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Name
Station
YYYY-MM-DD
  • 1987-01-20
Comments
  • Peel mentions receiving letters asking for more German football songs and received a German football record of Werder Bremen from the post which he plays a track from. 
  • Peel receives a letter from Chris Vickers from Bracknell who did some research on the Festive Fifty between 1982 and 1986. Based on a points system, he mentions that the Smiths lead on the top with 761 points, followed by New Order (504 points), The Fall (495 points) and the Cocteau Twins (444 points). Peel mentions that Chris does not explain how the points system work. 
  • Peel receives a letter from Norman Cook from the Housemartins mentioning that he is doing a guest spot at a Hip Hop night in Brighton on 14th February at the Apollo hotel. Peel then dedicates a track from D.J. Polo & Kool G. Rap to him.

Sessions[]

Tracklisting[]

  • Wire: Advantage In Height (12" - Snakedrill) Mute
  • M.C. Shan: Jane, Stop This Crazy Thing (12") Cold Chillin'
  • Janitors: Booga Dang Thing (session)
  • Klaus & Klaus: Jai, Bei Werder Bremen (7") TELDEC £
(JP: 'I like to get more foreign football songs I must say')
(JP: 'You'd be surprised I don't play chess')
(A.I.D.S. trailer by Tommy Vance)

File[]

Name
  • 1) 020A-B1526XXXXXXX-0100A0.mp3
  • 2) 1987-01-xx Peel Show JG19
  • 3) 1987-01-xx Peel Show JG39
  • 4) John Peel Selection ~ BBC Radio 1 June 1988
Length
  • 1) 1:57:54
  • 2) 42:25 (22:59-42:25) (to 26:22, from 31:28 unique)
  • 3) 53:03 (from 50:23)
  • 4) 1:22:14 (56:50 - 1:05:54)
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