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Originally Posted by Glice
You really don't. It's rubbish. Where's the reggae? As a long-term listener to the mighty Peel, I can only say this compilation sounds rubbish. What has been forgotten, annoyingly, about the great man, is that for every white stripes there was a Jaguars and a Bette Davis and the Balconettes and a dirty D'nB tune and often Happy Hardcore. His greatness wasn't in picking bands from obscurity, it was in picking great songs regardless of their obscurity (anyone remember the Kelis session?).
*edit: Obviously, it would be Misty in Roots that foil my plan. And that is one of the better songs ever. Still, my point stands.
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Someone couldn't have said it better.I've noticed that all these compilations in tribute to Peel seem to be put together by people who think that,after all these years,a synthesizer is still a thing of the future.