03 January 1977

Show

 * Name
 * John Peel Show


 * Station
 * BBC Radio One


 * YYYY-MM-DD
 * 1977-01-03


 * Comments
 * Sixth and final show featuring the legendary, long-lost 1976 Festive Fifty, the first ever.
 * Tracklisting information below kindly provided by Ken Garner, author of The Peel Sessions, via the Peel Newsgroup. Many thanks, Ken!
 * The 1976 Festive Fifty remains something of a holy grail among collectors of Peel shows, and no recordings from any of the programmes have come to light as yet. If you have such a thing, or any old recordings on tape, you are urged to contact the Peel Newsgroup, where your arrival will be greeted with much rejoicing.
 * Only a selection of session tracks were played.

Sessions

 * Chieftains # (Recorded 1975—10-09)
 * Thin Lizzy # (Recorded 1976-09-23)
 * Bill Aitken # (Recorded 1975-12-08, private tape)

(Please add details of any commercial release of these sessions)

Tracklisting

 * Thin Lizzy: Johnny The Fox (Peel session)
 * Chieftains: Three Polkas (Peel session)
 * Bill Aitken: Open Up Your Eyes (Peel session)
 * Chieftains: Slides (Peel session)
 * Bill Aitken: Sequel (Peel session)
 * Thin Lizzy: Don’t Believe A Word (Peel session)

Festive Fifty #10-#1
 * 10 Bob Dylan - Like A Rolling Stone (LP – Greatest Hits) CBS
 * 9 Beatles - A Day In The Life (LP - Sgt Peppers Lonely Hearts Club Band) Parlophone
 * 8 Pink Floyd - Shine On You Crazy Diamond (LP – Wish You Were Here) Harvest
 * 7 Racing Cars - They Shoot Horses Don't They? (LP – Downtown Tonight) Chrysalis
 * 6 Free - Alright Now (LP – Fire And Water) Island
 * 5 Jimi Hendrix - All Along The Watchtower (single) Track
 * 4 Pink Floyd - Echoes (LP – Meddle) Harvest
 * 3 Bob Dylan - Desolation Row (LP – Highway 61 Revisited) CBS
 * 2 Derek & the Dominoes - Layla (LP – Layla & Other Assorted Lovesongs) Polydor
 * 1 Led Zeppelin - Stairway To Heaven (LP – Led Zeppelin IV) Atlantic
 * Chieftains: Humours Of Bally Connell (Peel session)

File

 * Name
 * Length
 * Two hour show, broadcast 10pm-midnight


 * Other


 * Available
 * Not available. If you have a recording of this show or any of the 1976 Festive Fifty broadcasts, please contact Peel Newsgroup.