The Beat - Peel Session 1980

The complete session recorded by The Beat on 3 September 1980 for the John Peel show on BBC Radio 1 and broadcast on the 22nd of that month.
Tracklist:
1. Too Nice To Talk To (0:07)
2. Walk Away (4:10)
3. Monkey Murders (Nine Mexicans) (7:15)
4. New Psychedelic Rockers (10:22)

[@goldtopgrandeur6935]

John Peel deserves far more credit than he already receives for what he accomplished.

[@youtubecryptochartvision]

he was the x factor show

[@jasongairn]

Glad to hear someone else expressing this. Considering his influence and progressive nature I'd say he was in the top 5 most important people in popular music.

[@MrKaplan230]

200% right.

[@martinfitzgerald1605]

Never a truer word spoken

[@611sqn3]

Yes especially his paedophilia with the teenager at 16 - the bit he admitted to. Saville's mate.

[@radleybadenhorst7789]

Had the pleasure of sharing a joint and conversation with Roger

[@peterfreeman6677]

These were the years when every John Peel Show had something new and exciting in it. That opening music promised a couple of hours of musical education .. and when The Beat session began it felt like I was hearing the best music ever made. Impossible not to dance to these tracks.

[@jamieburridge1498]

We used to listen religiously,I met John peel,at the zap club in Brighton.fields of nephelim..i was there to see furniture.had good conversation,but to say,his producer,Tony Wilson was so brilliant at getting unique stuff out of each band featured.,

[@PaGaNism]

RIP Ranking Roger.

[@Rose-qd2bl]

I miss John Peel.

[@jimsteed8517]

We all do.

[@peterfreeman6677]

So do I, every time I listen to one of these sessions .....

[@gazlee3208]

Roger was just outa school here, amazing.

[@richardpotter712]

Back in the day the record companies paid the BBC to get their songs on in peak time and didn't want to know the rest. They gave Peel a show when the BBC thought nobody was listening. Out of step in 1980, the BBC are just out of step in 2023. The reason the BBC failed to change was the reason why Kiss, Capital went onto thrive. Thanks the BBC!

[@katieb4655]

One of the best live bands I have ever seen. Absolute masters of their craft. Great memories of being a Beat Girl - I still have the sweatshirt 💖

[@dolmanf]

I saw The Beat many moons ago...a fantastic live act they were!!!

[@fyodorx5428]

"Walk Away" is such a good song, especially this version.

[@user-hn9ev1nx8f]

Magic

[@iamspartacus8219]

Saw them at the Top Rank Birmingham 1980, fantastic band live.

[@Evemeister12]

Utter bliss

[@AndrewBooker-gc4fe]

Got all u back in to the beat 🎉.

[@bluedivide1]

Some Bands stand out from the past like a well healed index finger to the present.

[@willieluncheonette]

haha...well put, mate.

[@goldtopgrandeur6935]

...or index and pointer. :^)

[@chrisst8922]

Wel' gud evenin' t' yer and on tonight's programme tracks from the X-Ray Spex LP, three, no four tracks from the Pere Ubu album that I talked about last night. The forthcoming single from The Jam and sessions from Siouxsie And The Banshees and The Beat.

[@thirdofaman]

Thank you for uploading.

[@celticandproud1]

what a band

[@DeluzianTrickster]

A classic example of the Peel Session being superior to the LP studio recordings. Thank you so much for sharing!

[@robertcaffrey6097]

Thanks for uploading. Great to hear this Peel Session. I wonder if Bob Seargent engineered the session as he went on to produce their debut LP. It's great to hear these songs in a different studio setting. The Beat were a fantastic blend of Calypso Ska, Reggae, Power Pop with Punk sensibilities. thrown in for good measure.

[@flawed_vision]

He in fact did. It's detailed in Ken Garner's book on the Peel Sessions.

[@joe2tonepringle352]

R.I.P. ROGER :-(

[@willieluncheonette5843]

So sad to hear about Ranking Roger. The Beat was always my favorite of the Brit ska revival bands cause on their debut album they were the closest to punk. That 12" e.p. with extended versions of Tears of a Clown/Hands Off...She's Mine/Twist & Crawl is truly great. And what to say about Save It For Later? A Monster. Thanks Vibracobra, as always.

