John Peel's Record Box

! No.

! Artist

! Title

! Label

! Year

! Comments

| 1

| Al Casey

| "Surfin' Hootenanny"
"Easy Pickin"

| Pye International

| 1963

| Dance-Craze Surf Instrumental with female group vocal excerpts

| 2

| Al Ferrier

| "I'm Not Drinking More"
"Don't Play Blue Eyes'"

| Master Trak

| 1974

| Rockabilly

| 3

| Alan Price Set

| "I Put a Spell on You"
"Iechyd-Da"

| Decca Records

| 1966

| A UK Chart hit - John Walters, Peel's long-time producer, was a member of The Alan Price Set, and played on this

| 4

| Andy Capp
Reco

| "Popatop"
"The Lion Speaks"

| Treasure Island

| 1969

| Reggae Skinhead single

| 5

| The Anemic Boyfriends

| "Guys Are Not Proud"
"Bad Girls in Love"

| Red Sweater Records

| 1980

|

| 6

| Ann Peebles

| "I can't stand the rain"
"I've been there before"

| London Records

| 1972

| 70s Soul track

| 7

| Anti-Social

| "Traffic lights"
"Teacher, teacher"

| Dynamite Records

| 1977

|

| 8

| Arthur K Adams

| "Wildwood flower"
"It's a wild, wild, wild, wild wildwood flower"

| Jetstar

| 1966

| R&B/Soul artist

| 9

| Big Stick

| "Drag racing"
"Hell on earth"

| Recess Records

| 1985

|

| 10

| Bill Oddie

| "On Ilkla Moor Baht 'at"
"Harry Krishna"

| Dandelion Records

| 1970

| The A side was a version of a traditional Yorkshire dialect folk song, rendered in the style of Joe Cocker's version of The Beatles' song "With a Little Help from My Friends"

| 11

| Boards of Canada

| "Aquarius"
"Chinook"

| Skam Records

| 1998

|

| 12

| Bobby Lee Trammell

| "If you ever get it once"
"Don't you know I love you"

| Alley Records

| 1964

| White R&B-Rock & Roll artist

| 13

| Cat Power

| "Headlights"
"Darling Said Sir"

| The Making of Americans

| 1994

|

| 14

| Charlie Feathers

| "Nobody's darling'"
"Deep elm blues"

| Holiday Inn Records

| 1962

| Rockabilly

| 15

| Charlie Feathers

| "Nobody's woman"
"When you decide"

| King Records

| 1957

|

| 16

| Charlie Feathers

| "Wild wild party'"
"Today and tomorrow"

| Memphis Recordings

| 1961

| Rockabilly

| 17

| Charlie Feathers

| "Tongue-tied Jill"
"Get with it'"

| Meteor Records

| 1956

| repressing again

| 18

| Charlie Feathers

| "Too much alike'"
"When you come around"

| King Records

| 1957

| repressing

| 19

| Cheeze

| "Dancin with the Dead - Dancin queen"
"Direwolf"

| Bob Records

| 1989

| Produced by Steve Albini

| 20

| Clague

| "The stride"
"I wonder where"

| Dandelion Records

| 1969

|

| 21

| Clefs of Lavender Hill

| "Stop! - Get a ticket"
"First tell me why"

| Date

| 1966

| Minor garage-pop hit, also released on UK CBS

| 22

| Cleveland Crochet

| "Sugar bee"
"Drunkards dream"

| Goldband

| 1960

|

| 23

| Don Covay

| "It's better to have"
"Leave him"

| Mercury

| 1973

| Soul

| 24

| Don French

| "Lonely Saturday night"
"Goldilocks"

| Quality

| 1959

| Canadian issue

| 25

| Dreamland Express

| "Groovy"
"u.f.o"

| EMI

| 1980

|

| 26

| Eazy Teeth

| "Car noise"
"Her blade"

| Dental Records

| 1980

| Artwork for 7-inch front cover by Don Van Vliet aka Captain Beefheart

| 27

| Eddie & Ernie

| "I believe she will"
"We try harder"

| Chess

| 1964

| Soul artist

| 28

| Eddie & Ernie

| "Outcast"
"I'm gonna always love you"

