20 December 1979

Show

 * Name
 * John Peel Show


 * Station
 * BBC Radio One


 * YYYY-MM-DD
 * 1979-12-20


 * Comments
 * The first of five shows featuring the 1979 Festive Fifty.
 * Mostly incomplete; a few of the Festive Fifty songs are included on a compilation tape (see 1979 Festive Fifty).
 * "About six weeks ago I invited listeners to nominate their three favourite tracks of all time, and I would say that - and I'm guessing - I would say that about 7000, 8000 people responded"

Sessions

 * Repeats of the year's best sessions, including:
 * Cockney Rejects (originally transmitted 15 August 1979 )
 * The Jam (originally transmitted 05 November 1979 )
 * Killing Joke (originally transmitted 29 October 1979 )
 * Misty in Roots (originally transmitted 13 June 1979 )
 * Skids (originally transmitted 07 May 1979 )
 * The Undertones (originally transmitted 05 February 1979 )

Tracklisting
Session tracks unknown.

These were presumably all played. #49 - 48, 47 & 44 are featured on the compilation.  Buzzcocks: "What Do I Get?" (7" single, 1978) United Artists The Clash: "Police & Thieves" (The Clash, 1977) CBS Siouxsie and the Banshees: "Hong Kong Garden" (7" single, 1978) Polydor The Ruts: "Babylon's Burning" (The Crack, 1979) Virgin Records Siouxsie and the Banshees: "Helter Skelter" (The Scream, 1978) Polydor The Stranglers: "No More Heroes" (No More Heroes, 1977) United Artists Siouxsie and the Banshees: "Playground Twist" (Join Hands, 1979) Polydor The Cure: "10:15 Saturday Night" (Three Imaginary Boys, 1979) Fiction Siouxsie and the Banshees: "Jigsaw Feeling" (The Scream, 1978) Polydor Mekons: "Where Were You?" (7" single, 1978) Fast Product 
 * 1979 Festive Fifty