22 December 1980

Show[]

First of five shows featuring the 1980 Festive Fifty.
JP: "Listeners in the month of November were invited to send in a list of their three favourite tracks ever and I was going to... in order, y'know, whether they be album tracks or singles, and I have worked these into an attractive chart to be broadcast between now and, well, Tuesday week, tomorrow week. And it's difficult to say, actually, because I never count the cards to be honest, but I suppose that probably something of the order of six or seven thousand people bothered to write in."
Files 2 and 4 both edited out several of the session tracks, but included the links, but all of these missing session tracks are on file 3 so the show is now complete.

Specials #3, recorded 29th October 1980, first broadcast 01 December 1980. Available on BBC Sessions CD, 1998 (EMI ‎– 7243 4 97791 2 9)
Orchestral Manoeuvres In The Dark #2, recorded 14th April 1980, first broadcast 21 April 1980. Available on Peel Sessions 1979-83 CD, 2000 (Virgin, 7243 8 49068 2 5)
Delta 5 #1, recorded 4th February 1980, first broadcast 11 February 1980. 'Delta 5' and 'Make Up' available on: Singles & Sessions 1979 - 81 Kill Rock Stars KRS415CD
Altered Images #1, recorded 7th October 1980, repeat, first broadcast 16 October 1980. No known commercial release.
Stiff Little Fingers #4, recorded 12th February 1980, first broadcast 25 February 1980. Available on The Complete John Peel Sessions (Strange Fruit).
Professionals only session, recorded 8th November 1980. Available on The Complete Professionals 3xCD, 2015 (Universal ‎– 4745677).

Files 2 & 4 begin
start of show
Professionals: Kick Down the Doors (session) mostly edited out of File 4
Last week the John Peel roadshow was at Brighton
Orchestral Manoeuvres In The Dark: Dancing (session) @
Stiff Little Fingers: Fly The Flag (session) @ mostly edited out of File 4
Altered Images: Insects (session) @
Professionals: All The Way With You (session) mostly edited out of File 4
Delta 5: You (session)
Specials: Stereotypes (session) (mostly edited out of File 2) @
Stiff Little Fingers: No Change (session) (mostly edited out of Files 2 & 4) @
Orchestral Manoeuvres In The Dark: Motion And Heart (session) (mostly edited out of File 2) @
Altered Images: Beckoning Strings (session) (mostly edited out of File 2) @
Delta 5: Make Up (session) (mostly edited out of File 2) @
File 4 pauses near end of above track and resumes during next at a tape flip - there was no intervening Peel intro as he outro'd both tracks after the Professionals
Professionals: Join The Professionals (session)
Specials: Sea Cruise (session) (mostly edited out of File 2) @
Orchestral Manoeuvres In The Dark: Pretending To See The Future (mostly edited out of File 2) @
Stiff Little Fingers: Doesn't Make It Alright (session) (mostly edited out of File 2) @
Altered Images: Dead Pop Stars (session) @
Professionals: Crescendo (session)
Delta 5: Delta 5 (session)
Orchestral Manoeuvres In The Dark: Enola Gay (session) @
File 1 begins

50 Gang of Four: Damaged Goods (Entertainment!, 1979) EMI (mostly edited out of File 2)
File 4 cuts out during above track
49 Fall: Rowche Rumble (7" single, 1979) Step-Forward (mostly edited out of File 2)
48 Clash: White Riot [single version] (7" single, 1977) CBS
47 Siouxsie & The Banshees: Hong Kong Garden (7" single, 1978) Polydor
46 Clash: Bankrobber (7" single, 1980) CBS
45 Siouxsie & The Banshees: Icon (LP - Join Hands, 1979) Polydor

(JP: "Susan [Siouxsan?] and the Banshees")

44 Siouxsie & The Banshees:: Switch (LP - The Scream, 1978) Polydor
43 Teardrop Explodes: Treason (LP - Kilimanjaro, 1980) Fontana (mostly edited out of File 2)
42 Damned: Smash It Up (LP - Machine Gun Etiquette, 1979) Chiswick Records (mostly edited out of File 2)
41 Joy Division: Twenty Four Hours (LP - Closer, 1980) Factory
Tracks marked @ available on File 3

1) 45:32 (first 21s are from the start of the show)
2) 1:13:04 (to 25:09 continuous part, 25:25-25:31, 26:45-30:30, 30:35-30:52 unique, 31:03-41:28 continuous part additional to file 1)
3) 48:00 (From 10:41-41:28 additional to cont part of file 2)
4) 1:01:38

1) Very good stereo sound at 256 kbps. Many thanks to Peel Mailing List member ray_b2 for uploading this show.
2,4) Many thanks to Tim for purchasing from eBay and digitisation
3) Many thanks to Jimmy. Excellent FM stereo recording. Created from JS40 & JS41 of JS Tapes, digitised by Weatherman22.