14 August 1967 (Transcript)

Disc 1:

JP: ''The Beatles there, and good evening. Five and a half hours of Perfumed Garden tonight. I’m sorry I wasn’t here last night. Various confusions reigned and I couldn’t be here. Anyway, I traveled back on the train to Ipswich last night and I promised the people on the train that I would play a record for them. So, this is for Tony and for Georgina Whitney. And I read somewhere in one of the music papers that this is one of my theme songs. So, the least I can do is play it. It’s by the Attack. And it’s also part of that (???) advert that people keep asked me…'' JP: ''That was The Attack, and you “can’t wonder, can’t have loved any more than I do,” which was the b-side of their version of Hi Ho Silver Lining, in case you are still wondering about it. And during the next five and a half hours, or actually five hours and 20 minutes it is now, we are going to play all the records that have made us happy in the Perfumed Garden and all the records we have enjoyed. Which, you know, is a lot of records, and we need five hours and 20 minutes to do it. And I hope you can stay until 5.30 because it’s a long night, you know, but we got an awful lot to do, an awful lot of very beautiful things to hear, and an awful lot of beautiful people to get to know a little bit better. Here’s Donovan, who actually was the winner, I suppose, if there was a winner, in our thing for who is going to be the next Poet Laureate, with Roger McGough second, and John Lennon third. And really there were no winners and no losers. Perhaps we should all collectively be Poet Laureate, if you have to have such an office. Anyway, here’s Guinevere.'' JP: ''That’s Donovan, and that’s called Guinevere, which is perhaps my favourite Donovan thing of all time. I had an awful lot of letters again yesterday, or at least the Perfumed Garden did, for which many thanks. Something like somewhere around 350, which you know is just amazing, and people are so kind and generous and thoughtful. And the main question they asked was: What now for the Perfumed Garden? Well, obviously, you know it’s difficult to say. This phase of it is obviously over, but really I hope that in some way it is just a start. Because I may sort of fade away and, you know, disappear, but that is not particularly important. The important thing is that if anybody, anywhere, has gained anything from it and learned that they should try and understand the people that live next door to them or people who live down the street and love them, then that’s good. And if just one person practices that, you know, for the rest of their lives as a result of some of the things that have been said by myself and other people in the Perfumed Garden, then we will have worked a miracle between us. And I think in some ways we have actually. So who can tell what is going to happen from now on? I have no job to go to, as far as a job goes. I am not unduly concerned about it, though, actually, because something good is going to happen, and good things are happening, and a lot of people are realizing, you know, what is going on. More people are coming over to our side, so to speak, if there is a side to be taken. Actually, it’s a sort of non-side really, if you understand what I mean. Anyway, a lot of people who listen have derived a lot of pleasure from UFO, which was in Tottenham Court Road and now of course is at the Roundhouse. And if UFO had a signature tune, I suppose this would be it. And these are the Purple Gang.'' JP: ''The Purple Gang, and that featured John Hopkins, “Hoppy”. And that is another sad thing, because Hoppy is still in jail. And let’s hope that very soon something good happens there like happened to the Stones and he can get out and there won’t be any more problems. Anyway, let’s not talk of sad things, because really it is a beautiful occasion. Because from now on I will be on shore, you see, and it will give me an opportunity to meet many of the people I just know through the mails and through the letters and stuff like this that they have been sending and I have been sending back to them. So really, it is quite a beautiful thing. So between now and 5.30 let’s just play good music and be happy and maybe somebody, somewhere will feel the vibrations and become aware as well. Here is a record for the “White Rabbit,” who has had to put up with an awful lot in the past four or five months – The Jefferson Airplane.'' JP: ''That really is actually a magic record. It’s one of those things that you look at it on the turntable and I keep expecting it to drift away, to disappear, it’s so beautiful. There is so much to that, you must listen to that. And don’t forget the Jefferson Airplane are going to be here sometime this autumn, I understand. I am not exactly sure where they are going to be, but wherever it is that they go, you must go and see them, because they are one of the most important groups in the whole world. They have got some really important things to tell you, and me as well. Here’s another fellow that’s given me an awful lot of pleasure both as a person and as a musician over the past months. And this is my favourite track from his LP.'' JP: ''Unfortunately we didn’t get the tapes of John’s LP out here in time, but when it does come out it is going to be called Campaign -- Crusade! There you are. I know it was one or the other. When it does come out, buy it, because there’s a lot of very beautiful on there that I think you will enjoy – that I know you will enjoy as a matter of fact. That was from the LP “A Hard Road,” which is on Decca and that was called Dust My Blues. We have about three or four other versions of that actually between now and 5.30, so watch out for that too.'' JP: ''There you go. A fashionable phrase about a year ago when describing groups, at least in America, they used to say that a group produced a wall of sound. I don’t know exactly