Magazine

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Magazine are an English post-punk group active from 1977 to 1981, then reformed in 2009. Their debut single, 'Shot by Both Sides', is now acknowledged as a classic and their debut album, Real Life, is still widely admired as one of the greatest albums of all time. The band was formed by Howard Devoto after leaving punk band Buzzcocks in early 1977. Devoto had decided to create a more experimental and less punk band. Their style and lyrical preoccupations later influenced many musicians ... (read more at Wikipedia)

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Festive Fifty Entries

 * 1978 Festive Fifty: Shot By Both Sides #5
 * 1979 Festive Fifty: Shot By Both Sides #17
 * 1980 Festive Fifty: Shot By Both Sides #61
 * 1981 Festive Fifty: Shot By Both Sides #53
 * 1982 Festive Fifty: Shot By Both Sides #47 (all-time F50 chart)

Sessions
Four sessions for Peel. All are available on The Complete John Peel Sessions.

1. First broadcast 20 February 1978. Repeated 15 March 1978, 10 April 1978 and 28 December 1978. 2. First broadcast 31 July 1978. Repeated 28 August 1978. 3. First broadcast 14 May 1979. Repeated 05 June 1979 and 27 December 1979. 4. First broadcast 14 January 1980. Repeated 04 February 1980
 * Touch And Go / The Light Pours Out Of Me / Real Life / My Mind Ain't So Open
 * Give Me Everything / Burst / Big Dummy / Boredom
 * TV Baby / Thank You For Letting Me Be Myself Again / Permafrost
 * A Song From Under The Floorboards / 20 Years Ago / Look What Fear Has Done To My Body / Model Worker

Show appearances (Excluding Sessions)
1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1993
 * 25 January 1978: Shot By Both Sides (7") Virgin
 * 07 July 1978: Motorcade (LP - Real Life) Virgin
 * 27 July 1978: The Light Pours Out Of Me (LP - Real Life) Virgin
 * 20 December 1978: Definitive Gaze (LP – Real Life) Virgin
 * 01 January 1979: Shot by Both Sides 1978FF#5
 * 26 February 1979: Rhythm Of Cruelty (LP-Secondhand Daylight) Virgin
 * 15 March 1979: Rhythm Of Cruelty (7") Virgin
 * 02 April 1979: Feed The Enemy (LP-Secondhand Daylight) Virgin
 * 04 April 1979: Back To Nature (LP-Secondhand Daylight) Virgin)
 * 04 April 1979: Believe That I Understand (LP-Secondhand Daylight) Virgin
 * 16 April 1979: Feed The Enemy (LP - Secondhand Daylight) Virgin
 * 10 September 1979: Feed The Enemy (LP - Secondhand Daylight) Virgin
 * 21 May 1979: Cut Out Shapes (album - Secondhand Daylight) Virgin
 * 29 May 1979: I Wanted Your Heart (LP - Secondhand Daylight) Virgin
 * 30 August 1979: Shot By Both Sides
 * 28 January 1980: A Song From Under the Floorboards (7") Virgin
 * 28 January 1980: Twenty Years Ago (7"- A Song From Under The Floorboards) Virgin
 * 30 January 1980: Song From Under The Floorboards (single) Virgin – continues after tape flip
 * 30 January 1980: Twenty Years Ago (single – Song From Under The Floorboards b-side) Virgin
 * 31 January 1980: Song From Under The Floorboards (single) Virgin
 * 31 January 1980: Twenty Years Ago (single – Song From Under The Floorboards b-side) Virgin
 * 14 February 1980: Song From Under The Floorboards (7 inch) Virgin (JP: Very good, that, I think: it gets better every time I hear it. I look forward to the subsequent singles, there are supposed to be several in the next month, and the LP, and indeed everything else. I look forward to everything, that's the kind of twerp I am.)
 * 03 March 1980: Thank You (Falettinme Be Mice Elf Agin) (single) Virgin
 * 06 March 1980: Thank You (Falettinme Be Mice Elf Agin) (single) Virgin
 * 22 April 1980: Because You're Frightened (LP – The Correct Use Of Soap) Virgin
 * 06 May 1980: I Want To Burn Again (LP – The Correct Use Of Soap) Virgin
 * 22 May 1980: Philadelphia (LP – The Correct Use Of Soap) Virgin
 * 14 May 1981: About The Weather (single) Virgin
 * 04 May 1982: I Want To Burn Again (LP - The Correct Use Of Soap) Virgin
 * 15 December 1982: Shot By Both Sides (7 inch) Virgin FF#47
 * 13 June 1983: Model Worker (LP – Play) Virgin
 * 1985
 * 20 November 1985: Rhythm Of Cruelty
 * 1989
 * 08 November 1989: Recoil (LP-Real Life) Virgin
 * 28 May 1993: The Light Pours Out Of Me (LP – Real Life) Virgin
 * 05 June 1993 (BFBS): The Light Pours Out Of Me (album - Real Life) Virgin
 * 11 December 1993: Shot By Both Sides
 * 18 December 1993: The Light Pours Out Of Me (LP – Real Life) Virgin
 * 1994
 * 01 January 1994 (BFBS): Shot By Both Sides (7") Virgin
 * January 1994 (1) (BBC World Service): Shot By Both Sides (7") Virgin

1999
 * 30 November 1999: Shot By Both Sides (1978 Peelenium)


 * 2000
 * 03 February 2000: The Light Pours Out of Me (LP: Real Life) Virgin
 * 07 February 2000 (BFBS): The Light Pours Out Of Me (LP-Real Life) Virgin


 * 2004
 * 16 March 2004: A Song From Under the Floorboards (LP-After the Fact) Virgin (played after death of John McGeoch)


 * unknown
 * Peel 022 (BFBS) (date unknown, possibly Nov. 1985): Rhythm Of Cruelty (7")' (Virgin)

Links

 * Wikipedia
 * Teenage Kicks: Class Of 78