23 February 1969

Show

(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.)
Edited show, from a set of tapes digitised by Colin Harper. Off-air recordings made by his friend on Reel to Reel.
Little Peel content other than the intro to the Son Son single.
Colin's notes below:
Liverpool Scene recorded 6 items for John Peel's 'Top Gear' on 6/1/69, broadcast over two shows in January and February. These nine tracks derive, in the bloc presented, from an off-air reel of various other indentifiably early-1969 off-air tracks and contain, I think, 5 of the 6 tracks from that first Liverpool Scene BBC session ('Tramcar to Frankenstein' is the missing one) along with 4 other tracks from the group's commercial recordings that must have been played on the show in early 1969: 'Percy Parslow's Hamster Farm' from the LP 'Amazing Adventures of...' and three tracks from 45s: 'Son, Son', 'The Woo Woo' and 'Love Is'.

Liverpool Scene #1, recorded 6th January 1969, repeat, first broadcast 19 January 1969.
Moody Blues #4, recorded 18th February 1969. Available on Live At The BBC 1967-1970 2xCD, 2007 (Deram, 984 720-2)
Spooky Tooth #4, recorded 3rd February 1969. Better By You Better Than Me released on BBC Sessions (CD, 2001).
Yes only session, recorded 7th January 1969, repeat, first broadcast 12 January 1969. Available on Something's Coming: The BBC Recordings 1969-1970 (New Millenium Communications).
Deduced to be from the repeat, as The Raven and Colours were only broadcast then.

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

0:00 Liverpool Scene: Percy Parslow's Hamster Farm (album - Amazing Adventures Of) RCA Victor SF 7995
3:56 Liverpool Scene: The Raven (session)
6:27 Liverpool Scene: All Around My Grandmother's Floor (session)
8:35 (John Peel introduction)
8:47 Liverpool Scene: Son, Son (7") RCA Victor RCA 1762
13:04 Liverpool Scene: The Woo Woo (7") RCA Victor RCA 1816
16:36 Liverpool Scene: Love Is (7" - The Woo-Woo) RCA Victor RCA 1816
17:50 Liverpool Scene: Wild West (session)
21:42 Liverpool Scene: The Entry Of Christ Into Liverpool (session)
28:39 Liverpool Scene: Colours (session)