20 December 1982

== Show ==
; Name
*John Peel Show
; Station
*BBC Radio One
; YYYY-MM-DD
*1982-12-20
; Comments
*Best sessions of the year were broadcast in the first part of the show, and the combined numbers 40 to 36 of the yearly and all-time Festive Fifties in the second. Until recently, only the chart rundown was available. However from early February 2010, a new recording became available, including edited highlights of the session tracks and records portion of the show.
== Sessions ==
*Crabs, one and only session (repeat). Recorded 1982-04-21, originally broadcast 03 May 1982. No known commercial release. Note that this is not the Crabs who recorded a session in 1978.
*Frankie Goes To Hollywood #1, recorded 24th November 1982, repeat, originally broadcast 02 December 1982
*Simple Minds, #2 (repeat). Recorded 1982-02-15, originally broadcast 01 March 1982. No known commercial release.
*Roman Holiday, #1 (repeat). Recorded 1982-07-31, originally broadcast 17 August 1982. No known commercial release.
== Tracklisting ==
Best sessions of the year and the odd record
*File 1)
*start of programme, intro
*Crabs: Ask Me Out (session)
*edit
*Simple Minds: Promised You A Miracle (session)
*edit
*Crabs: Stalemate (session)
*edit
*Simple Minds: King Is White And In The Crowd (session)
* edit
* Crabs: Love's Not That Great Really
* Roman Holiday: Jive Dive (session) (not on recording)
* edit
* Trixie's Big Red Motorbike: Hold Me
* Simple Minds: Sons And Fascination (session)
* edit
* Roman Holiday: Standby (session) (not on recording)
* edit
* Crabs: Rape Rap (session)
* Frankie Goes To Hollywood: The World Is My Oyster (not on recording)
* edit
* Simple Minds: Love Song (session)
* continues on File 2)
* Frankie Goes To Hollywood: Krisco Kisses (session) (not on recording)
* edit
1982 Festive Fifty: Numbers 40-36
*JP: 'This is, in a sense, a new entry, though it's not a new record.'
*40 (AT): Clash, 'Armagideon Time (7 inch-B side of London Calling)' (CBS)
*40 (FF): Clash, 'Rock The Casbah (LP-Combat Rock)' (CBS)
*39 (AT): Siouxsie And The Banshees, 'Jigsaw Feeling (LP-The Scream)' (CBS)
*39 (FF): Jam, 'The Bitterest Pill (I Ever Had To Swallow) (7 inch)' (Polydor)
*38 (AT): Joy Division, 'Isolation (LP-Closer)' (Factory)
*JP: 'I was very very pleased to see this at number 38 in this year's chart, should have been higher in my estimation, but I'm glad it was there at all.'
*38 (FF): Serious Drinking, 'Love On The Terraces (7 inch)' (Upright)
*(Simon Bates trailer for Frontline, a current affairs programme.)
*37 (AT): Sex Pistols, 'Holidays In The Sun (LP-Never Mind The Bollocks' (Virgin) (However, John appears to be playing a rather poor off-centre pressing, which thus could have been from the 7 inch.)
*JP: 'Although you obviously don't agree, I still think that's their best record.'
*JP: 'At number 37, very pleased to discover this.'
*37 (FF): Cocteau Twins, 'Wax And Wane (LP-Garlands)' (4AD)
*JP: 'One of my favourites of the year, I must say.'
*36 (AT): Undertones, 'Get Over You (7 inch)' (Sire)
*36 (FF): Musical Youth, 'Pass The Dutchie (7 inch)' (MCA)
*JP: 'It would be sad indeed, I think, if they disappeared without a trace after that.'
== File ==
;Name
*1) JP19821220_01.mp3
*2) JP19821220_02.mp3
*3) and 4) John Peel Festive Fifty 1982 Parts 5 & 6
;Length
*1) 36:20
*2) 44:01
*3) 20:23
*4) 23:29
;Other
*1) and 2) Very good stereo sound at 256 kbps. Many thanks to Peel Mailing List member ray_b2 for uploading this show.
;Available
*1) 
*2) 
*3) and 4) Originally shared via Yahoo Peel Newsgroup
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