what a wall of sound is, but here’s a group that for years – well, for two or three years – produced not so much a wall of sound but a grassy, leafy bough of sounds. The Byrds, and this of course is Eight Miles High, which has to be perhaps their ultimate achievement, I don’t know.'' JP: ''Perhaps “a sound tapestry” would have been a better description. Sounds and guitars weaving in and out of one another – marvelous. Those were The Byrds, and that is Eight Miles High. I remember when I was a young lad, millions of years ago – it was during the war actually – and I used to go down and play on the marshes on the edge of the River Dee, across from the Welsh hills, you know – sounds like a cue for a song – and it used to be very hot sometimes, you know. We’d be playing around and every once in a while a little breeze would spring up, apparently from nowhere, and just cool you down and then just drift away again, you know. It would just spring up every once in a while and touch you and go away. And here’s a song that does basically the same thing. It’s by Tim Buckley, from an Elektra LP, and it’s called Song Slowly Song. And some parts of this are so soft that you will barely hear them and think that there’s something wrong with your radio, but there isn’t – never has been, actually.'' JP: ''That’s Tim Buckley, and that was called Song Slowly Sung, which is very beautiful indeed, I think you’ll agree. And you know, thanks actually to a lot of people, in fact many thousands, many thousands of people, you know, all the people who have written and become involved in the Perfumed Garden. One or two publications actually too who have been kind and, you know, taken an interest and been aware of what was going on – The International Times, of course, and Oz has been nice. They sent me out some things that were very interesting. And of course Peace News, they’ve been kind. And some of the music papers. And then again, some of the other music papers – The New Musical Express had precisely two lines about the closing of Radio London, saying that Andrew Oldham or someone would be distressed because Radio London was closing, which shows what an enormous impact we’ve made on them. Anyway, here’s a group who really had a voice that is for the ages and then sad things happened and they had to break up and went in several different directions. But in some ways they are going to get back to us, I know. I don’t know exactly how but they will. And I know Glenn Campbell, who was the lead guitarist in The Misunderstood, is going to be involved in something very beautiful which is coming up in the not too distant future, because I stand advised that Lorel(???) is coming, you see, which is something that you should pay particular attention to, I understand. Anyway, here are The Misunderstood and the one pearl that they did produce. And there are others on tape somewhere, which one of these days will be released somehow, if I have anything to do with it. And this is called I Can Take You To The Sun. And for about four minutes, they did. Listen!'' JP: ''The Misunderstood and I Can Take You To The Sun. And the lead guitar of Glenn Campbell, which I suppose of course was the highlight of the group, although they all did marvelous things. And it’s got to come back somehow, it simply can’t be ignored – searing with fiery intensity as he does and then turning around and bubbling like mountain pebble streams, very gently and very quietly. An amazing guitarist – he’ll be back, you watch. Here are the Pink Floyd, who have a lot of things to say and they are going to have a lot more in the future. This is from their LP, The Piper At The Gates Of Dawn, and this is Astronomy Domine, which is very difficult to say. I said it.'' LP: ''Marvelous. It’s going to be cloudy and dry tonight, with temperature falling to 10 degrees or 50 degrees, depending which way you like to count them. And today will be cloudy with rain in places, becoming heavier as the day progresses. Temperatures will be a cool 19 degrees Centigrade, 66 degrees Fahrenheit, and the winds will freshen. Outrageous! (???) rain at times, with sunny intervals. It’s supposed to be a very dodgy day at sea tomorrow, so just as well we’re coming off really. Here are Syn, and this the 14 Hour Technicolor Dream. Watch out for them, they’ve got a lot of good ideas.'' JP: ''OK, those are Syn, and that was the 14 Hour Technicolor Dream, which is going to be released as a single, I think, and I hope you’ll buy it. I was thinking how terribly condescending I must sound. I’m sitting here saying they have very good ideas – and one of their ideas would burst my brains out, frankly. I mean, you know, if I could created things like that I should be very jazzed altogether. Anyway, during these summer holidays, two American university students are operating a programme of community service jobs for teenage volunteers in the borough of Hackney. The volunteer work is largely odd jobs like gardening and house cleaning…''
 * 01 - The Beatles - Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band
 * 02 - The Beatles - With A Little Help From My Friends
 * 03 - The Attack - Any More Than I Do
 * 04 - Donovan - Guinevere
 * 05 - The Purple Gang - Granny Takes A Trip
 * 06 - Jefferson Airplane - White Rabbit
 * 07 - John Mayall & The Bluesbreakers - Dust My Blues
 * (hair product commercial)
 * 08 - The Byrds - Eight Miles High
 * 09 - Tim Buckley - Song Slowly Sung
 * 10 - The Misunderstood - I Can Take You To The Sun
 * 11 - Pink Floyd - Astronomy Domine
 * 12 - Canned Heat - Rollin' and Tumblin'
 * 13 - Tyrannosaurus Rex - Rings Of Fortune
 * 14 - Simon and Garfunkel - At The Zoo
 * 15 - Howlin' Wolf - Dust My Broom
 * 16 - The Syn - 14 Hour Technicolor Dream
 * 17 - The Velvet Underground - Venus in Furs
 * 18 - Jeff Beck - Rock My Plimsoul (abbrev.)
 * 19 - Big Brother and The Holding Company - All Is Loneliness

