26 July 1973

Show

 * Name
 * Top Gear


 * Station
 * BBC Radio One


 * YYYY-MM-DD
 * 1973-07-26


 * Comments
 * Track listing 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.
 * Early influences of African music are apparent: after the debut of Fela Kuti's session in the previous show, JP plays a single from Ethiopia's Getachew Kassa.

Sessions

 * Sassafras, #1. Recorded 1973-07-23. No known commercial release.
 * Harvey Andrews & Graham Cooper, one and only session (rpt). Recorded 1973-05-21. No known commercial release.
 * Blue, #1 (rpt). Recorded 1973-06-18. No known commercial release.

Tracklisting

 * Queen: 'Great King Rat (LP-Queen)' (EMI)
 * Sassafras: 'Beans And Things' (Peel Session)
 * Love: 'The Red Telephone (LP-Forever Changes)' (Elektra)
 * Harvey Andrews & Graham Cooper: 'Down So Long It Looks Like Up' (Peel Session)
 * Soul Children: 'Don't Take My Sunshine (LP-Genesis)' (Stax)
 * Blue: 'I Wish I Could Fly' (Peel Session)
 * [John Fahey & His Orchestra: 'Horses (LP-After The Ball)' (Reprise)
 * Sassafras: 'The Goose That Lays The Golden Egg' (Peel Session)
 * Deke Leonard: 'Lisa (LP-Iceberg)' (United Artists)
 * Deke Leonard: 'Nothing Is Happening (LP-Iceberg)' (United Artists)
 * Harvey Andrews & Graham Cooper: 'The Mallard' (Peel Session)
 * Gene Vincent & The Bluecaps: 'Who Slapped John?' (LP-Bluejean Bop)' (Capitol)
 * Blue: 'Little Jodie' (Peel Session)
 * Who: 'We're Not Gonna Take It (2xLP-Tommy)' (MCA)
 * Van Morrison: 'Wild Children (LP-Hard Nose The Highway)' (Warner Bros.)
 * Sassafras: 'Busted Country Blues' (Peel Session)
 * Getachew Kassa: 'Tezeta (7")' (Amha)
 * Harvey Andrews & Graham Cooper: 'Headlines' (Peel Session)
 * Bronco: 'Turkey In The Straw (LP-Smoking Mixture)' (Polydor)
 * Blue: 'Someone' (Peel Session)
 * JSD Band: 'Young Waters (LP-Travelling Days)' (Cube)
 * Jimmy Reed: 'You Don't Have To Go (2xLP-Jimmy Reed At Carnegie Hall / The Best Of Jimmy Reed)' (Exodus)
 * Sassafras: 'Expecting Company' (Peel Session)
 * Ollie Nightingale: 'I'm In Love (LP-Sweet Surrender)' (Pride)
 * Harvey Andrews & Graham Cooper: 'Whisky Jack' (Peel Session)
 * Michael Johnson: 'There Is A Breeze (LP-There Is A Breeze)' (Atco)
 * Blue: 'Look Around' (Peel Session)
 * Alan Hull: 'I Hate To See You Cry (LP-Pipedream)' (Charisma)

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