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This Peel Session recording originally appeared only in the THIS HEAT box set but now available as a single CD. Ltd qtys

Name: This Heat - Made Available (CD)
SKU: WEEC651779
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Incredibly, This Heat was allowed to do two Peel sessions in 1977. Given the context of time, this is not a shock, but in 1977 BBC Radio One DJ John Peel played almost exclusively punk rock and reggae. This came about as a result of the band constantly pestering (stalking) Peel and demanding that he play their demo tape, aptly titled ”Reference.”

According to , ”Peel admired their persistence, and relented. Upon hearing this uncategorisable music (file under ”Other”), he was suitably impressed enough to give them a session. It must have gone down well with the punters, because he gave them a second session later in the year, but this time featuring more improvised ambient pieces, that I doubt were appreciated by Peels rock orientated audience at that time, who just wanted to hear more Ramones tracks. Therefore no more sessions were booked for This Heat at the Beeb.

What we get on this historic document is the only proper recording of early Heat classic ”Rimp Romp Ramp,” which was inexplicably dropped from their repertoire before the first album. It is easily the equal of ”Horizontal Hold,” and would have improved the nearly flawless dÃÂ©but even more. Maybe they felt it was too similar and didn”t want to be predictable. Great versions of ”Makeshift Swahili”,”Horizontal Hold” and other standards, are mixed in with some improvised experimental numbers, that only appear here!”

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Recorded for the John Peel Show at BBC Maida Vale Studios, London.
Tracks 1-3 recorded: 28 March 1977. First transmission date: 22 April 1977.
Tracks 4-8 recorded: 26 October 1977. First transmission date: 24 November 1977.