Derby 1980 1981

[stuartb@...]

DB214 was the last tape of 1980 - 16th December 1980 http://peel.wikia.com/wiki/16_December_1980 to be precise - and did not contain a repeat of the Nervous Germans, unless in was squeezed in unanounced in the last 25 minutes of the show. It did contain the session debut of Joy Division-esque In Camera, another play for Modern English's Gathering Dust (later to be found in medley form on the A side of This Mortal Coil's Song To The Siren), and a new/old feature for Australia's Saints.

No F50 shows unfortunately - but 1980 does still have more to come from the end of Rob's half of the tapes.

DB215 jumped all the way to 5th January 1981. Contrary to some predictions from shows a few months previously, John appears to have had a most enjoyable weekend in Edinburgh, and is on such a high that he is playing almost anything requested of him or of bands that he has seen on that trip. Boots For Dancing in session, as well as a rather unpredictable 4th outing by the Mekons.

Remarkably, other than three tracks from a session broadcast on the 12th, this is the only available audio for January 1981, with both Karl's and Mark's mixtapes not starting until February.

In fact the list of shows page indicates that much less of 1981 is available than the preceding few years, something that will be put right soon....

Stuart