| Eastern

| 1965

| Northern Soul

| 29

| Eddie & Ernie

| "Time waits for no one"
"That's the way it is"

| Eastern

| 1964

| Soul artist

| 30

| Electro Hippies

| "Sheep" / "Starve The City (To Feed The Poor)" / "Meltdown" / "Escape" / "Deadend" / "Thought" / "Chickens" / "Mother" / "Mega-Armageddon Death"

| Strange Fruit

| 1987

|

| 31

| Elmore James

| "The sky is crying"
"Standing at the crossroads"

| Flashback Records

| 1959

| 1970s re-release of 1960 hit

| 32

| Firemen

| "Old Smokie"
"Louie's Theme"

| Le Cam

| 1964

|

| 33

| Freshmen

| "You never heard anything like it"
"Bombing run"

| Release Records

| 1979

|

| 34

| G. L. Crockett

| "It's a man down there"
"Every hour, every day"

| 4 Brothers

| 1965

| R&B-Blues

| 35

| G. L. Crockett

| "Look out Mabel"
"Did you ever love somebody"

| Checker

| 1965

| re-release of alternate version

| 36

| Geater Davis

| "For your precious love"
"Wrapped up in you"

| House of Orange

| 1971

|

| 37

| Gene Dozier & The United Front

| "Give the women what they want"
"The best girl I ever had"

| Mercury

| 1974

| B-side is popular in Northern-Modern Soul

| 38

| Golinski Brothers

| "Bloody"
"Toy"

| Badge Records

| 1980

|

| 39

| The Greenhornes

| "Shadow of grief"
"Stayed up last night"

| Italy Records

| 2000

|

| 40

| Hooton 3 Car

| "Danny"
"Numena"

| Rumblestrip Records

| 1995

|

| 41

| Idle Race

| "Here we go round the lemon tree"
"My father's son"

| Liberty

| 1967

| Issued in the US and Europe but not in UK. In the UK the song was issued by a Roy Wood related group The Move.

| 42

| Izzy Royal

| "Coronation St"
"Coronation Dub"

| WEA

| 1983

| Reggaefied version of the TV theme

| 43

| Jane Bond and The Undercover Men

| "Hot rod Lincoln"
"Come on up"

| Ear Movies Records

| 1982

|

| 44

| Jerry Byrd

| "Memories of Maria"
"Invitation"

| Monument

| 1961

|

| 45

| Jody Reynolds

| "Endless sleep"
"Western movies"

| Liberty

| 1958

| the B-side is an Olympics 1958 track, perhaps a 1970s reissue

| 46

| Johnnie Taylor

| "I've been born again"
"At night time"

| Stax

| 1974

| Classic Soul artist

| 47

| Johnny Adams

| "You're a lady"
"I wish it would rain"

| Atlantic

| 1972

| Classic Soul artist

| 48

| Johnny Fortune

| "Dragster"
"Soul surfer"

| Sonet

| 1964

|

| 49

| Ken Colyer's Jazzmen

| "If I ever cease to love" / "Bucket's got a hole in it"
"Wildcat blues" / "Wabash blues"

| Tempo Records

| 1953

| UK jazz group, on UK mid 50s EP

| 50

| La peste

| "Black"
"Better off dead"

| Black Records

| 1978

|

| 51

| Larry Bright

| "Mojo workout"
"I'll change my ways"

| Tide

| 1960

|

| 52

| Laurie Anderson

| "O Superman"
"Walk the dog"

| One Ten Records

| 1981

| No. 2 UK hit, a very long hypnotic synth-pop track

| 53

| Lee Perry

| "Bafflin' smoke signal"
"Black smoke signal"

| Black Arc

| 1978

| Reggae

| 54

| Lightnin' Hopkins

| "Mojo hand"
"Glory be"

| Flashback Records

| 1960

| 1970s reissue

| 55

| Marc Bolan

| Marc Bolan talking to Stevie Dixon
"Jennifer Sharp, Steve"

| Ube/Pye Records

| 1973

|

| 56

| Mary Monday and her Bitches

| "I gave my punk jacket to Richie"
"Popgun"