Disc 2:


 * 01 - Jeff Beck - Rock My Plimsoul
 * 02 - Bob Dylan - It Takes A Lot To Laugh, It Takes A Train To Cry
 * 03 - Jon - Is It Love
 * 04 - The Beatles - And Your Bird Can Sing
 * 05 - The Beatles - For No One
 * 06 - Country Joe And The Fish - Not So Sweet Martha Lorraine
 * 07 - Orange Bicycle - Hyacinth Threads
 * 08 - Marc Bolan - Hippy Gumbo
 * 09 - John Mayall & The Bluesbreakers - Double Trouble
 * 10 - Tim Hardin - Hang On To A Dream
 * 11 - The Electric Prunes - Wind-Up Toys
 * 12 - Donovan - Epistle To Dippy
 * 13 - Cream - Tales Of Brave Ulysses
 * 14 - Giant Sunflower - February Sunshine
 * 15 - Shadows Of Knight - Light Bulb Blues
 * 16 - Elmore James - Dust My Broom
 * 17 - The Rolling Stones - We Love You
 * 18 - Moby Grape - Changes
 * 19 - Geoffrey Prowse - The Perfumed Garden Blues
 * 20 - Adrian Henri and Andy Roberts - Tonight at Noon
 * 21 - Captain Beefheart And His Magic Band - Abba Zabba
 * 22 - The Jimi Hendrix Experience - The Burning Of The Midnight Lamp

Disc 3:


 * 01 - Roy Harper - Sophisticated Beggar
 * 02 - The Paul Butterfield Blues Band - Look Over Yonder's Wall
 * 03 - The Grateful Dead - Cold Rain And Snow
 * 04 - Love - The Castle
 * 05 - Marc Bolan - The Wizard
 * 06 - The Incredible String Band - The Mad Hatter's Song
 * 07 - Traffic - Smiling Phases
 * 08 - Jackson C. Frank - Milk And Honey
 * 09 - Tomorrow - My White Bicycle
 * 10 - The Misunderstood - You Don't Have To Go
 * 11 - Big Brother and The Holding Company - Call On Me
 * 12 - Orange Bicycle - Amy Peate
 * 13 - John Renbourn - Another Monday
 * 14 - Simon and Garfunkel - Fakin' It
 * 15 - The Who - Run Run Run
 * 16 - David Blue - The Street
 * 17 - The Beatles - Getting Better
 * 18 - The Beatles - Fixing A Hole
 * 19 - The Beatles - She's Leaving Home

Disc 4:


 * 01 - The Beatles - Lucy In The Sky With Diamonds
 * 02 - Judy Collins - Liverpool Lullaby
 * 03 - The Jimi Hendrix Experience - I Don't Live Today
 * 04 - Donovan - Sunny Goodge Street
 * 05 - Tyrannosaurus Rex - Misty Mist (Highways)
 * 06 - The Seeds - Mr. Farmer
 * 07 - Simon and Garfunkel - Sparrow
 * 08 - The Mothers Of Invention - Plastic People
 * 09 - The Mothers Of Invention - The Duke Of Prunes
 * 10 - The Mothers Of Invention - Amnesia Vivace
 * 11 - The Mothers Of Invention - The Duke Regains His Chops
 * 12 - The Mothers Of Invention - Call Any Vegetable
 * 13 - The Mothers Of Invention - Invocation And Ritual Dance Of The Young Pumpkin
 * 14 - The Mothers Of Invention - Soft-Sell Conclusion
 * 15 - Zodiac (Cosmic Sounds) - Aquarius The Lover Of Life
 * 16 - John's Children - Desdemona
 * 17 - The Blues Project - Flute Thing
 * 18 - John Peel - Reading From Winnie the Pooh (Part One)
 * 19 - Donovan - Sand And Foam
 * 20 - John Peel - Reading From Winnie the Pooh (Part Two)

Disc 5:


 * 01 - The Velvet Underground - Sunday Morning
 * 02 - John Mayall & The Bluesbreakers - Top Of The Hill
 * 03 - Pink Floyd - Matilda Mother
 * 04 - The Syn - Flower Man
 * 05 - Captain Beefheart And His Magic Band - Sure 'Nuff N' Yes I Do
 * 06 - Shawn Phillips - Coal Tattoo
 * 07 - Roger McGough - Mother, There's A Strange Man Waiting At The Door / Mother, The Wardrobe Is Full Of Infantrymen
 * 08 - John's Children - Sarah Crazy Child
 * 09 - The Beatles - The Word
 * 10 - Bob Dylan - On The Road Again
 * 11 - The Misunderstood - I Can Take You To The Sun
 * 12 - Donovan - Writer In The Sun
 * 13 - John Peel - Big Lil Plays And We Say Goodbye To The Perfumed Garden
 * 14 - The Rolling Stones - We Love You

Extras:
 * 15 - Big Lil
 * 16 - John Peel - How Food Gets On A Record