Show[]
- Name
- The Rhythm Pals' Boxing Day Bash
- Station
- 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, headlined by The Damned, at the end of the year[1]. He will leave a bunch of tickets in phone boxes on his way back to Stowmarket..... (see also 29 December 1983)
- 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 Mysterians: 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
- Available