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Babes In Toyland – The Peel Sessions – Cassette

The Peel Sessions by Babes in Toyland is a compilation album featuring live recordings of the band’s performances on BBC Radio 1’s John Peel Show. The album was released in 1992 and includes tracks from their early years, capturing their raw and energetic sound.

Some of the songs included on the album are ‘Dust Cake Boy,’ ‘He’s My Thing,’ ‘Spit to See the Shine,’ and ‘Ripe.’ It’s a great collection for fans of Babes in Toyland and showcases their fierce and distinctive punk rock sound.

Babes in Toyland is about as harsh as rock music gets, guitarist Kat Bjelland screams and thrashes her guitar to the gut-pounding, throttling beat of bassist Maureen Herman and drummer Lori Barbero. Over their two albums and two EPs, the all-female trio offers no escape from their strongly female-oriented, but not necessarily feminist, rock.

Bjelland formed Babes in Toyland in 1987 in Minneapolis, after playing around San Francisco for several years in various bands which featured, at various times, Jennifer Finch of L7 and Courtney Love of Hole.

After releasing a single on Sub Pop’s singles club, Babes in Toyland came to the attention of Sonic Youth, who took them on a tour of Europe. Soon, they recorded their abrasive debut, Spanking Machine, with producer Jack Endino; one more independent EP followed before they signed to Reprise. Between labels, original bassist Michelle Leon left the group.

Sonic Youth’s Lee Ranaldo produced their second album, Fontanelle, which showed no signs of concession to a major label. In early 1993, the band broke up for several days before re-forming to record the Painkillers EP and hitting the road with Lollapalooza 1993.

Brand new, never played and still sealed in the factory plastic seal

Dutch East India Records

Track Listing
1. Catatonic
2. Ripe
3. Primus
4. Spit To See The Shine
5. Pearl
6. Dogg
7. Laugh My Head Off
8. Mad Pilot