28 August 1975

Show

Name

• Top Gear

Station

• BBC Radio One

YYYY-MM-DD

• 1975-08-28

Comments

• Taken from J P D31 of Decktician Reels.
• Some partially edited Peel links
• The Pete Wingfield track was the follow-up to his only hit single, "Eighteen With A Bullet". Wingfield went on to work as a songwriter, session musician, producer and journalist, contributing a regular soul column to Let It Rock magazine.

Sessions

• Chapman-Whitney Streetwalkers #2, recorded 21st August 1975. No known commercial release.
• Joan Armatrading & The Movies #7, recorded 10th July 1975, repeat, first broadcast 17 July 1975. No known commercial release.

Tracklisting

• Who: Relay (7") Track 2094-106 (JP: “From 1972, that’s the Who of course, and Relay. Just before I went on my…”)
• Chapman-Whitney Streetwalkers: Toenail Draggin' (session)
• Watersons: Adieu, Adieu (The Flash Lad) (album - For Pence And Spicy Ale) Topic 12TS 265 (JP: Mike, Lal and Norma Waterson…” - presumably he also mentioned Martin Carthy, who was Norma's husband and had joined the group)
• Pete Wingfield: A Whole Pot Of Jelly (For A Little Slice Of Toast) (7") Island WIP 6245 (JP: "Pete Wingfield’s follow-up to…)
• Rockin' Rebels: Wild Weekend Cha Cha (JP: "ah, dear I feel one of my attacks coming on…")
• Grateful Dead: Franklin's Tower (album - Blues For Allah) United Artists UAS 29895
• Travis Wammack: (Shu-Do-Pa -Poo-Poop) Love Being Your Fool (7") Capricorn 2089 015 (JP: “Number 69 in…”)
• Chapman-Whitney Streetwalkers: Burn It Down (session)
• JP: "And that's the last of a mighty session I think..."
• Eric Clapton: Further On Up The Road (album - E.C. Was Here) RSO 2394 160

File

Name

• J P D31

Length

• 1:03:45 (to 31:37)

Other

• Many thanks to Decktician, Rocker for organisation and Tim for digitisation

Available

• Mooo