Buy this book on-line PEEL,JOHN**: : THE OLIVETTI CHRONICLES: Three Decades of Life and MusicLONDON.BANTAM PRESS,2008. ISBN 9780593060612.
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John Peel is best known for his four decades of radio broadcasting. His Radio 1 shows shaped the taste of successive generations of music lovers and his Radio 4 show,'Home Truths',became required listening for millions.But all the while,John was also tapping away on his beloved Olivetti typewriter, creating copy for an array of patient editors.He wrote articles, columns and reviews for newspapers and magazines as diverse as 'The Listener','Oz','Gandalf's 'Garden', 'Sounds',the 'Observer',the 'Independent' and 'Radio Times'.
Now for the first time,the best of these writings have been brought together - selected and introduced by John's wife,Sheila,and his four children.Music,of course,is a central and recurring theme,and he writes on music in all its forms, from Tubular Bells to Berlin punk to Madonna.Here you can read John Peel on everything from the perils of shaving to the embarassments of virginity,and from the strange joy of Eurovision to the horror of being sick in trains.At every stage,
the writing is laced with John's brilliantly acute observations on the minutiae of everyday life.
This endlessly entertaining book is essential reading for Peel fans and a reminder of just why he remains a truly great Briton.
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