Radio Sessions 1979 - 1985

Session 1

The Cure
John Peel Session
Maida Vale Recording Studios
London, UK
1979-05-06
Airdate: 1979-05-16

From: 17 Boys Have Faith In Pornography liberated bootleg.

Silver CD boot>EAC>CoolEdit>FLAC

01. subway song
02. plastic passion
03. grinding halt
04. a desperate journalist
05. accuracy

Some light hiss removed using Cool Edit (on Light setting).
Running order has been fixed, as original boot had these out of order.

EAC/editing/compression by terrapinstation 2005-12-09

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Session 2

The Cure
John Peel Session
Maida Vale Recording Studios
London, UK
1980-03-03
Airdate: 1980-03-10

From: 17 Boys Have Faith In Pornography liberated bootleg.

Silver CD boot>EAC>FLAC

01. a forest
02. seventeen seconds
03. play for today
04. m

Some light hiss removed using Cool Edit (on Standard setting).
Running order has been fixed, as original boot had these out of order.

EAC/editing/compression by terrapinstation 2005-12-09

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Session 3

The Cure
John Peel Session
Maida Vale Recording Studios
London, UK
1981-01-07
Airdate: 1981-01-15

From: 17 Boys Have Faith In Pornography liberated bootleg.

Silver CD boot>EAC>FLAC

01. forever
02. all cats are grey
03. the holy hour
04. primary

Some light hiss removed using Cool Edit (on Standard setting).
Running order has been fixed, as original boot had these out of order.

EAC/editing/compression by terrapinstation 2005-12-09

Another Porky Prime Cut From Terrapin Station!!

Session 4

The Cure
Recorded: 1981.02.26
Broadcast: 1981.03.02
Location: Langham, England
Event: Richard Skinner Session
Lineage: FM 0
Quality: near perfect

Seed by: lostflower4 @ PPTT-forever drowning in torrent

http://www.foreverdrowning.com/torrent

Set:

1. The Funeral Party (4:02)
2. The Drowning Man (4:33)
3. Faith (5:08)
Total : 13:47

Lineup:

Robert Smith - vocals, guitar, 6-string bass, keyboards
Simon Gallup - bass
Lol Tolhurst - drums, percussion

Story:

This is an amazing recording of early versions of songs from the "Faith" album. Some tracks are arguably better than their album counterparts. Don't pass this one up!

Enjoy!
outofmind@imaginary-lemurs.com

Session 5

The Cure
John Peel Session
Maida Vale Recording Studios
London, UK
1981-12-21
Airdate: 1982-01-04

From: 17 Boys Have Faith In Pornography liberated bootleg.

Silver CD boot>EAC>FLAC

01. siamese twins
02. one hundred years
03. the figurehead

Some light hiss removed using Cool Edit (on Standard setting).
Running order has been fixed, as original boot had these out of order.

EAC/editing/compression by terrapinstation 2005-12-09

Another Porky Prime Cut From Terrapin Station!!

Session 6

The Cure
Maida Vale Studios
London, England
October 24, 1982 (?)

Kid Jensen Session

Broadcast: 1982-11-27

FM 6

01. Let's Go To Bed
02. Interview (Part 1)
03. Just One Kiss
04. Interview (Part 2)
05. One Hundred Years//
06. //Ariel


Songs reordered to fit original running order.

Thanks so much to lostflower4for making this available...

Session 7

The Cure
Recorded: 1984.02.15
Broadcast: 1984.04.xx
Location: London, England
Event: Richard Skinner Session
Source: FM
Lineage: unknown
Quality: good

Seed by: lostflower4 @ PPTT-forever drowning in torrent

http://www.foreverdrowning.com/torrent

Set:

1. Piggy In The Mirror (3:46)
2. Bananafishbones (2:59)
3. Give Me It (2:48)
4. The Empty World (3:14)
Total : 12:47

Lineup:

Robert Smith - vocals, guitar, harmonica
Phil Thornalley - bass
Porl Thompson - keyboards, saxophone
Andy Anderson - drums, percussion


Story:
Great early versions of songs from "The Top".

Enjoy!
outofmind@imaginary-lemurs.com

Session 8

the cure
august 7, 1985
john peel session
london, uk

the exploding boy
six different ways
screw
sinking

fm broadcast

Session 9

The Cure "Saturday Night Live"
UK FM Radio program, network unknown
Location Unknown
September 13, 1985

FM (unknown lineage)>What Happened Behind The Door liberated boot>EAC>FLAC

01. In Between Days
02. Close To Me
03. Kyoto Song
04. The Baby Screams
05. Sinking

Thanks to PB for the upload.

Another Porky Prime Cut From Terrapin Station!!

Thanks to our Great Comrade Waxly Molding and Lostflower and outofmind.

Enjoy,

Rob