02 January 1980

Show

 * Name
 * John Peel Show


 * Station
 * BBC Radio One


 * YYYY-MM-DD
 * 1980-01-02


 * Comments
 * Peel's introduction includes the comment, "actually my voice gets deeper and deeper as the evening progresses. It gets rather exciting towards midnight."
 * The first four tracks from the new Simple Minds LP are played.
 * Both the Andy Capp and Golinski Brothers singles were in Peel's famous record box of favourites. Wikipedia
 * Anne Nightingale has left her cigarettes in the studio, so John says he'll offer them as a prize to anyone who can write in and correctly say how many are left in the packet.

Sessions
(Please add details of any commercial release of these sessions)
 * PiL: Repeat of one and only session, first broadcast 17 December 1979.
 * UB40 #1. Debut broadcast.

Tracklisting
JP: "The tormented sound of adolescent Cheltenham for you..." JP: The best record in the world for this week... People have been given the OBE for less - a lot less. JP: Years and years and years ago when Deidre of Coronation Street had her baby, I wrote a letter to Granada TV suggesting that they ought to call her Lillette. Such a pretty name, I urged, but they didn't even acknowledge my letter. News at midnight
 * Ian North: Don't Dance (LP - Neo) Aura
 * Roaring Eighties: Apparently (7") Reel
 * Elvis Costello & the Attractions: I Can't Stand Up For Falling Down (7") Radar
 * PiL: Pop Tones (session)
 * UB40: Food For Thought (session)
 * Clash: I'm Not Down (LP - London Calling) CBS
 * Beatles: I'm Down
 * Captain Beefheart: Son Of Mirror Man - Mere Man (LP - Strictly Personal) United Artists
 * Lonnie & the Devotions: Jocko Homo (LP - Devotees) Rhino
 * Andy Capp: Popatop (7") Treasure Island
 * Mental As Anything: The Nips Are Getting Bigger (single) Virgin
 * Simple Minds: Real To Real (LP - Real To Real Cacophony) Arista
 * Simple Minds: Naked Eye (LP - Real To Real Cacophony) Arista
 * Simple Minds: Citizen (Dance of Youth) (LP - Real To Real Cacophony) Arista
 * Simple Minds: Carnival (Shelter In A Suitcase) (LP - Real To Real Cacophony) Arista
 * UB40: King (session)
 * British Shoes: Running From Mummy (7") NWJ
 * PiL: Chant (session) (tape flip during track on version 1 of the show)
 * Golinski Brothers: Bloody (LP - Vaultage 79 Another Two Sides Of Brighton) Attrix
 * Supertramp: Bloody Well Right (LP - Crime Of The Century)
 * Anthony Moore: Girl It's Your Time (LP - Flying Doesn't Help) Quango
 * Lillettes: Hey Operator (LP - Vaultage 79 Another Two Sides Of Brighton) Attrix
 * Prince Far I: I And I Are The Chosen One (LP - Creation Rockers Volume 1) Trojan
 * Stiffs: Inside Out (7") Dork
 * Surf Punks: My Wave (LP - L.A. In) Rhino
 * Flowers: (Life) After Dark (7") Pop Aural
 * Mopeds: Whisky & Soda (7") Columbia Blue Beat
 * UB40: 25 Per Cent (session)
 * Geraint Jarman: Gwesty Cymru (LP - Gwesty Cymru)
 * PiL: Careering (session)
 * Joe King Carrasco and El Molino: Please Mr Sandman (LP - Joe King Carrasco & El Molino) Big Beat

File

 * Name
 * (1) John Peel 19800102a PiL UB40.mp3
 * (1) John Peel 19800102b PiL UB40.mp3
 * (2) BBC Radio 1 - John Peel Show 800102 - 03 - Cassette Two Side A.mp3
 * (2) BBC Radio 1 - John Peel Show 800102 - 04 - Cassette Two Side B.mp3
 * Length
 * (1) 61:54 & 59:19
 * (2) 30:18 & 30:09


 * Other
 * Available in two versions, one with the full show and the other with roughly the second half. The partial show has better sound quality and PiL's "Chant" session track is complete.
 * (1) Full show currently unavailable.
 * (2) Partial version - part one begins with the British Shoes track and ends after the Stiffs. Part 2 resumes with the Surf Punks (minus Peel's link) and cuts out before the news. Available on John Peel Torrent Compilation 8 of 17 (1967-1993)


 * Available
 * John Peel Torrent Compilation 8 of 17 (1967-1993)