The Peel Sessions (The Cure album)
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The Peel Sessions was the 1988 album release of the sessions The Cure
recorded on 4 December 1978 for BBC Radio 1
's John Peel
show. The show was broadcast on 11 December 1978.
The Cure
The Cure are an English rock band formed in Crawley, West Sussex in 1976. The band has experienced several line-up changes, with frontman, vocalist, guitarist and principal songwriter Robert Smith being the only constant member...
recorded on 4 December 1978 for BBC Radio 1
BBC Radio 1
BBC Radio 1 is a British national radio station operated by the British Broadcasting Corporation which also broadcasts internationally, specialising in current popular music and chart hits throughout the day. Radio 1 provides alternative genres after 7:00pm including electronic dance, hip hop, rock...
's John Peel
John Peel
John Robert Parker Ravenscroft, OBE , known professionally as John Peel, was an English disc jockey, radio presenter, record producer and journalist. He was the longest-serving of the original BBC Radio 1 DJs, broadcasting regularly from 1967 until his death in 2004...
show. The show was broadcast on 11 December 1978.
Track listing
All songs were written by Smith, Tolhurst and Dempsey.- "Killing an ArabKilling an Arab"Killing an Arab" is the first single by The Cure. It was recorded at the same time as their first LP in the UK, Three Imaginary Boys but not included on the album...
" – 2:31 - "10.15 Saturday Night" – 3:48
- "Fire in Cairo" – 3:20
- "Boys Don't CryBoys Don't Cry (song)"Boys Don't Cry" was the second single to be released by The Cure, released in June 1979. It was released in the UK as a stand-alone single, and was included as the title track on Boys Don't Cry, the American equivalent to Three Imaginary Boys....
" – 2:47