The longest Festive Fifty tracks

electrophotic brian@...
Wed Oct 26 13:52:50 CEST 2005


I've been trawling my F50 recordings archive and compiled a list of 
the longest track times (ie. any over 10 minutes).  All the following 
(except the 1976 tracks) are stopwatch timings taken directly from 
the Festive Fifty show recordings.

23:50	Orbital – Out There Somewhere (47/1996) (after playing this 
track, Peel commented that he thought it was probably the longest F50 
track he'd played)
23:32	Pink Floyd – Echoes (4/1976)
23:07	Grateful Dead – Dark Star (Live Dead version)(40/1976)
22:53	Genesis – Supper's Ready (31/1976)
20:50	Tortoise – Djed (21/1996) (interrupted by Stereolab track)
20:12	Mogwai – My Father My King (10/2001) (the Radio 1 emergency 
tape cut in on this and played for a few minutes; the Mogwai track 
must have kept running in the background during this interruption, as 
track time seems about the same as the CD track)
20:10	The Orb – Loving You (session track)(10/1990)
18:08	God Speed You Black Emperor! – Hung Over as the Oven at Maida 
Vale (session track)(21/1999)
17:31	The Orb – Blue Room (20/1992) (Peel commented that the full 
version of this lasted 39:58 but playing that version would have 
played havoc with the scheduling of F50 programs; not sure if the 
track he played is another version/mix or just the 38:58 one 
cut short)
13:30	Pink Floyd – Shine On You Crazy Diamond (8/1976)
12:09	Orbital – The Box (7/1996)
11:22	Bob Dylan – Desolation Row (3/1976)
10:57	Mogwai – Xmas Steps (2/1998)
10:54	Aereogramme – The Unravelling (15/2004)
10:41	Propaganda – Dr.Mabuse (31/1984)
10:36	Stereolab and Nurse With Wound – Simple Headphone Mind 
(14/1997)
10:17	Deep Purple – Child in Time (25/1976)
10:04	Sigur Ross – Svefn G Englar (47/2000)
10:04	Yes – And You and I (50/1976)

I don't have a recording of the 1976 F50 show so the '76 track times 
may not be for the versions used in the show.








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