21 December 1981

Show

Name

• John Peel Show

Station

• BBC Radio One

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 Riddim 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

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