| Malicious Productions

| 1977

|

| 57

| Max Romeo

| "Sipple out deh' Lee Perry"
"Revelation"

| Upsetter

| 1976

| Reggae artist

| 58

| MC5

| "Looking at you"
"Borderline"

| A-Square Records

| 1968

| 2 copies. "Kick Out The Jams" was their known hit with the spoken intro

| 59

| Medicine Head

| "Coast to coast"
"All for tomorrow"

| Dandelion Records

| 1970

|

| 60

| Medicine Head

| "His guiding hand"
"This love of old"

| Dandelion Records

| 1969

|

| 61

| Mel and Tim

| "Starting all over again"
"It hurts to want it so bad"

| Stax

| 1972

| Big USA Soul hit, Best known in UK for "Backfield in Motion" song from 1969.

| 62

| Maow featuring Neko Case

| "Kat nip" / "One night stand" / "Anthem" / "Kill kill kill" / "Catastrophe" / "Boy groupies"

| Twist Like This Records

| 1992

|

| 63

| Mickey Lee Lane

| "Tutti Frutti"
"With your love"

| Mala

| 1968

| White R&B-rock artist best known for his 1965 "Hey Sah-Lo-Ney" and "Shaggy Dog" 45s

| 64

| Mike Spenser and The Cannibals

| "Good guys"
"Nothing takes the place of you"

| Big Cock Records

| 1978

| B-side (cover of Toussaint McCall) preferred.

| 65

| The Nice

| "The thoughts of Emerlist Davjack"
"Azrial (Angel of Death)"

| Immediate

| 1967

| UK prog art rock pop

| 66

| Nilsson

| "Without You"
"Gotta Get Up"

| RCA

| 1971

| The big ballad UK No 1 hit

| 67

| Nilsson

| "Everybody's Talkin'"
"Don't Leave Me"

| RCA

| 1968

| Midnight Cowboy film song

| 68

| Nilsson

| "Kojak Columbo"
"Turn Out The Light"

| RCA

| 1975

|

| 69

| O. V. Wright

| "That's how strong my love is"
"There goes my used to be"

| Goldwax

| 1964

| USA R&B-Soul artist

| 70

| Paul Blake & The Blood Fire Posse

| "Every posse get flat"
"Flat out"

| Studio Work

| 1984

| Early Reggae Dancehall hit

| 71

| Paul Revere & The Raiders

| "Him or Me – What's It Gonna Be?"
"Legend of Paul Revere"

| CBS

| 1967

| USA Garage-pop group

| 72

| Pavement

| "Demolition Plot J-7: Forklift" / "Spizzle trunk" / "Recorder grot" / "Internal K-Dart" / "Perfect depth" / "Recorder grot"

| Drag City

| 1990

|

| 73

| Pocket Fishrmen

| "Yr story"
"The leader is burning"

| Noiseville

| 1989

|

| 74

| The Quads

| "There must be thousands"
"You've gotta jive"

| Big Bear Records

| 1979

| Sometimes mistakenly listed with A and B sides reversed

| 75

| Ray Martin

| "Blue tango"
"Belle of the ball"

| Columbia Records

| 1952

| One of the first 45rpm records issued in UK in early 1953. Also the first record that Peel bought

| 76

| Revelino

| "Step on high"
"Memoreason"

| Musicdisc

| 1996

|

| 77

| Rod Bernard

| "This should go on forever"
"Pardon Mr. Gordon"

| Jin Records or Argo Records

| 1958

| USA Rock & Roll-Pop artist

| 78

| Roshell Anderson

| "The Grapevine Will Lie Sometimes"
"Such A Beautiful Thing"

| Contempo

| 1974

| USA Soul artist

| 79

| Roy Head

| "Treat her right"
"So long, my love"

| Vocalion

| 1965

| USA white R&B-rock artist

| 80

| Sam & Dave

| "I Can't Stand Up for Falling Down"
"Soothe me (live)"

| Stax

| 1966

| Original version of Elvis Costello's 1980 hit record

| 81

| Sasha Caro

| "Grade 3 section 2"
"Little maid's song"

