12 September 1974

Show

 * Name
 * Top Gear


 * Station
 * BBC Radio One


 * YYYY-MM-DD
 * 1974-09-12


 * Comments
 * A heavy on the pause button recording of this show, which nevertheless manages to capture two complete sessions (the String Driven Thing set is noticeable by its absence) and a potentially racist, out of character Peel comment.

Sessions

 * Back Door, #5. Recorded 1974-09-05. Available on The Human Bed: The Complete BBC Sessions (Hux).
 * Barclay James Harvest, #5 (rpt). Recorded 1974-08-01. No known commercial release.
 * String Driven Thing, #4 (rpt). Recorded 1974-08-08. No known commercial release.

Tracklisting
Part 1
 * Back Door: 'Slivadiv' (Peel Session)
 * Barclay James Harvest: 'Paper Wings' (Peel Session)
 * (JP: 'And that got a 9.6 from our judges here in the studio despite an 8.8 from the Swedish judge....always good value for money, the band, too.')


 * Barclay James Harvest: 'Mining Disaster' (Peel Session)
 * Back Door: 'The Spoiler' (Peel Session)
 * (JP: '...and the same gang of people taking us up to the news with a traditional dance tune.')


 * Back Door: 'The Dashing White Sergeant' (Peel Session)
 * (JP: 'That's The Dashing Non-Immigrant NCO from Back Door.')


 * Mahogany Rush: 'Changing (LP-Child Of The Novelty)' (20th Century)
 * (JP: 'Interesting to hear what you think of that track actually. I've said that before and nobody seems to think very much about it, which I suppose is a comment in itself.')


 * Barclay James Harvest: 'Crazy City' (Peel Session)

Part 2


 * Back Door: 'TB' (Peel Session)
 * Barclay James Harvest: 'For No-One' (Peel Session)
 * Back Door: 'Blakey Jones' (Peel Session)

File

 * Name
 * John Peel 1974.09.12 Back Door-BJH Parts 1&2
 * Length
 * 00:29:59, 00:12:59


 * Other
 * Many thanks to Jim.


 * Available
 * Part 1, Part 2