25 December 2003

Show

 * Name
 * John Peel Show


 * Station
 * BBC Radio One


 * YYYY-MM-DD
 * 2003-12-25


 * Comments
 * Christmas Day show highlighting the second and final part of the 2003 Festive Fifty.
 * Start of show: 'Merry Christmas, one and all.'

Sessions

 * None

Tracklisting

 * SFB, 'Happy House (CD Maxi single)' (Azuli)
 * Volunteers: 'Right Track (LP-Doesn't Make You Punk)' (Hardcore Hobbies)
 * (JP: 'This is the first time, I think, ever in the history of Radio 1 that I've done a programme on Christmas Day, so to demonstrate, you know, how I feel about the experience, here is a Christmas record.') He presumably forgot about the years 1973, 1984, 1993 and 2001.
 * Mabel Scott: 'Boogie Woogie Santa Claus (LP-Poppa Ain't No Santa Claus, Momma Ain't No Christmas Tree)' (Vibra)

John Peel's Festive Fifty 2003: Numbers 25-01


 * 25: Futureheads, 'First Day (CD Maxi-single)' (Fantastic Plastic)
 * 24: Party Of One, 'Shotgun Funeral (7 inch)' (Fat Cat)
 * (JP: 'In case anybody's thinking of writing to us, emailing us or writing a newspaper piece to the effect that most of the records so far seem to be by cute white kids strumming guitars, this is always the case: and it's not my choice, it's yours.')
 * 23: ballboy, 'I Gave Up My Eyes To A Man Who Was Blind (LP-The Sash My Father Wore And Other Stories)' (SL)
 * 22: Undertones, 'Oh Please (LP-Get What You Need)' (Sanctuary)
 * 21: Million Dead: 'I Am The Party (7 inch)' (Integrity)
 * (JP: 'This year, it had to be write-in, or there was some kind of system where you could do it on our website, I don't exactly understand how it was done, to be perfectly honest, because I didn't add up all of the votes, but we had to do it that way because we felt that last year there were one or two kind of write-in campaigns, and we were dubious about the end results: but we're reasonably sure that this is a kind of pure Festive Fifty, if such a thing is possible. Not that it makesa a great deal of difference, but you do wonder what would be the point in cheating. I mean, coming top of the Festive Fifty, or coming in it at all, doesn't really guarantee celebrity and stardom and limitless wealth.')
 * 20: Darkness vs SFB, 'I Believe In A Thing Called Love (12 inch)' (white label)
 * 19: Broken Family Band, 'At The Back Of The Chapel' (Snowstorm)
 * 18: Yeah Yeah Yeahs, 'Maps (LP-Fever To Tell)' (Dress Up)
 * 17: White Stripes, 'Black Math (LP-Elephant)' (XL Recordings) (plays 'Seven Nation Army' for quite a while before he realises his mistake)
 * (JP: 'I have to say that one of the great disappointments of the year for me was the fact that a bunch of lawyers in New York stopped me from playing you the LP 'Elephant'.')
 * (tape flip)
 * 16: Sluts Of Trust, 'Piece O' You (7 inch)' (Chemikal Underground)
 * 15: Vive La Fete: 'Noir Desir (12 inch)' (Surprise)
 * 14: ballboy: 'The Sash My Father Wore (LP-The Sash My Father Wore And Other Stories)' (SL)
 * 13: Nina Nastasia: 'You, Her & Me (LP-Run To Ruin)' (Touch And Go)
 * 12: Melt Banana, 'A Shield For Your Eyes, A Well For Your Hand'
 * 11: Belle & Sebastian, 'Step Into Into My Office, Baby (LP-Dear Catastrophe Waitress)'
 * 10: White Stripes, 'Seven Nation Army (LP-Elephant)' (XL Recordings)
 * 09: CLSM, 'John Peel Is Not Enough'
 * 08: Crimea, 'Baby Boom'
 * 07: Half Man Half Biscuit, 'Tending The Wrong Grave For 23 Years (EP-Saucy Haulage Ballads)' (Probe Plus)
 * 06: Mogwai, 'Ratts Of The Capital'
 * 05: Bearsuit, 'Itsuko Got Marries'
 * 04: Undertones, 'Thrill Me (LP-Get What You Need)' (Sanctuary)
 * 03: Mogwai, 'Hunted By A Freak'
 * 02: Fall, 'Theme From Sparta F.C.'
 * 01: Cinerama, 'Don't Touch That Dial'
 * (JP: 'Thanks to Louise, Hermeet and Mark for making this one of the happiest years I've had, and our thanks as always to you for listening.')

File

 * Name
 * Peel Show 2003-12-25 Parts 1-3
 * Length
 * Part 1 - 00:46:34
 * Part 2 - 00:42:53
 * Part 3 - 00:28:51


 * Other
 * File created from CB037 and CB038 of 500 Box.


 * Available
 * Part 1, Part 2, Part 3