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17 December 1967

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Show[]

Name
Station
YYYY-MM-DD
  • 1967-12-17
Comments
  • The only Peel session by Cat Stevens, recorded at a time when his second LP, New Masters, had just been released on Deram Records. Like the LP, the session is in the orchestral pop style typical of 1967, rather than the more low-key folk-rock of Stevens' later albums for Island Records. He's backed on the session by the Art Greenslade Orchestra; Greenslade was a prolific arranger and conductor who workerd with many artists, ranging from Shirley Bassey to Chris Farlowe[1].
  • Chris Clark is listed among the session artists in the show section of The Peel Sessions, but is missing from the session listings. She was one of the few white singers to record for Motown, so was a typical booking in the early months of Top Gear, when each week included one or more sessions by soul artists. The NME of December 2, 1967, confirms ("Chart Who's Who In Radio 1 Shows"[2]) that she had been booked for this show; an ad from EMI in Record Mirror of 9 December 1967 (p.3)[3] welcomes her (and Gladys Knight and the Pips) to Britain and also mentions a new single by her. The gig listings in Melody Maker of 25 November 1967 show both acts appearing at Blaises club in London that week ("Tamla Motown at Blaises"[4])  Chris Clark had no chart hits in the UK, but one of her best known songs, "I Want To Go Back There Again", later became a Northern Soul favourite..

Sessions[]

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

Tracklisting[]

File[]

Name
  • 1a) Soft Machine - Peel session - Top Gear 17/12/67
  • 1b) 1967-12-17 TG 17.12.67 Soft Machine.mp3
  • 2) 1967-12-17 TG 17.12.67 Bonzos.mp3
  • 3) 1967-12-17 TG late 67 Donovan sand and foam with Peel outro (prob released version; ).mp3
  • 4) 1967-12-17 TG late 67 unknown ragtime guitarist.mp3
Length
  • 1) 7:37
  • 2) 5:51
  • 3) 3:43
  • 4) 1:12
Other
  • Many thanks to Colin Harper. File 1b) has centred audio.
  • Please address all re-up requests to Peel Mailing List.
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