Pakistani Soul Session

The Pakistani Soul Session were a group of touring Pakistani musicians (some the crème de la crème of Pakistan’s classical music scene, featuring amongst others Ustad Nathu Khan and Salamat Hussain) who came together in London’s PYE studios in the late 60's, encouraged by Chris Blackwell of Island records and have a go at recording an album of traditional Pakistani ‘soul’ music albeit in a slightly more psychedelic and westernised format. Vic Singh’s psychedelic, liquid light show inspired design on the cover also features a dove prominently, an important motif in the approaching summer of love. The group's only sole album were released in 1967.

Links to Peel
Peel had a copy of the album in his Record Collection: P, which he unusually wrote John R Ravenscroft on the LP, instead of his nom de guerre, John Peel. This could provide evidence that he obtained the album before he worked for Radio London or BBC Radio One, when he became known as John Peel in 1967. However, the album was released in the year when he came back from America to the UK, which was January 1967, so it's unlikely that he obtained it, whilst living there.

The style of music from the Pakistani Soul Session would have been the type that Peel would have played on Night Ride, rather than on Radio London or Top Gear. As with many 60's shows, there are not many tracklistings on the Peel wiki site, which suggest whether he played any tracks from their album or not on his shows.

Shows Played

 * None, according to available playlists.