1978 Festive Fifty

Punk takes over. No broadcast copy of this festive fifty is in circulation, although entrailicus is in contact with someone who claims to have it. To get a picture of how much Peel's listenership changed over this period, compare this list with the 1976 festive fifty.

John Peel's Festive Fifty 1978

 * Sex Pistols - Anarchy in the UK
 * Clash - Complete Control
 * Sex Pistols - God Save the Queen
 * Stiff Little Fingers - Suspect Device
 * Magazine - Shot By Both Sides
 * Sex Pistols - Pretty vacant
 * Clash - White Man In Hammersmith Palais
 * Buzzcocks - What Do I Get?
 * Public Image Ltd. - Public Image
 * Undertones - Teenage Kicks
 * Stiff Little Fingers - Alternative Ulster
 * Buzzcocks - Boredom
 * Damned - New Rose
 * Led Zeppelin - Stairway To Heaven
 * Clash - White Riot
 * David Bowie - Heroes
 * Only Ones - Another Girl, Another Planet
 * Sex Pistols - Holidays In The Sun
 * Lynyrd Skynyrd - Freebird
 * Rezillos - I Can't Stand My Baby
 * Van Morrison - Madame George
 * Siouxsie & the Banshees - Hong Kong Garden
 * Clash - Police & Thieves
 * Jam - Down in the Tube Station at Midnight
 * Elvis Costello - Watching The Detectives
 * Bruce Springsteen - Born To Run
 * Ian Dury & The Blockheads - Sex & Drugs & Rock & Roll
 * Dire Straits - Sultans Of Swing
 * Pink Floyd - Shine On You Crazy Diamond
 * Buzzcocks - Moving Away From The Pulsebeat
 * Derek & the Dominoes - Layla
 * Stranglers - Hanging Around
 * Stranglers - No More Heroes
 * Siouxsie & The Banshees - Helter Skelter
 * Motors - Dancing The Night Away
 * Bob Dylan - Like A Rolling Stone
 * Elvis Costello - Alison
 * Siouxsie & the Banshees - Overground
 * Who - My Generation
 * Stranglers - London Lady
 * Siouxsie & the Banshees - Switch
 * Siouxsie & the Banshees - Mirage
 * Siouxsie & the Banshees - Jigsaw Feeling
 * Jam - In The City
 * Sex Pistols - EMI
 * Bob Dylan - Desolation Row
 * Flying Lizards - Summertime Blues
 * Neil Young - Like A Hurricane
 * Thin Lizzy - Emerald
 * Siouxsie & the Banshees - Metal Postcard

If you have a copy of this kicking around on an old c90 or two, please get in touch with one of the Peel bloggers!