26 July 1979

Show

First hour and a bit of two hour show. JP says that between 11pm and midnight he will be playing Cigarettes, Foreign Press, Flying Lizards, Angelic Upstarts, Gerry & The Holograms, Stiff Little Fingers, Teardrop Explodes, Cockney Rejects, Ry Cooder, Buzzcocks and Roses Are Red. Only last two of these appear on the currently available file.
Undertones' 'Here Comes The Summer' is #39 in the national singles charts, Buzzcocks at #35. (link to Top 75)
Reports that there's a plague of greenflies in East Anglia.
Plays top three singles in the alternative chart of Sounds magazine without interruption, starting from Adam & The Ants (at #1).
After "Getting Beaten Up" by The Piranhas, John comments that the last person who wanted to beat him up was a Sex Pistol.
The Gratis track is dedicated to The Pig as it's said to be her current favourite record.

(Please add details of any commercial release of this session)

Undertones: Here Comes The Summer (single) Sire
Flys: Living In The Sticks (single) EMI
Magits: Disconnected (EP – Fully Coherent) Outer Himalayan
Keith & Tex: Tonight (double LP – Rebel Music: An Anthology Of Reggae Music) Trojan
Piranhas: Yap, Yap, Yap (session)
Adam & The Ants: Xerox (single) Do It
OMD: Electricity (single) Factory
PragVEC: Expert (single) Spec
Fatal Microbes: Beautiful Pictures (EP – Fatal Microbes Meet The Poison Girls) Small Wonder
Eddie Cochran: Jeannie, Jeannie, Jeannie (LP - The Eddie Cochran Singles Album) United Artists
Joy Division: Day Of The Lords (LP – Unknown Pleasures) Factory
Glass Torpedoes: Morning, Noon And Night (single) Teen Beat
Piranhas: Getting Beaten Up (session)
Jam: Down In The Tube Station At Midnight (single) Polydor
Bootsy’s Rubber Band: Jam Fan (LP – This Boot Is Made For Fonk-n) Warner brothers
Les Crévaindieu: Allez Les Vert (LP - Football) Music For Pleasure (speed change after a few seconds)
Tickets: I’ll Be Your Pin-up (single) Bridgehouse
Soul Boys: You’re Not The One (LP – Rocksteady) Studio One
Passengers: Two Lovers (single)
Buzzcocks: Harmony In My Head (single) United Artists
John Hiatt: Sharon’s Got A Drugstore (single – Radio Girl b-side) MCA
Gratis: Please Call My Number (single) BPM
Roses Are Red: Your Love Is Like A Ballistic Missile (single) Posthumous Petal