Show[]
- Name
- Station
- YYYY-MM-DD
- 1968-05-05
- Comments
- (Introduction to show, mood of Peel, interesting comments, etc. If possible, please add mentions of gigs attended, football matches, TV appearances, stories of past/current activities, etc, for use elsewhere on John Peel Wiki.)
- Some short Peel links, one of which, in the intro to "I Found The Answer", is faked by the Bonzos; probably by Viv Stanshall, who imitates JP's 1968 voice and mannerisms - "it was very nice" - very well.
- The original longer file had three Bonzo tracks from another source
Sessions[]
- Bonzo Dog Doo Dah Band #3, recorded 29th April 1968. 'Do The Trouser Press', 'Canyons Of Your Mind' and 'I'm the Urban Spaceman' available on The Complete BBC Recordings (Strange Fruit, CD, 2002). 'I've Found the Answer' and 'John Peel March' available on Radio Bonzo: The Lost Broadcasts) (Vogon, 2019)
- Barclay James Harvest #1, recorded 23rd April 1968.
- Tyrannosaurus Rex #3 recorded 11th March 1968, repeat, first broadcast: 24 March 1968. Available on Marc Bolan at the BBC
- Spooky Tooth #1 recorded 21st February 1968, repeat, first broadcast 17 March 1968. Too Much Of Nothing available on The Island Years (An Anthology) 1967-1974 9xCD, 2015 (Island Records 0602547053114) and On BBC Sessions CD, 2001. Sunshine Help me also available on BBC Sessions CD, 2001
- Blossom Toes #2, recorded 25th March 1968, repeat, first broadcast 31 March 1968. No known commercial release.
(Please add details of any commercial release of these sessions)
Tracklisting[]
- Byrds: You Ain't Going Nowhere (7") CBS 3411
- Barclay James Harvest: Mr. Sunshine (session)
- Association: Time For Livin' (7") Warner Bros. WB 7195
- Spooky Tooth: It Hurts You So (session)
- Everly Brothers: Poor Jenny (album - The Fabulous Style Of The Everly Brothers) London HA-A 2266
- Blossom Toes: I'll Be Your Baby Tonight (session)
- Eddie Boyd with Peter Green's Fleetwood Mac: The Big Boat (7") Blue Horizon 57-3137
- Bonzo Dog Doo Dah Band: Do The Trouser Press Baby (session)
- Moon: Someday Girl (7") Liberty LBF 15076
- Tyrannosaurus Rex: Strange Orchestra (session)
- Barclay James Harvest: Early Morning (session)
- Spooky Tooth: Sunshine Help Me (session)
- Simon And Garfunkel: America (album - Bookends) Columbia KCS 9529
- Bonzo Dog Doo Dah Band: Canyons Of Your Mind (session) 1
- Gordon Lightfoot: Black Day In July (7") United Artists UP 2216
- Blossom Toes: Looking Up; I'm Looking Back (session)
- Tyrannosaurus Rex: Debora (session)
- Albert King: (I Love) Lucy (7") Stax 45-252 (incl outro) 2
- Barclay James Harvest: So Tomorrow (session)
- Bonzo Dog Doo Dah Band: I've Found The Answer (session) 1
- Moby Grape: Can't Be So Bad (album - Wow) Columbia CS 9613
- Spooky Tooth: Tobacco Road (session)
- Blossom Toes: Love Is (session)
- Tom Rush: Something In The Way She Moves (7") Elektra EKSN 45032
- Tyrannosaurus Rex: Afghan Woman (session)
- Fever Tree: Day Tripper / We Can Work It Out (album - Fever Tree) UNI 73024 3
- Barclay James Harvest: I Can't Go On Without You (session)
- Bonzo Dog Doo Dah Band: I'm The Urban Spaceman (session)
- Aretha Franklin: Think (7") Atlantic 584186
- Spooky Tooth: Too Much Of Nothing (session)
- Pentangle: Travellin' Song (7") Big T BIG 109
- Blossom Toes: Collects Little Girls (session) that's what the PasB says - and mentions an additional (unreadable) in the notes at the start. That combined with the mysterious lyrics of the song not played here (The Saga Of The Frozen Dog) may point to commentary on JP
- Tyrannosaurus Rex: Mustang (session)
- Jefferson Airplane: Watch Her Ride (album - After Bathing At Baxter's) RCA Victor RD 7926
File[]
- Name
- 1) 1968-05-05 Bonzo Top Gear 5.5.68 (2 tracks).mp3
- 2) 1968-02-xx February 1968 unknown blues artist possibly Albert King Top Gear 2.68.mp3
- 3) 1968-05-05 Fever Tree daytripper LP track with Peel intro.mp3
- Length
- 1) 4:46
- 2) 7:36 (2:44-5:23)
- 3) 3:29
- Other
- Many thanks to Colin Harper.
- 2) February 1968
- 3) different play to 26 May 1968
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- Available