

4 days early but happy 21st!

[@anvarkhabirov6303]

HBD!!!😂

[@ozmarichardson6524]

happy recent 22nd b day!

[@YANHAP1]

sat in my room, walls, door, ceiling painted black... blue bulb, green bulb, 14 years old listening on a radio clock alarm with red digital display and a can of butane

[@eversongabriel7099]

Enjoy it, brother. As much as you can. Life can be so brutal, and that moment surely will be in your memory as an amazing thing, 'what a time!'

[@YANHAP1]

@@eversongabriel7099 I did and every word is true my prescient friend and now... it's 36yrs later. Enjoy the trip!

[@eversongabriel7099]

@@YANHAP1 oh, I see. You did great, then. Stay good, friend. God bless.

[@ryanjonestownmassaker5943]

Debbie Googe's bass is fucking bomber here!!

[@jamesleonard2870]

That’s what I was going to say too

[@UFO_computers]

It’s Kevin

[@Natty4000]

Is it? I thought Peel Sessions were live studio recordings, mostly, with the occasional overdub. I reckon it's Debbie on this recording, unless you know otherwise. I know Kevin played pretty much everything on Loveless. ​@UFO_computers

[@ldblokland463]

​@@Natty4000 These are all pre-loveless songs so it's probably Debbie playing bass

[@alternativepreacher4516]

Man I would love to have this on CD.

[@jamesleonard2870]

I listen to this everyday! 🌊🌊🏄‍♀️🏄‍♂️

[@thenightbladefeeds]

just get some blank cds lol

[@longbeachdave1]

I was lucky enough to catch them in Long Beach, Ca. at this tiny club in 1989. They were just making the transition from "Strawberry Wine" to "Feed Me with Your Kiss" so - the PERFECT set that night.

[@tbwatch88]

saw the same year/show at the Lingerie in Hollywood... with eleven other people. it was unreal.

[@waterfoot]

@@tbwatch88 I was at both shows - Bogart's and Lingerie

[@ThruTheEarth]

holy shit

[@dmanntube]

First time seeing them was in McGonagles, Dublin, Ireland, Wednesday 25th April, 1990

[@1Afattybombatty]

saw them at Coachella

[@pagli7215]

best version of "I Can't Feel It (But I Can See It)"

[@jonunderscore]

Yep, best I've heard. It's magical.

[@andymorrall7404]

❤

[@pearlhomerecords8986]

Fantastic session. I saw them touring the first album,so I guess they played most songs from the album and You Make me Realise EP.

[@dpclerks09]

It all sounds great, but When You Wake hits different on this. So good.

[@VioletPrism]

4:20 is such a beautiful part with the guitars.

[@HughSurname]

This was recorded on the day I was born :)

[@saam6768]

it is unreal to me that this their live sound. whatta band.

[@raphaelmann]

I saw them live lots of times around this period, and this pretty much is how they sounded live...only...louder!

[@23scj]

@@raphaelmann lucky bugger!

[@raphaelmann]

@@23scj we took it completely for granted at the time...I remember being jealous of older people that had seen Hendrix and The Beatles... : )

[@maxmordon7295]

@@raphaelmann And now I'm jealous of you all, besides the fact that people's idiocy was much less obvious given the fact that there were no computers with internet access available everywhere...

[@raphaelmann]

@@maxmordon7295 I'm not somebody that gets nostalgic much, and there's lots of positive things about the technology we have now...but...it's difficult not to look back and think that we were happier then without all this...

[@joshuagrabowsky1767]

it is amazing how much love these sounds can produce in my body.

[@enriquecelestinohourcade115]

Super re.ok

[@nw6231]

Omg i love the Peel Sessions - MBV, The Smiths, Joy Division. So many more great bands!

[@ok2760]

John Peel really was quite something

[@catlvr-kg9ol]

And the Cocteau twins

[@GT380man]

@@ok2760If you’ve not yet encountered Mark Devlin’s “Musical Truths”, you will find out just what kind of something he was.

[@ollieoleary]

This is just astonishing, especially I Can See It, what a version..

[@rb919]

Love this recording, superrr quality

[@cheesesandwich8125]

wouldve been ppppppperfect if they also played no more sorry

[@Hornwiesel]

Thank you

[@csh8403]

Danke!

[@eversongabriel7099]

Thank you, brother! I would've liked if they have played Cupid Come!

