John Peel Radio One - Festive Fifty 1985 | Countdown 50 - 1 | 3 + Hours of 1985's Music | With Snow

Enjoy this complete John Peel BBC Radio 1 rundown of the Festive Fifty from 1985. Complete with track descriptions, visualiser and the legendary commentary of John Peel (30 August 1939 – 25 October 2004). This classic broadcast captures the unique energy of the era’s UK music scene. This edit is put together from shows from 16th/17th18th/23rd and 25th December. I hope you enjoy! please like and subscribe if you do. Track-listing 00:00 1985 Festive Fifty #50 - 41 (50) Shop Assistants: All Day Long (EP – Shopping Parade) (49) 1000 Violins: Like One Thousand Violins (single) (48) Woodentops: Well, Well, Well (7") (47) Robert Wyatt: Wind Of Change (7") (46) Husker Du: Makes No Sense At All (LP – Flip Your Wig) (45) New Order: Face Up (LP - Low Life) (44) Primal Scream: It Happens (7" - All Fall Down b-side) (43) Sisters Of Mercy: Some Kind Of Stranger (LP - First And Last And Always) (42) Fall: L.A. (LP-This Nation's Saving Grace) (41) Smiths: Well I Wonder (LP – Meat Is Murder) 41:56 1985 Festive Fifty #40 - 31 (40) Billy Bragg: Between The Wars (EP – Between The Wars) (39) Fall: Couldn't Get Ahead (7") (38) Prefab Sprout: Faron Young (Trucking Mix) (7") (37) Vibes: I'm In Pittsburg (And It's Raining) (EP – Inner Wardrobes Of Your Mind) (35) Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds: Tupelo (LP – The Firstborn Is Dead) (34) The Beloved: 100 Words (Peel session) (33) Fall: Gut Of The Quantifier (LP – This Nation’s Saving Grace) (32) Smiths: Meat Is Murder (LP- Meat Is Murder) (31) Smiths: That Joke Isn't Funny Anymore (LP- Meat Is Murder) 01:30:29 1985 Festive Fifty #30 - 21 (30) Age of Chance: Motor City (7") (29) Smiths: The Headmaster Ritual (LP - Meat Is Murder) (28) James: Hymn From A Village (7" - James II) (27) Cure: In Between Days (LP - The Head On The Door) (26) Rose of Avalanche: L.A. Rain (7") (25) Pogues: I'm A Man You Don't Meet Every Day (LP - Rum, Sodomy And The Lash) (24) New Order: Sunrise (LP - Low-Life) (23) Fall: Spoilt Victorian Child (LP - This Nation's Saving Grace) (22) That Petrol Emotion: V2 (7") (21) Echo & The Bunnymen: Bring On The Dancing Horses (LP - Songs To Learn And Sing) 02:16:39 1985 Festive Fifty #20 - 11 (20) Pogues: A Pair Of Brown Eyes (LP - Rum, Sodomy And The Lash) (19) Woodentops: Move Me (7") (18) New Order: Sub-culture (LP - Low-Life) (17) Shop Assistants: All That Ever Mattered (Peel Session) (16) New Order: Love Vigilantes (LP - Low-Life) (15) Wedding Present: Go Out And Get 'Em Boy (7") (14) Three Johns: Death Of The European (7") (13) Pogues: Sally Maclennane (LP - Rum, Sodomy And The Lash) (12) Jesus & Mary Chain: You Trip Me Up (LP - Psychocandy) (11) Men They Couldn't Hang: Ironmasters (LP - Night Of A Thousand Candles) 02:54:30 *All Star Performance - Elton John: Daniel/ Your Song (Peel Session) 03:01:01 1985 Festive Fifty #10 - 1 (10) Housemartins: Flag Day (7") (09) New Order: Perfect Kiss (LP - Low-Life) (08) Smiths: The Boy With The Thorn In His Side (7") (07) Felt: Primitive Painters (LP - Ignite The Seven Cannons) (06) Chumbawamba: Revolution (7") (05) Cocteau Twins: Aikea-Guinea (EP - Aikea-Guinea) (04) Cult: She Sells Sanctuary (LP - Love) (03) Fall: Cruiser's Creek (Peel Session) (02) Jesus & Mary Chain: Just Like Honey (LP - Psychocandy) (01) Jesus & Mary Chain: Never Understand (LP - Psychocandy) The text and audio contained here are from peel.fandom.com/wiki, thanks to everyone there, Tim, Weatherman22 and RobF who do a lot of the digitalising, but also to many others who are involved in working on and bringing forward the John Peel radio show recordings and i'd like to say what a great job you've done. For Danny This material as far as i am aware is on a CC-BY-SA license and has been made available to share. #johnpeel #festivefifty #1980smusic #radioone #classicradio