Further to my post earlier this week today is John Peel day. I was hoping to post the 1986 Festive 50 as tribute but it's a 215MB upload and I really didn't want to upload the various parts all over the net. Does anyone know how I can create a bit torrent file without the need for a tracker? If so I will post it in that way. This was a bit of bad planning on my part. The blog wouldn't have existed if I had not listened to Peelie when I was younger so I hope that the very existence of the indie-mp3 site is a tribute to the man anyway!
However I have decided to repost about the Cuban Boys again and their tribute to Peel titled "The Nation Needs You". As they explain on their site:
Being keenly aware of John Peel's appreciation of STATUS QUO's 'DOWN DOWN' as a tried and trusted floorfiller, the Cuban Boys have married it with some poignant samples of the great man himself to create 'The Nation Needs You'. As you would expect, it is an absurd clash of styles which teeters between chaos and insanity.
As the Cuban Boys explain 'We tried to capture the spirit of a John Peel Show within a three minute romp - 'The Nation Needs You' is just our way of saying thank you to a great friend, and we hope it will also work as lasting memory for some of his regular listeners'.
The Cuban Boys hope John Peel would have approved.
The Cuban Boys - The Nation Needs You
Head to the Cuban Boys site if you want to download the extended 12" mix.
John Peel Day on BBC Radio One
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