Pulp on the Radio

Sessions and live performances

BBC Radio 1 - John Peel Show

Recorded: 7 November 1981
Transmitted: 18 November 1981

Please Don't Worry / Wishful Thinking / Turkey Mambo Momma / Refuse To Be Blind

Repeated: 8 December 1981, 8 February 1982, 31 September 1995 (including an interview with Jarvis and Nick at Peel Acres)
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BBC Radio 5 - Hit the North

Recorded: 11 September 1991
Transmitted: 11 September 1991

Space / Death II / Live On / Countdown / My Legendary Girlfriend + interview

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France Inter - Festival Les Inrockuptibles

Recorded: 19 October 1991
Transmitted: 20 October 1991
Location: Live at Festival Les Inrockuptibles, La Cigale, Paris

Space / Death II / Live On / Love is Blind / Don't You Want Me Anymore? / She's a Lady / Countdown / My Legendary Girlfriend / Little Girl (with Blue Eyes)

BBC Radio 1 - Mark Goodier Show

Recorded: 30 May 1992
Transmitted: 30 May 1992

Babies / Live On / Your Sister's Clothes / She's a Lady

Repeated: 29 June 1994 to 2 July 1994 (one track each day)

France Inter - Black Session

Recorded: 17 November 1992
Transmitted: 17 November 1992
Location: Studio 105, Maison de la Radio, Paris

She's a Lady / Pink Glove / Razzmatazz / Your Sister's Clothes / Live On / Separations / Babies / The Night (Four Seasons cover)/ O.U. (Gone, Gone) (intro only) + interview
O.U. (Gone, Gone)* / Sheffield: Sex City**
* Broadcast on 24 November 1992
** Broadcast on 24 November 1992?

BBC Radio 1 - John Peel Show

Recorded: 7 February 1993
Transmitted: 5 March 1993

Pink Glove / You're a Nightmare / Acrylic Afternoons

Repeat: 9 July 1993
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BBC Radio 5 - Hit the North

Recorded: 17 February 1993
Transmitted: 17 February 1993

Razzmatazz / Pink Glove / Stacks / 59 Lyndhurst Grove / Sheffield: Sex City + interview

BBC Radio 1 - Sound City '93

Recorded: 5 April 1993
Transmitted: 5 April 1993
Location: Live at The Leadmill, Sheffield

She's a Lady / Razzmatazz / 59 Lyndhurst Grove / Acrylic Afternoons / Babies / O.U. (Gone, Gone)

France Inter - Festival Les Inrockuptibles

Recorded: 4 November 1993
Transmitted: 4 November 1993* & 5 November 1993**
Location: Live at Festival Les Inrockuptibles, La Cigale, Paris

Babies* / O.U. (Gone, Gone)* / Razzmatazz**

BBC Radio 1 - Mark Radcliffe Show

Recorded: 16 November 1993
Transmitted: 16 November 1993

Lipgloss / Joyriders / Have You Seen Her Lately? / His 'n' Hers + interviews

Jarvis was also recorded reading Ian McEwan's short story Last Day Of Summer. This was broadcast in December 1993.

France Inter - Black Session

Recorded: 15 March 1994
Transmitted: 15 March 1994
Location: Studio 106, Maison de la Radio, Paris

Joyriders / Do You Remember the First Time? / Acrylic Afternoons / Have You Seen Her Lately? / You're a Nightmare / Le Roi Des Fourmis / His 'n' Hers / Lipgloss / Razzmatazz / Babies*
* Broadcast on 22 March 1994

BBC GLR - The Pete Aherne Show

Recorded: 22 March 1994
Transmitted: 22 March 1994

Joyriders (acoustic) / Dogs are Everywhere (acoustic) + interview

BBC Radio 1 - Sound City '94

Recorded: 4 April 1994
Transmitted: 4 April 1994
Location: Live at the Tramshed Theatre, Glasgow

Joyriders / Lipgloss / Have You Seen Her Lately? / Do You Remember the First Time? / Babies / His 'n' Hers

