1986/87 Festive 50s and Ken's Book

[ken garner]

Quite right, sir. It seems churlish to point this out on Andrew's astonishing site and 
collection, but something has gone wrong there. Footling around a bit further, I spotted 
that what is labelled as the first part of the show of 22/12/91 is actually the opening of 
the show of 5/1/92. Sorry. Can anyone help Andrew fix that?

Yes, and that is indeed my mistake on the FF shows of 86. I'll look that up in Radio Times 
next time i'm in the Mitchell library. And thanks to Steve we now know the F50 and alltime 
F50 of 82 started a show earlier than I thought...

...As I think I said here some time ago, at going to press time I was worried about space, 
and seeing as it was broadcast dates for new sessions that mattered most, I edited down 
what details I then had (culled mostly from repeat dates on session sheets and checking of 
some years, but not all, wiht Radio Times) about the 'best of'/F50 shows to a summary 
statement. But over the past year or so, helped by various persons here gathered - nods 
to Brian, Jon, Paul, Steve, Steve and others - I've been revising, expanding back my shows 
index to try and get all those end of year show details complete, and am getting there, 
slowly but surely. I think we're now certain that the very last year which featured multiple 
'best sessions of the year' repeats over the festive season was 1992, yes?

However, one problem likely to remain unsolved for now, is this one:

Sn 23/12/90 (Prophecy of Doom, plus 2 others unknown) F50 38-27

listening to Andrew's files, it's clear Peel played records that night first, then the F50, then 
3 sessions in a row in the last hour - I guess so he could pre-tape it and get off early, 
maybe? - but unsurprisingly those who were taping for the F50 stopped after the end of 
the countdown for that night, and missed the sessions. I suspect this one will require a 
visit to BBC Written Archives one day,

k

--- In peel@yahoogroups.com, "alanforduk" <alan@...> wrote:
>
> 
> I have downloaded the full sets of 5 shows each for the 1986/87 F50s 
> from 
> http://www.30242b.net/JP_FF_index.html
> and have discovered that shows named 
> 
> JP861224a/b.mp3
> and
> JP871224a/b.mp3
> 
> are the wrong way round; 
> 
> 
> Also, for both years the shows are dated 22,23,24,29,30 December
> 
> In those days John's shows were Mon, Tue, Wed.
> Ken's book only lists these F50 shows as a range of dates, thus
> 
> 1986
> M 22/12 - W 31/12 [ie 22,23,24,29,30,31 - 6 days]
> 
> 1987
> T 22/12 - W 30/12 [ie 22,23,28,29,30 - 5 days]
> 
> 
> 
> Therefore the middle show for 1987 should be dated 28th not 24th.
> This is borne out here
> http://peel.wikia.com/wiki/1987
> 
> 
> and for 1986
> http://peel.wikia.com/wiki/1986
> concurs with /www.30242b.net/
> 
> 
> All this means that 
> JP871224a/b.mp3 should be called 
> JP861224a/b.mp3 (ie wrong year)
> 
> 
> and
> JP861224a/b.mp3 should be called 
> JP871228a/b.mp3 (wrong day and year).
> 
> 
> 
> This also means that Ken is wrong to list 31/12/86 as a F50 show.
> Indeed, at the end of 30/12/86 John says "tomorrow night, of course, 
> it's Janice and John's New Year's Eve Special between 7.30 and 9.00"
> 
> Cheers
> 
> Sherlock Ford
>