10 July 1973

Show

 * Name
 * Top Gear


 * Station
 * BBC Radio One


 * YYYY-MM-DD
 * 1973-07-10


 * Comments
 * Tracklisting below is from Volume 3 of the Decktician Logs. Many thanks to Decktician, Ken Garner for copying and additional information, and Rocker for acting as central HQ.
 * Third consecutive show that leads with a single later found in John Peel's Record Box.
 * Session guests Bongos (Ikwue) & The Groovies were an eight-piece African group. Their debut follows that of Oseni a week earlier, on 03 July 1973, with Fela Kuti to come later in the month, on 24 July 1973.

Sessions

 * Bongos & The Groovies #1 First broadcast of only session. Recording date unknown.
 * No known commercial release.
 * Bob Pegg & Nick Strut #1 First broadcast of only session. Recording date unknown.
 * No known commercial release.
 * Henry Cow #4 Repeat. First broadcast 08 May 1973. Recorded 1974-04-24.
 * Released as John Peel Session (24th April 1973) (digital EP, EMI, 2010).

Tracklisting

 * Paul Revere & The Raiders: Him Or Me (single) Columbia
 * Beautiful Zion Missionary Baptist Church Choir: Make Room For Jesus (single – I'll Make It All Right b-side) Myrrh
 * Henry Cow: Bee (session)
 * Art Neville: Cha-Dooky-Doo (single) Speciality
 * Bongos & The Groovies: Ella (session)
 * Bob Pegg & Nick Strut: Kirkstall Forge (session)
 * Mott The Hoople: Whizz Kid (LP – Mott) CBS
 * Love: Alone Again Or (single) Elektra
 * Bongos & The Groovies: First Day Of October (session)
 * Bob Pegg & Nick Strut: Baroque’s Off (session)
 * Howard Tate: I Learned It All The Hard Way (single, 1967) Verve
 * Henry Cow: Nine Funerals Of The Citizen King (session)
 * Deke Leonard: I Just Can’t Win (LP – Iceberg) United Artists
 * Bongos & The Groovies: Lagos (session)
 * Small Faces: All Or Nothing (single, 1966) Decca
 * Sly & The Family Stone: Thankful ‘N’ Thoughtful (single – If You Want Me b-side) Epic
 * Bob Pegg & Nick Strut: The Wild Man Of The Hill (session)
 * Bongos & The Groovies: The Station (session)
 * Jimi Hendrix: Roomful Of Mirrors (LP - ) unknown
 * Eire Apparent: Yes I Need Someone (LP – Sunrise) Buddha
 * Henry Cow: Guider Tells Of Silent Airborne Machines (session)
 * Blue: Someone (LP – Blue) RSO
 * Bob Pegg & Nick Strut: The Headrow Song (session)
 * Bongos & The Groovies: Eche Une (session)
 * Meters: You’ve Got To Change (You’ve Got To Reform) (LP – Cabbage Alley) Reprise

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