18 August 1972

Show

Name

• Friday Night Is Boogie Night

Station

• BBC Radio One

YYYY-MM-DD

• 1972-08-18

Comments

• No Decktician Log available for this show. Many thanks to Ken Garner for providing the PasB list.
• A sequence of five singles from the sixties. A different 45 by the Mighty Avengers, "So Much In Love", was later a Peelenium choice for 1964 and also turned up in John Peel's Record Box.
• One-session wonders Ashman Reynolds were a group of experienced musicians fronted by Aliki Ashman, who had sung with Ginger Baker's Air Force and the Graham Bond Organisation. They made one LP of "ballzy early 70s rock"[1] for Polydor, and appeared on the German TV show Beat Club and the Old Grey Whistle Test before splitting up.

Sessions

• Gary Wright's Wonderwheel #2. Recorded 1972-07-25.
  • No known commercial release.
• Mike Maran #2. Recorded 1972-07-18.
  • "Hell Bent" not broadcast until 29 September 1972.
  • No known commercial release.
• Ashman Reynolds #1 and only (repeat). First broadcast 14 July 1972. Recorded 1972-06-12.
  • No known commercial release.
• Mark-Almond, #1 and only (repeat). First broadcast 21 July 1972. Recorded 1972-06-27.
  • "The 11-4" not broadcast.
  • No known commercial release.

Tracklisting

• J. Geils Band: Pack Fair And Square (single) Atlantic
• Flying Burrito Brothers: Devil In Disguise (LP - The Last Of The Red Hot Burritos) A&M
• Gary Wright's Wonderwheel: Something For Us All (session)
• Mike Maran: Please Keep The Rain Away (session)
• John Dummer Blues Band: I Need Love (LP - This Is) Phillips
• recording begins here
• Ashman Reynolds: Taking Off (session)
• Escorts: The One To Cry (single) Fontana TF474
• Toggery Five: I’d Much Rather Be With The Boys (single) Parlophone R5249
• Cougars: Saturday Night At The Duck Pond (single) Parlophone R4989
• Mighty Avengers: When Blue Turns To Grey (single) Decca F120855
• Merseys: Sorrow (single) Fontana TF694
• Mark-Almond: Morning Always Comes Too Soon (session)
• Bob Seger: Jesse James (LP - Smokin' O.P.'S) Capitol
• Ashman Reynolds: Come Right In (session)
• Mike Maran: Lady In Black (session)
• ZZ Top: Down Brownie (LP - Rio Grande Mud) London
• Gary Wright's Wonderwheel: Old As I Was Born (session)
• news (edited out)
• Ashman Reynolds: I’m Tired I'm Cold And I'm Hungry (session)
• recording ends here
• Creedence Clearwater Revival: Pagan Baby (LP - Pendulum) Fantasy
• Gary Wright's Wonderwheel: By Tomorrow (session)
• Mike Maran: Fool's Castle (session)
• Jefferson Airplane: Long John Silver (LP - Long John Silver) Grunt
• Major Lance: Since You've Been Gone (single b-side Follow The Leader) Atlantic
• Mark-Almond: The Little Prince (session)
• Dust: Loose Goose (LP - Hard Attack) Karma Sutra
• Mike Maran: Magic Moon (session)
• Ashman Reynolds: Work Out The Score (session)
• Edgar Winter Group: Free Ride (LP - They Only Come Out At Night) Epic
• Gary Wright's Wonderwheel: Gimme The Good Earth (session)

File

Name

• 1972 08 18 BBC Radio 1 2219-2308 John Peel-Friday Night Is Boogie Night

Length

• 00:46:07

Other

• 128kbps mp3 file. Recorded mic in front of speaker, but in very clear sound. Many thanks to Paul of the Radio Caroline Mailing List.

Available

• download