26 December 1978

== Show ==
; Name
*John Peel Show
; Station
*BBC Radio One
;YYYY-MM-DD
*1978-12-26
;Comments
*First of four long-lost shows featuring the 1978 Festive Fifty.
*Peel has been "looking forward to this programme for many weeks".
*"Four or five times as many people voted" this year as in the 1976 Festive Fifty.
*The tracklisting is also available at John Peel Papers. Many thanks to the uploader to John Peel Papers at Facebook for sharing the information. Scan (misdated)
== Sessions ==
*None
== Tracklisting ==
*Grinderswitch: Pickin' the Blues (LP - Macon Tracks) Capricorn (#27 in 1976)
*Misunderstood: I Can Take You To The Sun (7" single) Fontana (#30 in 1976) @
*Who: Won't Get Fooled Again (LP- Who's Next) Track (#29 in 1976)
:(The A Touch of Moon programmes are being repeated at 18:30 on 26th - 29th December 1978.)
*Little Feat: Long Distance Love (LP - The Last Record Album) Warner Bros. (#26 in 1976)
*Doors: Riders On The Storm (LP - L.A. Woman) Elektra (#22 in 1976)
*Beatles: Strawberry Fields Forever (7" single) Parlophone (#17 in 1976)
*Rolling Stones: Brown Sugar (LP - Sticky Fingers) Rolling Stones (#13 in 1976)
*Poco: Rose Of Cimarron (LP - Rose of Cimarron) ABC (#11 in 1976) @
:(JP: 'Boasts one of the great guitar solos of all time.')
*Free: All Right Now (LP - Fire and Water) Island (#6 in 1976) @
*Jimi Hendrix Experience: All Along The Watchtower (JP - Electric Ladyland) Polydor (#5 in 1976)
*Derek & The Dominos: Layla (LP - Layla And Other Assorted Love Songs]) Polydor (#2 in 1976)
*Led Zeppelin: Stairway To Heaven (LP - IV) Atlantic (#1 in 1976)
:(JP counts down the 1976 Festive Fifty Top 10 for comparison.)
;1978 Festive Fifty
*50: Siouxsie & The Banshees, Metal Postcard (Mittageisen) (LP - The Scream) Polydor
:(JP: 'This year's #1 scored 4½ times as many points as Stairway To Heaven had in 1976.')
*49: Thin Lizzy, Emerald (LP - Live And Dangerous) Warner
*48: Neil Young, Like A Hurricane (LP - American Stars 'n Bars) Reprise @
*47: Flying Lizards, Summertime Blues (7" single) Virgin
*46: Bob Dylan, Desolation Row (LP - Highway 61 Revisited) Columbia (#3 in 1976) @
*45: Sex Pistols, EMI (LP - Never Mind The Bollocks, Here's The Sex Pistols) Virgin @
*44: Jam, In the City (LP - In The City) Polydor @
*43 Siouxsie & The Banshees, Jigsaw Feeling (LP - The Scream) Polydor @
*42: Siouxsie & The Banshees, Mirage (LP - The Scream) Polydor @
*41: Siouxsie & The Banshees, Switch (LP - The Scream) Polydor @
*Files marked @ available on File 2
== File ==
;Name
*1) 1978-12-26 John Peel BBC Radio 1
*2) 1978-12-26 John Peel Radio 1 (incomplete) DB040+DB037.mp3
;Length
*1) 01:59:56
*2) 00:54:02
;Other
*1) Shared via Peel Mailing List. Many thanks to Bill! 168,665 kB; 192 kbps
*2) Created from DB040 and DB037 of Derby Box, digitised by RF
;Available
*1) Mooo
*2) Mooo
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