The session features three tracks from their 1992 debut LP, When No One’s Looking, and one which would turn up on their follow-up LP – The Music Of Your Life, released in 1994.
Zuzu’s Petals
BBC Radio 1
Maida Vale Studio
John Peel Session
Saturday 17 April 1993
stereo FM recording
24/48 analog > digital transfer from an unknown-generation cassette
duration (11:10)
[01] Cinderella Daydream (2:57)
[02] Love Bullet (2:33)
[03] God Cries (3:12)
[04] White Trash Love (2:26)
Coleen Elwood : vocals, bass
Laurie Lindeen : vocals, guitar
Linda Pitmon Wynn : drums
This transfer came from a cassette tape received in trade circa 1993 from across the pond, and it seems to be a pretty low-generation at that. Several of the UK taping pen pals I traded with back in the day recorded the Peel Sessions straight from the radio broadcasts, and I believe this is one of those, which would make this transfer a 1st-gen.
The session features three tracks from their 1992 debut LP, When No One’s Looking, and one which would turn up on their follow-up LP – The Music Of Your Life, released in 1994. The date provided was April 17th, which is most likely the broadcast date, with the actual recording session taking place a bit earlier. I’ve never seen this session listed in any of the online resources for John Peel Sessions, and it was likely recorded in Maida Vale Studio 4, although that is unconfirmed. When I sent this to Linda Pitmon Wynn in February 2025, she was pleasantly surprised, and said that she didn’t believe she had heard this session since the day it was recorded.
This is the first installation in a number of recordings Linda Pitmon Wynn has graciously allowed me to share here with other past, present and future fans. I would like to dedicate this series as a celebration of the life of Laurie Lindeen, who left us too soon in July 2024, while this collection was still being curated.
I heartily encourage those who have not done so to seek out any of the band’s officially released material, including the 2008 compilation, Kicking Our Own Asses: The Best Of ZuZu’s Petals; as well as Laurie’s 1998 solo release, A Pregnant Pause. I would also like to recommend checking out Laurie’s delightful and whimsical literary essays at laurielindeen.com, and her 2007 memoir, Petal Pusher: A Rock and Roll Cinderella Story.
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Recorded by: unknown
Transferred by: J.Free / Sonic Archives [sonicarchives.com]
This fileset is a raw 24 Bit Depth / 48kHz Sample Frequency analog > digital transfer from what seems to be a 1st-generation raw un-edited copy; no further processing has been applied in the analog > digital transfer.
Source:
soundboard > unidentified home stereo deck > master cassette > unknown-generation copy
Lineage:
2-channel stereo cassette > Nakamichi LX-3 cassette deck [Azimuth adjustment applied to playback head] > Edirol R-04 [RCA/analog in; 24-bit/48kHz transfer (.wav)] > PC [via USB] > CD Wave Editor [Version 1.98; Windows Build Number: 0000.23F0] (sector boundary tracking) > Trader’s Little Helper [Version 2.7.0; Build 172] (Level 8 .wav > .flac conversion, .ffp)
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Download or stream the show from Live Music Archive:
https://archive.org/details/zp1993-04-17.fm.flac2448
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