16 April 1979

Show

 * Name
 * John Peel


 * Station
 * BBC Radio One


 * YYYY-MM-DD
 * 1979-04-16

The first half of this show is in my initial batch of tapes from the 400 Box. John sounds upbeat despite complaining of traffic jam woes! Funny to hear him refer to "my old mate Billy Idol" - and playing The Beatles in 1979?!
 * Comments

Sessions
Generation X - 3rd Session

Commercially available on the Gen X - Radio 1 Sessions CD

Siouxsie & The Banshees - 3rd Session Peel refers to it as possibly the best session he has ever broadcast!

Commercially available on Siouxsie & The Banshees - The John Peel Sessions

Tracklisting
The Undertones: Teenage Kicks Thin Lizzy: Do Anything You Wanna Do Generation X: Love Like Fire The Wimps: Hamburger Radio Siouxsie & The Banshees: Playground Twist Buzzocks: Promises George Nooks: Darling Your Love Is Amazing Flying Lizards: Summertime Blues Comsat Angels: Red Planet Red Noise: Stop Go Stop Red Crayola: A Knowledge Dance Generation X: English Dream The Beatles: I Want To Hold Your Hand Siouxsie & The Banshees: Regal Zone The Clash: Tommy Gun Magazine: Feed The Enemy Linton Kwesi Johnson: Forces Of Victory (incomplete)

File
1979-04-16 John Peel Radio 1.flac
 * Name

61 minutes (currently)
 * Length

Only the first half of this show is in the batch of tapes I was sent - the second half may or may not exist in the 400 Box
 * Other

Coming soon!
 * Available