1989 Festive Fifty

Shows

 * 20 December 1989: #50-#41
 * 21 December 1989: #40-#31
 * 26 December 1989: #30-#21
 * 27 December 1989: #20-#11
 * 28 December 1989: #10-#01

Comments

 * No one act dominated the chart, with five entries apiece from Inspiral Carpets, Pixies, Wedding Present and Stone Roses, despite John indicating a 'non-preference' for the last-named band's music.
 * Number 32 was never previously played by JP.

John Peel's Festive Fifty 1989

 * 50: Inspiral Carpets, 'She Comes In The Fall' (Peel Session)
 * 49: Inspiral Carpets, 'Directing Traffic' (Peel Session)
 * 48: Family Cat, 'Tom Verlaine (7 inch)' (Bad Girl)
 * 47: Morrissey, 'Interesting Drug (7 inch)' (HMV)
 * 46: Popguns, 'Landslide (7 inch)' (Medium Cool)
 * 45: Wedding Present. 'What Have I Said Now? (LP-Bizarro)' (RCA)
 * 44: Snuff, 'Not Listening (LP-Snuffsaidbutgorblimeyguvstonemeifhedidntthrowawobblerchachachachachachachachachachachayouregoinghomeinacosmicambience)' (Workers Playtime)
 * 43: Pixies, 'Dead (LP-Doolittle)' (4AD)
 * 42: Senseless Things, 'Too Much Kissing (LP-Postcard C.V.)' (Way Cool)
 * 41: Galaxie 500, 'Don't Let Our Youth Go To Waste (LP-Today)' (Aurora)
 * 40: Birdland, 'Paradise (7 inch)' (Lazy)
 * 39: Dub Sex, 'Swerve (12 inch)' (Cut Deep)
 * 38: Fall, 'Dead Beat Descendant (7 inch-Cab It Up)' (Beggars Banquet)
 * 37: Pixies, 'Here Comes Your Man (LP-Doolittle)' (4AD)
 * 36: Pixies, 'Wave Of Mutilation (LP-Doolittle)' (4AD)
 * 35: Inspiral Carpets, 'So This Is How It Feels' (Peel Session)
 * 34: De La Soul, 'Eye Know (LP-3 Feet High And Rising' (Big Life)
 * 33: Spacemen 3, 'Hypnotized (7 inch)' (Fire)
 * 32: Jesus Jones, 'Info Freako (7 inch)' (Food)
 * 31: Bob, 'Convenience (EP-Convenience)' (House Of Teeth)
 * 30: Telescopes, 'The Perfect Needle (12 inch)' (What Goes On)
 * 29: Stone Roses, 'I Wanna Be Adored (LP-The Stone Roses)' (Silvertone)
 * 28: Birdland, 'Hollow Heart (7 inch)' (Lazy)
 * 27: New Order, 'Vanishing Point (LP-Technique)' (Factory)
 * 26: Field Mice, 'Sensitive (7 inch)' (Sarah)
 * 25: Pale Saints, 'She Rides The Waves (12 inch-Barging Into The Presence Of God)' (4AD)
 * 24: Wedding Present, 'Bewitched (LP-Bizarro)' (RCA)
 * 23: Stone Roses, 'Fools Gold 9.53 (12 inch)' (Silvertone)
 * 22: 808 State, 'Pacific State (12 inch EP-Quadrastate)' (ZTT)
 * 21: Inspiral Carpets, 'Find Out Why (7 inch)' (Cow)
 * 20: Morrissey, 'Ouija Board, Ouija Board (7 inch)' (HMV)
 * 19: Wedding Present, 'Brassneck (LP-Bizarro)' (RCA)
 * 18: Morrissey, 'Last Of The Famous International Playboys (7 inch)' (HMV)
 * 17: Stone Roses, 'Made Of Stone (LP-The Stone Roses)' (Silvertone)
 * 16: Mudhoney, 'You Got It (Keep It Outta My Face) (LP-Mudhoney)' (Sub Pop)
 * 15: Cud, 'Only A Prawn In Whitby (LP-When In Rome, Kill Me)' (Imaginary)
 * 14: Wedding Present, 'Take Me! (LP-Bizarro)' (RCA)
 * 13: Jesus & Mary Chain, 'Blues From A Gun (LP-Automatic)' (Blanco Y Negro)
 * 12: Dinosaur Jr., 'Just Like Heaven (7 inch)' (Blast First)
 * 11: Pale Saints, 'Sight Of You (12 inch-Barging Into The Presence Of God)' (4AD)
 * 10: House Of Love, 'I Don't Know Why I Love You (7 inch)' (Fontana)
 * 09: Inspiral Carpets, 'Joe (12 inch)' (Cow)
 * 08: James, 'Sit Down (7 inch)' (Rough Trade)
 * 07: Stone Roses, 'She Bangs The Drums (LP-The Stone Roses)' (Silvertone)
 * 06: Stone Roses, 'I Am The Resurrection (LP-The Stone Roses)' (Silvertone)
 * 05: Pixies, 'Monkey Gone To Heaven (LP-Doolittle)' (4AD)
 * 04: Happy Mondays, 'W.F.L.-Vince Clarke Mix (7 inch)' (Factory)
 * 03: Pixies, 'Debaser (LP-Doolittle)' (4AD)
 * 02: Wedding Present, 'Kennedy (LP-Bizarro)' (RCA)
 * 01: Sundays, 'Can't Be Sure (7 inch)' (Rough Trade)

Availability

 * All shows are available on the relevant date pages, but none are complete, and the last two contain the chart rundowns only.