Is it really thirty years since these tracks?

It's been a wonderful weekend, I've had a great time, and feeling quite 'up' for a Sunday evening.

Kinda taken aback to suddenly realise that it is now thirty years since these debut tracks were released. My world's still shaking from the implications of these...

Is there a rule for debut singles? I kinda think they should be like a manifesto. After all, it may be the only shot you ever get, so sing it loud and sing it proud...

The Fall -'Bingo Master's Breakout!' mp3

Steel Pulse -'Ku Klux Klan.' mp3

Scritti Politti -'Skank Bloc Bologna.' mp3

Gang Of Four -'Damaged Goods.' mp3

Adam and the Ants -'Young Parisians.' mp3

Magazine -'Shot By Both Sides.' mp3

This is a cheat, but it was the b-side and just as good as the a-side...

The Cure -'10:15 Saturday Night.'mp3

I could also have posted Siouxsie and the Banshees, Kate Bush, P.I.L...

the big question is: will we realise who all the good debut singles of 2008 were by at the end of this year, or in thirty years' time? Answer below please...

Ten more from John Peel's Festive Fifty

John Peel with Radio 1 DJ Jo Whiley in 1999.

Yup, kids, just like it says, ten more tracks that made John Peel's Festive Fifty, and I've tried to go for even less predictable stuff this time...

Gang Of Four -'Damaged Goods.' mp3 (1979 Festive Fifty no.23, 1980 Festive Fifty no.50)

Bluetones -'Slight Return.' mp3 (1995 Festive Fifty no.21)

Detroit Cobras -'Shout Bama Lama.' mp3 (2001 Festive Fifty no.21)

Dead Kennedys -'California Uber Alles.' mp3 (1979 Festive Fifty no.33 , 1980 Festive Fifty no.31, 1981 Festive Fifty no. 42)

Soup Dragons -'Whole Wide world.' mp3 (1986 Festive Fifty no.25)

Camper Van Beethoven -'Take The Skinheads Bowling.' mp3 (1986 Festive Fifty no.47)

PJ Harvey -'Dress.'mp3 (1991 Festive Fifty no.2)

Melt Banana -'Stimulus for Revolting Virus.' mp3 (1998 Festive Fifty no.37)

Helen Love -'Long Live The UK Music Scene.' mp3 (1998 Festive Fifty no.10)

Broadcast -'Come On Let's Go.' mp3 (2000 Festive Fifty no.5)

As always, if you want to find out more about John Peel start here and for more music featured in his annual Festive Fifties, an excellent place to start is the Teenage Kicks blogspot, especially for music long since deleted.