Echo & The Bunnymen have collected their Peel Sessions recordings from 1979 through 1983 and will be releasing them in the U.K. on September 6th. The session tracks were recorded for The John Peel Show on BBC Radio 1 and have been released on a limited basis over the years. This is the first time to collect all of the Peel Sessions from the golden formative era of The Bunnymen.
The John Peel Sessions 1979 - 1983 has been pressed on limited edition red vinyl and standard black vinyl (both vinyl editions include 2LPs); the collection will also be released on CD and as a digital album download. So far there is no news of a North American release but fans can pre-order copies on import through Rhino or Amazon U.K.
Will Sergeant:
"Without John Peel sessions, Echo And The Bunnymen in my opinion, would not exist! It’s that simple. The band got so much support from him and John Walters (Peel’s producer). Recording a Peel session was essential to the development of our songwriting skills while at the same time giving us amazing exposure and self-belief."
LP 1
01. Read It In Books
02. Stars Are Stars
03. I Bagsy Yours
04. Villiers Terrace
05. The Pictures On My Wall
06. All That Jazz
01. Over The Wall
02. All My Colours
03. That Golden Smile
04. Heaven Up Here
05. Turquoise Days
LP 2
01. Taking Advantage
02. An Equation
03. No Hands
04. Silver
05. Seven Seas
01. The Killing Moon
02. Nocturnal Me
03. Watch Out Below
04. Ocean Rain
05. My Kingdom
Published July 28th, 2019