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23 May 1970

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Show[]

Name
Station
YYYY-MM-DD
  • 1970-05-23
Comments
  • Tracklisting below is from Volume 1 of the Decktician Logs. Many thanks to Decktician, Ken Garner for copying and additional information, and Rocker for acting as central HQ.
  • Peel says that the Fleetwood Mac session is the last one which will include Peter Green as a band member. The final track on the show is a Green vocal in traditional blues style, accompanied only by his own guitar and Nick Pickett on violin.
  • Their session includes a version of Fabian's late 1950s hit, "Tiger". Peel mentions that a few weeks ago "Marc Bolan gave me a copy of the original version", but says it's less good than Fleetwood Mac's.
  • JP plays a couple of the more memorable tracks from the soundtrack LPs of the film Woodstock, and says he hopes the festivals taking place that weekend will be as successful. There is also an early play for a future number one single, by Mungo Jerry.
  • He welcomes the Grateful Dead to the country, plays a track from their Live Dead album and says he looks forward to seeing them tomorrow, "at Newcastle-under-Lyme or wherever it is".
  • He didn't always take the Disinterred Thirty-Three and a Third slot in the show very seriously and this week actually admits that the track chosen, a 1967 favourite by Paul Revere & The Raiders, is a single and not an album track at all (althoigh it was also the opening track on their LP Revolution!)
  • John Walters is wearing “a brand new, and probably stolen, leather jacket”, says Peel, and lets listeners hear how it sounds.

Sessions[]

  • Fleetwood Mac (with Nick Pickett) #7 First broadcast. Recorded 1970-04-27.
  • Formerly Fat Harry #1 First broadcast of only session. Recorded 1970-05-12.
    • The track listed by Decktician as 'Goodbye For Good' appears to be 'Untitled' in Ken Garner's Peel Sessions, while 'Sally' in the log seems likely to be 'Seuble' in the book.
    • Honky Tonk Angel (The Wild Side Of Life) and Seuble available on Goodbye For Good: The Lost Recordings 1969-72 (Hux Records - HUX 096).
  • Ralph McTell #1 Repeat. First broadcast 28 February 1970. Recorded 1970-02-09.
    • ’Daddy’s Here’ not played.
    • No known commercial release.

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

Tracklisting[]

Tracks marked # also on File 1

File[]

Name
  • 1) J P Top Gear 23 May 1970.mp3
  • 2) J P Top Gear 23 May 1970 (complete).mp3
Length
  • 1) 24:19
  • 2) 2:07:32
Other
  • 1) Many thanks to Tim for purchasing from eBay and digitisation.
  • 2) Many thanks to Tim for digitisation and upload
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