Here's a collection of John Peel Sessions from the year of 1980. Most, if not all, of them have not been officially released. Sound quality is very good on all.
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Glass Torpedoes - 1-09-80:
01. Forced A Smile, 02. Something, 03. Tall Stories, 04. This Is The End
Piranhas - 1-16-80:
01. Anything, 02. Final Straw, 03. Something, 04. Green Don't Suit Me
Stiffs - 2-05-80:
01. Brookside Riot Squad, 02. Best Place In Town, 03. Let's Activate, 04. Innocent Bystander
Visitors - 2-06-80:
01. Pattern, 02. Exploiting The Masters, 03. Our Glass, 04. The Orcadian
Scars - 2-20-80:
01. She's Alive, 02. So Strong, 03. Author! Author!, 04. Je T'Aime C'Est Le Mort
Cockney Rejects - 2-25-80:
01. The Greatest Cockney Rip Off, 02. I Wanna Be A Star, 03. Blockbuster, 04. 15 Nights
Tearjerkers - 3-12-80:
01. Is It Art?, 02. I'm Sorry, 03. Jenny Jenny, 04. Comic Book Heroes
Tea Set - 3-25-80:
01. Keep On Running (Big Noise From The Jungle), 02. Sawtooth, 03. Nelson Was A Nance, 04. Contract Killer
Laurel Aitken (with The Ruts) - 4-28-80:
01. Big Fat Man, 02. Rudi Got Married, 03. Jesse James, 04. Rock Me Baby/Caledonia
Echo & The Bunnymen - 5-13-80:
01. The Pictures On My Wall, 02. All That Jazz
(English) Beat - 9-22-80:
01. Too Nice To Talk To, 02. New Psychedelic Rockers, 03. Monkey Murders (9 Mexicans), 04. Walk Away
Bow Wow Wow - 10-20-80:
01. Radio G-String, 02. Baby On Mars, 03. Uomosex-Al-Apache, 04. Fools Rush In
Orange Juice - 10-21-80:
01. You Old Eccentric You, 02. Lovesick, 03. Poor Old Soul, 04. Falling And Laughing
Freeze (UK) - 10-27-80:
01. Quietly Burning, 02. Lullaby In Black, 03. And Then We Danced, 04. Sunday
Professionals - 11-03-80:
01. Join The Professionals, 02. All The Way With You, 03. Crescendo, 04. Kick Down The Doors
Echo & The Bunnymen - 11-04-80:
01. All My Colours Turn To Clouds, 02. That Golden Smile, 03. Heaven Up Here, 04. Turquoise Daze
Department S - 11-19-80:
01. Is Vic There?, 02. Age Concern, 03. Ode To Cologne (The Stench Of War), 04. Clap Now
Bodysnatchers - 1980:
01. Happy Time Tune, 02. Hiawatha, 03. What's This, 04. The Boiler, 05. Private Eye, 06. The Ghost of the Vox Continental
1980 John Peel Sessions:
7 January Magazine [officially released]
8 January Lines
14 January Leyton Buzzards
15 January Cigarettes
16 January Piranhas
21 January Undertones [officially released]
28 January Mo-dettes
5 February Stiffs [3/4 released]
6 February Visitors
11 February Ruts [officially released]
12 February Stiff Little Fingers [officially released]
13 February Cockney Rejects
18 February Psychedelic Furs
19 February Glaxo Babies
20 February Scars
3 March Cure [officially released]
5 March Killing Joke [officially released]
10 March Revillos [officially released]
11 March Chords [officially released]
12 March Tearjerkers
19 March Pauline Murray
25 March Tea Set
26 March Bodies
1 April Moondogs [officially released]
14 April Orchestral Manoeuvres In The Dark [officially released]
15 April Monochrome Set
16 April Teardrop Explodes
22 April UK Decay
28 April Laurel Aitken
29 April Comsat Angels
30 April Athletico Spizz 80
13 May Echo & The Bunnymen
21 May Only Ones
26 August Mo-dettes
1 September Skids
3 September Beat
16 September Fall [officially released]
17 September Angelic Upstarts
29 September Orchestral Manoeuvres In The Dark [officially released]
6 October Damned [officially released]
14 October Peter And The Test Tube Babies
20 October Bow Wow Wow
21 October Orange Juice
27 October Freeze
28 October Splodgenessabounds
29 October Specials
3 November Professionals
4 November Echo & The Bunnymen
10 November Selecter
11 November Modern English
19 November Department S
1 December Theatre Of Hate
10 December The Raincoats
16 December Visitors
17 December Mekons
