1981 Festive Fifty

Shows

 * #50 - #41: 23 December 1981
 * #40 - #31: 24 December 1981
 * #30 - #21: 28 December 1981
 * #20 - #11: 29 December 1981
 * #10 - #1: 30 December 1981


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John Peel's Festive Fifty 1981

 * 50: Altered Images: 'Happy Birthday'
 * 49: Siouxsie & The Banshees: 'Switch'
 * 48: New Order: 'Procession'
 * 47: Fall: 'Lie Dream Of A Casino Soul'
 * 46: Echo And The Bunnymen: 'Over The Wall'
 * 45: Killing Joke: 'Psyche'
 * 44: Joy Division: 'Isolation'
 * 43: Joy Division: 'Twenty-Four Hours'
 * 42: Dead Kennedys: 'California Uber Alles'
 * 43: Only Ones: 'Another Girl, Another Planet'
 * 40: Siouxsie & The Banshees: 'Icon'
 * 39: Pigbag: 'Papa's Got A Brand New Pigbag'
 * 38: Sex Pistols: 'God Save The Queen'
 * 37: Siouxsie & The Banshees: 'Israel'
 * 36: B-Movie: 'Remembrance Day'
 * 35: Siouxsie & The Banshees: 'Jigsaw Feeling'
 * 34: Laurie Anderson: 'O Superman'
 * 33: Fall: 'How I Wrote Elastic Man'
 * 32: Stiff Little Fingers: 'Suspect Device'
 * 31: Ruts: 'In A Rut'
 * 30: Fall: 'Fiery Jack'
 * 29: Heaven 17: 'No Fascist Groove Thang'
 * 28: Killing Joke: 'Follow The Leaders'
 * 27: Killing Joke: 'Requiem'
 * 26: Public Image Ltd: 'Public Image'
 * 25: Theatre Of Hate: 'Legion'
 * 24: Stiff Little Fingers: 'Johnny Was'
 * 23: Jam: 'Going Underground'
 * 22: Scritti Politti: 'The Sweetest Girl'
 * 21: Specials: 'Ghost Town'
 * 20: Undertones: 'Get Over You'
 * 19: Birthday Party: 'Release The Bats'
 * 18: Clash: 'Complete Control'
 * 17: Sex Pistols: 'Holidays In the Sun (LP-Never Mind The Bollocks)' (Virgin)
 * 16: Stiff Little Fingers: 'Alternative Ulster'
 * 15: Altered Images: 'Dead Pop Stars'
 * 14: Joy Division: 'Transmission'
 * 13: Jam: 'Down In The Tube Station At Midnight'
 * 12: Damned: 'New Rose (LP-Light At The End Of The Tunnel)' (MCA)
 * 11: Joy Division: 'Transmission'
 * 10: Clash: '(White Man) In Hammersmith Palais'
 * 09: Dead Kennedys: 'Holiday In Cambodia (7 inch)' (Alternative Tentacles)
 * 08: Cure: 'A Forest'
 * 07: Joy Division: 'Decades'
 * 06: Undertones: 'Teenage Kicks'
 * 05: Joy Division: 'New Dawn Fades'
 * 04: New Order: 'Ceremony'
 * 03: Joy Division: 'Love Will Tear Us Apart'
 * 02: Sex Pistols: 'Anarchy In The U.K.'
 * 01: Joy Division: 'Atmosphere'