The Joy Division Peel sessions are a series of sessions recorded by English
post-punk band
Joy Division for
John Peel's radio show on
BBC Radio 1 between January and November 1979.
The first EP, The Peel Sessions, was released in 1986 by record label
Strange Fruit. It features recordings made for John Peel's show broadcast on 14 February 1979, and was recorded at the
BBC Studios in Maida Vale,
London, England on 31 January 1979.[2] None of the songs had been released prior to the broadcast. The version of "Transmission" is one of the few recordings available where both Curtis and Sumner play guitar at the same time.
The EP spent thirteen weeks on the
UK Indie Chart, peaking at number 4.[3]
The second EP, also titled The Peel Sessions, was released in 1987 by Strange Fruit. It features the recordings made for John Peel's show broadcast on 10 December 1979, and was recorded at the
BBC Studios in Maida Vale, London, England on 26 November 1979.[2] None of the songs had been released prior to the broadcast.
The EP spent seventeen weeks on the
UK Indie Chart, peaking at number 3.[3]