18 July 1979

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Peel claims he dare not take a holiday that year: “It’s easy to go away for a couple of weeks and come back and find some fresh-faced ninny with a degree in Anthropology and a basket full of John Stewart albums sitting in your chair and to discover Walters has been seconded to transmitter duties in the Highlands.”
Siouxsie & The Banshees are #28 in that week’s chart.

Nicky & The Dots #1 First broadcast of only session. Recorded 1979-07-11. No known commercial release.
Chords #1 Repeat. First broadcast 09 July 1979. Recorded 1979-07-03. Available on At The BBC: The Complete Peel Sessions And More! (Detour, 2001).

Merton Parkas: You Need Wheels (single) Beggars Banquet
Joy Division: She’s Lost Control (LP – Unknown Pleasures) Factory
Frames: 69 (single – False Accusations) Brain Boosters
Siouxsie & The Banshees: Playground Twist (single) Polydor
Nicky & The Dots: Sitting Next To Susan (session)
Lennie & The Lawbreakers: Suzi D (single – Me And Bobby McGee) Rip Off
Steel Pulse: Tribute To The Martyrs (LP – Tribute To The Martyrs) Island
Chords: Now It’s Gone (session)
Jags: Double Vision (12” EP) Island
Joe Public: Herman’s Back (single) Wavelength
Menace: Last Year’s Youth (single – Final Vinyl) Small Wonder
Johnny Guitar Watson: Cop & Blow (LP – What The Hell Is This?) DJM
Nicky & The Dots: She Walks There (session)
Speed: She’s All There (LP – Identity Parade) DJM – tape flip mid-track
A Certain Ratio: All Night Party (single) Factory
Buzzcocks: Something’s Gone Wrong Again (single – Harmony In My Head) United Artists
Chords: Something’s Missing (session)
Swell Maps: Spitfire Parade (LP – A Trip To Marineville) Rough Trade
Roses Are Red: Can’t Understand (single) Posthumous Petal – cuts off