Peel seshs

Was just listening to NO's cover of Turn The Heater On on youtube and it got me thinking.... whatever happened to the NO Peel Sessions?

I used to have it on tape and thought I'd take a look for it on itunes and at the HMV site.... no luck though.... I guess this got deleted? I'm sure I can probably get a cd copy on ebay or somewhere else, but it got me thinking.... why is this deleted?

Will there be a future BBC/Strange Fruit reissue?

Or (more likely) will the tracks be used on some future NO compilation/box set/random jumble of songs (like they did with the Joy Div sessions on one of the JD compilations?

Any ideas?

Aren't the tracks the courtesy of BBC? In any case, the tracks might be included only in a huge mega anthology, a la Heart and Soul.

I think Amazon sells mp3 tracks off the sessions. Companies will be less and less interested in CD reissues, if nothing new could be added.

I got Strange Fruits "Radio 1 Live In Concert" here but it is dated 2000 [which I did not know] so can't honestly answer the question but perhaps Strange Fruit has vanished altogether due to the beeb's funding being slashed?

I haven't actually seen any Strange Fruit releases besides this so if anyone knows if they are still operating I would be grateful to know.

The New Order Peel Sessions album was the last release before Strange Fruit closed it's doors...

So, dunno what will happen for a re-release?

Went to buy this a couple of years ago, out of stock, then the listed price went to £45+ and still out of stock so there yer go, as ive got it on vinyl im not that fussed much better sound quality, just the acoustics in me Garage are crap.

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Yes, Strange Fruit (set up by Clive Selwood and Peel) was part of Zomba Music, and was absorbed when Zomba was taken over by BMG. The session tracks are owned by the BBC(*) and were licenced to Strange Fruit, so I assume when they were taken over the licencing agreement bacame void (or BMG just didn't think it was worth continuing with). Its probably up to BBC Worldwide to decide if they want to persue releasing them again, either themselves or licenced to another label.

(*) - one of the original reasons the BBC got bands in to do sessions was to get round the 'Needle Time' restrictions that were around in the past (before the BBC negotiated the 'flat fee' agreement with the MCPS/PRS). It meant they could play their own session recordings of songs and not have to pay a label royalties. Peel evolved the use of the sessions into giving exposure to lesser-known or unsigned bands.