11 May 1969

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(Duff Paddy) Here's another full 2-hour Top Gear show from 1969. And in a packed programme tonight, Ronnie, there's sessions from Fleetwood Mac, King Crimson, Tyrannosaurus Rex and The Bonzo Dog Band.

King Crimson #1. Recorded 1969-05-06. Available on Epitaph (4xCD, Discipline Global Mobile, 1997), In The Court of the Crimson King (40th Anniversary Edition) (5xCD + 1 DVD, Discipline Global Mobile, 2009) and The Complete 1969 Recordings (20xCD + 2xDVD + 4 Blu-Rays, Discipline Global Mobile, 2020).
Tyrannosaurus Rex #6. Recorded 1969-05-05. Available on Marc Bolan at the BBC (6XCD, Universal Music, 2013).
Fleetwood Mac #6 (repeat). Recorded 1969-03-10. First broadcast on 16 March 1969. A selection of tracks available on Live at the BBC (2XCD, Fleetwood Records, 1995).
The Bonzo Dog Band #6 (repeat). Recorded 1969-03-31. First broadcast on 13 April 1969. Three tracks available on The Complete BBC Recordings (CD, Strange Fruit, 2002).

(Courtesy Duff Paddy)

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Northern California State Youth Choir, Director: Edwin R. Hawkins: Oh Happy Day (album - Let Us Go Into The House Of The Lord) Century 31016
Tim Rose: Roanoke (single) CBS 4209
Fleetwood Mac: Tallahassee Lassie (session)
Bonzo Dog Band: Mr. Apollo (session)
Chicken Shack: I'd Rather Go Blind (single) Blue Horizon 57-3153
Tyrannosaurus Rex: Once Upon the Seas of Abyssinia (session)
King Crimson: The Court of the Crimson King (session)

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Martha Velez: It Takes a Lot To Laugh, It Takes a Train To Cry (single) London HLZ 10266
Creedence Clearwater Revival: Bad Moon Rising (7") Fantasy 622
Bonzo Dog Band: Look At Me I'm Wonderful (session)
Tyrannosaurus Rex: Nijinsky Hind (session)
Fleetwood Mac: Heavenly (session)
Jefferson Airplane: It's No Secret (LP - Bless Its Pointed Little Head (Live)) RCA LSP 4133 (US release)
King Crimson: 21st Century Schizoid Man (session)
Mike Cooper: Poor Little Annie (LP - Oh Really!?) Pye NSPL 18281
Tyrannosaurus Rex: The Misty Coast of Albany (session)
Neil Young: The Loner (LP - Neil Young) Reprise RSLP 6317
Pentangle: Once I Had A Sweetheart (7") Big T BIG 124
Fleetwood Mac: Early Morning Come (session)
Glass Menagerie: Have You Forgotten Who You Are? (single) Polydor 56318
Canned Heat: Low Down (b-side of single Time Was) Liberty LBF 15200
Bonzo Dog Band: Quiet Talks And Summer Walks (session)
Johnny Shines: Baby Don't You Think I Know (LP - Last Night's Dream) Blue Horizon 7-63212
Fleetwood Mac: You'll Never Know What You're Missing Till You Try (session)
Tyrannosaurus Rex: Chariots of Silk (session)
King Crimson: Talk To The Wind (session)
Kak: Golgotha (LP - Kak) Epic BN 26429 (US release)
Leviathan: Time (b-side of single The War Machine) Elektra EKSN 45057
Fleetwood Mac: Blues With A Feeling (session)
Bob Dylan: I Threw It All Away (7") CBS 4219
Colosseum: Walking In The Park (7") Fontana TF 1029
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1) (Duff Paddy) This torrent is a re-upload of the 8 classic Top Gear shows that appeared on my Peel blog Kat's Karavan and have now expired onMost of them are full (or nearly full) shows, encoded as 320K MP3s from 7-inch reel-to-reel tapes.
Many thanks to hills1902 for supplying the tapes, to John for ripping and encoding them and to Phil for originally hosting the MP3s on his server.
2) Many thanks to Rocker for purchase and Tim for digitisation. This does sound very much like the Duff Paddy tape, though starts and ends at a slightly different point. This may be due to progressive damage to the tape though, or a later generation copy