"Ah - the distant cry of the herring gull" was how Peel described Morrissey's voice after 'What Difference Does it Make'. It was the greatest Peel session I'd ever heard in my life and Peel's random discription of Morrissey's whining at the end has stuck with me ever since. I don't think I've ever played a cassette as much as I played that and when my C90 eventually snapped Morrissey's dad was good enough to give me a copy of his.
I went to see them several times after that and won tickets to see them play in Derby for the OGWT on Janice Long's show in December 1983. In six months they went from Peel Session to BBC 2 Special.
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BBC 1 on this day
19:00 - BUGS BUNNY - FRESH HARE
19:07 - TRIANGLE - 14
19:33 - NOT NOW,COMRADE
21:00 - PARTY ELECTION BROADCAST - LABOUR PARTY
21:49 - MAX BOYCE AND FRIENDS - 18 May 1983
22:29 - SPORTSNIGHT - 18 May 1983
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BBC 2 on this day
19:12 - SYMPHONY IN SLANG
19:20 - PARTY ELECTION BROADCAST - LABOUR PARTY
19:34 - EBONY - 18 May 1983
20:10 - THE FORT GEORGE VOLUNTEERS
21:01 - PINKERTON'S PROGRESS - 1
21:31 - THE WAY OF THE WARRIOR - 2, KALARI:THE INDIAN WAY
22:12 - EMPIRE,INC - 2, BUDDY,CAN YOU SPARE $17 MILLION?
23:00 - NEWSNIGHT - 18 May 1983
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Radio 3 on this day
22:35 - MALCOLM ARNOLD AND HAYDN - ALLEGRI STRING QUARTET
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Radio 4 on this day
19:20 - CHECKPOINT - 18 May 1983
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S4C on this day
19:00 - NEWYDDION SAITH - 18 May 1983
19:30 - AWYR IACH - 11
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