27 December 1977

Show

 * Name
 * John Peel Show


 * Station
 * BBC Radio One


 * YYYY-MM-DD
 * 1977-12-27


 * Comments
 * Fourth of four shows featuring the legendary 1977 Festive Fifty (actually Festive 61, with tracks chosen by Peel rather than listeners).
 * Recording of numbers 13-1 finally available. Many thanks, Bill!
 * Before playing his #1, Peel says: “When we started all of this last Thursday we played you the Sex Pistols’ ‘God Save The Queen’ and suggested then that it had been removed really from consideration as part of my top 60 and placed in some sort of Hall Of Fame as the most important “sniggle” of the year. And even if it was still in contention, I think it would only be first equal with this magnificent record…”
 * Additional information on the show courtesy of Ken Garner, who first published details of the 1977 Festive Fifty in The Peel Sessions. Many thanks, Ken!

Sessions

 * Stranglers concert. Private tape. Appears to be an edited version of the Roundhouse gig of 6 November 1977. This has been released unofficially on assorted bootlegs, probably taken from the radio recording.

Tracklisting

 * Stranglers: No More Heroes / Dead Ringer / Sometimes / Dagenham Dave / Hangin' Around / Bitching / Burning Up Time / I Feel Like A Wog/ Something Better Change / London Lady / Peaches

1977 Festive Fifty #16-#1


 * 16. Some Chicken: New Religion (single) Raw
 * 15. Johnny Moped: Incendiary Device (single) Chiswick
 * 14. Pink Floyd: Pigs (LP – Animals) Harvest
 * 13. Jays & Ranking Trevor: Truly (single) Hit Bound
 * 12. Lurkers: Shadow (single) Beggars Banquet
 * 11. Sex Pistols: Holidays In The Sun (LP – Never Mind The Bollocks) Virgin
 * 10. Frankie Miller: Be Good To Yourself (LP – Full House) Chrysalis
 * 9. Clash: Complete Control (single) CBS
 * 8. Neil Young: Like a Hurricane (LP – American Stars ‘n Bars) Reprise
 * 7. Marlene Webber: Right Track (single) Spider Man
 * 6. Desperate Bicycles: Smokescreen (single) Refill
 * 5. John Cooper Clarke: Suspended Sentence (single) Rabid
 * 4. Rezillos: I Can't Stand My Baby (single) Sensible
 * 3. Motors: You Beat The Hell Out of Me (single) Virgin
 * 2. Althea & Donna: Uptown Top Ranking (single) Lightning
 * 1. Motors: Dancing The Night Away (LP – Motors) Virgin

File

 * Name
 * #Festive Fifty 1977 no 13 - 4.MP3
 * #Festive Fifty 1977 no 3 - 1.MP3
 * Length


 * 41.58
 * 43.25


 * Other
 * This is so far the only recording of any part of Peel's self-made chart to surface.
 * The second file features 3-1 of the Festive Fifty and then at around 14 minutes morphs into part of the latter stages of the the following evening's best sessions of the year show. See 28 December 1977 for details.


 * Available


 * 13-4
 * 3-1