1982 Festive Fifty

Shows

 * #50 - #46: 20 December 1982
 * #45 - #41: 21 December 1982
 * #40 - #36: 22 December 1982
 * #35 - #31: 23 December 1982


 * Comments


 * For the first time, JP introduced a year-by-year listener's chart. This would in the following year supersede the all-time charts completely. The practice would be revived once more in 1999, as a concession to the approaching millenium.
 * Also for the first time, John announces a dead heat at the beginning of the All-Time chart.
 * Peel declares that there are two records in the yearly chart that he has never played before (the first time he did so): they are by Weekend and Dexy's Midnight Runners.
 * Both charts are played in the same shows, side by side.

John Peel's All-Time Festive Fifty 1982

 * =49: Damned, 'Love Song (LP-Machine Gun Etiquette)' (Chiswick)
 * =49: Laurie Anderson, 'O Superman (LP-Big Science)' (Warner Bros)
 * 48: Joy Division, 'The Eternal (LP-Closer)' (Factory)
 * 47: Magazine, 'Shot By Both Sides (7 inch)' (Virgin)
 * 46: Siouxsie And The Banshees, 'Hong Kong Garden (LP-Once Upon A Time/The Singles)' (Polydor)
 * 45: Siouxsie And The Banshees, 'Icon (LP-Join Hands)' (Polydor)
 * 44: Sex Pistols, 'Pretty Vacant (LP-Never Mind The Bollocks)' (Virgin)
 * 43: Specials, 'Ghost Town (12 inch)' (2-Tone)
 * 42: Siouxsie And The Banshees, 'Switch (LP-The Scream)' (Polydor)
 * 41: Joy Divison, 'She's Lost Control (LP-Unknown Pleasures)' (Factory)
 * 40: Clash, 'Armagideon Time (7 inch-B side of London Calling)' (CBS)
 * 39: Siouxsie And The Banshees, 'Jigsaw Feeling (LP-The Scream)' (Polydor)
 * 38: Joy Division, 'Isolation (LP-Closer)' (Factory)
 * 37: Sex Pistols, 'Holidays In The Sun (LP-Never Mind The Bollocks)' (Virgin)
 * 36: Undertones, 'Get Over You (7 inch)' (Sire)
 * 35: Ruts, 'In A Rut (7 inch)' (People Unite)
 * 34: Killing Joke, 'Psyche (7 inch-B side of Wardance)' (Malicious Damage)
 * 33: Theatre Of Hate, 'Legion (7 inch-B side of Original Sin)' (SS Label)
 * 32: Killing Joke, 'Requiem (LP-Killing Joke)' (E'G)
 * 31: Stiff Little Fingers, 'Suspect Device (7 inch)' (Rigid Digits)

John Peel's Festive Fifty 1982

 * 50: Farmers Boys, 'I Think I Need Help (7 inch)' (Waap)
 * 49: Siouxsie And The Banshees, 'Melt (12 inch)' (Polydor)
 * 48: Action Pact, 'Suicide Bag (EP-Suicide Bag)' (Fallout)
 * 47: Higsons, 'Conspiracy (7 inch)' (Waap)
 * 46: Bauhaus, 'Third Uncle (LP-The Sky's Gone Out)' (Beggars Banquet)
 * 45: Simple Minds, 'Glittering Prize (LP-New Gold Dream 81-82-83-84)' (Virgin)
 * 44: Shambeko Say Wah!, 'Remember (7 inch)' (Eternal)
 * 43: Weekend, 'A View From Her Room (7 inch)' (Rough Trade)
 * 42: Chameleons, 'In Shreds (7 inch-double A side with Less Than Human)' (Epic)
 * 41: Passage, 'XOYO (LP-Degenerates)' (Cherry Red)
 * 40: Clash, 'Rock The Casbah (LP-Combat Rock)' (CBS)
 * 39: Jam, 'The Bitterest Pill (I Ever Had To Swallow) (7 inch)' (Polydor)
 * 38: Serious Drinking, 'Love On The Terraces (7 inch)' (Upright)
 * 37: Cocteau Twins, 'Wax And Wane (LP-Garlands)' (4AD)
 * 36: Musical Youth, 'Pass The Dutchie (7 inch)' (MCA)
 * 35: Blancmange, 'Feel Me (LP-Happy Families)' (London)
 * 34: Blancmange, 'Living On The Ceiling (LP-Happy Families)' (London)
 * 33: Cure, 'A Strange Day (LP-Pornography)' (Fiction)
 * 32: Simple Minds, 'Someone Somewhere (In Summertime) (LP-New Gold Dream 81-82-83-84)' (Virgin)
 * 31: Redskins, 'Peasant Army (7 inch-B side of Lev Bronstein)' (CNT Productions)