What actually happened in the first Festive 50 of 1976?

[andrewthezmore]

Thanks Ken - these are really interesting. Do you think that the bbc 
will ever get round to digitising the pasbs for historical reference?
They've backed up the session tapes, you'd think they would want to 
provide some context for them/show how influential the shows were?
Dream on I spose.



--- In peel@yahoogroups.com, "ken garner" <ken_garner@...> wrote:
>
> I have just uploaded pdf scans of the full scripts (PasBs) for the 
6 (not 5) relevant shows to 
> the files section of this group's site. These should answer most 
of 'rushomancy''s long list 
> of questions! As I say over there, "To resolve debates, and as a 
thank-you (from me) to 
> the members of this group who contributed so much to the 
correcting of BBC archive data 
> over recent months and years, here (for a limited time only) are 
the full details of what 
> Peel actually played on the radio on six shows from 24/12/76 to 
3/1/77 in the first 
> Festive 50. One obvious forgotten detail is that several of these 
shows were extended to 
> two hours, anticipating a permanent change at Easter 1977." I also 
noticed with horror 
> that, contrary to the shows index in my book, and what my original 
notes back in 1992 
> said, that the F50 actually started a show earlier, on Christmas 
Eve, and he did indeed play 
> the first 6 records, including Yes! I have no idea how I missed 
that 16 years ago. 
> Apologies. These also serve as good examples of Peel PasBs at 
their best: legible, 
> complete, reliable. This period only lasted from the mid 70s 
through to the late 80s. 
> Earlier ones are sometimes incomplete or simply illegible, black 
and blotchy, when printed 
> from the negative on microfilm at archives. And before anyone gets 
too excited, this is 
> the only Festive 50 for which I actually have the hard copies of 
the scripts (the rest I read 
> on screen only). The BBC charges a whopping fee per page for 
external organisations who 
> ask for these scripts to be printed out, so I am at risk of 
breaking BBC copyright here. But, 
> on the other hand, these are past the 30 year rule, were printed 
out and paid for internally 
> as part of the production of In Session Tonight back in 92-93, and 
I would argue are the 
> least the BBC can do for the sterling efforts of this group to 
properly document the legend 
> that is etc. Still, to be on the safe side, I shall only leave 
them up on the site for a month, 
> and will delete this post from the online archive after 2 weeks, 
ok? Enjoy! For use strictly 
> for information and not graphic illumination of any bootlegs... 
NB. Note how records 
> played that are singles, all the info is the first main column. 
The main oddities here, it 
> seems to me, are the Hendrix tracks, whose discographical info 
given I do not understand: 
> but then wasn't there a big copyright spat about Hendrix all 
through the 70s??
>