26 September 1972

Show

Name

• Top Gear

Station

• BBC Radio One

YYYY-MM-DD

• 1972-09-26

Comments

• Top Gear's fifth anniversary. Entire show session repeats.
• Segments of the show were uploaded to YouTube in May 2012 by user RobEmbleton.
• Tracks included in the recording are marked §.

Session Repeats

• Bonzo Dog Band, #7. First TX 03 August 1969. Recorded 1960-07-29. Available on The Peel Sessions (Strange Fruit SFPS051)
• Joe Cocker and The Grease Band, #3. First Broadcast 11 October 1969. Recorded 1969-09-29. No known commercial release.
• Arthur Big Boy Crudup, #1. First Broadcast 14 February 1970. Recorded 1970-02-09. No known commercial release.
• Faces, #2. First TX 19 September 1970. Recorded 1970-09-15. 'Around The Plynth' available on Five Guys Walk Into A Bar... (Rhino 4xCD 8122-78233-2)
• Fairport Convention, #8. First Broadcast 27 September 1969. Recorded 1969-09-23. Available on Live At The BBC (Island 4xCD 9845385)
• Led Zeppelin, #2. First Broadcast 29 June 1969. Recorded 1969-06-24. Available on BBC Sessions (Atlantic 2xCD 7567-83061-2)
• Soft Machine, unknown (rpt).
• T. Rex, #8 (repeat). First TX 07 November 1970. Recorded 1970-10-26. Available on The Peel Sessions (Strange Fruit 12" SFPS 031).
• Gene Vincent and The House Shakers, one and only session (rpt). First TX 06 February 1971. Recorded 1971-01-25. 'Whole Lotta Shakin' available on Rebel Heart Vol. 6 (TKO Magnum Music).
• Loudon Wainwright III, #2 (repeat). First Broadcast 13 October 1971. Recorded 1971-10-11. No known commercial release.

Tracklisting

• (segment 1) - position tbc
• Faces: Around The Plynth (session) §
• T.Rex: unknown (session)
• (segment 2) - position tbc
• Gene Vincent and The House Shakers - Rocking Road Blues (session)
• Fairport Convention: Tam Lin (session) §
• Led Zeppelin: Communication Breakdown (session)
• (segment 3)
• T.Rex: Sun Eye (session)
• Bonzo Dog Band: Tent (session) §
• Loudon Wainwright III: Motel Blues (session) §
• Joe Cocker and The Grease Band: Darling Be Home Soon (session) §
• Faces: Country Comfort (session) §
• Led Zeppelin: What Is And What Should Never Be (session) §

(JP: 'We end with another track from Gene Vincent and The House Shakers. This one is the old classic which I used to sing at old Army Camp dances, believe it or not, when I used to get a bit drunk and stagger on to the stage - before they pushed me off again.')

• Gene Vincent and The House Shakers - Say Mama (session) §
• (end of show)

File

Name

• (1) Top Gear 1972-09-26 Faces.mp3
• (2) Top Gear 1972-09-26 Fairport.mp3
• (3) Top Gear 1972-09-26f.mp3

Length

• (1) 00:07:58
• (2) 00:08:18
• (3) 00:25:42

Other

• Thanks to YouTube user RobEmbleton for making file (3) available.

Available

• (1) [1]
• (2) [2]
• (3) [3]