30 December 1976

== Show ==
; Name
*John Peel Show
; Station
*BBC Radio One
; YYYY-MM-DD
*1976-12-30
; Comments
* Fifth of six shows featuring the legendary, long-lost but now found, 1976 Festive Fifty, the first ever.
* Tracklisting information below kindly provided by Ken Garner, author of The Peel Sessions, via the Peel Mailing List. Many thanks, Ken! This recording finally appeared on April 1st 2011 when Ken and John Cavanagh made it available.
*Start of show: "Well, good evening to each one of you. This is actually our last show of 1976, because tomorrow night you'll be able to enjoy a New Year's Eve Special in the company of Kid Jensen and Simon Bates, which starts I think at 7 o'clock and goes on until 1 o'clock on New Year's Day. But on this programme we have sessions from Deaf School and the Frankie Miller Band, plus of course more from your Festive Fifty, starting tonight at number 18. First though, Frankie Miller with Allen Toussaint's Brickyard Blues."
== Sessions ==
*Deaf School, #1 (rpt). Recorded 1976-08-19. Available on What A Way To End It All (The Anthology) (2xCD, 2003, Castle Music). 'Where's The Weekend?' and 'Knock Knock Knocking' not TX in this show.
*Frankie Miller, #2 (rpt). Recorded 1976-06-10. No known commercial release. 'The Doodle Song' and 'Ain't Got No Money' not TX in this show. Referred to throughout by Peel as 'the Frankie Miller Band.'
== Tracklisting ==
*Frankie Miller: 'Brickyard Blues' (Peel Session)
*(JP: 'Well, that's Frankie Miller. His Orchestra and chorus with Brickyard Blues. And now I think we'll join Enrico Cadillac, Eric Shark, Bette Bright and the rest of the mob for their Final Act.') 
*Deaf School: 'Final Act' (Peel Session)
:(JP: 'And that's Deaf School with Final Act. Both of these sessions tonight actually produced by Tony Williams - Wilson. Williams. And he's currently enjoying a romantic holiday away from it all in somewhere interesting like Portsmouth. If you're listening Tony, two nice sessions. Frankie Miller again. The band. And a Randy Newman song. Sail Away.')
*Frankie Miller: 'Sail Away' (Peel Session)
=== 1976 Festive Fifty: Numbers 18-11 ===
:(JP: 'My goodness. That's Frankie Miller and the band of course and Randy Newman's Sail Away. And it's time for us now to get back to our Festive Fifty. And I won't go through everything that's gone before, but it will eventually be published in one of the music papers, for those of you who are curious to know what the things have been. And this is Number 18.')
*18: Captain Beefheart, 'Big Eyed Beans From Venus (LP-Clear Spot)' (Reprise)
:(JP: ' Uh, well. You certainly chose well there, boys and girls. That's Captain Beefheart from the LP Clear Spot. And Big Eyed Beans From Venus. Number 18 in the Festive Fifty which let me remind you once again in case you're wondering what's it all about. The fifty records chosen by listeners as their all time favourites when they sent in postcards voting for their personal three favourite tracks of all time. This is number 17')
*17: Beatles, 'Strawberry Fields Forever (LP-Magical Mystery Tour)' (Parlophone) Peel omits the short extra part at the playout, possibly due to time constraints.
:(JP: 'And John Walters and meself were talking recently to a girl who works here at the BBC called Veronica, and discussing the Beatles, and she said, "Oh yes, I can just remember them." Amazing when you think about it. From 1967 and number 17 in the Festive Fifty. That was Strawberry Fields Forever and of course those were The Beatles. And from 1968, one year later. This at Number 16.')
*16: Jimi Hendrix, 'Voodoo Chile (7")' (Track) Credited to the Jimi Hendrix Experience.
:(JP: 'Oh, great stuff, and what a treat to hear that again. That's Voodoo Chile of course. Jimi Hendrix. And that's number 16 in the Festive Fifty and you may easily be at this moment saying, "Well, Strawberry Fields Forever, Voodoo Chile, very nice, but a bit obvious. Not the sort of thing we were perhaps expecting from a Festive Fifty on this programme." Well, if you think the programme's at all predictable, how about this at number 15?')
*15: Legendary Stardust Cowboy, 'Paralyzed (7")' (Mercury)
:(JP: 'And that's number 15. Paralyzed by the Legendary Stardust Cowboy. 
:You'll hardly believe this, but for the first couple of weeks, in fact the first three weeks of the Festive Fifty, that was actually leading the field. I was rather disappointed to see it sink from to that position, although it didn't sink very far. Glad that it got in there at all, really. This is number 14.')
*14: Beatles, 'Hey Jude! (LP-Hey Jude!)' (Apple)
:(JP: 'I think that's gone far enough. Those are The Beatles of course and Hey Jude at number 14 in the Festive Fifty and I don't think I'd be giving a great deal away if I tell you about the top 10, you see, which is being broadcast on Bank Holiday Monday between 10 o'clock and midnight in a rather extended two-hour programme. My own favourite Beatles track didn't make it, unfortunately, which was And Your Bird Can Sing, but I'd like to thank the one person who did vote for it. Nice of them to try because it's a good record. Anyway at number 13. And these are The Rolling Stones.') However, he eventually made up for this omission by including it in the Peelenium for 1966.
*13: Rolling Stones, 'Brown Sugar (LP-Made In The Shade)' (Rolling Stones)
*(JP: Them Rolling Stones. And you voted them Number 13 in the Festive Fifty. And that's Brown Sugar. And here's a little something.')
*(trailer for Paul Gambaccini's show on New Year's Day. He's in New York, so it will be presented by 'somebody with radio experience')
*12: Neil Young & Crazy Horse, 'Cortez The Killer (LP-Zuma)' (Reprise)
:(JP: 'This one caused considerable rejoicing at Peel Acres.')
*11: Poco, 'Rose Of Cimarron (LP-Rose Of Cimarron)' (ABC)
:(JP: 'Ah, what a marvellous record that is...One of very few records from 1976 to get into the Festive Fifty, and if you want to find out if any others made it, you have to listen to the Top 10 on Monday. I'll give you a hint, though: one more did.')
*Deaf School: 'What A Way To End It All' (Peel Session)
*(Peel plays a snatch of Rose Of Cimarron again)
== File ==
;Name
*a) Peel 1976-12-30 F50 #18-11.mp3
*b) 1976-12-30 John Peel BBC Radio 1.mp3
*c) John Peel 30 Dec 1976 complete.mp3
;Length
*a) 00:59:59
*b) 01:00:04
*c) 01:03:16
;Other
*a) b) Excellent stereo sound at 192kbps.
*c) Many thanks to Tim.
;Available
*a) No longer available online
*b) Mooo
*c) Mooo
;Footnotes
Category:1976
Category:Peel shows
Category:Available online
Category:Festive Fifty
Category:Tim's Tapes