John Peel - 16th October 1979

Featuring Kevin Coyne in session.

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The Jam - Eton Rifles (Polydor)

The Vapors - Prisoners (United Artists)

Kevin Coyne - Memory Lane Pt 12 (Session)

The Specials - Too Much Too Young (2 Tone)

Merton Parkas - You Should Be So Lucky (Beggars Banquet)

Joy Division - Auto-suggestion (Fast)

The Selecter - Too Much Pressure (2 Tone)

Talking Heads - Life During Wartime (Sire)

Don Drummond - University Goes Ska (Island)

Spherical Objects - Metropolis (Object)

The Ruts - Dope For Guns (Virgin)

Kevin Coyne - Ey Up Me Duck (Session)

Psykik Volts - Horror Story #5 (MHG)

Stiff Little Fingers - Straw Dogs (Chrysalis)

BB King - When My Heart Beats Like A Hammer (Modern Oldies)

Fad Gadget - The Box (Mute)

The Adverts - Cast Of Thousands (RCA Victor)

Swell Maps - Real Shocks (Rough Trade)

Freshmen - You’ve Never Heard Anything Like It (Release)

Zebra - Repression (Good Vibrations)

Kevin Coyne - A Leopard Never Changes Its Spots (Session)

Siouxsie And The Banshees - Mittageisen (Polydor)

Girl - My Number (Jet)

The Undertones - You’ve Got My Number [Why Don’t You Use it] (Sire)

John Peel - 27th December 1978

The second 1978 Festive 50 show which also features sessions from X-Ray Spex, Buzzcocks and Steel Pulse.

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X-Ray Spex - I Am a Poseur (Session)

Buzzcocks - Noise Annoys (Session)

Steel Pulse - Macka Splaff (Session)

X-Ray Spex - Art-I-Ficial (Session)

Buzzcocks - Walking Distance (Session)

Steel Pulse - Handsworth Revolution (Session)

X-Ray Spex - Identity (Session)

Buzzcocks - Late for the Train (Session)

Steel Pulse - Jah Pickney - R.A.R. (Session)

X-Ray Spex - Genetic Engineering (Session)

1978 Festive Fifty

40. The Stranglers - London Lady (United Artists)

39. The Who - My Generation (Brunswick)

38. Siouxsie And The Banshees - Overground (Polydor)

37. Elvis Costello - Alison (Stiff)

36. Bob Dylan - Like A Rolling Stone (CBS)

35. The Motors - Dancing the Night Away (Virgin)

34. Siouxsie And The Banshees - Helter Skelter (Polydor)
33. The Stranglers - No More Heroes (United Artists)

32. The Stranglers - Hanging Around (United Artists)

31. Derek And The Dominoes - Layla (Polydor)

30. Buzzcocks - Moving Away from the Pulsebeat (United Artists)

29. Pink Floyd - Shine On You Crazy Diamond [parts I - V] (Harvest)

28. Dire Straits - Sultans of Swing (Vertigo)

27. Ian Dury - Sex And Drugs And Rock And Roll (Stiff)

26. Bruce Springsteen - Born to Run (Columbia)

John Peel - 25th December 1992

Featuring session tracks from PJ Harvey, Cobra, Nirvana and Sonic Youth as well as Festive 50 numbers  26 - 13.

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Cocteau Twins - Frosty The Snowman (Volume)

PJ Harvey - Me Jane (Session)

Cobra - Be Patient (Session)

Nirvana - Floyd The Barber (Sub Pop)
Wawali Bonane - Bayaya (Maciste Productions)

Cheeze TM - Dancing Queen (Bob)

Aphex Twin - Didgeridoo (R+S)

Sultans Of Ping F.C.- Riot At The Sheepdog Trials (Divine)
Nirvana - Love Buzz (Session)

Nirvana - About A Girl (Session)

Nirvana - Polly (Session)

Nirvana - Spanx Thru (Session)

Cobra - Yush (Session)

PJ Harvey - Ecstasy (Session)

Sonic Youth - Theresa's Sound-World (DGC)

Dr Devious And His Wisemen - Cyberdream (Indisc)

The Wedding Present - Blue Eyes (RCA)

Sonic Youth - 100% (DGC)

Babes In Toyland - Handsome And Gretel (Southern)

Sugar - A Good Idea (Creation)

The Orb - Blue Room (Big Life)

The Wedding Present - Loveslave (RCA)

The Wedding Present - Silver Shorts (RCA)

Sonic Youth - Sugar Kane (DGC)

Sugar - Changes (Creation)

Suede - The Drowners (Nude)

The Wedding Present - Flying Saucer (RCA)

The Jesus And Mary Chain - Reverence (Blanco Y Negro)

Cobra - Fulfillment (Session)

Ministry - The TV Song (Sire)

Dutch Department Of Techno - Starwood Party [Major Malfunction Mix] (See Saw)

Sonic Youth - Psycho Mafia (Session)

Sonic Youth - Victoria (Session)

Sonic Youth - My New House (Session)

Sonic Youth - Rowche Rumble (Session)

Cobra - Tek Him (Session)

PJ Harvey - Highway 61 Revisited (Session)

Car And Driver - Two O' Clock (Force Inc)

John Peel - 24th December 2003

Featuring the first part of the 2003 Festive Fifty.

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The Fall - Last Commands Of Xyralothep Via M.E.S. (Action)

Dez Williams - Sleeping On The Job (SCSI-AV)

Damon Albarn - Half A Song (Honest Jon's)

Mangi Mahal - Kalli Takkarein (Kismet)

Vaults - I'm Going (Red Flag)

Freddy Fresh - You Can See The Paint (Howlin')

Blizzard Boys - Ain't No Stoppin This (Blizzard Tracks)

Camera Obscura - Keep It Clean (Elefant)

Super Furry Animals - Slow Life (Epic)

Grandmaster Gareth - Dr. Dre Buys A Pint Of Milk (Awkward)

Hyper Kinako - Tokyo Invention Registration Office (GoJohnnyGoGoGoGo)

Belle And Sebastian - Stay Loose (Rough Trade)

The Golden Virgins - Renaissance Kid (Rex)

The Keys - Strength Of Strings (Too Pure)

Broadcast - Pendulum (Warp)

Cat Power - Werewolf  (Matador)

Ballboy - Born In The USA (SL)

Radiohead - There There (Parlophone)

The French - Gabriel In The Airport (Too Pure)

M.A.S.S. - Live A Little (Mandita)

The Black Keys - Have Love Will Travel (Fat Possum)

Neulander - Sex, God, Money (Disko B)

Maher Shalal Hash Baz - Open Field (Geographic)

Amsterdam - Does This Train Stop On Merseyside (Beat Crazy)

Camera Obscura - Suspended From Class (Elefant)

Architecture In Helsinki - The Owls Go (Trifekta)

Half Man Half Biscuit - It Makes The Room Look Bigger (Probe Plus)

The French - Porn Shoes (Too Pure)

The Fall - Green Eyed Loco Man (Action)

Los Straitjackets - Here Comes Santa Claus (Yep Roc)