06 June 1970

Show

Name

• Top Gear

Station

• BBC Radio One

YYYY-MM-DD

• 1970-06-06

Comments

• Tracklisting below is from Volume 1 of the Decktician Logs. Many thanks to Decktician, Ken Garner for copying and additional information, and Rocker for acting as central HQ.
• Playlist includes Elvis Presley's version of "That's All Right Mama", followed by a session version by the song's originator, Arthur "Big Boy" Crudup. There is a track from a Small Faces LP as well as a session by the Faces, and a track by the Incredible String Band in addition to a session by Dr. Strangely Strange, who were influenced and "helped" (according to the publicity for their first LP) by the ISB..
• Two tracks from an LP by Quatermass, which wasn't a success, but the band may have interested Peel because it included John Gustafson, formerly of the DJ's Merseybeat favourites the Big Three.
• A track by Alice Cooper, when he was still a fairly obscure artist recording for Frank Zappa's Straight label.
• Audio of most of the show became available in June 2020. Sound is very good (for AM)

Sessions

• Dr Strangely Strange, one and only, recorded 1970-05-26. No known commercial release.
• Faces #1 (repeat), first broadcast 28 March 1970, recorded 1970-03-09. No known commercial release.
• Arthur Big Boy Crudup, one and only (repeat), first broadcast 14 February 1970, recorded 1970-02-09. No known commercial release.

Tracklisting

• File 1 starts during the first track of the show
• Joe Cocker: The Letter (7") Regal Zonophone RZ 3027
• Eric Clapton & King Curtis: Teasin' (7") Atlantic 2091012
• Faces: Shake Shudder Shiver (session)
• Dr Strangely Strange: Jove Was At Home (session)
• Matthews' Southern Comfort: Ballad Of Obray Ramsey (7") Uni UN 521
• Arthur Big Boy Crudup: Sunny Road (session)
• Quatermass: Entropy (LP - Quatermass) Harvest SHVL 775
• Quatermass: Black Sheep Of The Family (LP - Quatermass) Harvest SHVL 775
• John Sebastian: How Have You Been (LP - John B. Sebastian) Reprise RSLP 6379
• Grateful Dead: Casey Jones (LP - Workingman's Dead) Warner Bros WS 1869
• Persuasions: Drip Drop (LP - A Cappella) Straight/Bizarre STS 1062
• Faces: Wicked Messenger (session)
• Edgar Broughton Band: The Moth (LP - Sing Brother Sing) Harvest SHVL 772
• Elvis Presley: That's All Right (LP - Rock 'n' Roll) HMV CLP 1093
• Arthur Big Boy Crudup: That's All Right (session)
• Arthur Big Boy Crudup: Rock Me Mama (session)
• Dr Strangely Strange: Ashling (session)
• Small Faces: You Need Loving (LP - Small Faces) Decca LK 4790
• Ed Sanders: Jimmy Joe, The Hippybilly Boy (LP - Sanders' Truckstop) Reprise 6374 (US release)
• Incredible String Band: Black Jack Davy (LP - I Looked Up) Elektra 2469 002
• Faces: Devotion (session)
• Arthur Big Boy Crudup: All I've Got Is Gone (session)
• Goose Creek Symphony: Charlie's Tune (LP - Goose Creek Symphony) Capitol ST 444 (US release)
• Flying Burrito Brothers: Farther Along (LP - Burrito Deluxe) A&M AMLS 983
• Dr Strangely Strange: Mary Malone of Moscow (session)
• Faces: Pineapple And The Monkey (session)
• Poco: Hurry Up (LP - Poco) Epic BN 26522 (US release)
• Arthur Big Boy Crudup: Nobody Wants You When You're Old And Grey (session)
• Alice Cooper: Mr And Misdemeanor (LP - Easy Action) Straight STS 1061
• Steve Cropper: Funky Broadway (7") Stax STAX 147
• end of show
• File 1 ends

File

Name

• J P Top Gear 06 June 1970 almost complete.mp3

Length

• 1:54:41

Other

• Many thanks to Tim for digitisation and upload

Available

• Mooo

Footnotes