JOHN PEEL'S 1983 FESTIVE FIFTY PART 1 (50-26)

The list author says:
	"#50 TOM ROBINSON - WAR BABY (single A side) JP: 'I was very pleased to see this get in I must admit, because I like Tom, he's a good bloke'...."

The list author says:
	"#49 THE CURE - THE WALK (single A side)"

The list author says:
	"#48 ELVIS COSTELLO AND THE ATTRACTIONS - SHIPBUILDING (from the album 'PUNCH THE CLOCK') JP: 'another one I was very pleased to see in there I must say'...."

The list author says:
	"#47 STRAWBERRY SWITCHBLADE - TREES AND FLOWERS (single A side)"

The list author says:
	"#46 THE BIRTHDAY PARTY - SONNY'S BURNING (from the 12" EP 'THE BAD SEED')"

The list author says:
	"#45 NEW ORDER - THE VILLAGE (from the album 'POWER CORRUPTION AND LIES')"

The list author says:
	"#44 CABARET VOLTAIRE - JUST FASCINATION (single A side)"

The list author says:
	"#43 THE BIRTHDAY PARTY - DEEP IN THE WOODS (from the 12" EP 'THE BAD SEED')"

The list author says:
	"#42 DANSE SOCIETY - SOMEWHERE (single A side) JP: 'it's always difficult to know what to say really when you're doing this, because you run out of ideas pretty darn soon - around #42 to be exact'...."

The list author says:
	"#41 U2 - NEW YEAR'S DAY (single A side)"

The list author says:
	"#40 THE FALL - WINGS (single A side) JP: 'and they may easily reoccur in our little festive 50'...."

The list author says:
	"#39 SPK - METAL DANCE (Peel played the 12" version released on Desire Records - WANTX 1 - but Amazon only have the album version on this cd reissue)"

The list author says:
	"#38 COCTEAU TWINS - HITHERTO (from the 12" EP 'SUNBURST AND SNOWBLIND') JP: 'you get asked - 'what's your favourite band Peely?' - and at the moment I'd be compelled to answer the Cocteau Twins'...."

The list author says:
	"#37 SOPHIE & PETER JOHNSTON - TELEVISION SATELLITE (this Peel session track hasn't been commercially released but there's a different version of the same song on their eponymous album - WEA WX127)"

The list author says:
	"#36 THE LUDDITES - DOPPELGANGER (from the EP 'THE STRENGTH OF YOUR CRY' on Xcentric Noise Records - SECOND 1 - sadly Amazon don't have this track, but the original record isn't too hard to find)"

The list author says:
	"#35 THE FALL - KICKER CONSPIRACY (single A side) JP: 'it's always a great comfort to me as a traditionalist to hear a little rock 'n' roll whistling - and there is some on that of course'...."

The list author says:
	"#34 TOOLS YOU CAN TRUST - WORKING AND SHOPPING (single A side)"

The list author says:
	"#33 THE SMITHS - HANDSOME DEVIL (the B side of 'HAND IN GLOVE')"

The list author says:
	"#32 X-MAL DEUTSCHLAND - QUAL (single A side) JP: 'the first German band in the festive 50'...."

The list author says:
	"#31 THE CHAMELEONS - SECOND SKIN (from the album 'SCRIPT OF THE BRIDGE')"

The list author says:
	"#30 THE REDSKINS - LEAN ON ME (single A side)"

The list author says:
	"#29 AZTEC CAMERA - OBLIVIOUS (single A side)"

The list author says:
	"#28 COCTEAU TWINS - PEPPERMINT PIG (from the EP 'PEPPERMINT PIG' - 12" version)"

The list author says:
	"#27 SISTERS OF MERCY - ALICE (single A side)"

The list author says:
	"#26 10000 MANIACS - MY MOTHER THE WAR (from the album 'SECRETS OF THE I CHING')"