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1994 - Glam Racket - Star

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12 January: 17th John Peel Session - M5, Behind The Counter, Reckoning, Hey Student 18 April: Single - 15 Ways 3 May: Album - Middle Class Revolt 17 December: 18th John Peel Session - Glam Racket - Star, Jingle Bell Rock, Hark the Herald Angels Sing, Numb at the Lodge "You post out 60-page computer printouts on the death of earth's forests" Unusually there was a gap of more than a month between recording (2 December 1993) and transmission of this John Peel session. It was actually recorded before the release of the Behind The Counter single, last year's choice . I haven't found out why that should be the case. Perhaps Black Country Rock's Fall Peel Sessions Project or the You Must Get Them All blog will have the answer when they reach this session. M5 is quicker than the recorded version and the keyboard has more of an echoey sci-fi effect but it's none the worse for both of those things. Reckoning seems a return to the more considered Shif