JOHN PEEL'S 1990 FESTIVE FIFTY PART 1 (50-26)

The list author says:
	"#50 INSPIRAL CARPETS - BEAST INSIDE (Peel session track) JP: 'actually sounded quite seasonal that - what with the bells and everything'...."

The list author says:
	"#49 THE PIXIES - DIG FOR FIRE (from the album 'BOSSANOVA')"

The list author says:
	"#48 THE PIXIES - ALLISON (from the album 'BOSSANOVA') JP: 'short to the point of abruptness'...."

The list author says:
	"#47 THE FARM - GROOVY TRAIN (12"/cd single - Peel played the Terry Farley remix) JP: 'few things in the year have given me greater pleasure than the success of the Farm'...."

The list author says:
	"#46 THE FARM - STEPPING STONE (12" single A side - Peel played the Ghost Dance mix)"

The list author says:
	"#45 BASTRO - NOTHING SPECIAL (Amazon don't have this track, which was released on one side of a 7" single on Clawfist Records - PIG-3 - the other side was "FLESH COLOURED HOUSE" by My Dad Is Dead)"

The list author says:
	"#44 DEEE-LITE - GROOVE IS IN THE HEART (12"/cd single - Peel played the Meeting Of The Minds mix) JP: 'this I suspect I was the first person to play on the radio'...."

The list author says:
	"#43 TEENAGE FANCLUB - GOD KNOWS IT'S TRUE (single A side)"

The list author says:
	"#42 THE ORB - LITTLE FLUFFY CLOUDS (12"/cd single - Peel played the Dance Mk 2 mix)"

The list author says:
	"#41 THE FALL - CHICAGO NOW (from the album 'EXTRICATE')"

The list author says:
	"#40 SONIC YOUTH - KOOL THING (from the album 'GOO') JP: 'the brief and faintly farcical appearance of Chuck D in that - the closest we've come to anything that could be described as black music'...."

The list author says:
	"#39 THE WEDDING PRESENT - DALLIANCE (Peel session track) JP: 'I was enjoying it so much that I forgot to put on the next track, but I think I can sort it out while I continue to speak to you'...."

The list author says:
	"#38 BABES IN TOYLAND - HOUSE (single A side) JP: 'thoroughly decent!'"

The list author says:
	"#37 SPIRITUALIZED - ANY WAY THAT YOU WANT ME (Peel played the 7" version released on Dedicated - ZB 43783 - but Amazon only have the extended version)"

The list author says:
	"#36 THE SUNDAYS - HERE'S WHERE THE STORY ENDS (from the album 'READING WRITING & ARITHMETIC)"

The list author says:
	"#35 THE FALL - TELEPHONE THING (from the album 'EXTRICATE') JP: 'I'm only being nice and kind and cuddly because it's Xmas - in the New Year I shall go back to being grumpy and bad tempered'...."

The list author says:
	"#34 THE SHAMEN - PRO>GEN (LAND OF OZ MIX) (12"/cd single) JP: 'one of about 95 different mixes'...."

The list author says:
	"#33 FATIMA MANSIONS - BLUES FOR CEAUSESCU (single A side) JP: 'somebody else who phoned in was complaining about the festive 50 as though it was my choice - it is the choice of you, the listener'...."

The list author says:
	"#32 HAPPY MONDAYS - KINKY AFRO (Peel played the 12" mix)"

The list author says:
	"#31 THE PIXIES - VELOURIA (from the album 'BOSSANOVA')"

The list author says:
	"#30 THE FALL - BLOOD OUTTA STONE (the B side of 'WHITE LIGHTNING') JP: 'some transmitters are going to go off in about 10 seconds time'...."

The list author says:
	"#29 DINOSAUR JR - THE WAGON (single A side) JP: 'the people who disappeared when the transmitters were switched off apparently may not yet have come back'...."

The list author says:
	"#28 THE CHARLATANS - POLAR BEAR (from the album 'SOME FRIENDLY') JP: 'people record this festive 50 and if they're in one of the areas where the transmitters are off, they're gonna be hopping'...."

The list author says:
	"#27 LUSH - SWEETNESS AND LIGHT (single A side)"

The list author says:
	"#26 NED'S ATOMIC DUSTBIN - KILL YOUR TELEVISION (single A side) JP: 'tipped for the top in 91 and so forth'...."