Once the bastion of all list making - from a Definitive Gaze at John Peel's Festive 50's site here are the relevant lists. Go to the site for 1983 to see how it all falls apart

John Peel's Festive Fifty 1978

1. Sex Pistols - Anarchy in the UK
2. Clash - Complete Control
3. Sex Pistols - God Save the Queen
4. Stiff Little Fingers - Suspect Device
5. Magazine - Shot By Both Sides
6. Sex Pistols - Pretty vacant
7. Clash - White Man In Hammersmith Palais
8. Buzzcocks - What Do I Get?
9. Public Image Ltd. - Public Image
10. Undertones - Teenage Kicks
11. Stiff Little Fingers - Alternative Ulster
12. Buzzcocks - Boredom
13. Damned - New Rose
14. Led Zeppelin - Stairway To Heaven
15. Clash - White Riot
16. David Bowie - Heroes
17. Only Ones - Another Girl - Another Planet
18. Sex Pistols - Holidays In The Sun
19. Lynyrd Skynyrd - Freebird
20. Rezillos - I Can't Stand My Baby
21. Van Morrison - Madame George
22. Siouxsie & the Banshees - Hong Kong Garden
23. Clash - Police & Thieves
24. Jam - Down in the Tube Station at Midnight
25. Elvis Costello - Watching The Detectives
26. Bruce Springsteen - Born To Run
27. Ian Dury & The Blockheads - Sex & Drugs & Rock & Roll
28. Dire Straits - Sultans Of Swing
29. Pink Floyd - Shine On You Crazy Diamond
30. Buzzcocks - Moving Away From The Pulsebeat
31. Derek & the Dominoes - Layla
32. Stranglers - Hanging Around
33. Stranglers - No More Heroes
34. Siouxsie & The Banshees - Helter Skelter
35. Motors - Dancing The Night Away
36. Bob Dylan - Like A Rolling Stone
37. Elvis Costello - Alison
38. Siouxsie & the Banshees - Overground
39. Who - My Generation
40. Stranglers - London Lady
41. Siouxsie & the Banshees - Switch
42. Siouxsie & the Banshees - Mirage
43. Siouxsie & the Banshees - Jigsaw Feeling
44. Jam - In The City
45. Sex Pistols - EMI
46. Bob Dylan - Desolation Row
47. Flying Lizards - Summertime Blues
48. Neil Young - Like A Hurricane
49. Thin Lizzy - Emerald
50. Siouxsie & the Banshees - Metal Postcard

John Peel's Festive Fifty 1979

1. Sex Pistols - Anarchy in the UK
2. Undertones - Teenage Kicks
3. Clash - White Man in Hammersmith Palais
4. Jam - Down in the Tube Station At Midnight
5. Clash - Complete Control
6. Stiff Little Fingers - Alternative Ulster
7. Special AKA - Gangsters
8. Stiff Little Fingers - Suspect Device
9. Public Image Ltd. - Public Image
10. Damned - New Rose
11. Ruts - In a Rut
12. Undertones - Get Over You
13. Sex Pistols - God Save the Queen
14. Sex Pistols - Holidays in the Sun
15. Stiff Little Fingers - Johnny Was
16. Sex Pistols - Pretty Vacant
17. Magazine - Shot By Both Sides
18. Stiff Little Fingers - Wasted Life
19. Jam - Eton Rifles
20. Only Ones - Another Girl - Another Planet
21. Siouxsie & the Banshees - Love In A Void
22. Damned - Love song
23. Gang of Four - Damaged Goods
24. Led Zeppelin - Stairway To Heaven
25. Buzzcocks - Boredom
26. Clash - White Riot
27. Jam - Strange Town
28. Public Image Ltd. - Death Disco
29. Undertones - You've Got My Number
30. Pink Floyd - Shine On You Crazy Diamond
31. Undertones - Jimmy Jimmy
32. Who - My Generation
33. Dead Kennedys - California Uber Alles
34. David Bowie - Heroes
35. Siouxsie & the Banshees - Icon
36. Specials - Too Much Too Young
37. Skids - Into The Valley
38. Siouxsie & the Banshees - Switch
39. Tubeway Army - Are friends Electric?
40. The Fall - Rowche Rumble
41. Mekons - Where were you
42. Siouxsie & the Banshees - Jigsaw Feeling
43. Cure - 10:15 Saturday Night
44. Siouxsie & the Banshees - Playground Twist
45. Stranglers - No More Heroes
46. Siouxsie & The Banshees - Helter Skelter
47. Ruts - Babylon's Burning
48. Siouxsie & the Banshees - Hong Kong Garden
49. Clash - Police & Thieves
50. Buzzcocks - What Do I Get?