[@emersontomasini9495]

Thank you. 🙂

[@furmissile]

People give way to much credit to studio trickery when they talk about the sound of MBV. It has at least as much to do with playing technique and creative use of tone as anything else. Loveless used some sampling and MIDI drums, but even with that album everything could be replicated live. According to Shields, reversed reverb was responsible for a lot of what people perceived as tons of layers of guitar, and that was achieved with a rack unit that could be used live.

[@tonyevans9999]

correct

[@jonunderscore]

It really comes down to just incredible songwriting and they don't get enough credit for that.

[@abanana2561]

Shields said it best, they just played what they loved.

[@jamesleonard2870]

Yeah when I saw them on the loveless tour in SF I was blown away by how close it sounded to the record. I thought it was all studio trickery. Boy was I wrong. It was so efing loud too. But I had to get it all in me. It seriously felt like my cells were rocked!

[@michaelchipperfield952]

Awesome! Each instrument is in the zone!

[@hazysativa3045]

The sound track to doing the things I shouldnt be doing

[@CS-mo7xp]

check out swirlies - blondertongue audiobaton lp. that is all.

[@champ1114]

Wish isn't anything sounded more like these mixes tbh

[@pixussb7524]

>Implying Isn't Anything is not perfect enough

[@mulefa1]

@@pixussb7524 i do think the mix leaves a little to be desired

[@Aurellio1984]

Amazing!!!

[@therightovers]

The EPs into and including Isn't Anything represented the height of this band's prowess in my opinion

[@sunshaped]

Totally agree!

[@larrymonteleone1789]

nobody cares, just enjoy the session

[@devlink32]

@@larrymonteleone1789 lol fuck up larry

[@therightovers]

@@devlink32 Seriously

[@pg6917]

@@larrymonteleone1789 hhahaha

[@VARTHDADER]

Thanks for posting this. I heard this when aired and it stood out made me listen and turned my musical taste inside out and on its head. Saw them live on the rollercoaster tour at Brixton with the Mary chain absolute bliss wallowing in their wall of sound

[@marcharley6465]

I was at that gig, too. Both MBV and Dinosaur Jr were amazing. I even quite enjoyed Blur.

[@jeremyseymour7905]

Oh My God you lucky SOB -MBV and JMC are basically my two fav bands. Nice work!!

[@saganspirit]

Yeah was at the Cardiff gig of that tour with Mary Chain headlining - they took it in turns headlining I believe

[@paniccat]

as good as it gets

[@shadowpokemonblade25]

this makes me feel something so profound deeply within this human shell i occupy thanlk you for uploading this for all of us to enjoy and experience.

[@eversongabriel7099]

Great.

[@paulchell8101]

This song always got me juices flowin when I was a youngster, long live MBV

[@timespace.productions7513]

Colm is a motherfucking machine!

[@FryturamaMx]

Increíble

[@LuisFernandoSaavedra]

Me encanta ❤

[@yorke1.038]

Me alegra mucho mi corazón ❤️ My Bloody Valentine 🍉

[@jamesleonard2870]

This is so awesome! Hey have you guys heard that guy that does acoustic versions of MBV? He’s a fricken genius! It’s super cool! 🌊🏄‍♂️🪷 Ps Bilinda sounds so good in this recording! I absolutely love her voice =]

[@jpk50]

This is great.

[@CristianmarceloCaceresbr-zy8mj]

Me recuerdo de esos tiempos de libertad y reveldia

[@brianfarrell3987]

Last track has a feel of Loop about it

[@flinchey6962]

The reverb makes everything sound better, the drums on i can't feel it are better than the studio version

[@ok2760]

I wonder where this is sourced from? It's never been released officially but this doesn't sound like an off-air recording? I guess we can expect to see an official release of this session sometime around 2030 at the usual rate of MBV activity.

[@fenderwoods]

A MBV radio session like this would take the band at least 5 months to finish these days. :-) Great band, though. And thanks for posting!

[@amdersonrambao9282]

MBV : rádio senssion ?

[@JulianA-tr6pt]

@@amdersonrambao9282 they're just joking about how MBV takes forever to make music, and a small session, such as a Peel session (which is like a radio session) should've taken months.

[@salubrious]

Seriously top drawer session altogether!!

[@Shauneroo]

Fantastic!

[@KUMAKUMA_GM]

懐かしい

[@cleaningmyroom1000]

John Peele is a fucking legend, this sounds so good. I imagine Kevin had a hand in it but still, absolutely stellar.

[@weatherman10]

It would be good to include Peel's comments either side of the tracks on these sessions and an idea of the source too

[@CS-mo7xp]

agreed

[@GT380man]

He turned out to be a horrible, corrupt individual, like most (all?) of BBC radio 1 DJs of the era. See DJ Mark Devlin’s “Musical Truths” books. I own all of them.

