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05 June 1973

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Show[]

Name
Station
YYYY-MM-DD
  • 1973-06-05
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.
  • Many thanks to Jim for a short recording of the beginning of the show and the Tangerine Dream track, "recorded on a Grundig TK141 via microphone off MW broadcast on our radiogram."
  • (Announcer: 'Radio 1 on 247 metres and VHF with Sounds Of The Seventies. Tonight, Top Gear with John Peel.')
  • (JP: 'And tonight, I'm sitting in the studio which, since the changeovers on Radio 1, is the studio used by Timmy Bannockburn and by David Hamilton, and that really brings you into touch with the eternal verities, I think. On the programme, we have Faust, the Chieftains, and Colin Blunstone, and as always, one or two fairly intriguing records.')
  • In a short shared section of the show immediately after the first Colin Blunstone session track, Peel discusses Robert Wyatt's recent accident (which took place on 1973-06-01) and appeals for cards or letters of support from listeners.
  • A track by Louisiana singer Bobby Charles, from an album on Albert Grossman's Bearsville label. Charles had written a few hits in the 1950s and 1960s, including "See You Later Alligator". In the early 1970s he was rediscovered and became fashionable as one of Groosman's stable of artists, which included the Band. He performed alongside them at their 1976 farewell concert, The Last Waltz.

Sessions[]

  • Faust #1 First broadcast. Recorded in own studio in Germany. Recording date unknown.
    • Released on several Faust re-issues. Notably Faust IV and The BBC Sessions
      Note that the track titles on these official releases differ.
      Foam Rubber = Do So.
      Just A Second = The Lurcher
      Ask The Cleaning Woman = Krautrock
      The official releases erroneously claim the broadcast date as 1973-03-01 but that is shown to be untrue by the BBC archives
      Perhaps this was the actual recording date in Germany. Ken Garner's book includes a note that the band arrived in London to record at Langham 1 on 1973-05-22 but the studio "didn't have enough plugs for their synthesisers" so a tape recorded earlier in Germany was used instead
  • Chieftains #3 Repeat. First broadcast 20 March 1973. Recorded 1973-03-10.
    • ’First play for ‘Lord Mayo’.
    • No known commercial release.
  • Colin Blunstone #2 Repeat. First broadcast 27 March 1973. Recorded 1973-03-06.
    • No known commercial release.

Tracklisting[]

File[]

Name
  • Top Gear 1973.06.05 Tang Dream
  • You Tube (no file)
Length
  • 9:43
  • 1.06
Other
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