26 May 1975

Show

 * Name
 * Top Gear


 * Station
 * BBC Radio One


 * YYYY-MM-DD
 * 1975-05-26


 * Comments
 * Heavy on the pause button recording with very limited Peel links, the available recording features largely classic singles and none of the session listed in Ken Garner's The Peel Sessions
 * The day of the show was Whit Monday, a bank/public holiday in the UK, explaining the unusual lineup of the show.

Sessions

 * Ace #2 Repeat. First broadcast 31 March 1975. Recorded 1975-03-25. Released on Five-a-Side: Deluxe Edition (CD, Cherry Red, 2011)

Tracklisting

 * Who: 5.15 (single) Track
 * Beach Boys: Darling (single) Capitol
 * Rolling Stones: Brown Sugar (single) Rolling Stones
 * (JP: “There’s a bunch of fun-loving sports, eh?”)


 * Pink Floyd: It Would Be So Nice (single) Columbia
 * (JP: “Rather a horrid pressing.”)


 * Bad Company: Can’t Get Enough (single) Swan Song
 * (JP: “Jolly good chaps.”)


 * David Bowie: Starman (single) RCA
 * (JP: "The reason I play that is because a couple of days ago I heard it driving home meself.”)


 * Journey: Of A Lifetime (LP - Journey) CBS
 * Free: Little Bit Of Love (single) Island
 * Bonzo Dog Band: The Into And The Outro (single) United Artists
 * Family: My Friend The Sun (single) Reprise
 * Thin Lizzy: Whisky In The Jar (single) Decca
 * Faces: Pool Hall Richard (single)

File

 * Name
 * John Peel 1975.05.26 Whit Monday singles


 * Length
 * 45.38


 * Other
 * Many thanks to Jim!


 * Available
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