11 July 1970

Show

 * Name
 * Top Gear


 * Station
 * BBC Radio One


 * YYYY-MM-DD
 * 1970-11-07


 * Comments
 * (Duff Paddy) It's John Walters' birthday and Peel says that this Top Gear is "the nicest we've had for as long as I can remember". Sessions this week come from Son House, Kevin Ayers and East of Eden.


 * JP seems both astonished and delighted to have Son House on the programme. And I remember him saying a few years back that Jack White was pretty well incredulous when he told him Son had recorded a Peel session. But Jack's reaction is not that surprising; after all, how many contemporary British DJs in the 00s would have been able to say that they'd had one of the legendary delta bluesmen on their show? I reckon John P, who was developing a good friendship with Jack, was pretty proud to have been able to tell him that.

Sessions

 * Son House
 * Kevin Ayers
 * East of Eden

Tracklisting
(Courtesy Duff Paddy)

Top Gear Theme News [News Edit] Top Gear Theme
 * Doug Kershaw - Mama Rita in Hollywood
 * Kevin Ayers - Derby Day (session)
 * East of Eden - Nymphenburger (session)
 * Steeleye Span - The Blackleg Miner
 * Traffic - Stranger to Himself
 * Fotheringay - Nothing More
 * Poco - Hurry Up
 * Son House - My Good Gal (session)
 * John Simon - Davey's On The Road Again
 * Kevin Ayers - The Interview (session)
 * Kevin Ayers - We Did It Again (session)
 * Jellybread - Rockin' Pneumonia & The Boogie Woogie Flu
 * East of Eden - Sphynx (session)
 * Son House - Spoken Word 1 (session)
 * Son House - Death Letter (session)
 * Son House - Spoken Word 2 (session)
 * Son House - Don't You Mind People Grinnin' In Your Face (session)
 * East of Eden - Jig-a-Jig (session)
 * Ronnie Lane - Evolution (Stone)
 * Fairport Convention - Doctor of Physics
 * Kevin Ayers - Lunatic's Lament (session)
 * Matthew's Southern Comfort - Something In The Way She Moves

File

 * Name
 * (torrent) JOHN PEEL'S TOP GEAR - 8 SHOWS FROM 1969 & 1970
 * Length
 * 01.58.09


 * 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