Festive 50 1976

[Steve]

Dear John

In this particular instance, that would be me, since I rewrote the
original page (first put in place by vinpinman, I believe) on the 1976
FF: good point, though, as there are two Steves at least on this
*mailing list*, the other one being saipanda, who has put in much more
excellent work on the Wiki than anybody.
For this reason, I always put TK (my blog, Teenage Kicks) after my
name, to avoid confusion. Self-promotion over.

Best wishes
Steve [TK]

--- In peel@yahoogroups.com, "John" <john_ukea@...> wrote:
>
> I had a read of the wiki - but which 'steve' do you mean ?
> 
> --- In peel@yahoogroups.com, "ken garner" <ken_garner@> wrote:
> >
> > 
> > Thanks for the story, and in short, no, there are no known show 
> recordings of the first F50 
> > shows from 1976 in circulation, as documented in Steve's appeal on 
> the wiki here:
> > 
> > http://peel.wikia.com/wiki/1976_Festive_Fifty
> > 
> > and it is now i think the ONLY one of which there are no extracts 
> going round.
> > 
> > But I am sure somebody did tape it, and will turn up sometime: 
> spread the word!
> > 
> > ken
> > 
> > --- In peel@yahoogroups.com, "John" <john_ukea@> wrote:
> > >
> > > This is my first posting in this group, which I discovered only 
> > > recently, so bear with me if any of my subsequent 
> > > comments/requests/questions are `old hat' to any of you.
> > > 
> > > I'll start with a wee tale which I hope will raise a smile from 
> some 
> > > of you, even though it is a little embarrassing for me 
 

> > > 
> > > I was listening - live - to the final program of the very first 
> > > Festive 50.  I'd been able to listen to numbers 50-45, missed 44-
> 11 
> > > due to being away at relatives for part of that year's 
> festivities, 
> > > and was now catching from 10 onwards.  
> > > 
> > > I didn't know which tracks I'd missed, so educated guesses as to 
> what 
> > > the number 1 might be were almost pointless.  A Day In The Life 
> had 
> > > appeared at 9, Crazy Diamond at 8, Alright Now at 6, Watchtower 
> at 5 
> > > and Desolation Row at 3.  All had been possibilities for the top 
> spot 
> > > in my mind.
> > > 
> > > He then introduced the runner-up, commenting that `two had 
> whizzed 
> > > ahead and either one of them could have won it.'   I'd been sure 
> that 
> > > as Layla hadn't appeared in the last 10 already it must surely be 
> the 
> > > winner – but no.
> > > 
> > > After Layla, `without the other assorted Love Songs'  and  `by 
> Eric 
> > > Clapton, of course, or actually Derek & The Dominoes to be 
> absolutely 
> > > accurate' - to quote the man – he introduced Number 1 with :-  
> > > 
> > > `and, you probably won't be too astonished to discover that this 
> is 
> > > number one in the Festive 50'
> > > 
> > > And out of my speakers poured the sound of Led Zeppelin's  
> Stairway 
> > > To Heaven.
> > > 
> > > Now, here is where I have to admit what, to this day, still 
> > > embarrasses me when I'm reminded of it – I did not recognize the 
> > > track, I didn't know it, I'd never heard it, nor heard of it.  
> There 
> > > was I, convinced that I was au fait with the 
> > > current/popular/progressive rock world, only to discover that I 
> > > didn't know the track that the whole of Britain – well, listeners 
> to 
> > > John Peel's show – had voted as their favorite track.
> > > 
> > > I did, however, buy the LP within a few days of first 
> > > hearing `stairway'.  Not because it was so clearly something that 
> was 
> > > missing from my record collection, but because after a couple of 
> > > replays of my tape of the programme I really did like the track - 
> and 
> > > it remains a favorite to this day.
> > > 
> > > So there you are – my confession.  I feel much better now :)
> > > 
> > > 
> > > Which leads nicely on to my first question - are there any 
> complete 
> > > recordings of this very first Festive 50 around ?   It's 
> interesting 
> > > to hear what he said about some of the records in the list and 
> I'd 
> > > like to hear what he had to say about some of the tracks played 
> in 
> > > the programs that I missed.
> > >
> >
>