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21 January 1968

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Show[]

Name
Station
YYYY-MM-DD
  • 1968-01-21
Comments
  • Full tracklisting from the PasB of the BBC Written Archives Centre.
  • The show was jointly presented by Peel and Tommy Vance and was jointly produced by Bernie Andrews and Bev Phillips
  • American blues pianist Eddie Boyd (who was living and gigging in the UK at the time) collaborated with Peter Green's Fleetwood Mac on the session tracks of Blue Coat Man and The Stroller.
  • Another American, Tom Rush, recorded his session on a short visit to the UK to promote his Elektra LP, The Circle Game. The session and the album both include songs by the then little-known writers James Taylor and Joni Mitchell.
  • Donovan sings in a jazzier style on this session than on most of his records. He is accompanied by the John Cameron Group, which included well-known names from the UK jazz scene, like flautist Harold McNair, who later in 1968 recorded a Peel session with John Martyn.
  • Playlist is dominated by new singles, with early plays for some which became chart hits (the Move, the Bee Gees, the Alan Price Set, the Lemon Pipers, Status Quo).
  • More obscure singles by Cherry Smash, Jason Crest, Warm Sounds and US "girl band" Enchanted Forest, as well as a version of Jim Webb's song "Rosecrans Boulevard" by Gordon Waller, formerly half of Peter and Gordon, popular singles artists in Britain and the US during the mid-1960s.

Sessions[]

Tracklisting[]

File[]

Name
  • 1) Donovan1968GuyBrownTapes
  • 2a) Fleetwood Mac with Eddie Boyd 'The Stroller' (Top Gear 21.1.68)
  • 2b) Peter Green's Fleetwood Mac and Eddie Boyd - Peel session - Top Gear 21/1/68
  • 2c) 1968-01-21 Top Gear 21.1.68 Fleetwood Mac with Eddie Boyd The Stroller plus Tommy Vance outro.mp3
  • 3) 1968-01-21 Donovan Top Gear 21.1.68.mp3
  • 4) 1968-01-21 Tom Rush Top Gear 21.1.68.mp3
  • 5) 1968-01-21 Captain Beefheart poss TG 4.2.68.mp3
Length
  • 1) 1:04:46 (to 16:14)
  • 2) 0:02:54
  • 3) 14:18
  • 4) 7:01
  • 5) 2:18
Other
  • 1) Full details at SugarMegs
  • 2-5) Many thanks to ColinH. 2c has centred audio
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