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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, with exception of some minor overdubbing. All recordings later appeared on Rarities and B-Sides,[2] and all but "Smiley" were included in the deluxe reissue of Gish.[3] "Girl Named Sandoz", originally performed by The Animals, later appeared on 1994's Pisces Iscariot.[4] The title is a reference to Sandoz Laboratories, where LSD was invented.[5]
The band showed up two hours late to the sessions due to a technical misunderstanding. Billy Corgan spoke lowly of the experience, citing the poor treatment by the production crew,[6] but added that this in turn forced the band to give a more powerful performance:
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Recorded for our first bbc session, we were led like lambs to the slaughter by a bored ex-rock star (who was assigned to us as session producer) and his chief assistant (a cockney who hated our too-loud sound). we were mocked for asking any question, and each and every request to change a sound was met with a fake turning of the knobs; to which i yelled "do you think i'm deaf and can't hear you haven't done anything?" the upside from this charade was that in anger we played with ferocious might; one of the few documents we have in studio that captures the way we were meant to destroy music and each other be exalting in its ad infinitum power.
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| — Billy Corgn, Pisces Iscariot reissue liner notes
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The album's cover photo was taken by James Iha.
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| 1. | "Siva" | Billy Corgan | 4:53 |
| 2. | "Girl Named Sandoz" | Eric Burdon, Vic Briggs, John Weider, Barry Jenkins, Danny McCulloch | 3:38 |
| 3. | "Smiley" | Billy Corgan | 3:31 |
| Total length: | 12:02 |
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- The Smashing Pumpkins
- Production
- Dale Griffin – producer
- Mike Engles – engineer
- Robin Marks – engineer