Europe 1 - Le Top 50

Recorded: 16 May 1994
Transmitted: 16 May 1994

Do You Remember the First Time? (acoustic) / Femme Fatale (acoustic) + interview

BBC Radio 1 - John Peel Show

Recorded: 26 June 1994
Transmitted: 9 July 1994
Location: Live at Glastonbury Festival

She's a Lady / Lipgloss / Razzmatazz / Acrylic Afternoons / Do You Remember the First Time? / Babies

BBC Radio 1 - John Peel Show

Recorded: 9 September 1994
Transmitted: 22 October 1994

Underwear / Common People / Pencil Skirt

Repeated: 17 July 1995
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BBC Radio 1 - Mercury Music Prize Awards

Recorded: 13 September 1994
Transmitted: 13 September 1994
Location: Live at the Savoy Hotel Ballroom, London

Babies (acoustic)

WRAS (Atlanta, USA)

Recorded: 19 September 1994
Transmitted: 19 September 1994

Do You Remember the First Time? (acoustic) / Babies (acoustic) + interview

Unknown show (Canada)

Recorded: 28 September 1994
Transmitted: 28 September 1994
Location: Live at Phoenix Theater, Toronto

Tracks unknown - approx 10 minutes

BBC Radio 1 - Blur & Pulp Live From Aston Villa

Recorded: 5 October 1994
Transmitted: 5 October 1994
Location: Live at Aston Villa Leisure Centre, Birmingham

O.U. (Gone, Gone) / Lipgloss / Razzmatazz / Underwear / His 'n' Hers / Common People / Joyriders / Do You Remember the First Time? / Babies + interview

Europe 1 - Le Top Live

Recorded: 12 October 1994
Transmitted: 12 October 1994

Babies / Morning Dew (Lee Hazelwood cover) / Pencil Skirt / Common People / Underwear / Do You Remember the First Time?

BBC Radio 1 - Sound City '95

Recorded: 21 April 1995
Transmitted: 21 April 1995
Location: Live at Anson Rooms, Bristol

Razzmatazz / Monday Morning / Pencil Skirt / Mile End / Do You Remember the First Time? / Underwear / Acrylic Afternoons / Babies / Common People

BBC Radio 1 - UK Top 40

Recorded: 28 May 1995
Transmitted: 28 May 1995
Location: Birmingham

Common People (mimed performance)

BBC Radio 1 - Glastonbury 1995

Recorded: 24 June 1995
Transmitted: 24 June 1995
Location: Live at Glastonbury Festival

Do You Remember the First Time? / Razzmatazz / Monday Morning / Underwear / Sorted for E's & Wizz / Disco 2000 / Joyriders / Acrylic Afternoons / Mis-shapes / Pink Glove / Babies / Common People

The concert was subsequently remixed by Pulp and rebroadcast later in the year

Rebroadcast:
BBC 6 Music - Steve Lamacq's Classic Glastonbury
Transmitted: 28 June 2009
Do You Remember the First Time? / Razzmatazz / Monday Morning / Underwear / Sorted for E's & Wizz / Disco 2000 / Acrylic Afternoons / Mis-shapes / Pink Glove / Babies / Common People

P3 (Sweden) - P3 Live

Recorded: 29 July 1995
Transmitted: 9 November 1995
Location: Live at Lollipop Festival, Sweden

Monday Morning / Underwear / Mis-Shapes / Sorted for E's & Wizz / Acrylic Afternoons / Do You Remember the First Time?

Repeat: 25 March 1996

France Inter - Black Session

Recorded: 30 October 1995
Transmitted: 30 October 1995
Location: Studio 106, Maison de la Radio, Paris

Sorted for E's & Wizz / Something Changed / Whiskey in the Jar / 59 Lyndhurst Grove / I Spy / Disco 2000 / Live Bed Show / Underwear / Common People

Europe 1 - Le Top Live

Recorded: 13 November 1995
Transmitted: 26 November 1995

Common People / Sorted for E's & Wizz / Little Girl (Troggs cover) / Bar Italia / I Spy / Disco 2000

NDR2 (Germany) - Radio Konzert

Recorded: 12 December 1995
Transmitted: 3 February 1996
Location: Live at the Markthalle, Hamburg

Sorted for E's & Wizz / Do You Remember the First Time? / Pencil Skirt / I Spy / Lipgloss / Live Bed Show / Acrylic Afternoons / Babies / Disco 2000 / Mis-shapes / F.E.E.L.I.N.G.C.A.L.L.E.D.L.O.V.E.

