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Show[]

Name
Station
YYYY-MM-DD
  • 1981-12-21
Comments
  • (Introduction to show, mood of Peel, interesting comments, etc. If possible, please add mentions of gigs attended, football matches, TV appearances, stories of past/current activities, etc, for use elsewhere on John Peel Wiki.)

Sessions[]

  • TV21 #2, recorded 12th December 1981. No known commercial release.
  • Plain Characters recorded 23rd November 1981, repeat, first broadcast 02 December 1981. No known commercial release.

(Please add details of any commercial release of these sessions)

Tracklisting[]

  • Start of show. JP - "This has been one of those weekends where I've chickened out of watching the news on TV knowing it will make problems with snow and sick children seem infinitesimal"
  • Anti-Nowhere League:  The Streets Of London (7") WXYZ ABCD 1
  • Prophetic Four: Escape (12") Nightsun Discs NSD 3
  • Bunny Wailer: Collie Man (7") Solomonic (edited out)
  • TV21: All Join Hands (A Love Song For Maragret And Ron) (session) (back announced only)
  • Fire Engines: Big Gold Dream (12") Pop Aural POP 013 (mostly edited out)
  • Plain Characters: Menial Tasks (session)
  • John and Kid have been discussing the meaning of Christmas
  • Mr. Chin: Marshall General (12") Selection Exclusive SE 12001 (mostly edited out)
  • Marine Girls: Fridays (album - Beach Party) Whaam! COD 1
  • John had cancelled a Glasgow roadshow gig because of the weather
  • By Chance: Soul Kitchen (7") Crammed Discs CRAM 5457
  • James Brown: Signs Of Christmas (album - James Brown Sings Christmas Songs) (mostly edited out)
  • John's opened another amusing Christmas card from Mark E Smith and Cath Carroll
  • TV21: Omei (session)
  • Altered Images: I Could Be Happy (12") Epic EPC A13 1834 JP - "Gemma Tate - You're a corker"
  • Eek-A-Mouse: Tell Them (7") Black & White
  • Plain Characters: Hideaway (session)
  • Talkabout jingle
  • Gas: Burning Inside (album - Emotiona Warfare) Polydor POLS 1052
  • Jah Shaka: Revelation 18 (12") Jah Shaka Music SHAKA 821 (mostly edited out)
  • TV21: My Chance (session)
  • Cab Calloway: Trickeration
  • Rankin Toyan: Spar With Me (7") Jah Guidance (mostly edited out)
  • Higsons: Got To Let This Heat Out (12") Waap 12 WAAP 1 (mostly edited out)
  • Plain Characters: O (session)
  • 13th Chime: Cursed (7") THC 1
  • TV21: BB's In Town (session)
  • New Order: Cries And Whispers (12" - Everything's Gone Green) Factory Benelux FBNL 8
  • Jacob Miller: Silver Bells (7") (mostly edited out)
  • Plain Characters: Fingerprint City (session) (mostly edited out)
  • Shaka Ridim Section: Revelation Dub (12" by Jah Shaka - Revelation 18) Jah Shaka Music SHAKA 821 (snippet as Peel has got his timings wrong)
  • end of show

File[]

Name
  • John Peel 21 Dec 1981.mp3
Length
  • 1:18:10
Other
  • Many thanks to Tim for purchasing from eBay and digitisation
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Available