John Peel Festive Fifty 1979
The 1979 chart was, to some degree, a reshuffling of the previous year’s chart and must have given Peel concerns that an all-time chart would be repetitive and would need tweaking to be a long term feature. That said, there were 23 new chart entries with a decent number from the new wave genre to compliment the old punk standards.
The breakthrough of the Jam was represented by 4 entries including “Down In The Tube Station” at number 4, as the old guard from 1976 said their final chart goodbyes.
The "FM" column in the list below shows the format the tracks can be collected in. Our preference is always to display the 7" if that version is available, with a 12" single as a second choice. "LP" will appear if the track is LP only. Click any band name to see our full stock list by that artist, or the "In Stock" button to view that specific item.
| # | Item | FM | Info | Stock |
| 1 | Sex Pistols - Anarchy In The UK | 7" | In Stock | |
| 2 | Undertones - Teenage Kicks | 7" | In Stock | |
| 3 | Clash - White Man In Hammersmith Palais | 7" | ||
| 4 | Jam - Down In The Tube Station At Midnight | 7" | In Stock | |
| 5 | Clash - Complete Control | 7" | In Stock | |
| 6 | Stiff Little Fingers - Alternative Ulster | 7" | In Stock | |
| 7 | Special AKA - Gangsters | 7" | In Stock | |
| 8 | Stiff Little Fingers - Suspect Device | 7" | In Stock | |
| 9 | PIL - Public Image | 7" | In Stock | |
| 10 | Damned - New Rose | 7" | In Stock | |
| 11 | Ruts - In A Rut | 7" | In Stock | |
| 12 | Undertones - Get Over You | 7" | In Stock | |
| 13 | Sex Pistols - God Save The Queen | 7" | In Stock | |
| 14 | Sex Pistols - Holidays In The Sun | 7" | In Stock | |
| 15 | Stiff Little Fingers - Johnny Was | LP | On Album: Inflammable Material | |
| 16 | Sex Pistols - Pretty Vacant | 7" | In Stock | |
| 17 | Magazine - Shot By Both Sides | 7" | In Stock | |
| 18 | Stiff Little Fingers - Wasted Life | 7" | B-Side of: Suspect Device | |
| 19 | Jam - Eton Rifles | 7" | ||
| 20 | Only Ones - Another Girl, Another Planet | 7" | In Stock | |
| 21 | Siouxsie & The Banshees - Love In A Void | 7" | B-Side of: Mittageisen | |
| 22 | Damned - Love Song | 7" | In Stock | |
| 23 | Gang Of Four - Damaged Goods | 7" | In Stock | |
| 24 | Led Zeppelin - Stairway To Heaven | 7" | ||
| 25 | Buzzcocks - Boredom | 7" | B-Side of: Spiral Scratch EP | |
| 26 | Clash - White Riot | 7" | In Stock | |
| 27 | Jam - Strange Town | 7" | In Stock | |
| 28 | PIL - Death Disco | 7" | In Stock | |
| 29 | Undertones - You've Got My Number | 7" | ||
| 30 | Pink Floyd - Shine On You Crazy Diamond | 7" | ||
| 31 | Undertones - Jimmy Jimmy | 7" | In Stock | |
| 32 | Who - My Generation | 7" | In Stock | |
| 33 | Dead Kennedys - California Uber Alles | 7" | In Stock | |
| 34 | David Bowie - Heroes | 7" | In Stock | |
| 35 | Siouxsie & The Banshees - Icon | LP | On Album: Join Hands | |
| 36 | Specials - Too Much Too Young | 7" | In Stock | |
| 37 | Skids - Into The Valley | 7" | In Stock | |
| 38 | Siouxsie & The Banshees - Switch | LP | On Album: The Scream | |
| 39 | Tubeway Army - Are Friends Electric? | 7" | In Stock | |
| 40 | Fall - Rowche Rumble | 7" | ||
| 41 | Mekons - Where Were You? | 7" | In Stock | |
| 42 | Siouxsie & The Banshees - Jigsaw Feeling | LP | On Album: The Scream | |
| 43 | Cure - 10:15 Saturday Night | 7" | B-Side of: Killing An Arab | |
| 44 | Siouxsie & The Banshees - Playground Twist | 7" | In Stock | |
| 45 | Stranglers - No More Heroes | 7" | In Stock | |
| 46 | Siouxsie & The Banshees - Helter Skelter | LP | On Album: The Scream | |
| 47 | Ruts - Babylon's Burning | 7" | In Stock | |
| 48 | Siouxsie & The Banshees - Hong Kong Garden | 7" | In Stock | |
| 49 | Clash - Police & Thieves | LP | On Album: The Clash | |
| 50 | Buzzcocks - What Do I Get? | 7" | In Stock |
