PETER MARSH'S TWIST..THIS IS YOUR LIFE.

------------------------------------------
WHY NOT SUPPORT THE CHANNEL BY BUYING ME A COFFEE AT
Ko-fi.com/punkrocknineteenseventies
------------------------------------------------------------
CHECK OUT MY YOUTUBE CHANNEL @punkrockuk1970s AND LIKE AND SUBSCRIBE, IT'S ALL FREE.
--------------------------------------------------------------
BEFORE YOU START READING PLEASE CAN YOU LIKE AND FOLLOW MY CHANNEL. IT WILL HELP GETTING MORE CONTENT TO THE CHANNEL, ENJOY.
—---------------------------------------------------------------
John Robert Parker Ravenscroft OBE (30 August 1939 – 25 October 2004), better known as John Peel, was an English radio presenter and journalist. He was the longest-serving of the original disc jockeys on BBC Radio 1, broadcasting regularly from 1967 until his death in 2004.
Peel was one of the first broadcasters to play psychedelic rock and progressive rock records on British radio. He is widely acknowledged for promoting artists of many genres, including pop, dub reggae, punk rock and post-punk, electronic music and dance music, indie rock, extreme metal and British hip hop. Fellow DJ Paul Gambaccini described Peel as "the most important single person in popular music from approximately 1967 through 1978. He broke more important artists than any individual."[1]
Peel's Radio 1 shows were notable for the regular "Peel Sessions", which usually consisted of four songs recorded by an artist in the BBC's studios, often providing the first major national coverage to bands that later achieved fame. The annual Festive Fifty countdown of his listeners' favourite records of the year was a notable part of his promotion of new music.
—----------------------------------------------------------------------
Credit ‎@ThePetermarsh

Twist

edit

Marsh's first solo project, after breaking up with Nicol was Twist, a transition into the punk rock and new wave genres. Twist band members included Stevie Corduner, formerly of Byzantium (Drums), Wims, a.k.a. Tony Wimshurst (lead guitar, backing vocals), Andy Pask (bass) with Marsh as lead vocalist and acoustic guitarist.

Twist released This Is Your Life (Polydor, 1979), an album which included a new wave interpretation of the classic "The House of the Rising Sun". The title track "This Is Your Life" was released as a single. The B-side "Life's a Commercial Break", did not appear on the album. A second single, "Ads", with the B-side "Rebound" was released later in 1979. "Ads" appeared on the Polydor compilation album 20 of Another Kind Vol. 2, with "This Is Your Life". "This Is Your Life" featured Steve Nieve on keyboard and Jimmy Edwards and Elvis Costello on backing vocals.[6] The involvement of Jimmy Edwards was due to Marsh's then manager, Tony Gorden, who also managed Sham 69. The involvement of Steve Nieve and Elvis Costello was due to their connections with Roger Bechirian, who co-produced the album with Marsh. Twist was Marsh's first significant collaboration with Bechirian. The two subsequently worked on a project which was to become known as Blanket of Secrecy. Twist was recorded at Amp Pro, a studio in Shepherds Bush in a house owned by Nick Lowe, which was converted by Tony Visconti. It was mixed at Eden Studios in Chiswick.