John Peel's Festive Fifty 1980

1. Sex Pistols - Anarchy in the UK
2. Joy Division - Atmosphere
3. Joy Division - Love Will Tear Us Apart
4. Jam - Down in the Tube Station at Midnight
5. Clash - White Man in Hammersmith Palais
6. Dead Kennedys - Holiday in Cambodia
7. Undertones - Teenage Kicks
8. Damned - New Rose
9. Stiff Little Fingers - Alternative Ulster
10. Joy Division - Transmission
11. Public Image Ltd. - Public Image
12. Sex Pistols - Holidays in the Sun
13. Jam - Going Underground
14. Joy Division - Decades
15. Clash - Complete Control
16. Stiff Little Fingers - Johnny Was
17. Undertones - Get Over You
18. Cure - A Forest
19. Ruts - In a Rut
20. Joy Division - New Dawn Fades
21. The Fall - Totally Wired
22. Joy Division - She's Lost Control
23. Sex Pistols - Pretty Vacant
24. Stiff Little Fingers - Suspect Device
25. Sex Pistols - God Save the Queen
26. The Fall - How I Wrote `Elastic Man'
27. Stiff Little Fingers - Wasted life
28. Only Ones - Another Girl - Another Planet
29. Damned - Love song
30. Adam and the Ants - Kings of the wild frontier
31. Dead Kennedys - California Uber Alles
32. Specials - Gangsters
33. Public Image Ltd. - Poptones
34. Public Image Ltd. - Careering
35. Killing Joke - Requiem
36. Killing Joke - Psyche
37. Siouxsie & the Banshees - Jigsaw Feeling
38. The Fall - Fiery Jack
39. Clash - Armagideon Time
40. Spizz Energi - Where's Captain Kirk
41. Joy Division - Twenty-Four Hours
42. Damned - Smash it up
43. Teardrop Explodes - Treason
44. Siouxsie & the Banshees - Switch
45. Siouxsie & the Banshees - Icon
46. Clash - Bankrobber
47. Siouxsie & the Banshees - Hong Kong Garden
48. Clash - White Riot
49. The Fall - Rowche Rumble
50. Gang of Four - Damaged Goods
51. Siouxsie & the Banshees - Love in a void
52. Killing Joke - Wardance
53. Adam and the Ants - Dog Eat Dog
54. Ruts - West One (Shine on me)
55. Who - My generation
56. Mo-dettes - White Mice
57. Stiff Little Fingers - Tin Soldiers
58. Stranglers - No More Heroes
59. Jam - Eton Rifles
60. Pink Floyd - Shine on you crazy diamond
61. Magazine - Shot by both sides
62. Public Image Ltd. - Death disco
63. Led Zeppelin - Stairway to heaven
64. Joy Division - Dead souls
65. Wah! Heat - Better Scream

John Peel's Festive Fifty 1981

1. Joy Division - Atmosphere
2. Sex Pistols - Anarchy in the UK
3. Joy Division - Love Will Tear Us Apart
4. New Order - Ceremony
5. Joy Division - New Dawn Fades
6. Undertones - Teenage Kicks
7. Joy Division - Decades
8. Cure - A Forest
9. Dead Kennedys - Holiday in Cambodia
10. Clash - White Man in Hammersmith Palais
11. Joy Division - Dead Souls
12. Damned - New Rose
13. Jam - Down in the Tube Station at Midnight
14. Joy Division - Transmission
15. Altered Images - Dead Pop-Stars
16. Stiff Little Fingers - Alternative Ulster
17. Sex Pistols - Holidays in the Sun
18. Clash - Complete Control
19. Birthday Party - Release the Bats
20. Undertones - Get Over You
21. Specials - Ghost Town
22. Scritti Politti - The `Sweetest' Girl
23. Jam - Going Underground
24. Stiff Little Fingers - Johnny Was
25. Theatre of Hate - Legion
26. Public Image Ltd. - Public Image
27. Killing Joke - Requiem
28. Killing Joke - Follow the Leaders
29. Heaven 17 - No Fascist Groove Thang
30. The Fall - Fiery Jack
31. Ruts - In a Rut
32. Stiff Little Fingers - Suspect Device
33. The Fall - How I Wrote `Elastic Man'
34. Laurie Anderson - O Superman
35. Siouxsie & the Banshees - Jigsaw Feeling
36. B-Movie - Remembrance Day
37. Siouxsie & the Banshees - Israel
38. Sex Pistols - God Save the Queen
39. Pigbag - Papa's Got a Brand-New Pigbag
40. Siouxsie & the Banshees - Icon
41. Only Ones - Another Girl - Another Planet
42. Dead Kennedys - California Uber Alles
43. Joy Division - Twenty-Four Hours
44. Joy Division - Isolation
45. Killing Joke - Psyche
46. Echo and the Bunnymen - Over the Wall
47. The Fall - Lie Dream of a Casino Soul
48. New Order - Procession
49. Siouxsie & the Banshees - Switch
50. Altered Images - Happy Birthday
51. Joy Division - She's Lost Control
52. Bauhaus - Bela Lugosi's Dead
53. Magazine - Shot by Both Sides
54. New Order - In a Lonely Place
55. Anti-Pasti - No Government
56. The Fall - Totally Wired
57. Specials - Gangsters
58. Fire Engines - Candy Skin
59. Sex Pistols - Pretty Vacant
60. Siouxsie & the Banshees - Hong Kong Garden

