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1976 Festive Fifty

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[edit] Introduction

  • This chart was introduced by JP in late 1976, and is a collation of listener's votes for their favourite tracks of all-time. It is clearly a list representative of the listenership dating back to Peel's time on pirate radio, the same people who were about to be alienated by punk. Sheila Ravenscroft states in Margrave Of The Marshes (Corgi Books 2006, p. 362) that 'listeners weren't ready to hack off their hair and burn their old albums quite yet.' In fact, only one track, by Racing Cars, came from that year.
  • As far as anyone knows, no broadcast copy of the 1976 Festive Fifty exists. The fact that this was a listener's poll has recently been confirmed by none other than Ken Garner, author of The Peel Sessions, who remembers voting in it (even though none of his choices were represented). He also supplied the track listing information reproduced below, for which many thanks.
  • At the start of the first show of 1978's rundown, Peel describes 78's chart as 'computed from your votes' and then goes on to say 'about 4 or 5 times as many voted this year as did 2 years ago'.

[edit] Broadcast Dates

[edit] The Festive Fifty Of 1976

  • 50: Yes, 'And You And I (LP-Close To The Edge)' (Atlantic)
  • 49: Little Feat, 'Willin' (LP-Sailin' Shoes)' (Warner)
  • 48: Wild Man Fischer, 'Go To Rhino Records (LP-Wild Man Fischer)' (Rhino)
  • 47: Roy Harper, 'When An Old Cricketer Leaves The Crease (LP-HQ)' (Harvest)
  • 46: Matching Mole, 'O Caroline (LP-Matching Mole)' (CBS)
  • 45: Doors, 'Light My Fire (LP-The Doors)' (Elektra)
  • 44: Bob Dylan, 'Hurricane (LP-Desire)' (CBS)
  • 43: Jackson Browne, 'Fountain Of Sorrow (LP_Late For The Sky)' (Asylum)
  • 42: Family, 'The Weaver's Answer (LP-Best Of Family)' (Reprise)
  • 41: Richard & Linda Thompson, 'I Wanna See The Bright Lights Tonight (LP-I Wanna See The Bright Lights Tonight)' (Island)
  • 40: Grateful Dead, 'Dark Star (LP-Live/Dead)' (Warner)
  • 39: Rolling Stones, 'Jumping Jack Flash (LP-Through The Past Darkly)' (Decca)
  • 38: Allman Brothers Band, 'Jessica (LP-Brothers And Sisters)' (Capricorn)
  • 37: Jimi Hendrix, 'Hey Joe (7 inch)' (Track)
  • 36: Led Zeppelin, 'Kashmir (LP-Physical Graffiti)' (Swan Song)
  • 35: Jackson Browne, 'Late For The Sky (LP-Late For the Sky)' (Asylum)
  • 34: Rod Stewart, 'Maggie May (7 inch)' (Mercury)
  • 33: Jonathan Richman, 'Roadrunner (LP-Chartbusters)' (Beserkley)
  • 32: Bob Marley and the Wailers, 'No Woman, No Cry (LP-Live At The Lyceum)' (Island)
  • 31: Genesis, 'Supper's Ready (LP-Foxtrot)' (Charisma)
  • 30: Misunderstood, 'I Can Take You To The Sun (7 inch)' (Fontana)
  • 29: Who, 'Won't Get Fooled Again (LP-Story Of The Who)' (Polydor)
  • 28: Joe Walsh, 'Rocky Mountain Way (7 inch)' (ABC)
  • 27: Grinderswitch, 'Pickin' The Blues (LP-Macon Tracks)' (Capricorn)
  • 26: Little Feat, 'Long Distance Love (LP-The Last Record Album)' (Warner)
  • 25: Deep Purple, 'Child In Time (LP-Deep Purple In Rock)' (Harvest)
  • 24: Jefferson Airplane, 'White Rabbit (7 inch)' (RCA)
  • 23: Bob Dylan, 'Visions Of Johanna (LP-Blonde On Blonde)' (CBS)
  • 22: Doors, 'Riders On The Storm (LP-LA Woman)' (Elektra)
  • 21: Van Morrison, 'Madame George (LP-Astral Weeks)' (Warner)
  • 20: Lynyrd Skynyrd, 'Freebird (LP-Pronounced)' (MCA)
  • 19: Led Zeppelin, 'Whole Lotta Love (LP-Led Zeppelin II)' (Atlantic)
  • 18: Captain Beefheart, 'Big Eyed Beans From Venus (LP-Clear Spot)' (Reprise)
  • 17: Beatles, 'Strawberry Fields Forever (LP-Magical Mystery Tour)' (Capitol)
  • 16: Jimi Hendrix, 'Voodoo Chile (7 inch)'
  • 15: Legendary Stardust Cowboy, 'Paralysed (7 inch)'
  • 14: Beatles, 'Hey Jude! (LP-Hey Jude!)' (Apple)
  • 13: Rolling Stones, 'Brown Sugar (LP-Made In The Shade)' (Rolling Stones)
  • 12: Neil Young, 'Cortez The Killer (LP-Zuma)' (Reprise)
  • 11: Poco, 'Rose Of Cimarron (LP-Rose Of Cimarron)' (ABC)
  • 10: Bob Dylan, 'Like A Rolling Stone (LP-Greatest Hits)' (CBS)
  • 09: Beatles, 'A Day In The Life (LP-Sergeant Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band)' (Parlophone)
  • 08: Pink Floyd, 'Shine On You Crazy Diamond (LP-Wish You Were Here)' (Harvest)
  • 07: Racing Cars, 'They Shoot Horses Don't They? (LP-Downtown Tonight)' (Chrysalis)
  • 06: Free, 'Alright Now (LP-Fire And Water)' (Island)
  • 05: Jimi Hendrix, 'All Along The Watchtower (7 inch)' (Track)
  • 04: Pink Floyd, 'Echoes (LP-Meddle)' (Harvest)
  • 03: Bob Dylan, 'Desolation Row (LP-Highway 61 Revisited)' (CBS)
  • 02: Derek & the Dominoes, 'Layla (LP-Layla And Other Assorted Lovesongs)' (Polydor)
  • 01: Led Zeppelin, 'Stairway To Heaven (LP-Led Zeppelin IV)' (Atlantic)

If anyone has a copy of this on old 70s vintage C90s, please contact one of the Peel bloggers as this is considered the holy grail of Peel tapes.

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