Show[]
- Name
- Station
- YYYY-MM-DD
- 1968-01-07
- Comments
- Audio contains the radio broadcast of four of Elmer Gantry's Velvet Opera's session tracks.
- The show was presented by John Peel and Tommy Vance.
- A possible preview chat of the show between JP, TV and Kenny Everett on the latter's show has been discovered on the "Missing Believed Wiped" Facebook page.
- The audio is definitely from this date, as according to Ken Garner's Peel Sessions book, the repeated session of Elmer Gantry's Velvet Opera had an extra track called Long Nights Of Summer, which is played here.
- The audio is not great quality, recorded from an old gramophone radio using a cassette recorder and external microphone.
- A session by the UK pop-psychedelic band Kaleidoscope, not to be confused with the better-known US band of the same name, although both bands had little success in their time and in later decades became favourites with collectors of late 1960s music. The British Kaleidoscope released an LP called Tangerine Dream in late 1967, several years before the German band of that name emerged. They later evolved into Fairfield Parlour, who were managed by Peel's Radio 1 colleague David Symonds
- Playlist also includes a track by Enchanted Forest, an early all-female band[1] who at one point were backing group for Tiny Tim, and one by Ferre Grignard. a skiffle/protest singer from Belgium[2].
Sessions[]
- Kaleidoscope #1. Recorded: 1967-12-13. "Faintly Blowing" and "The Murder Of Lewis Tollani" available on v/a album Look At The Sun - Precious Seconds Thought Gone From The British Underground 1967 - 1970 Top Sounds TSSCD 005
- Manfred Mann #1. Recorded: 1968-01-03
- Amen Corner #2. Recorded: 1968-01-01
- Pretty Things #1. Recorded: 1967-11-27. First Broadcast: 03 December 1967
- Elmer Gantry's Velvet Opera #1. Recorded: 1967-11-03. First Broadcast: 26 November 1967. "Reaction Of A Young Man" available on v/a album Look At The Sun - Precious Seconds Thought Gone From The British Underground 1967 - 1970 Top Sounds TSSCD 005
- Spencer Davis Group #1. Recorded: 1967-12-30
Tracklisting[]
- Fearns Brass Foundry: Don't Change It (7") Decca F 12721
- Elmer Gantry's Velvet Opera: Dream Starts (session)
- Denny Laine: Too Much In Love (7") Deram DM 171
- Kaleidoscope: A Dream For Julie (session)
- Amen Corner: I Don't Want To Discuss It (session)
- P.P. Arnold: (If You Think You're) Groovy (7") Immediate IM 061
- Glen Campbell: By The Time I Get To Phoenix (7") Ember EMB S249
- Pretty Things: Turn My Head (session)
- Spencer Davis Group: Taking Out Time (session)
- Foundations: Back On My Feet Again (7") Pye 7N 17417
- Kinsmen: Glasshouse Green, Splinter Red (7") Decca F 22724
- Manfred Mann: Every Day Another Hair Turns Grey (session)
- Spooky Tooth: Sunshine Help Me (7") Island WIP 6022
- Elmer Gantry's Velvet Opera: Reaction Of A Young Man (session) 1
- (JP: '...that was Elmer Gantry's Velvet Opera and that was Reaction Of A Young Man. It's very dramatic...) 1
- Amen Corner: Bend Me, Shape Me (session)
- Tom Rush: No Regrets (7") Elektra EKSN 45025
- Peter, Paul And Mary: Too Much Of Nothing (7") Warner Bros. WB 7092
- Kaleidoscope: Dive Into Yesterday (session)
- Spencer Davis Group: Mr. Second Class (session)
- Enchanted Forest: You're Never Gonna Get My Lovin' (7") Stateside SS 2080
- Pretty Things: Talking About The Good Times (session)
- Traffic: Utterly Simple (split album with Traffic, Andy Ellison - Here We Go Round The Mulberry Bush (Original Sound Track Recording)) United Artists ULP 1186
- Manfred Mann: Mighty Quinn (session)
- Herd: Mixed Up Minds (album - Paradise Lost) Fontana TL.5458
- Elmer Gantry's Velvet Opera: Long Nights Of Summer (session) 1
- (TV: 'Right that's a good record by one of the very best in the country today, Elmer Gantry's Velvet Opera, a song called Long Nights Of Summer') 1
- Young Rascals: It's Wonderful (7") Atlantic 584161
- Amen Corner: The Duck (session)
- Grapefruit: Dear Delilah (7") RCA Victor RCA 1656
- Spencer Davis Group: Time Seller (session)
- Manfred Mann: Handbags And Gladrags (session)
- Don Partridge: Rosie (7") Columbia DB 8330
- Amen Corner: Satisnok The Job's Worth (session)
- Wildweeds: It Was Fun (While It Lasted) (7") Chess CRS 8065
- Pretty Things: Defecting Grey (session)
- Elmer Gantry's Velvet Opera: Flames (session) 1
- (TV: '... this afternoon where we had Elmer Gantry's Velvet Opera House, a song called Flame...) 1
- Buffalo Springfield: Expecting To Fly (album - Buffalo Springfield Again) ATCO SD 33-226
- Billy Nicholls: Would You Believe (7") Immediate IM 063
- Kaleidoscope: Faintly Blowing (session)
- Spencer Davis Group: Don't Want You No More (session)
- John Fahey: Sail Away Ladies (album - Guitar Vol. 4 / The Great San Bernardino Birthday Party And Other Excursions) Takoma C-1008
- Martha Reeves And The Vandellas: Honey Chile (7") Tamla Motown TG 636
- Manfred Mann: Sleepy Hollow (session)
- Amen Corner: Shake A Tailfeather (session)
- Ferre Grignard: Yellow You Yellow Me (7") Atlantic 584158
- Kaleidoscope: (Further Reflections) In The Room Of Percussion (session)
- Elmer Gantry's Velvet Opera: Mother Writes (session) 1
- (TV: '...the song is called Mother Writes') 1
- Love: Alone Again Or (7") Elektra EKSN 45024
- Captain Beefheart And His Magic Band: Sure 'Nuff 'n' Yes I Do (album - Safe As Milk) Buddah BDS 5001
- Spencer Davis Group: With His New Face On (session)
- Manfred Mann: Cubist Town (session)
- Beatles: Christmas Time (Is Here Again) (7") The Official Beatles Fan Club LYN 1360
File[]
- Name
- Live on Top Gear 1968 - Elmer Gantry's Velvet Opera
- Length
- 10:41
- Other
- Many thanks to hawkmoon03111951
- Available
- Removed from YouTube