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Shot By Both Sides

Magazine are an English post-punk group active from 1977 to 1981, then reformed in 2009. Their debut single, 'Shot by Both Sides', is now acknowledged as a classic and their debut album, Real Life, is still widely admired as one of the greatest albums of all time. The band was formed by Howard Devoto after leaving punk band Buzzcocks in early 1977. Devoto had decided to create a more experimental and less punk band. Their style and lyrical preoccupations later influenced many musicians ... (read more at Wikipedia)

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The band were played regularly by Peel and was five times in the Festive Fifty between 1978 and 1982. They also did four sessions for his show. In 2004, Peel played a Magazine track dedicated to John McGeoch, who recently died and was a Scottish pop music guitarist who played with several bands of the post-punk era, including Magazine, Siouxsie and the Banshees, Visage, and Public Image Ltd.

Festive Fifty Entries

1978 Festive Fifty: Shot By Both Sides #5
1979 Festive Fifty: Shot By Both Sides #17
1980 Festive Fifty: Shot By Both Sides #61
1981 Festive Fifty: Shot By Both Sides #53
1982 Festive Fifty: Shot By Both Sides #47 (all-time F50 chart)

Sessions

Four sessions for Peel. All are available on The Complete John Peel Sessions.

1. First broadcast 20 February 1978. Repeated 15 March 1978, 10 April 1978, 28 December 1978, 19 May 1983, 12 August 1986.

Touch And Go / The Light Pours Out Of Me / Real Life / My Mind Ain't So Open

2. First broadcast 31 July 1978. Repeated 28 August 1978.

Give Me Everything / Burst / Big Dummy / Boredom

3. First broadcast 14 May 1979. Repeated 05 June 1979 and 27 December 1979.

TV Baby / Thank You For Letting Me Be Myself Again / Permafrost

4. First broadcast 14 January 1980. Repeated 04 February 1980

A Song From Under The Floorboards / 20 Years Ago / Look What Fear Has Done To My Body / Model Worker

Other Shows Played

1978

19 January 1978: Shot By Both Sides (7") Virgin
25 January 1978: Shot By Both Sides (7") Virgin
09 February 1978: Shot By Both Sides (7") Virgin
05 June 1978: My Tulpa (LP - Real Life) Virgin
07 July 1978: Motorcade (LP - Real Life) Virgin
27 July 1978: The Light Pours Out Of Me (LP - Real Life) Virgin
27 November 1978: 'Give Me Everything (7")' (Virgin)
29 November 1978: Give Me Everything (single) Virgin
November 1978 (BFBS) (1): The Light Pours Out Of Me (album - Real Life) Virgin V 2100
04 December 1978: Give Me Everything (7") Virgin
11 December 1978: Give Me Everything (7") Virgin VS237
20 December 1978: Definitive Gaze (LP – Real Life) Virgin

1979

01 January 1979: Shot by Both Sides 1978 FF#5
26 February 1979: Rhythm Of Cruelty (7") Virgin VS 25
15 March 1979: Rhythm Of Cruelty (7") Virgin
02 April 1979: Feed The Enemy (LP - Secondhand Daylight) Virgin
02 April 1979: Rhythm Of Cruelty (LP - Secondhand Daylight) Virgin
02 April 1979: Cut-Out Shapes (LP - Secondhand Daylight) Virgin
05 April 1979: Back To Nature (LP - Secondhand Daylight) Virgin)
05 April 1979: Believe That I Understand (LP - Secondhand Daylight) Virgin
16 April 1979: Feed The Enemy (LP - Secondhand Daylight) Virgin
10 September 1979: Feed The Enemy (LP - Secondhand Daylight) Virgin
16 May 1979: Feed The Enemy (LP - Secondhand Daylight) Virgin
21 May 1979: Cut Out Shapes (album - Secondhand Daylight) Virgin
29 May 1979: I Wanted Your Heart (LP - Secondhand Daylight) Virgin
30 August 1979: Shot By Both Sides
10 September 1979: Feed The Enemy (LP - Secondhand Daylight) Virgin
27 December 1979 Shot By Both Sides FF#17

