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18 August 1968

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Show[]

Name
Station
YYYY-MM-DD
  • 1968-08-18
Comments
  • File 3 is a 36 minute show with some continuity and Peel links.
  • Peel plays and praises "Mr Bojangles", the best-known song by country singer-songwriter Jerry Jeff Walker, which he'd previously played at least twice on earlier editions of the show. It was a hit single in the US at the time, but despite Peel's hopes, didn't chart in Britain. The song was covered by (among others) the Nitty Gritty Dirt Band, Sammy Davis Jr, Neil Diamond, and, much later, by Robbie Williams.
  • Many thanks to Warwick Johns for the full tracklisting. Link

Sessions[]

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

Tracklisting[]


Tracks marked # on File 1

Tracks marked @ on File 2

Tracks marked $ on File 3

Tracks marked & on File 4

File[]

Name
  • 1) Al Stewart - Peel session - Top Gear 18_8_68
  • 2) Ten Years After - Top Gear 18/8/68
  • 3) J P Top Gear 18 Aug 1968 pt 1.mp3
  • 4) J P Top Gear 18 Aug 1968.mp3
Length
  • 1) 11:44 (to 7:28 from this show)
  • 2) 20:58 (to 4:42 unique)
  • 3) 18:40
  • 4) 36:46
Other
  • 1) Many thanks to Colin Harper. The third Al Stewart track on this file is not listed in John Peel Sessions but is not the album release either. Will need to see In Session Tonight to work out if it was from a non-Peel session
  • 2) Many thanks to Johnny Kid Fan Club and Colin Harper
  • 3-4) Many thanks to Tim.
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