[@Vibracobra23Miasma]

Aye...it was. Twist and crawl is one of my favourites of any genre. Absolute classic.

[@willieluncheonette5843]

@@Vibracobra23Miasma good to hear from you, mate. I've got a new email, just in case we correspond again. same as before but it's just wluncheonette now and then the rest. My old email got deleted cause I couldn't remember my password. Yes, I am a dunce for not writing it down.

[@Vibracobra23Miasma]

Happens to the best of us

[@stevehastings5161]

The Beat were a Great Mod-Ska Band from the Very Early 1980's! I've seen them Live in Hollywood many times @ various gigs with The Specials! The Selecter! The Brat! The Vectors! The Targets! Chardon Square! The Question? & Even? The Go-Go's! & The B-52's Before They Were Famous? Back In The Day! Very few people know this Little Piece of Musical History? Except for Some of Us? On this comment page? The Original Beat from The U.K. we are all hearing & are familiar with? In this Excellent Peel Session! Had to change their Band Name when they first arrived? & Started going On Tour in The U.S! Only because there was another Incredibly Great! & Awesome Power-Pop! & Rock"N"Roll Band! Tearing It Up! In Hollywood! & Los Angeles! Called "The American Beat" Otherwise known as "The Beat" with Paul Collins & Peter Case! Two of the Original Band Members from The Nerves! With Jack Lee! This is when "The Beat" had to change their Band Name to "The English Beat"!!

[@racketman2u]

@@stevehastings5161 They only changed their name in the USA; to many of us, there was only ever "The Beat"! as we'd never heard of their American impostors. (until, sadly, long after the original band had died, and the spirit had lived on brightly but briefly in the short-lived General Public, we were then treated to the revival of TWO zombie corpses. )

[@celticandproud1]

great band .

[@peterfischer3189]

God Bless the Beat

[@jamieburridge1498]

Wow..

[@AndrewBooker-gc4fe]

It's like something looking at a star lg

[@adrianbrowne7962]

" Mirror In The Bathroom " Proved That The Beat Were " Tinged With Musical Brilliance " And This " Excellent Peel Session " Re Emphasised There " Considerable Musical Credentials " !!! From Adrian Browne 1965

[@jamieburridge1498]

Ton Wilson produced stunning stuff

[@AndrewBooker-gc4fe]

Rip to nice talk to.

[@frankgoodall329]

Great recording ...Thanks for posting.

[@peterfischer3189]

Too Nice to be ignored-let's dance!

[@MISSINGPICTURES-band]

Nice of Shuffle to wheel Saxa's saxophone case.

[@martinfitzgerald1605]

Too nice to talk to so I'll whatsapp you😉, little different to early 80's

[@mrspeakerska]

Mr Speaker Ska adore et ajouté à sa playlist Mr Lord Guns & Redge & Gus Choiced playlist Ska, Reggae & Rocksteady

[@rdzed3505]

Second wave ska was the best.

[@mariopollano]

Thank You Vibra !

[@Vibracobra23Redux]

you're welcome friend

[@ericcrawford9827]

Something had to change

[@ronjohns8002]

the English Beat ftw m8!

[@lawrencescott2824]

Too

[@wallyhonk]

just to nice

[@belloalterno4695]

neaat

[@americotomaz7513]

515

[@notthenutter]

Seems like there is a decent bass player that they've done their best to make inaudible.

[@kitesurf58phil]

The EQ would have been set up for AM and FM broadcast I guess.

[@notthenutter]

@@kitesurf58phil Would that guess include the countless other Peel sessions broadcasts where the bass player was perfectly audible?

[@kitesurf58phil]

@@notthenutter Note to self: Don't comment on KZbin during beer sessions.

[@notthenutter]

@@kitesurf58phil Ha ha! Me too!

[@kitesurf58phil]

@@notthenutter I think I will stick to Peel Sessions in favour of beer sessions.

[@voltaire2001]

Swimming Poo and toilets

[@markstevenson6635]

Appropriate combination

[@thirdofaman]

Thank you for uploading.