- John Peel's Record Box
John Peel's Record Box is a
documentary film made by "Elaine Shepherd", released onNovember 14 ,2005 onChannel 4 . It was nominated forPrimetime Emmy Award .It is about a small private collection of the British radio DJ
John Peel who died in 2004 in the age of 65. His archive contained more than 100,000 vinyl records and CDs. This collection contains 143 singles - some of them doublettes - stored in a private wooden box representing some of his own favourites.The film features interviews with John's wife Sheila Ravenscroft, radio DJs and artists like
Mary Anne Hobbs ,Sir Elton John ,Ronnie Wood ,Roger Daltrey ,Fergal Sharkey ,Jack White ,Michael Palin andMiki Berenyi .Inside John Peel's Record Box
External links
* "Pop: Keeping it Peel." In:
The Sunday Times , October 23 2005 ( [http://entertainment.timesonline.co.uk/tol/arts_and_entertainment/article580221.ece online] )
* [http://entertainment.timesonline.co.uk/tol/arts_and_entertainment/music/article581143.ece?token=null&offset=0 Times Online]
* [http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0814163/ IMDB]
* [http://infoman16.tripod.com/music/jprecbox.htm A review by Laurence Upton]
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