26 December 1983

Show

Name

• The Rhythm Pals' Boxing Day Bash

Station

• BBC Radio One

YYYY-MM-DD

• 1983-12-26

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.)
• 4.5 hour show co-presented with Kid Jensen. They take turn playing some of their favourite tracks from the past.
• The last two hours are available

Sessions

• none

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

Tracklisting

• File 1 cuts in
• Kid Jenson intro
• Clash: White Man In Hammersmith Palais
• John's film spot
• Aretha Franklin: Think (v/a album - The Blues Brothers (Original Soundtrack Recording)) Atlantic K 50715
• Kid likes X
• X: The New World (album - More Fun In The New World) Elektra 96-0283-1
• Fall: How I Wrote 'Elastic Man' (7") Rough Trade RT 048
• John sets a competition for tickets for multi-band gig at Leeds Queens Hall. He will leave a bunch of tickets in phoneboxes on his way back to Stowmarket.....
• Grandmaster Flash & The Furious Five: The Adventures Of Grandmaster Flash On The Wheels Of Steel (12") Sugar Hill SHL 557
• Sheena Easton: 9 To 5 (7") EMI EMI 5066
• File 1 ends and File 2 begins at start of next track
• Culture: Two Sevens Clash
• The previous track is dedicated to the Sheena Barmy Army Cambodian Branch
• Freshmen: You Never Heard Anything Like It (7") Release RL 975
• Blancmange: Living On The Ceiling (12") London BLANX 3
• David Bowie: Space Oddity (single mono version) (7") Philips BF 1801
• Israel Vibration: We A De Rasta (album - Unconquered People) Tuff Gong
• Cramps: Goo Goo Muck (album - Psychedelic Jungle) I.R.S. SP 70016
• The show has been on the go for 3.5 hours now
• George Jones: He Stopped Loving Her Today (7") Epic 9-50867
• File 2 ends and File 3 begins
• Willie Nelson: Touch Me
• Ruts: In A Rut (7") People Unite
• Arrow: Hot Hot Hot (7") Air ARROW 1
• Chairmen Of The Board: Everything's Tuesday
• Meade Lux Lewis: Randini's Boogie
• ? And The Mysterions: 96 Tears
• John has not returned from the studio so Kid plays another of his tracks
• Culture Club: I'll Tumble 4 Ya (US Disco Mix)
• audio of Kenny Dalglish scoring for Liverpool interjected into above
• Valentinos: The Death Of Love (7" - Tired Of Being Nobody / The Death Of Love) Stateside / Jubilee
• Futura 2000: The Escapades Of Futura 2000 (7") Disc' AZ International AZ/1 932
• 3rd & 4th Generation: Rudie's Medley (7") Punch PH 91
• Al Green: Let's Stay Together
• Shambeko! Say Wah!: Remember (single) Eternal ZAZU 1(T)
• Shangri-Las: Remember (Walking In The Sand)
• G.L. Crockett: Look Out Mabel (7" - Did You Ever Love Somebody / Look Out Mabel) Checker 1121
• Steeleye Span: Jigs: Paddy Clancey's Jig / Willie Clancy's Fancy
• End of show

File

Name

• 1) John Peel and Kid Jensen The Rhythm Pal's Boxing Day Bash 1983 1 of 4
• 2) John Peel and Kid Jensen The Rhythm Pal's Boxing Day Bash 1983 2 of 4
• 3) John Peel and Kid Jensen The Rhythm Pal's Boxing Day Bash 1983 3 of 4
• 4) John Peel and Kid Jensen The Rhythm Pal's Boxing Day Bash 1983 4 of 4

Length

• 1) 30:31
• 2) 31:46
• 3) 31:17
• 4) 25:00

Other

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