31 October 1978

== Show ==
; Name
*John Peel Show
; Station
*BBC Radio One
; YYYY-MM-DD
*1978-10-31
; Comments
*Start of show: “Howdy, partners. On tonight’s programme, two sessions. I always start off by saying that. I’ll have to think of something original to say, but it’s not tonight. A repeat of the session from Wire, which we broadcast recently, and the Damned, their historic first session for us, which was recorded on the 30th of November 1976. Among the records, the Clash, Burning Spear, George Thorogood & The Destroyers, 999, Siouxsie & The Banshees, Prince Far I, Residents, PragVEC, Kleenex, the Undertones – all the usual people really, I suppose. These are XTC.”
*Highlights are the change of frequency balloon competition (at 01.09.49), the 1979 Radio One calender advert (18.12), Radio One football match preview (3.52) and the definitive statement on the next Damned/Doomed session (7.14). The 10-minute Residents track may make you sit up.
*Peel nearly manages to play the wrong record instead of King Short Shirt.
*M single had been picked up by MCA and remixed after original release on Do It. Band would later have a major UK chart hit with "Pop Muzik".
*Mentions that Pete Shelley (Buzzcocks) wrote sleeve notes for the Can album.
*After the Burning Spear track, JP says (at 29.59) he still gets letters from people who say they "don't like all of this reggae music you keep playing" - “I don’t understand this at all, and surely you’ve got to like that!”
*Says it’ll probably be last time he plays Teenage Kicks ("because other people are playing it now, happily”)! The single is at #31 in that week's chart. After giving it a spin he relents slightly: “Well, I might play it a couple more times. What a wonderful record it is, to be sure.”
*Peel mentions that he is going down to check out the new Venue in Victoria the following evening to see Graham Parker.
* Full tracklisting also available at John Peel Papers. Many thanks to the uploader to the John Peel Papers at Facebook for sharing the information. 
== Sessions ==
*Wire #2 Repeat. First broadcast 20 September 1978. Recorded 1978-09-20.
:*All the Wire tracks are available on The Peel Sessions Album (LP, Strange Fruit, 1989; re-released as The Peel Sessions, CD, Strange Fruit, 1996).
*Damned #1 Repeat of historic "vintage session" first broadcast 10 December 1976. Recorded 1976-11-30.
:*All the Damned tracks are on Sessions Of The Damned (CD, Dutch East India, 1993; Strange Fruit, 1998).
== Tracklisting ==
*File 1 begins
*XTC: Are You Receiving Me? (7”) Virgin
*Damned: Neat, Neat, Neat (session) @
*King Short Shirt: Unity (LP – Wadadlie Rock) A & B
*Clash: Tommy Gun (LP – Give 'Em Enough Rope) CBS
*Wire: On Returning (session) @
*Lynyrd Skynyrd: Down South Jukin’ (LP – Skynyrd’s First And . . . Last) MCA
*M: Moderne Man (7”) MCA
*Burning Spear: Nyah Keith (LP – Marcus’ Children) Burning Spear #
*Damned: Stab Your Back (session) @
*Skids: Night And Day (EP – Wide Open) Virgin
*George Thorogood & The Destroyers: Baby, Please Set A Date (LP – Move It On Over) Sonet #
*Wire: Mutual Friend (session) # @
*Can: She Brings The Rain (LP – Cannibalism) United Artists #
*Undertones: Teenage Kicks (7”) Good Vibrations
*Flying Lizards: All Guitars (7” – Summertime Blues) Virgin
*Kleenex: Ain’t You (EP) Sunrise
*Damned: I Fall (session) @
*999: Feelin’ Alright With The Crew / Out Of Reach / Subterfuge (LP – Separates) United Artists
*Wire: The Other Window (session) @
*PragVEC: Wolf (EP – Bits) Spec
*Capital Letters: Smoking My Ganja (12”) Greensleeves
*Siouxsie & The Banshees: Carcass (LP – The Scream) Polydor
*Damned: So Messed Up (session) @
*Residents: The Making Of A Soul (LP – Not Available) Ralph
*Roy Hill: I Like, I Like, I Like (7”) Arista
*Wire: Indirect Inquiries (session) @
*Damned: New Rose (session) @
*Prince Far I: So Long (LP – Long Life) Front Line
*File 1 ends
*Tracks marked # also available in very good quality, other than some slight flutter, on File 2
*Tracks marked @ also available in very good quality available on File 3
== File ==
;Name
*1) 1978-10-31.mp3
*2) 1978-10-31 John Peel Radio 1 (incomplete) DB020+DB030.mp3
*3) 1978-10-31 Peel Show JS23.mp3
;Length
*1) 01.58.55
*2) 17:34
*3) 24:48
;Other
*1) File created from T049 of 400 Box.
*2) File created from DB020 & DB030 of Derby Box, digitised by RF
*3) Many thanks to Jimmy. Very good FM stereo recording. Created from JS23 of JS Tapes, digitised by Weatherman22..
;Available
* 1) Mooo
* 2) Mooo
*3) Mooo
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