1967

Peelenium
03 November 1999

Playlist

Part 1

Country Joe & The Fish: Pats Song

The Beatles: I Am The Walrus

The Who: I Can See For Miles

The Rolling Stones: She's A Rainbow

Part 2

Blue Cheer: Summertime Blues

Purple Gang: Granny Takes a Trip

Captain Beefheart: Sure Nuff 'N Yes I Do

Love: The Castle

Pink Floyd: Arnold Lane

James Carr: The Dark End Of the Street

Events


 * 8 March: John Peel joins Radio London.


 * The Beatles release 'Sergeant Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band'. The album is previewed on Radio London on 12 May 1967; Peel is one of the presenters. He is so impressed that it becomes a regular feature of his late-night show, now renamed The Perfumed Garden.


 * Emergence of the London Underground scene: UFO club, International Times, Oz. Its commercialisation: The Festival of the Flower Children takes place at Woburn Abbey.


 * Debut of Jimi Hendrix Experience.

Festive 50
n/a

Notable shows
Final Perfumed Garden
 * 14 August 1967

First Top Gear
 * 01 October 1967

Shows available online

 * 12 July 1967* / 16 July 1967 / 18 July 1967
 * 06 August 1967 / 07 August 1967* / 11 August 1967 / 14 August 1967*
 * 01 October 1967*
 * 31 December 1967*

(*) Available online from sources other than (John Peel Torrent Compilation 8 of 17 (1967-1993)