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The Peel Session was recorded especially for the John Peel Radio Programme on BBC Radio 1. The peel session was broadcast as part of John Peel's show 16th June 1998.  The recording track list as follows:
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The Peel Session was recorded especially for the John Peel Radio Programme on BBC Radio 1. The peel session was recorded in-part for John Peel's show 16th June 1998 and was broadcast in it's entirety 21st July 1998.  The recording track list as follows:
  
 
== Tracks ==
 
== Tracks ==
# "[[Aquarius]]"
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# "[[Aquarius (Version 3)]]"
# "[[Happy Cycling]]" (Changed From Bad Day)
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# "[[Happy Cycling]]" (Changed From [[Bad Day]])
# "[[Olson]]"
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# "[[Olson (Version 3)]]"
# "[[Xyz]]"
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# "[[XYZ]]"
  
 
Credits Include:
 
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== Comments ==
 
== Comments ==
The only recordings from that session that have been officially released are [[Aquarius]] and [[Olson]]. For reasons unclear the recordings of [[Happy Cycling]] and [[Xyz]] from that session were not part of the [[Peel Session]] release the following year.
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"[[XYZ]]" was the only track broadcast live on 16th June 1998 with John Peel talking with [[Boards Of Canada]] briefly before their performance.
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*  When the ''[[Peel Session]]'' EP was released by [[Warp]] in 1999, the only recordings from the session included were "[[Aquarius (Version 3)]]" and "[[Olson (Version 3)]]". "[[XYZ]]" was omitted due to sample licensing issues, while the version of "[[Happy Cycling]]" from the session (often known as "[[Bad Day]]") was replaced by the studio version of the track, which appeared on the US [[Matadorrecords.com|Matador]] release of ''[[Music Has The Right To Children]]''. It is generally believed that "[[Bad Day]]" was omitted from the release due to [[Boards of Canada]]'s dissatisfaction with the take.
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* "[[XYZ]]" was officially released when it was added to the ''[[Peel Session]]'' re-issue in 2019. "[[Bad Day]]" remains officially unreleased.
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== Unreleased 2004 Peel Session ==
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According to [[Mike Sandison]], [[Boards of Canada]] were scheduled for a second Peel Session in 2004, however [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Peel John Peel] died before it happened. It is unclear if the recording sessions for this ever took place; in any case, any recordings that might exist remain unreleased.<ref>https://warp.net/editorial/radio-live-transmission-tracing-warps-radio-broadcast-history</ref>
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== See Also ==
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* [[Peel Session]]
  
 
== External links ==
 
== External links ==
 
* ''[http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio1/johnpeel/sessions/1990s/1998/Jun16boardsofcanada/ John Peel]'' at BBC.co.uk
 
* ''[http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio1/johnpeel/sessions/1990s/1998/Jun16boardsofcanada/ John Peel]'' at BBC.co.uk
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* [[wikipedia:John Peel|John Peel]] at Wikipedia
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== References ==
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<references />
  
[[Category: Stubs]]
 
 
[[Category: Recordings]]
 
[[Category: Recordings]]

Latest revision as of 13:17, 18 March 2025

The Peel Session was recorded especially for the John Peel Radio Programme on BBC Radio 1. The peel session was recorded in-part for John Peel's show 16th June 1998 and was broadcast in it's entirety 21st July 1998. The recording track list as follows:

Tracks[edit]

  1. "Aquarius (Version 3)"
  2. "Happy Cycling" (Changed From Bad Day)
  3. "Olson (Version 3)"
  4. "XYZ"

Credits Include:

  1. Producer - Mike Robinson
  2. Engineer - Fred Kay
  3. Studio - Maida Vale 4

Comments[edit]

Unreleased 2004 Peel Session[edit]

According to Mike Sandison, Boards of Canada were scheduled for a second Peel Session in 2004, however John Peel died before it happened. It is unclear if the recording sessions for this ever took place; in any case, any recordings that might exist remain unreleased.[1]

See Also[edit]

External links[edit]

References[edit]

  1. https://warp.net/editorial/radio-live-transmission-tracing-warps-radio-broadcast-history