07 April 1972

Show

Name

• John Peel Show

Station

• BBC Radio One

YYYY-MM-DD

• 1972-04-07

Comments

• Tracklisting below is from Volume 2(ii) of the Decktician Logs. Many thanks to Decktician, Ken Garner for copying and additional information, and Rocker for acting as central HQ.
• PasB shows Jovial Huntsman as sig. tune (presumably Peel or his producer had extracted the D'Ye Ken John Peel section from the original Olly Oakley 78). Decktician recorded the Grateful Dead single played instead of Mike Chapman session track ’Soulful Baby’ (listed on PasB), confirmed by the audio
• Four versions of "Keep A Knockin'" are played in succession, including one by the Flamin' Groovies, who also lead off the show.
• More older material from Bill Parsons, with a 1959 US hit in which the singer gets drafted into the army after becoming a star - a song inspired by the drafting of Elvis Presley. Peel says he got the record "from me mate in Birmingham" (record dealer Danny Reddington, probably). Also a 1960s B-side by the Searchers, the A-side a hit during Peel's time in the USA.
• The Stackwaddy session consists of four cover versions. Peel mentions that this morning he got "a bad-tempered letter from the band saying they’d broken up".

Sessions

• Audience #1 First broadcast. Recorded 1972-03-13.
  • Available as digital download as John Peel Session (7th April 1972) (EMI UK).
• Michael Chapman #6 Only broadcast. Recorded 1972-03-20. No known commercial release
  • ’Soulful Baby’ not played.
• Mike Maran #1 Repeat. First broadcast 11 February 1972. Recorded 1972-01-18.
  • ’Red School Uniform’ and 'Lonely Cloud' played for first time. ‘The Life And Death Of Arthur Perkins’ and ‘Fair Warning’ not played.
  • No known commercial release.
• Stackwaddy #1 Repeat. First broadcast 18 February 1972. Recorded 1972-01-24. No known commercial release

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

Tracklisting

• Flamin’ Groovies: Gonna Rock Tonite (EP split with Sha Na Na) Kama Sutra
• Mahavishnu Orchestra: Noonwood Race (LP – The Inner Mounting Flame) CBS
• Stackwaddy: You Really Got Me (session)
• Mike Maran: Please Come In, We Know You’re Out There (session)
• Argent: He’s A Dynamo (LP – All Together Now) Epic
• Audience: Trombone Gulch (session)
• Little Richard: Keep A Knockin’ (single) London
• Everly Brothers: Keep A Knockin’ (EP) London
• Outlaws: Keep A Knockin’ (single) His Master’s Voice
• Flamin’ Groovies: Keep A Knockin’ (EP split with Sha Na Na) Kama Sutra
• Mike Maran: Tiger’s Looking Back (session)
• Stackwaddy: Hoochie Coochie Man (session)
• Captain Beefheart: I’m Gonna Booglarize You (LP – The Spotlight Kid) Reprise
• Michael Chapman: The Hero Returns (session)
• Audience: Barracuda Dan (session)
• File begins with the end of the 11pm news sig and Dancing Jack Peel jingle (by Lindisfarne?) before going into the track below
• Stackwaddy: Rock Me Baby (session)
• Bill Parsons: The All-American Boy (single) London
• Michael Chapman: Shuffle Boat River Farewell (session)
• Grateful Dead with Bobby Ace: One More Saturday Night (single) Warner Bros
• Peel dedicates the next record (“on the same theme”) to the Pig
• Searchers: Saturday Night Out (single – Needles And Pins b-side) Pye
• JP: This next one from Mike Maran sounds very interesting indeed….
• Mike Maran: Red School Uniform (session)
• Canned Heat: Cherokee Dance (LP – Historical Figures And Ancient Heads) United Artists
• Audience: Buy Me An Island (session)
• Jesse 'Ed' Davis: Red Dirt Boogie, Brother (LP - Ululu) Atlantic
• JP mentions that he went up to Newcastle to see Captain Beefheart (on the show of 04 April 1972 he said he was looking for a lift there) with Richard Neville (of Oz magazine), who played him “some tapes of American Top 40 radio, which was impressive to hear…”
• Michael Chapman: New York Ladies (session)
• JP: Looks like being a good night on Sunday night at the Bull – he dedicates next track to all those who go along, especially the John Peel Boot Boys
• Stackwaddy: Willie The Pimp (session)
• Manassas: The Fallen Eagle (EP) Atlantic
• Todd Rundgren: Little Red Lights (LP – Something/Anything?) Bearsville
• Previous track followed by Kop supporters’ chants of “Liverpool” – JP: just the word Red in the title set me off right away
• Mike Maran: Lonely Cloud (session)
• end of show with the banjo D'ye Ken John Peel tune by Olly Oakley, this time played at the right speed -  goodbye from Dancing Jack Peel and producer John Muir

File

Name

• John Peel 07 April 1972.mp3

Length

• 57:52

Other

• Many thanks to Tim for digitisation.

Available

• Mooo