Inside John Peel's Collection

You can look inside John Peel's vast record collection at The Space.

The legendary DJ amassed an amazing archive of more than 26,000 LPs, 40,000 singles, and thousands of CDs. This important collection of rock and other music is being made public through a special online project that will run for 26 weeks, from May through October.

Because of the size of the collection and time limitations, the John Peel Centre for Creative Arts and project supporters have decided to release details of the first 100 albums, listed alphabetically, from each letter of the alphabet each week. On May 1, the first 100 As were released.

In addition, with each release of 100 records there will be a mini-documentary about one of the artists. The first features 1960s singer-songwriter Mike Absalom.

Take a look. It's fun and worth spending time inside Peel's celebrated collection.