Unknown Japanese radio show

Recorded: 30 January 1996
Transmitted: 30 January 1996
Location: Live at On Air East, Tokyo

Do You Remember the First Time? / Monday Morning

P3 (Sweden) - P3 Live

Recorded: 15 June 1996
Transmitted: 2 September 1996
Location: Live at Hultsfred Festival, Sweden

Disco 2000 / Do You Remember the First Time? / Mis-Shapes / Babies / Sorted For E's & Wizz / Live Bed Show / F.E.E.L.I.N.G.C.A.L.L.E.D.L.O.V.E / Underwear / Common People

Repeat: 31 December 1996

Radio Fritz (Berlin, Germany)

RTE 2FM (Ireland)

BBC Radio 1 - In Concert: Pulp

Recorded: 17 August 1996
Transmitted: 7 October 1996
Location: V96, Chelmsford

Monday Morning / I Spy / Mile End / Live Bed Show / Something Changed / Sorted for E's & Wizz / Pencil Skirt / F.E.E.L.I.N.G.C.A.L.L.E.D.L.O.V.E. / Underwear / Common People / Disco 2000

BBC Radio 1 - Mercury Music Prize Awards

Recorded: 10 September 1996
Transmitted: 10 September 1996
Location: Live at the Grosvenor House Hotel, London

Bar Italia (acoustic)

BBC Radio 1 - Glastonbury 1998

Recorded: 28 June 1998
Transmitted: 28 June 1998
Location: Live at Glastonbury Festival

I'm a Man / Live Bed Show / Seductive Barry / Sorted for E's & Wizz / TV Movie / A Little Soul / Party Hard / Help the Aged / F.E.E.L.I.N.G.C.A.L.L.E.D.L.O.V.E. / This is Hardcore / Glory Days / Common People

Also:
JJJ (Australia) - Live at the Wireless
Transmitted: 14 September 1998
The Fear / Live Bed Show / TV Movie / A Little Soul / Party Hard / Help the Aged / Seductive Barry

BBC Radio 1 - The Evening Session
Transmitted: February 1999
The Fear / Do You Remember the First Time? / Sorted for E's & Wizz / TV Movie / A Little Soul / Help the Aged / This is Hardcore / Glory Days / Common People

BBC Radio 1 - Mercury Music Prize Awards

Recorded: 19 September 1998
Transmitted: 19 September 1998
Location: Live at Shepherd’s Bush Empire, London

Party Hard

BBC Radio 1 - Lamacq Live: Homelands '01

Recorded: 26 May 2001
Transmitted: 4 June 2001
Location: Live at Homelands Festival

Sorted for E's & Wizz / Weeds / Common People / F.E.E.L.I.N.G.C.A.L.L.E.D.L.O.V.E. / A Little Soul / The Trees / Party Hard / This is Hardcore / Sunrise

RNE 3 (Spain) - Festival Internacional de Benicassim

Recorded: 5 August 2001
Transmitted: ?
Location: Live at Festival Internacional de Benicassim

Common People / Underwear / Bad Cover Version / Sorted for E's & Wizz / F.E.E.L.I.N.G.C.A.L.L.E.D.L.O.V.E. / A Little Soul / The Birds in Your Garden / Weeds / Party Hard / This is Hardcore / Sunrise

Also broadcast on Le Mouv in France on 29 October 2001

France Inter - La Route Du Rock, St Malo

BBC Radio 1 - John Peel Show

Recorded: 12 August 2001
Transmitted: 28 August 2001

Sunrise / Weeds / I Love Life / Duck Diving

Repeat: 1 January 2002
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BBC Radio 1 - John Peel Show

