NOT The Festive Fifty 1976 ,,,,,,Another different Fifty

[thebarguest]

>From Wikipedia :

when he appeared on John Peel's This Is Your Life, Peel said: "Fluff 
was the greatest out-and-out disc jockey of them all."






--- In peel@yahoogroups.com, "thebarguest" <thebarguest@...> wrote:
>
> Yes, there must have been a lot of crossover between Peel's show
> and Freeman's in 1976. For example, that Roxy Music live album from 
> which 2 songs are played, on part 1 of Bill's Fluff recording.
> 
> On Fluff's "last" show in 1978, he plays a Clash song -
> guess which one.
> 
> "Mashed potato schmalz" - I wonder what Morrissey thought of
> that line, certainly makes you think.......
> 
> Regards,
> Sandy Richardson
> 
> ps that other Fluff 77 show would be interesting (when you're
>    ready), Bill
> 
> 
> 
> 
> --- In peel@yahoogroups.com, "billfromnorthwales" 
> <billfromnorthwales@> wrote:
> >
> > Back in 1976 John Peel and Alan Freeman played a lot of the same 
> > artists on their respective radio shows, and mostly the same 
people 
> > listened to both radio shows. 
> > 
> > However Alan Freeman was earlier than Peel in doing the end of 
year 
> > countdowns, but rather than have listeners choices, Freeman based 
> his 
> > chart on album sales.
> > 
> > So here I present - The Alan Freeman Top 50 of 1976
> > 
> > Part 1 is here
> > 
> > http://www.megaupload.com/?d=9LZJWJ35
> > 
> > This is 2 hours of the 3 hour show starting at number 42 (fades 
in 
> > slowly)
> > 
> > Unfortunately I missed the first hour and the first 8 records.
> > 
> > Part 2 is on its way as the full 3 hour show.
> > 
> > Enjoy the difference and contrast & compare with our hero.
> > 
> > (Actually, do any 1976 JP recordings exist?
> > 
> > 
> > Bill
> >
>