Fades in Slowly

At the time of broadcast I was six years old, and to be honest probably didn’t stay up late enough to be able to listen to Peel all that much at the time. Consequently, this means a lot more to me nowadays than it did then.

This particular 50 dates to the time before Peel had made the chart year-specific, and as a result it bears striking similarites to the 50s of the previous and following years.

The quality of the recording is as delightfully bad as you’d hope – washy mediumwave signal fading in and out.

Legend has it that this was recently discovered at a car boot sale and purchased for 25 pence. If I could put a price on this recording, I’d probably say it’s worth a bit more than that.

Here’s the link to download the 1979 festive 50 top 10. If you have any problems downloading from MEGAUPLOAD, let me know and I might try and sort it out.

Be warned that number 3 seems to be missing, although that just makes it all the better if you ask me.

Track Listing

Sex Pistols – Anarchy in the UK
Undertones – Teenage Kicks
Jam – Down in the Tube Station At Midnight
Clash – Complete Control
Stiff Little Fingers – Alternative Ulster
Special AKA – Gangsters
Stiff Little Fingers – Suspect Device
Public Image Ltd. – Public Image
Damned – New Rose