Recorded: 24 September 2001
Transmitted: 11 October 2001
Location: Live at King's College Student's Union, London - celebrating John Peel's 40th anniversary as a DJ

Peter Gunn / Sorted for E's and Wizz / Help the Aged / This is Hardcore / Sunrise

BBC Radio 1 - One Live In Birmingham

Recorded: 31 October 2001
Transmitted: 31 October 2001
Location: Live at Birmingham Academy

Weeds / Weeds II (the origin of the species) / The Fear / The Birds in Your Garden / Wickerman / The Trees / The Night that Minnie Timperley Died / I Love Life / This is Hardcore / Sunrise

Broadcast on the webcast only:
Roadkill / Party Hard / Common People

BBC Radio 1 - John Peel Show

Recorded: 23 August 2002
Transmitted: 28 August 2002
Location: Live at Reading Festival

Sorted for E's & Wizz / The Trees / Weeds / Common People / I Love Life / Sunrise

BBC 6 Music - Dream Ticket

Recorded: 14 December 2002
Transmitted: 17 December 2002
Location: Auto Festival, Rotherham

Lipgloss / Something Changed / Sorted for E's & Wizz / Razzmatazz / This is Hardcore / I Love Life / Sunrise / Happy Endings / Babies / Common People

Also:
BBC 6 Music - Dream Ticket
Transmitted: 14 May 2004
Do You Remember the First Time? / Lipgloss / Bad Cover Version / Something Changed / Sorted for E's & Wizz / Razzmatazz / Weeds / This is Hardcore / I Love Life / Sunrise / Babies / Common People

BBC 6 Music - 6 Music Classic Concert
Transmitted: 13 November 2010
Do You Remember The First Time? / Lipgloss / Bad Cover Version / 59 Lyndhurst Grove / Sorted For E's & Wizz / Weeds, This Is Hardcore / I Love Life / Sunrise / Babies / Common People

BBC 6 Music - Glastonbury

Recorded: 26 June 2011
Transmitted: 26 and 27 June 2011
Location: Live at Glastonbury

''Mis-Shapes* / Babies** / Common People**
* Broadcast on 26 June 2011
** Broadcast on 27 June 2011
The three tracks were also streamed on the BBC website

Documentaries

BBC Radio 1 - Do You Remember The First Time? (part 1), From Disco to Hardcore (part 2)

Transmitted: 15 March and 22 March 1998
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BBC Radio 1 - Essential Albums of the '90s: Different Class

Transmitted: 8 February 1999

BBC Radio 2 - Common People: The Story of Pulp

Transmitted: 31 May 2003
Details: Marianne Faithfull presents the story of the terrifically hip modern pop band best known for frontman Jarvis Cocker and the 1995 single Common People, which catapulted the group into public consciousness 12 years after the release of their debut LP.

Other notable appearances

BBC Radio Sheffield - R.O.T.T.

Transmitted: circa 1984
Details: Interview with Pulp and broadcast of tracks from the Sudan Gerri demo. (Pulp appeared on this programme several times.)

BBC Radio Sheffield - Great Northern Rock

Transmitted: 16 May 1987
Details: Jarvis and Russell talk to Nick Reynolds about their new album, Freaks.
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BBC GLR - Gary Crowley

Transmitted: 15 September 1991
Details: Interview with Jarvis

BBC Radio 1 - Evening Session (Steve Lamacq)

Transmitted: 23 February 1993
Details: Interview with Jarvis about signing to Island Records.

BBC Radio 1 - Collins and Maconie's Hit Parade

Transmitted: 21 July 1994 (repeated 31 December 1994)
Details: Jarvis, The Interrogation Game.

BBC Radio 1 - Evening Session Christmas Pop Quiz

Transmitted: 22 December 1994
Details: Jo Whiley and Steve Lamacq host the Christmas Pop Quiz with panellists Sarah Cracknell from St Etienne, Jarvis Cocker from Pulp, Sleeper's Louise and ex-Wonderstuff frontman Miles Hunt.

