07 April 1968

Show

 * Name
 * Top Gear


 * Station
 * BBC Radio One


 * YYYY-MM-DD
 * 1968-04-07


 * Comments
 * (Introduction to show, mood of Peel, interesting comments, etc. If possible, please add mentions of gigs attended, football matches, TV appearances, stories of past/current activities, etc, for use elsewhere on John Peel Wiki.)

Sessions
(Please add details of any commercial release of these sessions)
 * Alan Bown #6, recorded 20th March 1968. No known comercial release.
 * Tim Buckley #1, recorded 1st April 1968. Whole session was officially released on Strange Fruit in the early 1990s (SFPCD082). An off-air recording with Peel comments of 4 tracks appeared on a rare 1980s bootleg LP "Happy Mad". Two other tracks from this session were not broadcast until the repeat show on 19 May 1968
 * Ten Years After #2, recorded 13 March 1968. No known commercial release.
 * Traffic #3, recorded 26th February 1968, repeat, first broadcast 3 March 1968. No known commercial release.
 * Idle Race #2, recorded 19 February 1968. No known commercial release.

Tracklisting

 * Alan Bown: Mutiny (session)
 * Alan Bown: Story Book (session)
 * Alan Bown: All Along The Watch Tower (session)
 * Alan Bown: Penny For Your Thoughts (session)
 * Tim Buckley: I'm Coming Home To Stay (session)
 * Tim Buckley: Morning Glory (session)
 * Tim Buckley: Sing A Song For You (session)
 * Tim Buckley: The Troubador (session)
 * Ten Years After: Rock Your Mama (session)
 * Ten Years After: Portable People (session)
 * Ten Years After: I Ain't Seen No Whiskey (session)
 * Traffic: Dear Mr Fantasy (session)
 * Idle Race: The Lady Who Would Fly (session)
 * Idle Race: The Skeleton And The Roundabout (session)
 * Idle Race: Tell Me The Time (session)
 * Idle Race: Don't Put Your Boys In The Army Mrs Ward (session)

File

 * Name
 * 1968-04-07 Tim Buckley Top Gear Session #1 am recording
 * Length
 * 14:26


 * Other
 * Many thanks to Nick Halliwell for providing the Tim Buckley source bootleg
 * Please address all re-up requests to Peel Mailing List.


 * Available
 * www.peel.mooo.com/peelgroup/RobF/Top Gear 1968/1968-04-07 Tim Buckley Top Gear Session #1 am recording.mp3