22 December 1982

Show

Name

• John Peel Show

Station

• BBC Radio One

YYYY-MM-DD

• 1982-12-22

Comments

• Best sessions of the year were broadcast in the first part of the show, and the combined numbers 30 to 26 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.
• The fifth part of the combined 1982 Festive Fifties, identified in the track listing below by AT (All-Time chart) and FF (yearly chart).
• Information on session repeats courtesy of Peel Mailing List's Ken Garner.

Session Repeats

• Higsons, #3. Recorded 1982-09-22, first broadcast 11 October 1982. No known commercial release.
• Wild Weekend, one and only session. Recorded 1982-07-24, first broadcast 12 August 1982. No known commercial release.
• Action Pact, #1. Recorded 1982-02-06, first broadcast 22 February 1982. No known commercial release.

Tracklisting

Best sessions of the year and the odd record

• File 1 begins
• start of programme, intro
• Action Pact: Suicide Bag (session) (not on recording)
• edit
• Wild Weekend: Hungry (not on recording)
• edit
• Action Pact: People (session)
• Higsons: unknown track (not on recording)
• edit
• John Cooper Clarke: Night People
• edit
• File 1 pauses
• File 6 begins
• Action Pact: Cowslick Blues (session)
• Wild Weekend: Swimming In Mud (session)
• Freeze Frame: Touch (7") Crackin' Up
• Barrington Levy & Trinity: I Saw Mommy Kiss A Dreadlocks (v/a album - Yard Style Christmas With Jah Iriest Artists) Mic Productions
• Higsons: The Death Of The West (session)
• File 1 resumes
• Action Pact: Losers (session)
• File 1 ends
• Wild Weekend: Scarecrow (session)
• File 6 pauses
• File 5 cuts in during next track
• Tamlins & Trinity: Silent Night (v/a album - Yard Style Christmas With Jah Iriest Artists) Mic Productions
• File 6 resumes
• Higsons: Gangway (session)
• Action Pact: Mindless Aggression (session)
• File 6 pauses
• Felt: My Face Is On Fire
• File 2) contains the whole FF section, as do Files 3) and 4) in a split recording.

1982 Festive Fifty: Numbers 30-26

• File 6 resumes
• 30 (AT): New Order, 'Procession (7"-double A side with Everything's Gone Green)' (Factory)
• 30 (FF): Simple Minds, 'Promised You A Miracle (12")' (Virgin)
• 29 (AT): Stiff Little Fingers, 'Johnny Was (LP-Inflammable Material)' (Rough Trade)
• File 6 pauses after a few seconds into the song above

(JP: 'As I say, I never really cared for that. I like Stiff Little Fingers, never cared for that track at all, but you did and it's your chart.')

• File 6 resumes
• 29 (FF): Psychedelic Furs, 'Love My Way (7")' (CBS)
• 28 (AT): Birthday Party, 'Release The Bats (7")' (4AD)

(JP: 'Wish someone would bite me.')

• 28 (FF): Cure, 'The Figurehead (LP-Pornography)' (Fiction)
• 27 (AT): Scritti Politti, 'The "Sweetest Girl" (7")' (Rough Trade)
• 27 (FF): Clash, 'Know Your Rights (LP-Combat Rock)' (CBS)
• 26 (AT): Joy Division, 'Transmission (7")' (Factory)
• 26 (FF): Clash, Should I Stay Or Should I Go? (LP-Combat Rock)' (CBS)
• Files 5 & 6 end at end of show

File

Name

• 1) JP19821222_01.mp3

• 2) JP19821222_02.mp3

• 3) and 4) John Peel Festive Fifty 1982 Parts 9 & 10 of 20
• 5) John Peel 22 Dec 1982.mp3
• 6) 19821222 John Peel [72mins extracts] [R1].mp3

Length

• 1) 13:18
• 2) 46:42
• 3) Part 9 - 0:25:40
• 4) Part 10 - 0:21:17
• 5) 1:01:41 (to 59:24)
• 6) 1:12:31

Other

• 1) and 2) Very good stereo sound at 256 kbps. Many thanks to Peel Mailing List member ray_b2 for uploading this show.
• 3) and 4) There is slight distortion evident on these recordings.
• 5) Created from one of a set of reel to reel tapes purchased and digitised by Tim.
• 6) Many thanks to Ian

Available

• 1) Mediafire
• 2) Mediafire. Originally shared via Peel Mailing List
• 5) Mooo
• 6) Mooo