[peel] Re: Festive 50 1978 Part 2

[festive50@...]

Twas
John Peel Tracklistings: 21/1/2004

The Fall - '(We Are) Mod Goth Rock (EP - We Wish You A Protein Christmas)'
(Action)
Sony/Botox - 'Unknown 7"' (White Label)
Courtney Love - 'Mono (CD Single)' (Virgin)
The Intruders - 'Cowboys To Girls (LP - Kent's Cellar Of Soul)' (Kent)
Perfect Combination - 'Acid Yeah (12")' (Freeform)
Miss Black America - 'Beautiful Velocity 7"' (Repeat)
Jeff Mills - 'Recorded Live At Maida Vale' (Peel Session)
20 Miles - 'All I Want (LP - I'm A Lucky Boy)' (Fat Possum)
Harry Bigwood - 'Music ' (Broadcast)
Pink Floyd - 'Comfortably Numb (Shine On Sampler)' (Shine)
Scissor Sisters - 'Comfortably Numb (10")' (Polydor)
Cock - 'Tampon Removal (EP - Where Girls Learn To Piss On Command)'
(Stuhlgang)
Bounty Killer - 'Hot Like Fire 7"' (40/40)
Tracer AMC - 'Some Electric (LP - Flux ' (We Love Records)

Phil


> All,
>
> Nope - heard him play "Comfortably Numb" back to back with the Scissor
> Sisters' version of it sometime in (I'd guess) 2004, noting that it was
> likely the first time he'd ever played Floyd's version of that track,
> because they'd gotten a bit too "arena" for him by the time it came out.
> Can't seem to find a tracklisting that corroborates that, but I know I
> heard
> it.
>
> (He had surprisingly complimentary things to say about Springsteen's "Born
> In The USA" when he played Ballboy's version on the F50, too, but didn't
> play the original in that instance.  Something to the effect that he'd
> never
> really understood the song 'til he heard Ballboy's version and, given the
> way Ballboy interpreted it, I get why that would be.)
>
> -Sean
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: peel@yahoogroups.com [mailto:peel@yahoogroups.com]On Behalf Of
> billfromnorthwales
> Sent: Tuesday, August 05, 2008 5:40 PM
> To: peel@yahoogroups.com
> Subject: [peel] Re: Festive 50 1978 Part 2
>
>
> I remember he was the fist one to play "Another Brick in the Wall"
> single in 1979, though. That single famously got to #1
>
> Almost certainly that would be the last time he played Floyd, I think.
>
> Incidentally, great use of the word "seminal"
>
> Although I still, even at this great age, laugh in a Beavis and
> Butthead way at the dual meaning of it.
>
> 1. pertaining to, containing, or consisting of semen.
> 2. highly original and influencing the development of future events:
> a seminal artist; seminal ideas.
>
> Bill
>
> --- In peel@yahoogroups.com, "thebarguest" <thebarguest@...> wrote:
>>
>> Having listened to this seminal show, the "Peel" highlight was
>> hearing JP saying that he was pleased that the Floyd song was
>> still in the FF ! Weird because I thought he'd become a punk
>> "totalitarian" / anti-rockist by the end of 78 ..........
>>
>> Musical highlights were... everything really.......
>> I was quite surprised how musical and rocky X-Ray Spex sounded
>> (of course the vocals were quite 'punky')......
>>
>>
>> --- In peel@yahoogroups.com, "vinpinman" <vinpinman@> wrote:
>> >
>> > Great work my man, I was on holiday throughout July so I missed
> the
>> > initial messages. It'll be up on FadesinSlowly by tomorrow.
>> >
>> > Adam
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> > --- In peel@yahoogroups.com, "lollygagger" <lollygagger@> wrote:
>> > >
>> > > Hi Bill
>> > > I was impressed at quality of recording listening through my
>> > headset.
>> > > I am used to feeling a bit smug for loving the Peely show
> enough
>> to
>> > listen and keep the best bits from about 1978 on to tdk chrome
>> tapes.
>> > > Of course what I have are the tracks that I thought were the
> best
>> > from each show. My early tapes did include charty stuff, Alexis
>> > Corner, but sadly not much of the dj's.
>> > > I am happy to upload these but not really sure how at the
> moment.
>> I
>> > have my tapes, which have now been digitized to wav, which were
>> later
>> > separated into alternative to commercial music. I still scan
> radio
>> > shows that play sort of alternative stuff for the best tracks to
>> > compile my "best of" cd of the month of about 24tracks as I still
>> > love new music.
>> > >
>> > > Gordon
>> > >   ----- Original Message -----
>> > >   From: billfromnorthwales
>> > >   To: peel@yahoogroups.com
>> > >   Sent: Saturday, August 02, 2008 12:46 AM
>> > >   Subject: [peel] Festive 50 1978 Part 2
>> > >
>> > >
>> > >   OK, after being admonished about shouting, and spelling names
>> > >   correctly, and being slated as crazy for digitising in 24bit/
>> > 96khz, I
>> > >   have come back a bit sheepishly to offer part 2 of the
> Festive
>> 50
>> > >   1978.
>> > >
>> > >   But, y'know, sometimes you feel like shouting, and sometimes
>> > peoples
>> > >   names are not spelt how you expect, and sometimes you just
> try
>> > and
>> > >   make
>> > >   things the best you can.
>> > >
>> > >   Anyway, on with the show.
>> > >
>> > >   This is the full 2 hour show broadcast on Wednesday 27
> December
>> > 1978
>> > >   at
>> > >   10PM.
>> > >
>> > >   http://www.megaupload.com/?d=4C6AZBQW
>> > >
>> > >   It features sessions by Buzzcocks, Steel Pulse, and X Ray
> Spex.
>> > >
>> > >   After Part 1 played the best of the 1976 FF50, part 2
>> introduces
>> > the
>> > >   concept of playing some of the best sessions of the year and
>> then
>> > >   proceeding with the countdown, in this case numbers 40 to 26.
>> > >
>> > >   I don't think that was done in 76 because the tracks tended
> to
>> be
>> > >   much
>> > >   longer then.
>> > >
>> > >   This one contains 4 joins from tape flips and tape changes,
> as
>> I
>> > >   scrambled to find unused parts of cassettes and old tapes to
>> > record
>> > >   on
>> > >   back then.
>> > >
>> > >   (I always keep as much of the original as possible, and patch
>> > just
>> > >   the
>> > >   section missing, rather than replace the entire track. Some
> are
>> > >   fairly
>> > >   invisible to my ears, and others less so)
>> > >
>> > >   No naming convention at all followed here yet.
>> > >
>> > >   According to that Message History chart thing at the bottom,
>> > there
>> > >   were more messages last month than at any time since the
> group
>> > began.
>> > >   Imagine that.
>> > >
>> > >   Bill
>> > >
>> > >
>> > >
>> > >
>> > >
>> > >
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>> > 01/08/2008 06:39
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>> >
>>
>
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