27 December 1982

Show

Best sessions of the year were broadcast in the first part of the show, and the combined numbers 20 to 16 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 seventh part of JP's twin chart, for all-time (AT) and 1982 only (FF): 'one, your all-time favourites, growing more predictable, I think, as we move towards number one, and the other one growing slightly less predictable.' (JP)

Farmer's Boys, #1 (repeat). Recorded 1982-09-06, first broadcast 14 September 1982. No known commercial release. Billed for this session only as 'Kid Brian And His Farmer's Boys'.
Strawberry Switchblade, #1 (repeat). Recorded 1982-10-04, first broadcast 05 October 1982. No known commercial issue.
Undertones, #6 (repeat). Recorded 1982-11-08, first broadcast 07 December 1982. Available on Listening In (Sanctuary SANCD179).
Danse Society, #2 (repeat). Recorded 1982-08-28, first broadcast 13 September 1982. No known commercial release.
Information on session repeats courtesy of Ken Garner of Yahoo Peel Newsgroup.

Best sessions of the year and the odd record

Start of show, intro 1
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exchange with Kid Jensen 1
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Undertones: The Love Parade (session) (not on recordings)
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Danse Society: Ambition (session) 5
Ruff And Tuff Players: unknown track (album - Clive Hunt's Ruff And Tuff Showcase) (not on recordings)
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Strawberry Switchblade: Secrets (session) 1
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Danse Society: Godsend (session) 5
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Southern Death Cult: Fatman (single) Situation 2 1
Farmer's Boys: unknown track (session) (not on recordings)
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Danse Society: Clock (session) 1 5
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Strawberry Switchblade: 10 James Orr Street (session) 1
New Uprising: At Last (not on recording)
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Strawberry Switchblade: Trees And Flowers (session) 1
Danse Society: The Seduction (session) 1 5
File 2)
Crazy Joe: Lancer () Crazy Joe
Strawberry Switchblade: The Little River (session)
Undertones: Untouchable (session) (edited)
Farmer's Boys: Drinking And Dressing Up (Session)
File 2) contains the whole FF section, as do Files 3) and 4) in a split recording.

1982 Festive Fifty: Numbers 20-16

20 (AT): Public Image Ltd, 'Public Image (7 inch)' (Virgin)
20 (FF): Killing Joke, 'Empire Song (7 inch)' (E'G Records)
19 (AT): Clash, 'Complete Control (7 inch)' (CBS)
JP: 'Number 19 from this year, a record which I've never played on the radio before, so this is another triumph for Kid, I suppose, in a way, and for the charts.'
19 (FF): Dexy's Midnight Runners, 'Come On Eileen (LP-Too-Rye-Ay)' (Mercury)
18 (AT): New Order, 'Temptation (7 inch)' (Factory)
18 (FF): Scritti Politti, 'Asylums In Jerusalem (LP-Songs To Remember)' (Rough Trade)
17 (AT): Jam, 'Going Underground (7 inch)' (Polydor)
17 (FF): New Order, 'Hurt (7 inch-B side of Temptation)' (Factory)
JP: 'Slightly mystified by your enthusiasm for that. Very much a B-side, I think.'
16 (AT): Stiff Little Fingers, 'Alternative Ulster (LP-Inflammable Material)' (Rough Trade)
16 (FF): Siouxsie And The Banshees, 'Fireworks (7 inch)' (Polydor)
JP: 'I've been rather boring, but tomorrow night, I'll be terrific, you wait and see. But now, Radio One transmitters are closing down until 6 o' clock tomorrow morning, when Pat Sharp will be along with The Breakfast Show. Mike Smith gone on holiday already? Confident little devil.'
Midnight news.
Tracks marked 1 and 5 available on respective files.

1) and 2) Very good stereo sound at 256 kbps. Many thanks to Peel Mailing List member ray_b2 for uploading this show.
5) Created from KevH Tape 62 of KevH Tapes. Many thanks to ... KevH. Digitised by Weatherman22