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A brand new crop of sessions will be here on the first day of each month, replacing the ones before them. I can be contacted at stuart.jones40@ntlworld.com

Deaf School were an English rock band, formed in the mid 1970s and hailing from Liverpool. Their style was somewhere between pub rock, punk, glam rock and art rock. They originally disbanded after their third album (1978) but their influence lived on. As Holly Johnson, said: "They revived Liverpool music for a generation." The journalist, author and founder of Mojo, Paul Du Noyer, went further: "In the whole history of Liverpool music two bands matter most, one is The Beatles and the other is Deaf School. If that seems like a sweeping statement then consider this: after the pop revolution of the 1960s led by The Beatles and other Merseyside groups, it looked as if the city's music scene
had dried up forever. But in 1975 there came a motley band of Liverpool art students called Deaf School". They originally got together in 1974 for an art school Christmas dance. Anyone who wanted to be in it could be. There were about
13 on stage at that time. No one could play – it was based on people who were thought interesting. deaf school we entered and won the Melody Maker rock and folk contest and signed to Warner brothers records because their A&R guy, Derek Taylor, had been The Beatles' publicist and when he saw them rehearsing he cried his eyes out. There were three albums and three peel sessions before the group split up in 1978. several members continued working in the music industry. singer bette bright married suggs (from madness). In 1988 almost all former Deaf School members reunited for a live date in Liverpool, the performance released as a live album, 2nd Coming, produced by Clive Langer and Julian Wheatley, featuring live versions of their best songs from their 1970s albums with guests including Tin Machine's Reeves Gabrels, Nick Lowe and Lee Thompson from Madness. here's the band's second session for john peel, recorded on 29/03/1977.

The Diagram Brothers were a post-punk band from Manchester, England active between 1979 and 1982. The band comprised Andy Diagram (bass guitar), Fraser Diagram (vocals, guitar), Lawrence Diagram (guitar), Jason Diagram (bass),
and Simon Diagram (drums) (not actually brothers). Andy Diagram was also a member of Dislocation Dance from 1978 to 1982, and in 1985, and was a member of The Pale Fountains and James. he explained the band's approach: "We called
the music 'Discordo'. The music was made to a strict formula or set of rules. All the guitar chords were based on discordant notes, all the beats were very simple rock or disco, and all the words were very very straightforward and down to earth."
The band's first release was a 7" EP on the Construct label in 1980. They were then signed by The Buzzcocks' New Hormones label, who issued a single, "Bricks", an album, Some Marvels of Modern Science, and a 10" EP, Discordo, before the band split up. They have been compared to The Residents and XTC. Their collected studio recordings have since been released on CD by the LTM label. here's the first of three sessions for uncle john, put down on 17/03/1980.

Dr. Feelgood were a British pub rock band formed in 1971. The name derives from a slang term for heroin or for a doctor willing to overprescribe drugs. Like many pub rock acts, Dr. Feelgood were known primarily for their high energy live
performances, although studio albums like Down by the Jetty (1974) and Malpractice (1975) were also popular. Their breakthrough 1976 live album, Stupidity, reached number one in the UK Albums Chart (their only chart-topper). But after the
follow-up Sneakin' Suspicion, Johnson left the group due to perceived conflicts with Lee Brilleaux. He was replaced by John 'Gypie' Mayo. With Mayo, the band was never as popular as with Johnson, but still enjoyed their only Top Ten hit single
in 1979, with "Milk and Alcohol". Johnson never achieved any great success outside of the band, apart from a brief spell with Ian Dury and The Blockheads from 1980, fans always speculated about a return by Johnson that never occurred.
There were three peel sessions: this is their first, recorded on 21/01/1975.

Gentle Giant were a British progressive rock band active between 1970 and 1980. The band was known for the complexity and sophistication of its music and for the varied musical skills of its members. All of the band members, except the first two drummers, were multi-instrumentalists. Although not commercially successful, they did achieve a cult following. While never achieving the commercial heights of prog-rock star bands like Genesis, Yes or ELP, Gentle Giant were considered to be one of the most experimental bands in the genre. Gentle Giant's music was considered complex even by progressive rock standards, drawing on a broad swathe of music including folk, soul, jazz, and classical music. the pre-new wave peel must have cared a lot for their complex stuff, because they recorded no less than seven sessions for him. this one is their final outing, immortalised on 16/09/1975.

Pink Industry were a post-punk band from Liverpool formed by Jayne Casey after her previous band Pink Military split up in 1981. she formed the more electronically oriented band Pink Industry along
with Ambrose Reynolds (who had played with Casey in Big in Japan in the 1970s, and was an early member of Frankie Goes to Hollywood), the duo initially using several other musicians, later becoming a trio with the addition of Tadzio Jodlowski
The band's sound was described by Trouser Press as "like Siouxsie Sioux fronting Japan". The band's first release was the EP featuring lead track "Is This The End?", released in February 1982. The band's debut album, Low Technology, was released the following year, reaching number 12 on the UK Independent Char] A second album, Who Told You You Were Naked, followed later the same year, and peaked at number nine on the Indie chart. After a two-year gap since their previous release they returned in 1985 with the New Beginnings album. A final single was released in late 1987, the band splitting up around the same time. Casey subsequently concentrated on a television career. pink industry taped four sessions for the great broadcaster: this is their peel debut, recorded on 04/01/1982.

Sophisticated Boom Boom provided backing Vocals for a radio session by The Dreamboys Session on Radio Clyde in 1980. The Dreamboys featured Peter Capaldi on Vocals, who later became an actor. Sophisticated Boom Boom were an all-girl
group from Glasgow in the early to mid ‘80s who took their name the fab Shangri Las song and who later mutated into his latest flame. there were two peel sessions and this month i'm giving you the second, put down on 11/06/1983.

eg white started his career in Yip Yip Coyote and, with his brother David, went on to form Brother Beyond in the late 1980s, leaving when they became involved with the songwriting team of Stock, Aitken and Waterman and just prior to their chart successes. yip yip coyote also included guitarist and songwriter carl evans, formerly of the chefs. the music was enjoyable if cheesy cowgirl punkypop, all twangy guitars and yodelling. peel obviously admired them as he gave them three sessions. here's the first, taped on 28/05/1983.