17 March 1968

Show

Name

• Top Gear

Station

• BBC Radio One

YYYY-MM-DD

• 1968-03-17

Comments

• File 1 consists of the Captain Beefheart & His Magic Band session. Note - Electricity which also appears on this tape is from the original broadcast.

Sessions

• Captain Beefheart & His Magic Band #1, recorded 24th January 1968, repeat, first broadcast 04 February 1968. No known commercial release.
• Bee Gees #2, recorded 13th February 1968, repeat, first broadcast 18 February 1968.
• Roy Harper #2, recorded 13th March 1968. No known commercial release.
• Spooky Tooth #1, recoreded 21st February 1968. Too Much Of Nothing available on The Island Years (An Anthology) 1967-1974 9xCD, 2015 (Island Records 0602547053114) and On BBC Sessions CD, 2001. Sunshine Help me also available on  BBC Sessions CD, 2001

Tracklisting

• File 1
• John's rather excited intro
• Captain Beefheart & His Magic Band: Yellow Brick Road (session)
• Captain Beefheart & His Magic Band: Abba Zabba (session)
• Captain Beefheart & His Magic Band: Sure Nuff 'N' Yes I Do (session)
• File 2
• Fairport Convention: If I Had A Ribbon Bow (7") Track 604020 back announced
• JP - "This is the part of the programme that depresses me acos you always have to play the last number from all of our guests"
• Roy Harper & Keith Mansfield Group: All You Need Is (session)
• File 3
• Roy Harper & Keith Mansfield Group: Life Goes By (session)
• Roy Harper & Keith Mansfield Group: Night Fighter Songwriter (session)

File

Name

• 1) CaptainBeefheart1968TopGearSessions
• 2) RoyHarper1968-03-13TopGearLondonUK.mp3
• 3) Roy Harper & the Keith Mansfield Group - Peel session - Top Gear 17/3/68

Length

• 1) 33:04 (00:08-09:29)
• 2) 5:31
• 3) 14:22 (2:48-8:35)

Other

• 1) Full details at SugarMegs
• 2) Full details at SugarMegs
• 3) Many thanks to Colin Harper. Roy Harper 1968 1969

Available

• 1) SugarMegs
• 2) Archive.org
• 3) Youtube