[peel] What actually happened in the first Festive 50 of 1976?

[bill.spiby@...]

These are superb Ken. Many thanks

Bill
> 
> From: "ken garner" <ken_garner@...>
> Date: 2008/08/31 Sun AM 11:52:20 BST
> To: peel@yahoogroups.com
> Subject: [peel] What actually happened in the first Festive 50 of 1976?
> 
> 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??
> 
> 
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