1980

28 January 1980: A Song From Under the Floorboards (7") Virgin VS 321
28 January 1980: Twenty Years Ago (7"- A Song From Under The Floorboards) Virgin VS 321
30 January 1980: Song From Under The Floorboards (7") Virgin VS 321 – continues after tape flip
30 January 1980: Twenty Years Ago (7"- A Song From Under The Floorboards) Virgin VS 321
31 January 1980: Song From Under The Floorboards (7") Virgin VS 321
31 January 1980: Twenty Years Ago (7"- A Song From Under The Floorboards) Virgin VS 321
09 February 1980 (BFBS): A Song From Under The Floorboards (7") Virgin VS 321
14 February 1980: Song From Under The Floorboards (7") Virgin VS 321 (JP: Very good, that, I think: it gets better every time I hear it. I look forward to the subsequent singles, there are supposed to be several in the next month, and the LP, and indeed everything else. I look forward to everything, that's the kind of twerp I am.)
20 February 1980 (BFBS): A Song From Under The Floorboards (7") Virgin VS 321
28 February 1980: Song From Under The Floorboards (7") Virgin VS 321
03 March 1980: Thank You (Falettinme Be Mice Elf Agin) (single) Virgin
06 March 1980: Thank You (Falettinme Be Mice Elf Agin) (single) Virgin
21 April 1980: Model Worker (album - The Correct Use Of Soap) Virgin V 2156
22 April 1980: Because You're Frightened (album - The Correct Use Of Soap) Virgin V 2156
03 May 1980 (BFBS): I Want To Burn Again (album - The Correct Use Of Soap) Virgin V 2156
06 May 1980: I Want To Burn Again (album - The Correct Use Of Soap) Virgin V 2156
10 May 1980 (BFBS): Stuck (album - The Correct Use Of Soap) Virgin V 2156
14 May 1980: I Want To Burn Again (album - The Correct Use Of Soap) Virgin V 2156
17 May 1980 (BFBS): Philadelphia (LP - The Correct Use Of Soap) Virgin
22 May 1980: Philadelphia (album - The Correct Use Of Soap) Virgin V 2156
24 May 1980 (BFBS): Upside Down (7") Virgin VS 334
05 June 1980: Philadelphia (album - The Correct Use Of Soap) Virgin V 2156
14 June 1980 (BFBS): Stuck (album - The Correct Use Of Soap) Virgin V 2156
16 June 1980: Sweetheart Contract (album - The Correct Use Of Soap) Virgin V 2156
03 July 1980 (BFBS): A Song From Under The Floorboards (album - The Correct Use Of Soap) Virgin V 2156
15 November 1980 (BFBS): Because You're Frightened (album - The Correct Use Of Soap) Virgin V 2156
06 December 1980 (BFBS): A Song From Under The Floorboards (album - Play) Virgin V 2184

1981

29 April 1981: About The Weather (7") Virgin VS 412
14 May 1981: About The Weather (single) Virgin
12 July 1981 (BFBS): The Great Man‘s Secrets (album - Magic, Murder And The Weather) Virgin V2200
19 July 1981 (BFBS): So Lucky (album - Magic, Murder And The Weather) Virgin V2200

1982

04 May 1982: I Want To Burn Again (album - The Correct Use Of Soap) Virgin V 2156
29 November 1982: Rhythm Of Cruelty
09 December 1982: Give Me Everything
15 December 1982: Shot By Both Sides (7 inch) Virgin FF#47

1983

13 June 1983: Model Worker (LP – Play) Virgin
19 June 1983 (BFBS): Give Me Everything (LP - Play) Virgin

1985

02 September 1985: Shot By Both Sides (LP - Real Life) Virgin
20 November 1985: Rhythm Of Cruelty (7")' (Virgin)
23 November 1985 (BFBS): Rhythm Of Cruelty (7")' (Virgin)

1987

31 March 1987: Shot By Both Sides (7") Virgin
24 August 1987: The Light Pours Out Of Me

1989

08 November 1989: Recoil (LP-Real Life) Virgin
21 November 1989 (Radio Bremen): Recoil (album - Real Life) Virgin

1993

28 May 1993: The Light Pours Out Of Me (LP – Real Life) Virgin
05 June 1993 (BFBS): The Light Pours Out Of Me (album - Real Life) Virgin
11 December 1993: Shot By Both Sides
18 December 1993: The Light Pours Out Of Me (LP – Real Life) Virgin

1994

01 January 1994 (BFBS): Shot By Both Sides (7") Virgin
January 1994 (1) (BBC World Service): Shot By Both Sides (7") Virgin

1997

27 November 1997: The Light Pours Out Of Me (LP - Real Life) Virgin

1999

30 November 1999: Shot By Both Sides (Peelenium 1978)

2000

03 February 2000: The Light Pours Out of Me (LP: Real Life) Virgin
07 February 2000 (BFBS): The Light Pours Out Of Me (LP-Real Life) Virgin

2004

16 March 2004: A Song From Under the Floorboards (LP-After the Fact) Virgin (played after death of John McGeoch)
26 March 2004 (BBC World Service): A Song From Under the Floorboards (LP-After the Fact) Virgin

unknown

Peel 022 (BFBS) (date unknown, possibly Nov. 1985): Rhythm Of Cruelty (7")' (Virgin)

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