06 July 1969

Show

 * Name
 * Top Gear


 * Station
 * BBC Radio One


 * YYYY-MM-DD
 * 1969-07-06


 * Comments


 * Just like the previous week (above), Peel arrives for Top Gear the day after attending an outdoor show, this time the Stones' famous Hyde Park concert. In session tonight: Jon Hiseman's Colosseum, The Pretty Things, Ustad Imrat Khan and the John Dummer Blues Band.


 * The John Dummer Blues Band session is a repeat of the one broadcast on the 18 May 1969 show, but this time there's an extra track, A Few Short Lines. And I know next to nothing about Indian classical music, but this Imrat Khan session sounds like an absolute stormer to me. Highly recommended.


 * What else do I have to tell you? Oh yes, it's clear that the Peel/Walters relationship is developing nicely here, as there's several quips from John P about his new mate. And Peel bemoans the fact that David Bowie's new single is obviously not bound for the charts. Something called Space Oddity, apparently; whatever happened to that?


 * There appear to be a few speed issues here again; it seems a little slow at times. Also, it sounds like Peelie has trouble cueing up some of the recordings, as they often start too slowly.

Sessions

 * John Hiseman's Coliseum
 * Imrat Khan
 * John Dummer's Blues Band
 * The Pretty Things

Tracklisting
(Courtesy Duff Paddy)

[News edit] Top Gear Theme (snippet)
 * Fairport Convention - Si Tu Dois Partir
 * Third Ear Band - Druid One
 * Colosseum - Elegy (session)
 * The Pretty Things - No More Spring (session)
 * Crosby, Stills & Nash - Pre-Road Downs
 * Imrat Khan (tabla: Mahapurush Misra) - Alap N'gat from Rag Kalabati (session)
 * Colosseum - Grass is Greener (session)
 * John Dummer Blues Band - A Few Short Lines (session)
 * The Pretty Things - Alexander (session)
 * David Bowie - Space Oddity
 * Steamhammer - Even The Clock
 * Colosseum - Jon Hiseman's Condensed History of Mankind (session)
 * Dave Kelly (John Dummer Blues Band) - Hard Times (session)
 * McKenna Mendelsohn Mainline - Better Watch Out
 * Imrat Khan - Rag Tori (session)
 * Mothers of Invention - Mr. Green Genes
 * The Pretty Things - Marilyn (session)
 * Blossom Toes - Kiss of Confusion
 * Colosseum - February's Valentine (session)
 * Edgar Broughton Band - Love in The Rain
 * John Dummer Blues Band - Jungle Blues (session)
 * Johnny Winter - I'm Yours And I'm Hers
 * The Pretty Things - Send You With Loving (session)

File

 * Name
 * (torrent) JOHN PEEL'S TOP GEAR - 8 SHOWS FROM 1969 & 1970
 * Length
 * 02.02.00


 * Other
 * (Duff Paddy) This torrent is a re-upload of the 8 classic Top Gear shows that appeared on my Peel blog Kat's Karavan and have now expired onMost of them are full (or nearly full) shows, encoded as 320K MP3s from 7-inch reel-to-reel tapes.
 * Many thanks to hills1902 for supplying the tapes, to John for ripping and encoding them and to Phil for originally hosting the MP3s on his server.


 * Available
 * Part of the JOHN PEEL'S TOP GEAR - 8 SHOWS FROM 1969 & 1970 torrent