[@herbieshine1312]

Magical memories

[@philv2099]

Thank you kurt Cobain somehow i guess. You made me discover so many rock bands and ultimately i find MBV

[@philv2099]

@EndofMusic hell yeah !

[@DaneMarshall56377]

Same for me. Nirvana led me to Sonic Youth which then led me to My Bloody Valentine. Sonic Youth was the link between the two.

[@andrewoid4711]

how the hell did you find mbv through kurt

[@jmichael91]

@@andrewoid4711 only way i could see is by also discovering sonic youth which is how i discovered many other bands

[@catlvr-kg9ol]

@@andrewoid4711I think they’re saying they found them through the rock bands that nirvana introduced them to

[@Wind-lx8zb]

Nice handle LOL

[@bloodyjoec]

This one!

[@lostlanguag.es_]

✨

[@soyunestupido]

Debi y colm los más boni obi 🧑‍🤝‍🧑✨🎉👞🤡💕🎈🥳🥣🌷

[@juancruzmonti2072]

Only if Isn't anything sounded just as good as this...

[@amdersonrambao9282]

Eu ainda não estou : Morto porque sei que ainda estou ouvindo o som do : My Bloody Valentine.

[@tar0286]

Belinda is so eye catching

[@TheConquistor]

A pitty she passed away

[@tar0286]

Iroquios Well Wikipedia says she’s currently 56 and only features her date of birth, unusual for a person who has died.

[@TheConquistor]

she isnt alive because shes an angel!

[@tar0286]

Iroquios well fair enough, the whole ‘she is on another plane, it is we who are dead running with strange creatures’ line. I avow it

[@MsMiika13]

Bilinda.

[@twitchygiraffe4636]

Good session! But it’s a shame Kevin keeps brushing the early mini lp’s and ep’s under the carpet as they desperately need reissuing! There’s only so many times you can reissue and remaster the creation stuff before it becomes boring and “done!”

[@gyrados78]

I really wish there would be a reissue of all their old stuff, from when they first started recording with that other singer - I forget his name, maybe it was David Conway - and the early Bilinda EP's like Strawberry Wine and Ecstasy. The evolution of their sound is so interesting and some of my favourite songs of theirs are from the earlier period that goes so ignored. Never Say Goodbye for example, such a beautiful song. I wonder who owns the rights of their early discography and if there's some issues with that, or if they just don't want to acknowledge that material anymore... 😶

[@kontrajelly]

6:26

[@9eyeh8chu9]

why cant there be a video of this performance!?

[@nwfl775]

Feed Me With Your Kiss pounds so fucking hard!

[@nolagospeltracts8264]

Why can't they at least put the commercials between songs?

[@FruitierThanThou]

Unfortunately, I have no control where they put commercials....

[@nolagospeltracts8264]

@@FruitierThanThou I know its not you.

[@MickDickinson]

Googe bass pressure

[@EndlessJoint]

Feed me with your kiss sounds so much better here than it does on the record

[@mmmmmmmmmmmmm1109]

the very end of the session b like "WEEEEEOOOOOooooWAH"

[@AndreaSzabo7171]

This was recorded shortly after my NDE @ drowning in the Pacific Ocean 💘🔵🔴🟣💕💞💥💥💘 👄 5.55 👄 7:52 8:02 8:07 8:11 8:14 👄

[@pg6917]

this is the 2150's in the 80's

[@arcangelolonoce2911]

That's exactly how this sounded in 1988. Well said. I was 16 back then, and the first time I heard Isn't Anything I thought the aliens had landed, and boy I wanted to go wherever they came from.

[@ihrstinkt100]

💕❤️💕

[@dreamback1781]

Prefer the guitar sound on 'feed me' on this version than on the LP

[@chrisholmes1719]

Was this done before or after they recorded Isn’t Anything?

[@andrewtiltscher4042]

this was 2 months before Isn't Anything was released. would of thought it was recorded a little before that though.

[@michaelrivera5443]

andrew tiltscher your poor eardrums haha I’m joking, bring on the volume

[@lauv1150]

recorded after, released before

[@bubblegumgun3292]

yeah valentines day ... just me

[@twitchygiraffe4636]

By early I mean 1985-87!!!!

[@nickpaz6712]

dam

[@elpezleta]

wow!! thats amazing! sound fucking great, but even with the genius Mr. Pell the guitars lack of something... as any shoogaze live recording :I

[@emilianopierro]

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