THE SMIRKS
| Always had that je ne sais quoi |
Irritating little combo with no plans to reform |
The most fun you can have with your shoes on |
| Click here to buy the SMIRKOLOGY album |
| Always had that je ne sais quoi |
Irritating little combo with no plans to reform |
The most fun you can have with your shoes on |
| Click here to buy the SMIRKOLOGY album |
On 19th April, 1978, The Smirks went into the BBC's studios in Maida Vale and recorded a session for the legendary John Peel show. With producer Malcolm Brown and engineer Nick Gomm, they recorded four songs, which were broadcast one week later on 26th April. Many thanks to Sandy for making the Peel session available to a wider audience.
The BBC's page describing this historic event is available here.
What is the correct order for these songs? It probably doesn't matter too much, as they were all from the same session. The order in which they were broadcast is what you have on this page, but on the BBC page, the order is Fool/Banking/OK-UK/Island Sea.
The preface to Ken Garner's book, In Session Tonight states that ...all track titles...have been entered as on the session sheet or
contract...
. So Sandy and I guess is that the Peel site sequence is the order in
which the songs were recorded - but who knows?
If you can see adverts, you will see that "In Session Tonight" is eminently collectable. Best price at the moment is £190. Next to it is a link for the Beserkley Story, which is, as far as I know, the only commercially available CD containing Smirks material. And next to that, a general Amazon ad. I don't expect to get rich from these links. Surprise me!
Page last updated by Ian on 8 September 2006