John Peel's Festive Fifty 1982

1. Sex Pistols - Anarchy in the UK
2. Joy Division - Atmosphere
3. Joy Division - Love Will Tear Us Apart
4. Joy Division - New Dawn Fades
5. The Cure - A Forest
6. New Order - Ceremony
7. Joy Division - Decades
8. Undertones - Teenage Kicks
9. Bauhaus - Bela Lugosi's Dead
10. The Clash - White Man in Hammersmith Palais
11. Jam - Down in the Tube Station at Midnight
12. Joy Division - Dead Souls
13. Damned - New Rose
14. Dead Kennedys - Holiday in Cambodia
15. Siouxsie & the Banshees - Israel
16. Stiff Little Fingers - Alternative Ulster
17. Jam - Going Underground
18. New Order - Temptation
19. The Clash - Complete Control
20. Public Image Limited - Public Image
21. Altered Images - Dead Pop-Stars
22. Echo and the Bunnymen - Over the Wall
23. Joy Division - Twenty-Four Hours
24. Only Ones - Another Girl - Another Planet
25. Sex Pistols - God Save the Queen
26. Joy Division - Transmission
27. Scritti Politti - The `Sweetest' Girl
28. Birthday Party - Release the Bats
29. Stiff Little Fingers - Johnny Was
30. New Order - Procession
31. Stiff Little Fingers - Suspect Device
32. Killing Joke - Requiem
33. Theatre of Hate - Legion
34. Killing Joke - Psyche
35. Ruts - In a Rut
36. Undertones - Get Over You
37. Sex Pistols - Holidays in the Sun
38. Joy Division - Isolation
39. Siouxsie & the Banshees - Jigsaw Feeling
40. The Clash - Armagideon Time
41. Joy Division - She's Lost Control
42. Siouxsie & the Banshees - Switch
43. Specials - Ghost Town
44. Sex Pistols - Pretty Vacant
45. Siouxsie & the Banshees - Icon
46. Siouxsie & the Banshees - Hong Kong Garden
47. Magazine - Shot by Both Sides
48. Joy Division - The Eternal
49. Laurie Anderson - O Superman
50. Damned - Love Song
51. Laurie Anderson and the Damned drew for 49th

John Peel's All Time Festive Fifty 2000

1. Joy Division - Atmosphere
2. Undertones - Teenage Kicks
3. Joy Division - Love Will Tear Us Apart
4. Sex Pistols - Anarchy In The UK
5. Clash - (White Man) In Hammersmith Palais
6. New Order - Blue Monday
7. Smiths - How Soon Is Now?
8. Nirvana - Smells Like Teen Spirit
9. Smiths - There Is A Light That Never Goes Out
10. This Mortal Coil - Song To The Siren
11. Robert Wyatt - Shipbuilding
12. Pulp - Common People
13. Capt Beefheart & His Magic Band - Big Eyed Beans From Venus
14. Dead Kennedy
15. Joy Division - New Dawn Fades
16. My Bloody Valentine - Soon
17. New Order - Ceremony
18. Only Ones - Another Girl - Another Planet
19. New Order - Temptation
20. Joy Division - She
21. Wedding Present - Brassneck
22. Smiths - This Charming Man
23. Sugarcubes - Birthday
24. Fall - How I Wrote
25. Wedding Present - My Favourite Dress
26. Delgados - Pull The Wires From the Wall
27. My Bloody Valentine - You Made Me Realise
28. Joy Division - Transmission
29. Sex Pistols - Pretty Vacant
30. Pixies - Debaser
31. Belle & Sebastian - Lazy Line Painter Jane
32. New Order - True Faith
33. Clash - Complete Control
34. Fall - Totally Wired
35. Jam - Going Underground
36. Stereolab - French Disko
37. Jimi Hendrix Experience - All Along The Watchtower
38. Fall - The Classical
39. Damned - New Rose
40. Tim Buckley - Song To The Siren
41. Beach Boys - God Only Knows
42. Velvet Underground - Heroin
43. Nick Drake - Northern Sky
44. Bob Dylan - Visions Of Johanna
45. Beatles - I Am The Walrus
46. Beach Boys - Good Vibrations
47. Sundays - Can
48. Culture - Lion Rock
49. P J Harvey - Sheela-na-gig
50. Pavement - Here