| Decca Records

| 1967

| Obscure UK artist who also released '"Molotov Molotov"/"Never Play a B Side"'

| 82

| Scrugg

| "Will the real Geraldine please stand up and be countered"
"Only George'"

| Pye

| 1969

| John T Kongos psychedelic-pop act, last of 3 singles

| 83

| Sheena Easton

| "9 to 5"
"Moody"

| EMI

| 1980

| UK Scottish female artist who got her break on a BBC TV show

| 84

| Sipho Bhengu & His Alto Sax

| "Tickey dopies"
"I saluti"

| Inkonkoni

| 1971

| South African Music

| 85

| Soledad Brothers

| "Sugar & spice"
"Johnny's death letter"

| Italy Records

| 1998

| with Jack White

| 86

| Some Chicken

| "New Religion"
"Blood on the Wall"

| Raw Records

| 1977

|

| 87

| Spit Out

| "O from I"
"Tan"
"Rot'n'roll'"

| Ma Frog Records

| 1996

|

| 88

| Stanley Winston

| "No more ghettos in America"
"It's alright"

| Jewel

| 1970

|

| 89

| Status Quo

| "Down Down"
"Night Ride"

| Vertigo

| 1974

| UK No 1 hit

| 90

| Supersister

| "No tree will grow"
"She was naked"

| Dandelion Records

| 1971

|

| 91

| The Beatles

| "Come Together"
"Octopus's Garden"
"Something"

| Melodiya

| 1969

| Likely an East European issue of semi-legal status

| 92

| The Big Three

| "You've Gotta Keep Her Under Hand"
"If You Ever Change Your Mind"

| Decca Records

| 1964

| Early Merseybeat group

| 93

| Buzzcocks

| "Ever Fallen in Love (With Someone You Shouldn't've)"
"Just Lust"

| United Artists

| 1978

| UK chart hit

| 94

| The Factory

| "Path through the forest"
"Gone"

| MGM

| 1968

| UK Psychedelic

| 95

| The Galactic Symposium

| "Y.M.C.A"
"Money "

| Vague Records

| 1978

|

| 96

| The Legion of Super-Heroes

| "The great name dropper part 1"
"The great name dropper part 2"

| Amy Records

| 2000

|

| 97

| The Mark Four

| "Hurt Me If You Will"
"I'm Leaving"

| Decca Records

| 1965

| Mod Beat UK group, later named The Creation, who had hits with "Making Time" and "Painter Man"

| 98

| The Mighty Avengers

| "So Much in Love"
"Sometime They Say"

| Decca Records

| 1964

| UK beat group, A side is a Rolling Stones song

| 99

| The Misunderstood

| "I Can Take You To The Sun"
"Who do you love?"

| Fontana

| 1966

| USA Garage-Psych group

| 100

| The Move

| "I Can Hear the Grass Grow"
"Wave the flag and stop the train"

| Deram

| 1967

| UK 1967 big chart hit, related to 'Idle Race' record above

| 101

| The Negatives

| "Love is not real"
"Stakeout"

| Look

| 1979

|

| 102

| The Nightcaps

| "Wine wine wine"
"Nightcap rock"

| Musicor

| 1959

| USA Rock & Roll group

| 103

| The Ramrods

| "Riders in the sky"
"Zig zag"

| London American

| 1960

| Big hit in USA & UK. Song also known as "Ghost Riders in the Sky"

| 104

| The Smoke

| "My Friend Jack"
"We can take it"

| Columbia Records

| 1966

| Banned UK mod psych track 'My friend Jack eats sugarlumps...'

