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03 March 1968

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Show[]

Name
Station
YYYY-MM-DD
  • 1968-03-03
Comments
  • First Edition were a band fronted by future country superstar Kenny Rogers, although at this early stage of their career they were playing in psychedelic style. If Peel liked their single "Just Dropped In" enough to play it on this show, he was less taken by the band's album, dismissing it in his International Times column in a two-word review ("pretty bad").
  • The session by Peter Anders and Vini Poncia, was, apart from a play of their current single, their only appearance in a Peel playlist. Like Penny Nichols, they visited Britain as part of a package of artists associated with the Kama Sutra and Buddah record labels, including Captain Beefheart and his Magic Band. Peel or his producer Bernie Andrews were no doubt happy to book them for the show because of the Beefheart connection.

Sessions[]

  • Traffic #3 recorded 26th February 1968. No known commercial release.
  • Fairport Convention #2 recorded 6th February 1968. Available on 4-CD set Live At The BBC (Island Remasters)
  • Grapefruit only session (backed by Bill Shepherd Orchestra) recorded 15th January 1968 repeat, first broadcast 21 January 1968. Available on Around The BBC CD, 2007 (RPM retrodisc ‎– Retro 817).
  • Move #2 recorded 22nd January 1968, repeat, first broadcast 28 January 1968. "Fire Brigade", "Weekend", "It'll Be Me" available on The BBC Sessions (Band of Joy, 1995), and "Fire Brigade", "Weekend", "It'll Be Me" and "Walk On The Water" available on "Move" (Deluxe Edition, Esoteric Recordings, 2016) ("Useless Information" also listed on the latter release, but not noted as a session track in Ken's Books, and the band do not appear at all on the BBC's Keeping It Peel minisite)
  • Peter Anders & Vini Poncia only session recorded 24th January 1968. No known commercial release.

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