Can - Up the Bakerloo Line With Anne (The Peel Sessions)

The Peel Sessions - 1995
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This collection of songs Can recorded for John Peel’s radio show find the band in its peak period (1973-75), pumping on all cylinders. A real treat for Can collectors, most of the tracks here were improvised, and none exist on studio recordings, so this is something of a “lost” Can album. Much of the album is taken up two extended pieces, “Tony Wanna Go” and “Up the Bakerloo Line With Anne,” both of which feature swaths of fuzz guitar and jazzy drumming over intense, minimalist structures. The other tracks opt for a bit of a lower-key groove and make more use of varied atmospheric textures, but all stand to prove why Can is regarded as one of the seminal outfits of German experimental rock.

[@guscairns1]

I named this track. True. Peel held a competition to give this track a title, and I suggested "12 weeks on the Bakerloo line with Anne Nightingale" (based on a joke Peel had made). I received a copy of Ege Bamyasi in the post, and a handwritten letter from Peel, *which I lost*. It was officially the Day I Became Cool at School.

[@aanightingale]

this is one of my proudest moments...perhaps! Maybe the reference to me was a piss take, which I don't mind at all. Can you remember the joke John Peel made? I don't mind if its uncomplimentary, i met Can some tears later, which was great. Its a bit of history here, so would like to hear the real authentic story. thanks annie n

[@guscairns1]

I'm honoured to attract a reply from a living national treasure! I think JP suggested a few titles of his own, one of which was something like "A trip on the Bakerloo with Annie Nightingale and then back again without her" and I just embroidered it a little.

[@aanightingale]

ah, so there was some customary wit from Peel over this, I am glad to know. You know he was sometimes referred to as a 'national institution', which he did not appreciate --'makes me sound like an old building covered in ivy''. was his comment..... thanks so much for your reply Gus.

[@d_walsh]

Really ? Cool

[@keltyk]

I always wondered if it was named after Anne Nightingale

[@russreid3537]

The drumming from about 6 minutes 20 made me laugh out loud. Jaki was unique.

[@iainrobb2076]

I honestly believe that this may be, along with Led Zeppelin's 'In My Time of Dying', the finest instrumental jam recorded. No amount of listenings can dull the surprise at around the 11 minute mark where everything locks together perfectly, and Leibezeit and Karoli both ascend together into total ecstacy.

[@rexfreeman4981]

40 Min version that only ends because the tape ran out is where rock music peaked.

[@shruggzdastr8-facedclown]

...loving that bass riff around 8:45!!!

[@SweetSmoke21]

Great!! Thanks for sharing :)

[@LIBERTARIA672]

Μasterpiece !!!!!!!

[@rexfreeman4981]

RIP Damo 😖

[@Christhebeen]

super!

[@jeffreygrove]

INTENSE

[@astridolearczyk8510]

Yes

[@Kelly14UK]

PIL connection here. Positive

[@astridolearczyk8510]

👌!!!

[@Johnny_Croissant]

6:25 definite prove for the existence of the Jaki clone

[@guscairns1]

No, he just had 6 arms

[@astridolearczyk8510]

Great bass from the 6. min👍

[@dennisbenzle7493]

that is some jam session out of key guitar but brilliant