13 August 1969

Show

Name

• Night Ride

Station

• BBC Radio One

YYYY-MM-DD

• 1968-08-13

Comments

• This session was broadcast on one of the final "son of Night Ride" Wednesday evening programmes, not on Top Gear.
• The track includes a brief musical quote from Leonard Bernstein's "Something's Coming", from the musical West Side Story - a song recorded in 1969 by Yes, for their first LP.
• Peel has Jane De Mendelssohn as guest, a journalist for International Times, who interviewed Jimi Hendrix early in the year, although his chat with her isn't part of this recording.

Sessions

• Egg #1, recorded 24th July 1968. No known commercial release.

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

Tracklisting

• Egg: McGillicuddie The Pusillanimour Or Don’t Worry James Your Socks Are Hanging In The Coal Cellar (session)

File

Name

• Egg - Peel session - Top Gear 13/8/69

Length

• 8:49 (from 5:29)

Other

• Many thanks to Colin Harper
• Please address all re-up requests to Peel Mailing List.

Available

• Youtube