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  • 1969-01-12
Comments
  • At the start of their career Yes did a number of cover versions of well-known songs, including Buffalo Springfield's "Everydays", which they recorded for this session.
  • File 2 has a session from the Nice with JP links. Audio quality is very poor.
  • The Nice cover Tim Hardin's "Hang On To A Dream", with some jazz piano improvisation from Keith Emerson. The "Intermezzo From The Karelia Suite", by Jean Sibelius (as Peel mentions), was known to British TV viewers in its original version as the theme tune of ITV's long-running current affairs magazine This Week[1]. "Walter's Handel Music" has nothing to do with the classical composer, being a mixture of free improvisation, Goon Show piano and Joe Sullivan's "Little Rock Getaway".
  • Full tracklisting with thanks to Warwick Johns. Page 1 / Page 2

Sessions[]

  • Yes only session, recorded 7th January 1969.
  • Strawbs #1. recorded 10th December 1968.Two tracks available on Live At The BBC Vol One In Session CD, 2010 (Universal 532 050-7) and Strawbs CD, 2008 re-issue (A&M Records 5302679) both of which include an extra track not mentioned in Ken's book (The Battle), and miss out on I'll Show You Where To Sleep
  • Nice #5, recorded 26th November 1968, repeat, first broadcast 01 December 1968. Three tracks available on BBC Sessions Castle CMFCD 457
  • Eclection #3, recorded 19th November 1968, repeat, first broadcast 08 December 1968. No known commercial release.

Tracklisting[]

File[]

Name
  • 1a) Yes - Peel session - Top Gear 12/1/69
  • 1b) 1969-01-12 TG 12.1.69 Yes 2 songs
  • 2) THE NICE JOHN PEELS TOP GEAR 1969(35 minutes)
  • 3) 1969-01-12 Melanie (LP track)
Length
  • 1) 9:28
  • 2) 39:36 (until 15:33)
  • 3) 2:17
Other
  • 1,3) Many thanks to Colin Harper. File 1b has centred audio.
  • 2) Many thanks to yardbirdmackay
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