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Bonzo Sessions

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Tape[]

Name
  • Bonzo Sessions
Station
  • BBC Radio One
YYYY-MM
  • 1968/1969
  • (Background of tape, including who made it, theme if any, notable songs, interesting Peel comments, etc)
  • A collection of Bonzo Dog Band unreleased sessions recorded off air.
  • Uploaded to Dime in February 2013. Full details
  • Reference was made to track 6 of session #4 (Can Blue Men Sing The Whites?) not being included here as it was released commercially as The Complete BBC Recordings (Strange Fruit, CD, 2002), suggesting that the entire session may have been the repeat. However the track order is that of the original broadcast so it's more likely that is the source for the first 5 tracks. That BBC album also includes a session listed as from Top Gear recorded on 2nd October 1968 which is not referenced in Ken's books.

Tracklisting[]

  • Session #4, recorded 8th July 1968, first broadcast 21 July 1968, repeated 18 August 1968. Can Blue Men Sing The Whites? only broadcast in the repeat.
  • Young Girl
  • Beautiful Zelda
  • Captain Cool
  • My Pink Half Of The Drainpipe
  • 11 Moustachioed Daughters
  • Can Blue Men Sing The Whites only on File 2
  • 12:26
  • Session #5, recorded 8th October 1968, repeat, first broadcast 20 October 1968, repeated 01 December 1968. Ready Mades (E's Mad Dreg) only broadcast in the repeat. I'm the Urban Spaceman only broadcast in debut.
  • Shirt Peel outro "quite lovely" 01 December 1968 This is a different outro to the original broadcast so dates it to the December repeat.
  • I'm The Urban Spaceman 20 October 1968 (14:51)
  • Ready Mades (E's Mad Dreg) 01 December 1968 (17:08)
  • Excerpt From 'Brain Opera' (19:41) cuts out after 4 mins
  • The Bride Stripped Bare By Bachelors (23:55-26:46)
  • Hello Mabel sounds like record version. only on File 2
  • BBC Radio 1 Club, broadcast live on 19 February 1969 (BBC Radio 1 Club) from the Paris Cinema, introduced by John Peel and David Symonds. 26:48-35:23
  • Do The Trouser Press
  • Humanoid Boogie
  • Canyons Of Your Mind
  • BBC Radio 1 'Symonds On Sunday' Possibly BBC Studio 2, Aoelian Hall, London (?) Recording date: 3 March 1969 Broadcast date: 9 March 1969
  • Mr. Apollo

File[]

Name
  • 1) BonzoDogBand1968-1969BBCPeelSessionsLondonUK
  • 2) Bonzo Dog Doo Dah Band Peel and other sessions 1968 69.zip
Length
  • 1) 39:26
  • 2) 45:16
Other
  • Many thanks to Guy Brown.
  • Note that "Bride Stripped Bare" and "Readymades" are incorrectly labelled on the flacs and the Sugarmegs site.
  • 2) Individual flac files, including a couple removed from the Sugarmegs share.
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