There is Some Fun Going Forward
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There is Some Fun Going Forward is the only sampler album released by John Peel
John Peel
John Robert Parker Ravenscroft, OBE , known professionally as John Peel, was an English disc jockey, radio presenter, record producer and journalist. He was the longest-serving of the original BBC Radio 1 DJs, broadcasting regularly from 1967 until his death in 2004...

's Dandelion Records
Dandelion Records
Dandelion Records was a British record label started in 1969 by the British DJ John Peel as a way to get the music he liked onto record. Peel was responsible for "artistic direction" and the commercial side was handled by Clive Selwood of Elektra Records and his wife Shurely...

 label, and was marketed by Polydor
Polydor Records
Polydor is a record label owned by Universal Music Group, headquartered in the United Kingdom.-Beginnings:Polydor was originally an independent branch of the Deutsche Grammophon Gesellschaft. Its name was first used as an export label in 1924, the British and German branches of the Gramophone...

. As one might expect from Peel, the artists featured were not necessarily mainstream, and in fact, the only artists featured who enjoyed chart success are Clifford T. Ward and Medicine Head. The sleeve featured a photo of Peel in the bath with a naked (or at least visibly topless) woman It was re-released in 1995 by See For Miles as a CD with extra tracks.

Side One

  1. "Only to do What is True" (Fiddler) - Medicine Head
    Medicine Head
    Medicine Head were a British blues rock band, active in the 1970s. Their biggest single success was in 1973, with "One and One is One", a Number 3 hit in the UK Singles Chart.-Main personnel:The group worked as a duo for most of its career, consisting of...

  2. "Anticipation" (Ward) - Clifford T. Ward
    Clifford T. Ward
    Clifford Thomas Ward was a popular English singer-songwriter, best known for his career as a solo artist.-Early life:...

  3. "Pretty Little Girl" (Coxhill
    Lol Coxhill
    Lowen Coxhill, generally known as Lol Coxhill is a free improvising saxophonist and raconteur...

    ) - Coxhill-Bedford Band
  4. "Nell's Song" (Hart) - Mike Hart
    Mike Hart (poet)
    Mike Hart was a Liverpool based singer/songwriter and poet.In 1962 he founded the band The Roadrunners, before leaving in 1965 to join The Liverpool Scene, a poetry and music collective, with Adrian Henri, Andy Roberts and Mike Evans...

  5. "All Ends Up" (Milne) - Tractor
    Tractor (band)
    Tractor is a band founded in Rochdale, Lancashire, England by guitarist/vocalist Jim Milne and drummer Steve Clayton in 1971. Both had been members of a beat group, The Way We Live since 1966. They are notable both for their appreciation by John Peel and Julian Cope, but also for their longevity...


Side Two

  1. "Fly High" (St John-Stevenson) - Bridget St John
    Bridget St John
    Bridget St John is a British singer and songwriter, best known for the three albums she recorded between 1969 and 1972 for John Peel's Dandelion label. Peel produced her debut album Ask Me No Questions. She also recorded a large number of BBC Radio and Peel sessions and toured regularly on the UK...

  2. "Sky Dance" (Midgeley) - John Trevor
  3. "Mama Keep Your Big Mouth Shut" (E. McDaniel
    Bo Diddley
    Ellas Otha Bates , known by his stage name Bo Diddley, was an American rhythm and blues vocalist, guitarist, songwriter , and inventor...

    ) - Stackwaddy
  4. "The Colour is Blue" (Savage) - Country Sun
  5. "Sand All Yellow" (Coyne-Clague-Cudworth) - Kevin Coyne
    Kevin Coyne
    Kevin Coyne was a musician, singer, composer, film-maker, and a writer of lyrics, stories and poems. The former "anti-star" was born on 27 January 1944 in Derby, UK, and died in his adopted home of Nuremberg, Germany, on 2 December 2004....


Extra tracks on CD rerelease


  1. "Vorblifa Exit" - Lol Coxhill
    Lol Coxhill
    Lowen Coxhill, generally known as Lol Coxhill is a free improvising saxophonist and raconteur...


  2. "Fetch Me My Woman" - Siren

  3. "War Is Over" - Siren

  4. "Autumn Lady Dancing" - Principal Edwards Magic Theatre
    Principal edwards magic theatre
    Principal Edwards Magic Theatre was a 14-member communal performance art collective in the United Kingdom made up of musicians, poets, dancers, and sound and lighting technicians.-History:...


  5. "Early Morning Song" - Bridget St. John

  6. "Sleeping Town" - Beau
    Beau
    Beau is a specialist twelve-string guitar player who first became known in the late 1960s through his recordings for John Peel's Dandelion Records label...


  7. "Girl From Ipanema" - Stackwaddy

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