Show[]
- Name
- Station
- YYYY-MM-DD
- 1968-06-09
- Comments
- Around half an hour of a two-hour show, recently discovered on a reel-to-reel tape by Peel Mailing List user andysmith10.
- Information on gaps in the track listing (particularly some confusion surrounding the Kenny Everett track) courtesy of Ken Garner of Peel Mailing List.
- In addition, there was an interview with Mick Jagger
Sessions[]
- Idle Race, #3. Recorded 1968-06-04. No known commercial release.
- Joe Cocker And The Grease Band, #1. Recorded 1968-05-20. No known commercial release.
- Captain Beefheart and his Magic Band, #2 (repeat). Recorded 1968-05-06. No known commercial release.
- Eclection, #1 (repeat). Recorded 1968-04-30. No known commercial release.
Tracklisting[]
- Diana Ross And The Supremes: Some Things You Never Get Used To (7") Tamla Motown TMG 662
- Eclection: In Her Mind (session)
- Bob Dylan: Mixed Up Confusion
- Joe Cocker And The Grease Band: Something's Coming On (session)
- Fairport Convention: It's Alright Ma, It's Only Witchcraft (album - Fairport Convention) Polydor 583 035
- Idle Race: The End Of The Road (session)
- Simon & Garfunkel: America (album - Bookends) Columbia KCS 9529
- Captain Beefheart And His Magic Band: Safe As Milk (session) @
- Mae Stungo with Symon Stungo Sound: Bonkers (7") Columbia DB 8434
- Eclection: Mark Time (session)
- Lemonade Charade: San Bernardino (7") Bell BLL 1015
- Joe Cocker And The Grease Band: Marjarine (session)
- Appletree Theatre: Barefoot Boy (album - Playback) Verve Forecast FTS 3042
- Idle Race: Blueberry Blue (session)
- Strawbs: Oh How She Changed (7") A&M AMS 725
- McGough & McGear: Please Don't Run Too Fast (album - McGough & McGear) Parlophone PMC 7047
- Eclection: Morning Of Yesterday (session)
- Crazy World Of Arthur Brown: Fire ! (7") Track 604022
- Joe Cocker And The Grease Band: Mr. Bus Driver (session)
- Fever Tree: San Francisco Girls (Return Of The Native) (album - Fever Tree) UNI 73024
- File 1 begins
- Idle Race: On With The Show (session)
- Taj Mahal: Everybody's Got To Change Sometime (7") Direction 58-3547
- (JP link: Name Bernie's Tortoise')
- Eclection: Confusion (session)
- Spooky Tooth: Love Really Changed Me (7") Island WIP 6037
- Captain Beefheart And His Magic Band: Kandy Korn (session) @
- (JP: I realise that the idea of a DJ under 40 who sings in tune is a fairly revolutionary concept, but there is one, and it's Kenny Everett. He's already done the pop star thing of disavowing this record, and doesn't want to know anything about it.')
- Kenny Everett: It's Been So Long (single) MGM 1421 (edited out)
- Who: Call Me Lightning (7") Decca 32288 (US release only)
- Joe Cocker And The Grease Band: I Shall Be Released (session)
- Spirit: Uncle Jack (7") CBS 3523
- Idle Race: The Morning Sunshine (session) (edited out)
- Tyrannosaurus Rex: Graceful Fat Sheba (album - My People Were Fair And Had Sky In Their Hair... But Now They're Content To Wear Stars On Their Brows) Regal Zonophone LRZ 1003
- Otis Redding: The Happy Song (Dum-Dum) (N.B. According to the PasB, this is not from the show, and has been edited in from elsewhere: only a short excerpt)
- File 1 ends
- Eclection: In The Early Days (session)
- Captain Beefheart And His Magic Band: You Gotta Trust Us (session) @
- Tracks marked @ available on File 2
File[]
- Name
- 1) Top Gear 1968-06-09
- 2) CaptainBeefheart1968TopGearSessions
- Length
- 1) 00:30:49
- 2) 33:04 (16:22 on) (to 20:48 and from 25:35 unique)
- Other
- Shared via Peel Mailing List.
- Many thanks to Andy! And to Eddie for the track listing!
- 1) This low volume recording is rather bass heavy and with almost non-existent treble.
- 2) Full details at SugarMegs
- Available