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19 January 1969

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Show[]

Name
Station
YYYY-MM-DD
  • 1969-01-19
Comments
  • (Introduction to show, mood of Peel, interesting comments, etc. If possible, please add mentions of gigs attended, football matches, TV appearances, stories of past/current activities, etc, for use elsewhere on John Peel Wiki.)
  • Peel told Melody Maker's Blind Date in March 1969 that Manfred Mann's session had been a let-down: "... We had them on Top Gear recently and we were hoping they would take the opportunity to do some things they couldn't do elsewhere, but they didn't. They just played some LP tracks which was a bit of a disappointment....." The session included a version of "Abraham, Martin and John", previously a hit for both Dion and Marvin Gaye.
  • An addendum to the PasB indicates that the final Colosseum track was meant to be "A Whiter Spade Than Mayall" but that this was changed during the show to "Beware The Ides Of March". That latter track is not documented in either of Ken's books.

Sessions[]

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

Tracklisting[]

File[]

Name
  • 1) Liverpool Scene - Top Gear 6/1/69
  • 2a) Manfred Mann - Peel session - Top Gear 22/12/68 (misdated)
  • 2b) 1969-01-19 Manfred Mann TG 22 Dec 68
  • 3a) Colosseum - Peel session - Top Gear 19/1/69
  • 3b) 1969-01-19 Colosseum TG 19 Jan 69 plus Symonds
Length
  • 1) 32:32 (6:27-8:35, 21:42-28:39)
  • 2) 4:58
  • 3) 6:47 (to 2:54)
Other
  • Many thanks to Colin Harper. 3) continues with "Walking In The Park" from Symonds On Sunday session 16th March 1969. 2b) and 3b) have centred audio.
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