| 105

| The Squirrels

| "Oz on 45"
"Alone again"

| PopLlama

| 1988

|

| 106

| The Undertones

| "Teenage Kicks" / "True Confessions"
"Smarter Than U" / "Emergency Cases"

| Good Vibrations

| 1978

| The first issue of this classic track in a custom fold-around sleeve, before the 'Sire' hit issue

| 107

| The Upholsterers

| "Makers of high grade suites"
"I ain't superstitious" / "Pain"

| Sympathy for the Record Industry

| 2000

|

| 108

| The Upsetters

| "Bucky skank"
"Yucky skank"

| Down Town

| 1973

| Reggae Roots by Lee Perry

| 109

| The Upsetters

| "Key card"
"Domino game"

| DL International

| 1975

| Reggae Roots by Lee Perry

| 110

| The Users

| "Sick of you"
"I'm in love with today"

| Raw Records

| 1977

| UK Punk group

| 111

| The Versalites

| "Cutting rasor"
"Black belt Jones"

| DL International

| 1974

| Reggae Roots

| 112

| The White Stripes

| "Lafayette Blues"
"Sugar never tasted so good"

| Italy Records

| 1998

|

| 113

| The White Stripes

| "Party of Special Things to Do"
"China Pig"
"Ashtray Heart"

| Sub Pop

| 2000

|

| 114

| The White Stripes

| Merry Christmas From The White Stripes: "Candy Cane Children" / "The reading of the story of the Magi, the singing of Silent Night"

| XL Recordings

| 2002

|

| 115

| The White Stripes

| "It takes two, baby"
"Fell in Love With a Girl"

| Sympathy for the Record Industry

| 2001

|

| 116

| The White Stripes

| "Dead Leaves and the Dirty Ground"
"Stop Breaking Down"

| XL Recordings

| 2002

|

| 117

| The White Stripes
The Dirtbombs

| "Hand Springs"
"Cedar Point '76"

| Extra-Ball Records

| 1999

| For Multiball Magazine

| 118

| The White Stripes

| "Hotel Yorba (Live at the Hotel Yorba)"
"Rated X"

| XL Recordings

| 2001

|

| 119

| The White Stripes

| "Lord, Send Me an Angel"
"You're pretty good looking (Trendy American Remix)"

| Sympathy for the Record Industry

| 2002

|

| 120

| The White Stripes

| "Hello operator"
"Jolene"

| Sympathy for the Record Industry

| 2000

|

| 121

| The White Stripes

| "The Big Three Killed My Baby"
"Red Rolling Ball Ruth"

| Sympathy for the Record Industry

| 1999

| 2 copies.

| 122

| The Henchmen featuring Jack White

| "Some other guy"
"Psycho Daisies"

| Italy Records

| 1997

|

| 123

| 2 Star Tabernacle featuring Andre Williams

| "Lily White Mama and Jet Black Daddy"
"Ramblin man'"

| Bloodshot Records

| 1998

| Cover photo by Jack White. "Ramblin' man" is cover of Hank Williams.

| 124

| The Wildbunch

| "Danger (High Voltage)"
"Neurocameraman" / "She's Guatemala"

| Flying Bomb Records

| 2001

|

| 125

| The White Stripes
Rocket 455
The Blowtops

| "Candy Cane Children"
"Santa Ain't Coming For Christmas"
"Sidewalk Santa"

| Flying Bomb Records

| 1998

|

| 126

| The Dirtbombs
MHz
The Real Pills

| "My Last Xmas"
"Secret Santa"
"It's Almost December"

| Flying Bomb Records

| 2000

|

| 127

| Travis Wammack

| "Fire fly"
"Scratchy"

| ARA

| 1964

| B-Side preferred. "Scratchy" a quirky R&B instrumental, was issued as an A-side on UK Atlantic records in 1964

| 128

| XL Capris

| "My city of Sydney"
"Dead budgies"

| Axle

| 1980

| On a broadcast for BFBS (the British Forces Broadcasting Service) John stated that the record had been sent to him by "someone actually from Sydney, Australia". On his Radio One show on 1 August 2000 a listener requested this song ahead of the upcoming Sydney Olympics. John noted that it had been consistently the most requested song on the shows he recorded for broadcast in Germany.

| 129

| Yami Bolo

| "Richer than Cory"
"Richard Version"

| Jamaica International

| 1998

| Reggae Dancehall. John claimed to have "about 50 Yami Bolo 7" singles, and a lot of really good ones in there"

| 130

| Yardbirds

| "Happenings Ten Years Time Ago"
"Psycho Daisies"

| Columbia Records

| 1966

| UK classic 60s psych/mod group