24 December 1992

Show

 * Name
 * John Peel's Other Christmas Records


 * Station
 * BBC Radio One


 * YYYY-MM-DD
 * 1992-12-24


 * Comments
 * An all-record show of festive tunes, introduced by John as 'the records that Santa Claus forgot, guaranteed Greg Lake-free'.
 * Before the Black Ace track, John mentions that he saw Ace play live (and afterwards that he comes from Fort Worth, Texas: this was the place where JP had to go for a medical once). Then admits that he can't remember whether the fact he saw him live is true or not.
 * The group named the Wailers is not Bob Marley's group, and JP jokes about this.
 * Following the Lonnie Brooks track, John states that while he was playing the song Christmas Day began. He then proceeds to give a complete rundown of Radio One's Christmas Day programmes, culminating in his own, featuring the Festive Fifty.
 * Comment after the Carla Thomas track: 'I rather dislike Christmas parties myself, to be honest with you:I always seem to end up in the kitchen talking with a bunch of people that I don't know talking about loft insulation. Perhaps I'm going to the wrong parties'.
 * This programme is not listed in the shows section of Ken Garner's The Peel Sessions: a news bulletin thirty minutes in confirms a) that the show is live and b) that the date is Christmas Eve 1992. The bulletin refers to Caspar Weinberger's pardon.

Sessions

 * None

Tracklisting

 * Hank Ballard And The Midnighters, 'Santa Claus Is Coming'
 * Solomon Burke, 'Presents For Christmas'
 * Shonen Knife, 'Space Christmas'
 * Hepsters, 'Rocking And Rolling With Santa Claus'
 * Black Ace, 'Santa Claus Blues'
 * Mikey Jarrett And Mikey General, 'Santa Claus Is Black'
 * Four Lovers, 'White Christmas (EP-Rocking Christmas)'
 * Margo, Sylvia And The Tuneweavers, 'Merry Christmas Baby (CD-Doo Wop Christmas)'
 * Wailers, 'Christmas Spirit'
 * Cocteau Twins, 'Frosty The Snowman (EP-Snow)' (4AD)
 * Huey Piano Smith, 'Twas The Night Before Christmas'
 * Phil Ochs, 'No Christmas In Kentucky (LP-A Toast To Those Who Are Gone)'(Rhino)
 * Ramones, 'Merry Christmas (I Don't Wanna Fight Tonight)(7 inch, B-side of I Wanna Live)'(Sire)
 * Champion Jack Dupree, 'Santa Claus Blues'
 * Moods, 'Rockin' Santa Claus'
 * Captain Beefheart And His Magic Band, 'There Ain't No Santa Claus On The Evening Train (LP-Spotlight Kid)' (Reprise)
 * Amos Milburn, 'Christmas Comes Once A Year (7 inch)' (King)
 * Oscar Matlolly And His Honeyjumpers, 'Dig That Crazy Santa Claus'
 * Lynn White, 'If You Can't Come Home For Christmas'
 * [[Johnny Preston], 'I Want A Rock'n'Roll Guitar'
 * Lonnie Brooks, 'Christmas On the Bayou'
 * Wedding Present, 'Step Into Christmas (7 inch, B-side of No Christmas)'(RCA)
 * Meditation Singers, 'Blue Christmas (LP-Christmas Dedication)'
 * Carla Thomas, 'Gee Whizz It's Christmas'
 * Director, 'Christmas Soca' (Bumble Bee)
 * Waitresses, 'Christmas Wrapping (EP-I Could Rule The World If I Could Only Get The Parts)'(Polydor)
 * Moonglows, 'Hey Santa Claus'
 * Commander Cody, 'Daddy's Drinking Up Our Christmas'
 * Run DMC, 'Christmas In Hollis (CD-A Very Special Christmas)'
 * Turtles, 'Santa And The Sidewalk Surfer'
 * Plan 9, 'Merry Christmas (LP-A Midnight Christmas Mess)' (Midnight)
 * Freddie King, 'Christmas Tears'
 * Gary U.S. Bonds, 'Call Me For Christmas'
 * Carlene Davis, 'Santa Claus Do You Ever Come To The Ghetto (LP-Yard Style Christmas)'
 * Fall, 'Xmas With Simon (7 inch, B-side of High Tension Line)'
 * Sonics, 'Santa Claus'
 * Marcels, 'Merry Twistmas (CD-Doo Wop Christmas)'
 * Otis Redding, 'White Christmas'

File

 * John Peel's Other Christmas Records 1992-12-24
 * Length
 * 01:59:50


 * Other
 * Produced by Mike Hawkes


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