22 December 1977

Show

 * Name
 * John Peel Show


 * Station
 * BBC Radio One


 * YYYY-MM-DD
 * 1977-12-22


 * Comments
 * First of four shows featuring the legendary 1977 Festive Fifty (actually Festive 61, with tracks chosen by Peel rather than listeners).
 * No recording of this show has yet surfaced. If you have one, please contact the Peel Newsgroup, who will greet you with open arms.
 * Information on the show courtesy of Ken Garner, who first published details of the 1977 Festive Fifty in The Peel Sessions. Many thanks, Ken!

Sessions

 * Thin Lizzy concert. Recorded 1973-07-26, first broadcast 01 September 1973

Tracklisting

 * Grinderswitch: Pickin’ The Blues (LP – Macon Tracks)


 * Sham 69: Borstal Breakout (single) Polydor
 * Status Quo: Can’t Give You More (LP – Rockin’ All Over The World) Vertigo
 * Merlyn Webber: Right Track (single) Spiderman
 * Boomtown Rats: Do The Rat (single – Mary Of The 4th Form b-side) Ensign
 * Mike Spenser & The Cannibals: Nothing Takes The Place Of You (single) Big Cock
 * Althia And Donna: Uptown Top Ranking (single) Lightning
 * Thin Lizzy: The Rocker / Things Ain’t Working Out Down On The Farm / Slow Blues / Gonna Creep Up On You / Suicide (live)

(Festive 61)


 * 61 The Sex Pistols: God Save The Queen (LP – Never Mind The Bollocks) Virgin
 * 60 Little Feat: Rocket In My Pocket (LP – Time Loves A Hero) Warner
 * 59 The Buzzcocks: Whatever Happened To (single) United Artists
 * 58 Devo: Jocko Homo (single – Mongoloid b-side) Booji Boy
 * 57 Eddie & The Hot Rods: Beginning of The End (LP – Life On The Line) Island
 * 56 The Motors: Bringing In The Morning Light (LP – Motors) Virgin
 * 55 Elvis Costello and The Attractions: Watching The Detectives (single) Stiff
 * 54 The Clash: Capital Radio (single) CBS
 * 53 Peter Tosh: Stepping Razor (LP – Equal Rights) Virgin
 * 52 The Oldham Tinkers: John Willie's Ferret (LP – Sit Thee Down) Topic
 * 51 The Sex Pistols: Pretty Vacant (LP – Never Mind The Bollocks) Virgin
 * 50 Snatch: I.R.T. (single) Bomp
 * 49 Generation X: Wild Dub (single) Chrysalis
 * 48 Roy Buchanan: Green Onions (LP – Loading Zone) Polydor
 * 47 Wreckless Eric: Whole Wide World (single) Stiff


 * Grinderswitch: Pickin’ The Blues (LP – Macon Tracks)

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