27 December 1989

Show

 * Name
 * John Peel Show


 * Station
 * BBC Radio One


 * YYYY-MM-DD
 * 1989-12-27


 * Comments
 * The fourth part of the Festive Fifty, plus session repeats. Currently, only the chart rundown is available.
 * The number 16 entry is said by Peel to be 'Tony's last-minute edit mix, exclusive to this programme', but this appears to be a joke, since no trace can be found of this version.
 * The number 14 track is the LP version of the session track 'Take Me I'm Yours', which had made the previous year's chart at number 4.

Sessions

 * Inspiral Carpets, session number indeterminate.
 * Filthkick, #1 (repeat). Recorded 1989-08-15. No known commercial release.
 * Happy Mondays, #2 (repeat). Recorded 1989-02-21. Available on The Peel Sessions (Strange Fruit).

Tracklisting

 * (JP: '(At number 20), a record which I thought was a really good record, but it's been by and large assumed that it wasn't a good record at all.')
 * 20: Morrissey, 'Ouija Board, Ouija Board ([http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ouija_Board,_Ouija_Board 7 inch)' (HMV)
 * (JP: 'I should be very unhappy if he unbent enough to do a session for us in 1990. I think it's time he rejoined the human race, really.')
 * 19: Wedding Present, 'Brassneck (LP-Bizarro)' (RCA)
 * 18: Morrissey, 'Last Of The Famous International Playboys (7 inch)' (HMV)
 * 17: Stone Roses, 'Made Of Stone (LP-The Stone Roses' (Silvertone)
 * (JP: 'I see that one has agreeable singalong potential, anyway.')
 * 16: Mudhoney, 'You Got It (Keep It Outta My Face) (LP-Mudhoney)' (Sub Pop)
 * 15: Cud, 'Only A Prawn In Whitby (LP-When In Rome, Kill Me)' (Imaginary)
 * 14: Wedding Present, 'Take Me! (LP-Bizarro)' (RCA)
 * 13: Jesus & Mary Chain, 'Blues From A Gun (LP-Automatic)' (Blanco Y Negro)
 * 12: Dinosaur Jr., 'Just Like Heaven (7 inch)' (Blast First)
 * 11: Pale Saints, 'Sight Of You (12 inch-Barging Into The Presence Of God)' (4AD) (a wrong speed moment)

File

 * Name
 * 27th December 89
 * Length
 * 00:48:43


 * Other
 * Slight peaking evident on recording in places.


 * Available
 * John Peel - Festive Fifty Radio Archive