Oops! Re: Holy Grail & Oops!

[ken garner]

thanks John and Steve et al re Clash confusion. So maybe I was right, even when I thought 
i was wrong. I've asked my correspondent to check his tape (I wonder if Peel made a back-
announce mistake, or my correspondent's tape was edited?). Maybe your rip will give a 
clue as to the provenance of his glitch?

And it goes without saying, John, but when you're ripping, PLEASE leave in the night with 
the closing sig and the midnight news, I am sure like many others I find these glimpses of 
past events and journalistic style and practice startling and even more evocative of the 
time than some of the music.

Meanwhile, here's a reminder of how the F50 of that year was spread out over shows and 
with session repeats - this detail is not all in the book (I edited down) but with the help of 
some of you restored this after publication (note The Police deemed among best of the 
year!):



Th 20/12/79 (Best sessions of the year pt 1: Cockney Rejects, The Jam #3, Killing Joke, 
Misty #1, Skids #4, Undertones #2) Festive 50 #50-41

M 24/12 Viv Stanshall (Best sessions of year pt 2: The Cure #2, The Damned #4, Secret 
Affair #2, Steel Pulse #3) Festive 50 #40-31

T 25/12 no show

W 26/12 (Best Sessions of the year pt 3: Chords, Gary Numan & Tubeway Army, 
Penetration #2, Specials #2, Stiff Little Fingers #3) F50 30-21

Th 27/12 (Best sessions of the year pt 4: Buzzcocks #4, Magazine #3, Merton Parkas, The 
Selecter, Siouxsie and the Banshees #3, UK Subs #3) F50 20-11

M 31/12 no show

T 1/1/80 (Best sessions of the year pt 5: The Beat #1, Capital Letters, Leyton Buzzards #3, 
Lene Lovich #2, The Police, Ruts #1) F50 10-1



ken

--- In peel@yahoogroups.com, John Bravin <john.bravin@...> wrote:
>
> Holy Grail?  It was casually tossed aside in a box with my worthless 
> bootleg recordings of the Beatles Live at The Marquee in 1965 and the 
> first Joy Division gig at Pip's Disco in 1978.
> 
> Sorry Steve, I hadn't realized this Festive Fifty was missing. It's a 
> kind of 'chipped' Holy Grail, as I only have 30 tracks, starting with 
> Police and Thieves, and finishing with Anarchy, but missing the boring 
> bits (or so I thought in 1979).  On Side 1 I had obviously fallen asleep 
> before midnight as it runs out past (a full length) Grinderswitch into 
> the news and the Radio 1 close down. The good news is all tracks are 
> linked by Peel's introductions.
> 
> Of course I'll upload it for the group, but it 'll take me a little time 
> as it's not ripped.
> 
> Meanwhile pour yourself a long glass of Korean spirit (assuming you're 
> still living there) and sit back and wait.
> 
> John
> 
> Steve wrote:
> >
> > Dear John
> >
> > Did I read that correctly? 'The C90 of the 1979 Festive Fifty'????
> > Is this or is it not Holy Grail??? If you can upload it, you will make
> > a lot of people (myself included) very happy....!!!!!!
> > Best wishes
> > Steve [Teenage Kicks]
> > P.S. Assuming it is the original broadcast and not just the tracks, of
> > course, but you seem to imply that it is so. I wait with bated breath.
> >
> >
>