1984 Festive Fifty

Shows

 * 18 December 1984: #50-#41
 * 19 December 1984: #40-#31
 * 25 December 1984: #30-#21
 * 26 December 1984: #20-#11
 * 01 January 1985: #10-#01

Comments


 * Currently, only the chart rundown section of each show is available. Please contact the Yahoo Peel Newsgroup if you have complete recordings of the above dates, or indeed stereo recordings of the already available files.
 * Information on show dates kindly supplied by Ken Garner of Yahoo Peel Newsgroup.

John Peel's Festive Fifty 1984

 * 50: Working Week, 'Venceremos'
 * 49: Cocteau Twins, 'Pepper Tree'
 * 48: Bronski Beat, 'Smalltown Boy'
 * 47: Echo And The Bunnymen, 'Thorn Of Crowns'
 * 46: Hard Corps, 'Dirty'
 * 45: Pogues, 'Dark Streets Of London'
 * 44: Fall, 'No Bulbs'
 * 43: [[New Model Army], 'Vengeance'
 * 42: Frank Chickens, 'Blue Canary'
 * 41: Special AKA, 'Nelson Mandela'
 * 40: Cocteau Twins, 'Beatrix'
 * 39: [[Flesh For Lulu], 'Subterraneans'
 * 38: Cocteau Twins, 'Pandora'
 * 37: Jesus And Mary Chain, 'Upside Down'
 * 36: Smiths, 'Reel Around The Fountain'
 * 35: Robert Wyatt, 'Biko'
 * 34: Berntholer, 'My Suitor'
 * 33: This Mortal Coil, 'Another Day'
 * 32: Yeah Yeah No, 'Biased Binding'
 * 31: Propoganda, 'Dr. Mabuse'
 * 30: Cult, 'Spiritwalker'
 * 29: Billy Bragg, 'The Saturday Boy'
 * 28: Smiths, 'Please Please Please Let Me Get What I Want'
 * 27: Very Things, 'The Bushes Scream While My Daddy Prunes'
 * 26: Unknown Cases, 'Masimabele'
 * 25: Frankie Goes To Hollywood, 'Two Tribes'
 * 24: Smiths, 'Heaven Knows I'm Miserable Now'
 * 23: Smiths, 'William It Was Really Nothing'
 * 22: Cocteau Twins, 'Domino'
 * 21: This Mortal Coil, 'Kangaroo'
 * 20: New Order, 'Murder'
 * 19: Echo And The Bunnymen, 'The Killing Moon'
 * 18: Fall, 'Creep'
 * 17: Smiths, 'What Difference Does It Make?'
 * 16: Cocteau Twins, 'Ivo'
 * 15: Sisters Of Mercy, 'Emma'
 * 14: Smiths, 'Nowhere Fast'
 * 13: Billy Bragg, 'Between The Wars'
 * 12: New Order, 'Lonesome Tonight'
 * 11: Nick Cave And The Bad Seeds, 'St. Huck'
 * 10: Redskins, 'Keep On Keepin' On'
 * 09: Fall, 'Lay Of The Land'
 * 08: Sisters Of Mercy, 'Walk Away'
 * 07: New Order, 'Thieves Like Us'
 * 06: Membranes, 'Spike Milligan's Tape Recorder'
 * 05: Mighty Wah, 'Come Back'
 * 04: Cocteau Twins, 'Spangle Maker'
 * 03: Men They Couldn't Hang, 'Green Fields Of France'
 * 02: Cocteau Twins, 'Pearly Dewdrop Drops'
 * 01: Smiths, 'How Soon Is Now'

Availability


 * The chart rundown only is available in five mono files from the John Peel - Festive Fifty Radio Archive: Part 1, Part 2, Part 3, Part 4 and Part 5, although the last of these appears to be inactive at the time of writing.