BBC GLR - Gary Crowley

Transmitted: 2 April 1995
Details: Three hour show presented by Jarvis. Included appearances by The Tindersticks and Stereolab.

BBC Radio 3 - The Music Machine: Supertunes

Transmitted: 5 April 1995
Details: Indie Lord Onslow finds out what Jarvis Cocker from Pulp thinks of life in the 80s.

BBC Radio 1 - Collins and Maconie's Hit Parade

Transmitted: 25 September 1995
Details: Jarvis and Louise Wener of Sleeper guest as the celebrity critics.

BBC Radio 1 - Doing the Business

Transmitted: 1 October 1995
Details: Stuart Maconie kicks off the series asking whether bands are still getting ripped off. Experts in the industry, from Damon Albarn to the head of EMI, talk frankly about the business, with contributions from Jarvis Cocker, Echobelly, The Levellers and Skunk Anansie.

BBC Radio 1 - Breakfast Show

Transmitted: week starting 21 February 1997
Details: Jarvis Cocker, Candida Doyle, Nick Banks and Mark Webber took part in "We Love Us" by telephone over consecutive days. They competed against each other, answering questions about Pulp, to win a foot spa. Presented by Mark Radcliffe and Marc Riley (Mark and Lard).

XFM - "Pulp Hijack XFM"

Transmitted: 30 August 1997
Details: Pulp guest presented from 7-11pm. London-based former pirate XFM had just been granted a permanent license. This programme was broadcast prior to the station's official launch on 1st September.

BBC Radio 1 - Breakfast Show

Transmitted: 15 November 1997
Details: Zoe Ball interviewed Jarvis.

Capital Radio (London) - David Jenson

Transmitted: 17 November 1997
Details: Interview with Jarvis Cocker and Steve Mackey.

BBC Radio 1 - John Peel Show

Transmitted: 25-27 November 1997
Details: Pulp presented the show for three consecutive days.
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Unknown Dutch radio station - interview

Transmitted: Early 1998
Details: Interview with Nick and Candida.
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BBC Radio 1 - Newsbeat / The Net

Transmitted: 17 June 1998?
Details: Report on Pulp's short US tour. Interview with Jarvis Cocker before the New York Hammerstein Ballroom show.

BBC Radio 1 - The Lunchtime Session (Jo Whiley)

Transmitted: Summer 1998
Details: Interview with Jarvis Cocker.

BBC Radio 3 - Music Matters

Transmitted: 18 October 1998
Details: With Ivan Hewett. This week, pianist Mitsuko Uchida on the art of touch in performance, plus the influence of the first minimalist piece - Terry Riley 's In C - on composers and musicians from Steve Reich to Jarvis Cocker.

BBC Radio 2 - Steve Wright's Saturday Show

  • Broadcast: 19 June 1999
  • Details: Interview with Jarvis Cocker. Topics covered: Born to Cry (Notting Hill film) / Nick Cave's Meltdown / horoscopes.

BBC Radio 1 - Jo Whiley

BBC Radio 1 - Lamacq Live

Transmitted: 20 December 1999
Details: Includes A Kick Up the Nineties, the first of a two-part journey from grunge through to Britpop, with contributions from Jarvis.

XFM - Studio 68

Transmitted: October 2001
Details: Jarvis Cocker and Steve Mackey were interviewed by Tim Lovejoy. We Love Life promotion.

BBC Radio 2 - Jonathan Ross

Transmitted: 6 October 2001
Details: Interview with Jarvis Cocker. We Love Life promotion.

BBC Radio 1 - The Evening Session

Transmitted: 10 October 2001
Details: Jarvis co-presented the show with Steve Lamacq. We Love Life promotion.

BBC London - Gary Crowley

Transmitted: November 2002
Details: Interview with Jarvis.

BBC 6 Music - Steve Lamacq

Recorded: Monday, 23 May 2011
Transmitted: Friday, 27 May 2011
Details: Interview with Jarvis, Candida, Steve and Mark. Pulp's first interview since 2002.

Also see: Jarvis / Radio

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