18 December 1984

Show

 * Name
 * John Peel Show


 * Station
 * BBC Radio One


 * YYYY-MM-DD
 * 1984-12-18


 * Comments
 * The first part of the 1984 Festive Fifty, preceded by the customary session repeats. Currently, only the chart rundown is available.
 * Information on session repeats courtesy of Ken Garner of Yahoo Peel Newsgroups.

Sessions

 * Terry And Gerry, #1 (repeat). Recorded 1984-07-11. No known commercial release.
 * Everything But The Girl, #1 (repeat). Recorded 1984-08-18. No known commercial release.
 * Nick Cave And The Bad Seeds, one and only session (repeat). No known commercial release.
 * Frank Chickens, #3 (repeat). Recorded 1984-03-14. No known commercial release.
 * Meteors, #3 (repeat). Recorded 1984-06-27. No known commercial release.

Tracklisting
John Peel's Festive Fifty 1984 Numbers 50-41


 * 50: Working Week, 'Venceremos (We Will Win) (7 inch Bossa Version)' (Virgin)
 * 49: Cocteau Twins, 'Pepper Tree (12 inch-B side of Spangle Maker)' (4AD)
 * 48: Bronski Beat, 'Smalltown Boy (7 inch)' (Forbidden Fruit)
 * (JP: 'There you are, you see, it's not all wilfully obscure stuff.')
 * 47: Echo And The Bunnymen, 'Thorn Of Crowns (LP-Ocean Rain)' (Korova)
 * 46: Hard Corps, 'Dirty (12 inch-extended version)' (Survival Records)
 * 45: Pogues, 'Dark Streets Of London (LP-Red Roses For Me)' (Stiff) (JP: 'A favourite of my former Rhythm Pal.')
 * (JP: 'I'd have given my vote to 'Dingle Regatta', but this is your chart, dear friends.')
 * 44: Fall, 'No Bulbs (LP-The Wonderful And Frightening World Of The Fall)' (Beggars Banquet)
 * (JP: 'Still the band whose new records I look forward to more than any other.')
 * 43: New Model Army, 'Vengeance (LP-Vengeance)' (Abstract Sounds)
 * 42: Frank Chickens, 'Blue Canary' (Peel Session)
 * 41: Special AKA, 'Nelson Mandela (7 inch)' (Two-Tone)
 * (JP: 'Should have been higher, brothers and sisters.')

File

 * Name
 * ff84 Part 1
 * Length
 * 00:44:34


 * Other


 * Available
 * John Peel - Festive Fifty Radio Archive