01 May 1968

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A typically busy Night Ride, with records, sessions, poetry and chat squeezed into 56 minutes. Guests are Edinburgh poet Alan Jackson and (in response to a listener's request) the influential guitarist and singer Dav(e)y Graham.
Davey Graham plays three tracks which appeared on the forthcoming album he talks about with Peel, as well as "Rock Me", which he'd performed in a scene in Joseph Losey's 1963 film The Servant. [1]
JP also mentions being impressed by an extended raga-style piece by Graham he'd heard on a tape, and says he hopes it will appear on the album. It was "Blue Raga", included on Graham's Large As Life and Twice As Natural,[2] released later in 1968, although a longer version lasting around 12 minutes, according to JP. Peel's not known to have played anything from the LP on his shows, and he didn't manage to have Graham back on the show to play it live, as he'd hoped.
JP mentions an upcoming gig in Loughborough he'll be hosting, featuring Davey Graham, the Liverpool poets and Tyrannosaurus Rex.
Peel regrets having to fade Donovan's "Epistle to Derroll" due to shortage of time and is disappointed that his guests don't share his enthusiasm for the singer, at the time one of his favourite artists. Davey Graham says he likes Donovan as a person but "he sings a little like an old man, to my ear"

(Please add details of any commercial release of these sessions)

(Tracklisting courtesy Duff Paddy)

The Misunderstood: Who Do You Love? (single - b-side of I Can Take You To The Sun) Fontana TF 777

(Peel chat; he mentions Susan Hale, who dealt with the mail sent to Peel and compiled the "list" which began during the era of the Perfumed Garden)

(Peel chats with Davey Graham, who says he's planning to record a new album soon and talks about the different styles of music he plays)

The Reverend A Johnson: God Don't Like It (from limited issue EP - originally issued on shellac[3] in 1953)
Alan Jackson: Out Here Now (poem)
Davey Graham: Tristano (session)

(Peel chat)

The United States of America: The Cloud Song (LP: The United States of America) US Columbia 33SX 63340
Unknown Japanese Folk Artist: The Priest Who Committed Suicide (BBC Archives)

(Peel chat)

(Peel chats with Davey Graham)

Li'l Son Jackson: Roberta Blues (LP: Blues Come to Texas) Arhoolie 1004 (US release) (JP "It's been one of my favourite things for a long time)"

(Peel chats with Alan Jackson)

(Peel gives Susan Hale's address and chats with Alan Jackson about his published works)

Donovan: Epistle To Derroll (LP: A Gift From a Flower to a Garden) Pye NPL 20000
Davey Graham: Good Morning Blues (session) (dedicated by JP to John Ross Barnard[4])

(Peel wraps up)