20 December 1982

Show

Best sessions of the year were broadcast in the first part of the show, and the combined numbers 40 to 36 of the yearly and all-time Festive Fifties in the second. Until recently, only the chart rundown was available. However from early February 2010, a new recording became available, including edited highlights of the session tracks and records portion of the show.

Crabs, one and only session (repeat). Recorded 1982-04-21, originally broadcast 03 May 1982. No known commercial release. Note that this is not the Crabs who recorded a session in 1978.
Frankie Goes To Hollywood #1, recorded 24th November 1982, repeat, originally broadcast 02 December 1982
Simple Minds, #2 (repeat). Recorded 1982-02-15, originally broadcast 01 March 1982. No known commercial release.
Roman Holiday, #1 (repeat). Recorded 1982-07-31, originally broadcast 17 August 1982. No known commercial release.

Best sessions of the year and the odd record

1982 Festive Fifty: Numbers 40-36

JP: 'This is, in a sense, a new entry, though it's not a new record.'
40 (AT): Clash, 'Armagideon Time (7 inch-B side of London Calling)' (CBS)
40 (FF): Clash, 'Rock The Casbah (LP-Combat Rock)' (CBS)
39 (AT): Siouxsie And The Banshees, 'Jigsaw Feeling (LP-The Scream)' (CBS)
39 (FF): Jam, 'The Bitterest Pill (I Ever Had To Swallow) (7 inch)' (Polydor)
38 (AT): Joy Division, 'Isolation (LP-Closer)' (Factory)
JP: 'I was very very pleased to see this at number 38 in this year's chart, should have been higher in my estimation, but I'm glad it was there at all.'
38 (FF): Serious Drinking, 'Love On The Terraces (7 inch)' (Upright)
(Simon Bates trailer for Frontline, a current affairs programme.)
37 (AT): Sex Pistols, 'Holidays In The Sun (LP-Never Mind The Bollocks' (Virgin) (However, John appears to be playing a rather poor off-centre pressing, which thus could have been from the 7 inch.)
JP: 'Although you obviously don't agree, I still think that's their best record.'
JP: 'At number 37, very pleased to discover this.'
37 (FF): Cocteau Twins, 'Wax And Wane (LP-Garlands)' (4AD)
JP: 'One of my favourites of the year, I must say.'
36 (AT): Undertones, 'Get Over You (7 inch)' (Sire)
36 (FF): Musical Youth, 'Pass The Dutchie (7 inch)' (MCA)
JP: 'It would be sad indeed, I think, if they disappeared without a trace after that.'

1) and 2) Very good stereo sound at 256 kbps. Many thanks to Peel Mailing List member ray_b2 for uploading this show.