Cure

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The Cure are an English rock band formed in Crawley, West Sussex in 1976. The band has experienced several line-up changes, with frontman, vocalist, guitarist and principal songwriter Robert Smith being the only constant member ... (read more at Wikipedia)

Festive Fifty Entries

 * 1979 Festive Fifty: 10-15 Saturday Night #43


 * 1980 Festive Fifty: A Forest #18


 * 1981 Festive Fifty: A Forest #8


 * 1982 Festive Fifty: A Forest ATFF#5
 * 1982 Festive Fifty: The Hanging Garden #25
 * 1982 Festive Fifty: The Figurehead #28
 * 1982 Festive Fifty: A Strange Day #33


 * 1983 Festive Fifty: The Love Cats #15
 * 1983 Festive Fifty: The Walk #49


 * 1985 Festive Fifty: Inbetween Days #27
 * 1985 Festive Fifty: Close To Me #67

Sessions
[[Video:The Cure - Grinding Halt (John Peel Session 1979)|thumb|320px|right|Desperate Journalist In Ongoing Meaningful Review Situation: Robert Smith reacted to this NME review with an alternative version of 'Grinding Halt' in the Cure's second session]]

Six sessions. Debut released on (Multi The Peel Session) Strange Fruit SFPS050

1. First broadcast 11 December 1978. Repeated 10 January 1979, 07 March 1979, 30 July 1980.
 * Killing An Arab / 10.15 Saturday Night / Fire In Cairo / Boys Don't Cry

2. First broadcast 16 May 1979. Repeated 06 June 1979, 24 December 1979.
 * Desperate Journalist In Ongoing Meaningful Review Situation / Grinding Halt / Subway Song / Plastic Passion / Accuracy

3. First broadcast 10 March 1980. Repeated 27 March 1980, 30 April 1980, 29 May 1980, 30 December 1980.
 * A Forest / 17 Seconds / Play For Today / M

4. First broadcast 15 January 1981. Repeated 02 February 1981, 29 July 1981, 17 November 1981.
 * Holy Hour / Forever / Primary / All Cats Are Grey

5. First broadcast 04 January 1982. Repeated 20 January 1982, 22 February 1982.
 * Figurehead / A Hundred Years / Siamese Twins / A Hanging Garden (not tx)

6. First broadcast 07 August 1985. Repeated 20 August 1985, 10 September 1985, 01 October 1985.
 * The Exploding Boy / Six Different Ways / Screw / Sinking

Show appearances (Excluding Sessions)
(The list below was compiled only from the database of this site. Please add more information if known.)

1979
 * 24 January 1979: Killing An Arab (single) Small Wonder
 * 25 January 1979: 10:15 Saturday Night (7" - Killing An Arab) Small Wonder
 * 14 February 1979: 10:15 Saturday Night
 * 30 April 1979: Accuracy (LP – Three Imaginary Boys) Fiction
 * 14 May 1979: Foxy Lady (LP - Three Imaginary Boys) Fiction
 * 21 May 1979: Three Imaginary Boys (album - Three Imaginary Boys) Fiction
 * 18 June 1979: Boys Don't Cry (single) Fiction
 * 16 July 1979: Boys Don't Cry (single) Fiction
 * 29 October 1979: Jumping Someone Else’s Train (single) Fiction
 * 01 November 1979: Jumping Someone Else's Train (single) Fiction
 * 13 November 1979: Jumping Someone Else's Train (single) Fiction
 * 21 November 1979: Jumping Someone Else's Train (single) Fiction
 * 20 December 1979: 10:15 Saturday Night (LP-Three Imaginary Boys) Fiction FF#43

1980
 * 24 March 1980: A Forest (single) Fiction
 * 22 April 1980: Play For Today (LP - Seventeen Seconds) Fiction
 * 22 April 1980: In Your House (LP - Seventeen Seconds) Fiction
 * 29 April 1980: In Your House (LP - Seventeen Seconds) Fiction
 * 29 December 1980: A Forest (LP - Seventeen Seconds) Fiction FF#18

1981
 * 09 March 1981: Primary (single) Fiction
 * 09 April 1981: Primary (extended version) (12" single) Fiction
 * 15 April 1981: The Drowning Man (LP - Faith) Fiction
 * 22 April 1981: All Cats Are Grey - (LP - Faith) Fiction
 * 14 May 1981: Other Voices (LP - Faith) Fiction
 * 30 December 1981: A Forest (12 inch) Fiction FF#8

