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22/10/2009 - V/A - 'Kat's Karavan - The History of the John..

'Kat's Karavan - The History of the John Peel Show' (4CD) More on this "This lavishly packaged hard back book style 4CD set contains singles and Peel session recordings by some of John’s Favourite artists...Disc 1 highlights include The Misunderstood and the recently discovered Peel Session version of Free’s Walk In My Shadow, long thought of as destroyed after its first broadcast. This is one of 4 unreleased versions on this disc, the others are by John Cale, Medicine Head and the Boomtown Rats. Alongside many long deleted rareities. Disc 2’s highlight has to be John’s only appearance on record, singing backing vocals to Altered Image’s Song Sung Blue. It sits alongside unreleased recordings by Elvis Costello, The Cure, Linton Kwesi Johnson, Julian Cope and Soundgarden . Disc 3 Features unreleased recordings by Hole, Thievery Corporation, Marxman, Tiger and Justin Berkovi. Disc 4 Has 9 unreleased recordings by Bloc Party, Mercury Rev, And You Will Know Us By The Trail of Dead, Bong Ra, The Datsuns, Yeah Yeah Yeahs, The Hellacopters, Soledad Brothers and Your Code Name Is; Milo. The artwork features rare and unseen photos alongside recollections from some of the biggest and smallest artists to appear on John’s show. Artists such as Jarvis Cocker, Block Party and Mercury Rev all contributed" Also includes The Misunderstood,  Sandy Denny, John Cale, Medicine Head, The Jam, The Fall, The Orb, Julian Cope,  Ivor Cutler, Soledad Brothers and much more. Check it all out on 'buy'. £26.99