Peel Sessions (The Smashing Pumpkins EP) explained

Peel Sessions
Type:	EP
Artist:	The Smashing Pumpkins
Cover:	SmashingPumpkins-PeelSessions.jpg
Released:	June 1992
Recorded:	September 8, 1991
Genre:	Alternative rock
Length:	12:02
Language:	English
Label:	Hut
Producer:	Dale Griffin
Prev Title:	Lull
Prev Year:	1991
Next Title:	Siamese Dream
Next Year:	1993

Peel Sessions is an EP by The Smashing Pumpkins, released in 1992.^[1] The songs were recorded live on September 8, 1991, for John Peel's Radio 1 show and later appeared on Rarities and B-Sides.^[2] "Siva" and "Girl Named Sandoz" were included on the compilation album, Pisces Iscariot, as well as the deluxe reissue of Gish.^[3]

Track listing

Notes

• "Girl Named Sandoz" is a reference to Sandoz Laboratories, where LSD was invented.^[4] It was originally performed by The Animals, and later appeared on Pisces Iscariot.^[5]

Personnel

The Smashing Pumpkins

• Billy Corgan – vocals, guitar
• James Iha – guitar, vocals
• D'arcy Wretzky – bass guitar
• Jimmy Chamberlin – drums

Production

• Dale Griffin – production
• Mike Engles – engineering
• Robin Marks – engineering

External links

• BBC Radio 1 Peel Session

Notes and References

1. Web site: Peel Sessions – Smashing Pumpkins Songs, Reviews, Credits AllMusic. AllMusic. 2015-10-25.
2. Web site: BBC – Radio 1 – Keeping It Peel – 08/09/1991 Smashing Pumpkins. www.bbc.co.uk. 2016-01-15.
3. Web site: Smashing Pumpkins Pack ‘Gish,’ ‘Dream’ Reissues With Rarities SPIN. Spin. 2015-10-25.
4. Book: Goldberg, Raymond. Drugs Across the Spectrum. Cengage Learning. 2009-05-18. 0495557935. en.
5. Web site: Girl Named Sandoz - Smashing Pumpkins Song Info AllMusic. AllMusic. 2015-10-25.