- 70 songs (Vol. 7)

A bad case of the old swine flu has kept me a bit quiet recently, and although I’ve squeezed out a couple of short posts in the last couple of days, I’ve not been up to the job of blogging, truth be known. Well, as those of you who come here from time to time may well know, we have just seen the fifth anniversary of JP’s passing. Five years ago, someone who I took for granted would always be there, because he had always been there, suddenly was not. As ever, my good friend Steve, who geography dictates I may probably never meet, has put how I feel into words much better than I could (here).

Steve even does me the service of crediting me with starting the Peel wiki, which I did, but have subsequently contributed much less than many. Indeed, I often feel that there are thousands who are more justified in having a Peel blog than me, given the relatively small amount I do in preserving his legacy by converting crappy shoebox C90s into digital formats. My two boys keep me way too busy to dedicate as much time to the JP cause as I’d like: please accept this heartfelt excuse.

So, this is my little contribution: I hope you enjoy it and I will keep sharing the fine work of my fellow Peel enthusiasts in an effort to celebrate JP’s life and work.

70 songs (Vol. 7) (50mb)

Listen now…