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25 February 1968

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Show[]

Name
Station
YYYY-MM-DD
  • 1968-02-25
Comments
  • A couple of Aynsley Dunbar Retaliation session tracks have now turned up on Sugarmegs, which include John's intros and outros, and others by Tim Rose, P.P. Arnold and The Nice on tapes from Colin Harper / Johnny Kidd Fan Club, some with intros.
  • The P.P. Arnold tracks feature Dusty Springfield as one of the backing vocalists - her only appearance on Top Gear. Despite the widespread respect she had at the time she was never a Peel favourite, although apparently she sent him a Christmas card each year.
  • Tim Rose's session includes one of the more popular tracks from his first album - his version of the anti-war song "Come Away Melinda", popular with folk singers of the 1960s and previously recorded by Harry Belafonte, the Weavers and Judy Collins, among others. Rose had previously recorded it with the Big 3, a folk group consisting of himself, Cass Elliot (later of the Mamas & The Papas) and Jim Hendricks. Hendricks is not to be confused with Jimi Hendrix (or jazz singer Jon Hendricks) nor the Big 3 with the Big Three, the Merseybeat band Peel admired.
  • Fairport Convention's debut single is a cover of a late 1930s hit by jazz singer Maxine Sullivan (1911-1987), who specialised in jazz versions of folk-style material and whose career revived in the 1970s. Her biggest hit was a 1937 swing version of the Scottish song "Loch Lomond". Peel never played Maxine Sullivan's "If I Had A Ribbon Bow"[[1]], but singer Judy Dyble later admitted that the band's version was inspired by Sullivan's recording, which became a favourite on Radio 3's long-running Jazz Record Requests programme.

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Tracklisting[]

File[]

Name
  • 1) AynsleyDunbarRetaliation1968-02-25TopGearLondonUK
  • 2) PP Arnold - John Peel session 14/1/68 (mislabelled date)
  • 3a) Tim Rose & the Aynsley Dunbar Retaliation - Peel session - Top Gear 25/2/68
  • 3b) 1968-02-25 Tim Rose with Dunbar Retaliation Top Gear 25.2.68.mp3
  • 4) Unavailable
  • 5) Tim Rose & the Aynsley Dunbar Retaliation with Lesley Duncan - Peel session 25/2/68
  • 6) 1968-xx-xx TG The Nice tantalising maggie LP track w Peel intro
Length
  • 1) 7:37
  • 2) 5:43
  • 3) 9:53
  • 4) unknown
  • 5) 2:15
  • 6) 4:30
Other
  • 1) Details of the source tapes and digital transfer can be found here
  • 2-3, 6) Many thanks to Colin Harper & the Johnny Kidd Fan Club. 3b has centred audio
  • 4) Not available
  • 5) Many thanks to Colin Harper & the Johnny Kidd Fan Club. A chance that this might be from the repeat on 31 March 1968
  • 6) Many thanks to Colin Harper. Nice 1967 1968
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