The Peel Sessions (Fluke album)

The Peel Sessions
Live album by Fluke
Released	1994
Recorded	1994
Genre	Electronic music
Label	Astralwerks
Producer	Fluke
Fluke chronology
Six Wheels on My Wagon (1993) The Peel Sessions (1994) Oto (1995)

The Peel Sessions is the fourth album by British electronica group Fluke, first released in 1994.

The album is a compilation of performances recorded live at the BBC for John Peel's radio show. It includes early versions of several tracks from Six Wheels on My Wagon and The Techno Rose of Blighty along with a previously unreleased track, "Time Keeper".

Source recordings

This CD is a selection from two live sessions (18 November 1990^[1] and 10 December 1991).^[2] All four tracks are present from the 1990 session, and just three of the four tracks from the 1991 session are present. The fourth track recorded, an unreleased early version of 'Top of the World' was unearthed in 2008, by Irish fan Brian McGee who had taped it from BBC Radio at the time of original broadcast in 1991.^[3]

Fluke were invited to perform two further, unreleased, Peel Sessions after this CD. One broadcast on the 10 November 1996^[4] (recording date unknown) and the other performed live on the 8 December 2002.^[5]

Track listing

1. "Thumper!"
2. "Taxi"
3. "Jig"
4. "Our Definition of Jazz"
5. "The Bells"
6. "The Allotment of Blighty"
7. "Time Keeper"

References

1. "BBC Radio 1: John Peel: Fluke Session 1990". Retrieved 2006-11-09.
2. "BBC Radio 1: John Peel: Fluke Session 1991". Retrieved 2006-11-09.
3. "Fluke: Top of the World (Peel Session) | 2 Bit Pie / Fluke / Syntax". 2bitpie.net. 2008-12-04. Retrieved 2012-03-05.
4. "BBC Radio 1: John Peel: Fluke Session 1996". Retrieved 2006-11-09.
5. "BBC Radio 1: John Peel: Fluke Session 2002". Retrieved 2006-11-09.