1982 The Hanging Garden (LP-Pornography) Fiction FF#25
 * 26 April 1982: The Hanging Garden (LP - Pornography) Fiction
 * 28 April 1982: A Short Term Effect (LP - Pornography) Fiction
 * 28 April 1982: A Strange Day (LP - Pornography) Fiction
 * 04 May 1982: The Figurehead (LP - Pornography) Fiction
 * 20 September 1982: Lament (flexidisc version issued with 'Flexipop' magazine)
 * 23 November 1982: Let's Go To Bed (7") Fiction
 * 21 December 1982: A Strange Day (LP-Pornography) Fiction FF#33
 * 22 December 1982: The Figurehead (LP-Pornography) Fiction FF#28
 * 23 December 1982: (JP: “In your favourites of this year, I think it's a much more interesting chart. I mean, who would have thought that there would have been three tracks from the Cure's Pornography LP in it? This is the third.”)
 * 30 December 1982: A Forest (12 inch) Fiction ATFF#5

1983
 * 10 May 1983: Charlotte Sometimes
 * 06 June 1983: All Cats Are Grey (album - Faith) Fiction
 * 05 July 1983: The Walk (12" - The Upstairs Room / The Dream / The Walk / Lament ) Fiction
 * 07 July 1983 (TOTP): The Walk (TOTP appearance introduced by Peel)
 * 06 September 1983: Jumping Someone Else's Train (album - Boy's Don't Cry) Fiction
 * 17 October 1983: Love Cats
 * 10 November 1983 (TOTP): The Love Cats (TOTP appearance introduced by Peel)
 * 21 December 1983: The Walk (7 inch) Fiction FF#49
 * 28 December 1983: The Lovecats (7") Fiction FF#15 (JP: “I must admit, I thought that was absolute rubbish the first time I heard it, but I did learn to, not exactly love it, but learn to live with it, anyway.”)


 * 1984
 * 31 October 1984: Charlotte Sometimes (may be from later show)

1985
 * 04 March 1985: 10:15 Saturday Night
 * 23 July 1985: In Between Days (single) Fiction
 * 12 August 1985: A Few Hours After This (12” single – In Between Days b-side bonus track) Fiction
 * 02 September 1985: The Baby Screams
 * 18 December 1985: InBetween Days FF#27

1986


 * 08 May 1986 (TOTP): Boys Don’t Cry


 * 1987
 * 04 June 1987 (Rockradio): 1000 Hours (album - Kiss Me Kiss Me Kiss Me)
 * 12 August 1987: 1000 Hours (album - Kiss Me Kiss Me Kiss Me)
 * June (No. 2) 1987 (BBC World Service): All I Want (LP - Kiss Me Kiss Me Kiss Me) Fiction/Polydor

1990


 * 07 August 1990: Faith (LP - Faith) Fiction
 * 28 October 1990: Hello I Love You (LP - Rubaiyat: Elektra's 40th Anniversary) Elektra

1991


 * 07 July 1991: Hello I Love You (LP - Rubaiyat: Elektra's 40th Anniversary) Elektra


 * 1993
 * 06 April 1993 (John Peel Is Jakki Brambles): Friday I’m In Love (single) Fiction
 * 1996
 * 24 June 1996: Boys Don’t Cry (4/12/78 session) (John Peel's Classic Sessions)


 * 2002
 * 07 May 2002: A Forest (Played as part of Dave Clarke DJ set. JP tells DC he is thinking of reintroducing The Forest into his own DJ sets, after something of a gap. Apparently the track was so popular back in the day that Peel would deem a gig a success if he made it to the end of the night without playing the song.)


 * 2004
 * 11 March 2004 (vs SFB): In Between Dazed Mix (12") white label
 * 15 September 2004: A Forest (12") Fiction
 * 21 October 2004 (introduced by Robert Smith): Desperate Journalist - (Fiction)

Others
 * Peel Early Dec 1983: The Upstairs Room (album - Japanese Whispers) Fiction
 * Peel Late Oct 1984: Charlotte Sometimes
 * Peel 005 (BFBS): 10.15 Saturday Night (LP-Three Imaginary Boys) Fiction
 * Peel 018 (BFBS): Just One Kiss (LP-Japanese Whispers) Fiction
 * Peel 019 (BFBS): Push (LP-The Head On The Door) Fiction (JP: “A good LP actually, their best in a while.”)
 * Peel 029 (BFBS): Caterpillar (LP-The Top) Fiction
 * Peel 034 (BFBS): Boys Don't Cry (New Voice - New Mix) (7") Fiction