1978 Festive Fifty

[John Bravin]

Glad to share another one of these early Festive Fifties with you.  This 
one is 1978  with its mix of 'traditional' and 'new wave'.

Again quality offered 'as is' complete with editing etc.  Each Part is 1 
hour long.

My personal favourites are Madam George by Van Morrison (seeing him in a 
few weeks in the UK) and Rose of Cimarron by Poco.  Peel once said of 
early Pink Floyd (around the Meddle time) that whatever mood he starts 
off in, listening to the extended Pink Floyd tracks always leaves him 
feeling relaxed.  That's what R of C does for me (particularly the hint 
of a banjo ending), although lyrically you have to say it's complete 
tosh. And I also like the guitar in Shot by Both Sides.

Sorry the file names weren't made more meaningful before I uploaded 
them, but there is something authentic about leaving the files as Tape 
074A & B.

http://rapidshare.com/files/128222027/Tape_074A.mp3

http://rapidshare.com/files/128227259/Tape_074B.mp3

After this I am on the road again, but I have been busily ripping some 
more early shows so watch this space around the end of July.

P.S. I swapped players for these rips so some of the wow and flutter 
problems in the 1979FF may be eliminated.

P.P.S. Just before I sent this I checked the Festive Fifty Lists on 
various sites including the BBC.  These show Siouxsie 
<http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio1/johnpeel/artists/s/siouxsieandtheba> as No 
50, but my tape and written records definitely show Poco as No 50.  
Unfortunately the only bit of voice over I have is Peel referring to 
Poco being No. 11 the previous year without saying where it is in 1978.  
But I don't think I screwed this up as introducing Bob Dylan (No 46 in 
1978) he also refers back to 1976 as the 'previous chart'.  So which is 
it, Poco or Siouxsie.....

John Bravin

 >>>saipanda wrote:
>
> Hi John,
>
> Your talk of FF78 and pre-76 shows is extremely tantalizing. If you 
> have the time, it would be brilliant if you could follow up FF79 by 
> making these available too.
>
> And of course any other vintage Peel shows you have lurking around in 
> your treasure
> trove...
>
> Yours in hope,
>
> Steve W
>
>