Show[]
- Name
- Station
- YYYY-MM-DD
- 1970-10-24
- 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 mentions that the Legion Of Super-Heroes single was found in a box of records he bought in California. He describes it as "a record of considerable value and rarity". It later turned up in John Peel's Record Box.
Sessions[]
- Medicine Head, #2 First broadcast. Recorded 1970-10-13. ’Once There Was A Day’ not played until 23 January 1971 repeat. No known commercial release.
- Van Der Graaf Generator, #3 First broadcast. Recorded 1970-10-12. Available on "The Charisma Years 1970-1978" (17 X CD + 3 X Blu-ray, 2021, UMC).
- Steeleye Span, #2 Repeat. First broadcast 27 June 1970. Recorded 1970-06-23. ’I Was A Young Man’ not played. Available on Please To See The King, 2xCD reissue, 2006 (Castle Music).
(Please add details of any commercial release of these sessions)
Tracklisting[]
(Please add further release details, external links, etc.)
- T Rex: Ride A White Swan (7") Fly BUG 1
- Steeleye Span: Rave On (session)
- Steeleye Span: The Blacksmith (session)
- Bronco: Lazy Now (7") Island WIP 6096
- Neil Young: Tell Me Why (LP - After The Goldrush) Reprise RSLP 6383
- Medicine Head: But The Night Is Young (session)
- File cuts in during next track
- Gospel Oak: Go Talk To Rachel (7") Kapp K-2115
- It's A Beautiful Day: Don And Dewey (LP; Marrying Maiden) CBS (UK release of LP not listed by Discogs but made the LP charts[1] - JP mentions LP title in his intro)
- news, edited out
- Curved Air: Vivaldi (LP - Airconditioning) Warner Bros WSX 3012 (JP predicts that in five years' time this track will turn out to be "an albatross around their necks")
- Kevin Ayers & The Whole World: The Oyster And The Flying Fish (LP - Shooting At The Moon) Harvest SHSP 4005
- Peel mentions previous night's gig at the Nag's Head, Wollaston with T2 and audience member asking for "fast, progressive music"
- Van Der Graaf Generator: Lost (session)
- Medicine Head: Sing With The Drum (session)
- tape flip, end of above track missed
- Keith Christmas: Waiting For The Wind To Rise (LP - Fable Of The Wings) B&C CAS 1015
- Steeleye Span: Lark In The Morning (session)
- Brinsley Schwarz: Ballad Of A Has-Been Beauty Queen (LP - Brinsley Schwarz) United Artists UAS 29111 (JP: “it goes very quiet in the middle, so don’t be frightened”)
- Medicine Head: Hungry Eyes (session) (announced by JP as “Hungry Eye”, which is what John Fiddler sings)
- Peel mentions his Photograph an American Tourist contest as a lead-in to the next track – prize (a ride round the Circle Line with Robert Wyatt) still to be arranged
- Robert Wyatt: To Mark Everywhere (v/a album - Rock Buster) CBS PR 48/49 (“Ends very precipitously”)
- Legion Of Super-Heroes: The Great Name Dropper (part 1) (7") Amy 971
- Legion Of Super-Heroes: The Great Name Dropper (part 2) (7") Amy 971
- Steeleye Span: Female Drummer (session)
- Van Der Graaf Generator: Killer (session)
- Pink Floyd: Fat Old Sun (LP - Atom Heart Mother) Harvest SHVL 781 (“for everyone who was at Wollaston last night…”)
- Medicine Head: To Train Time (session)
- Santana: Mother’s Daughter (LP - Abraxas) CBS 64087
- End of show; “Have a very good week and be nice to one another. Goodbye"
File[]
- Name
- J P Top Gear 24 Oct 1970.mp3
- Length
- 1:32:48
- Other
- Many thanks to the original taper, and to Tim for purchasing from eBay and digitisation
- Available