John Peel - Top Gear shows from 1969 and 1970

JOHN PEEL'S TOP GEAR - 8 SHOWS FROM 1969 & 1970 This torrent is a re-upload of the 8 classic Top Gear shows that appeared on my Peel blog Kat's Karavan (http://kats-karavan.blogspot.com/) and have now expired onMost of them are full (or nearly full) shows, encoded as 320K MP3s from 7-inch reel-to-reel tapes. Many thanks to hills1902 for supplying the tapes, to John for ripping and encoding them and to Phil for originally hosting the MP3s on his server. ============================================================================= John Peel's Top Gear - 27th. April 1969 In Session Principal Edwards Magic Theatre The Eclection The Family Details This first show in the bunch features sessions from, as stated above, Principal Edwards Magic Theatre, Eclection and (The) Family. There's only a slight glitch in Mr. Apollo, as indicated below, but otherwise this is a full two-hour show in very reasonable nick for its age. Manna for Peeliacs. Tracklisting Top Gear Theme The Byrds - Old Blue Canned Heat - Time Was The Eclection - Both Sides Now (session) Chicken Shack - I'd Rather Go Blind The Family - A Song For Me (session) Bonzo Dog Band - Mr. Apollo [skips back to end of the Family track, then continues and jumps a bit further into Mr. Apollo] News at 7:30 The Eclection - Restitution (session) Bob Dylan - Country Pie Principal Edwards Magic Theatre - Lament For The Earth (session) The Family - Bring It On Home (session) Pentangle - Once I Had A Sweetheart Credence Clearwater Revival - Proud Mary Principal Edwards Magic Theatre - Ballad of a Big Girl Now (session) The Eclection - Charity (session) Leonard Cohen - Seems So Long Ago Nancy BB King - Sweet Little Angel The Family - Love Is A Sleeper (session) Coliseum (Colosseum) - Those About To Die Principal Edwards Magic Theatre - Third Sonnet To Sundry Notes Of Music (session) The Eclection - Earth (session) The Moody Blues - Send Me No Wine Gordon Smith - Instrumental No. 2 [Interrupted by a motoring flash] The Family - I Sung 'Um The Way I Feel (session) Principal Edwards Magic Theatre - Pinky: A Mystery Cycle (session) Doctor John - The Lonesome Guitar Strangler The Eclection - Put On Your Face (session) Top Gear Theme ============================================================================= John Peel's Top Gear, 11th. May 1969 In Session Fleetwood Mac King Crimson Tyrannosaurus Rex The Bonzo Dog Band Details Here's another full 2-hour Top Gear show from 1969. And in a packed programme tonight, Ronnie, there's sessions from Fleetwood Mac, King Crimson, Tyrannosaurus Rex and The Bonzo Dog Band. Tracklisting Top Gear Theme The Edwin Hawkins Singers - Oh Happy Day Tim Rose - Roanoke Fleetwood Mac - Tallahassee Lassie (session) Bonzo Dog Band - Mr. Apollo (session) Chicken Shack - I'd Rather Go Blind Tyrannosaurus Rex - Once Upon the Seas of Abyssinia (session) King Crimson - The Court of the Crimson King (session) [Edit to cut out news] Martha Velez - It Takes a Lot To Laugh, It Takes a Train To Cry Credence Clearwater Revival - Bad Moon Rising Bonzo Dog Band - Look At Me I'm Wonderful (session) Tyrannosaurus Rex - Nijinsky Hind (session) Fleetwood Mac - Heavenly (session) Jefferson Airplane - It's No Secret King Crimson - 21st Century Schizoid Man (session) Mike Cooper - Poor Little Annie Tyrannosaurus Rex - The Misty Coast of Albany (session) Neil Young - The Loner Pentangle - Once I Had A Sweetheart Fleetwood Mac - Early Morning Come (session) The Glass Menagerie - Have You Forgotten Who You Are? Canned Heat - Low Down Bonzo Dog Band - Quiet Talks And Summer Walks (session) Johnny Shines - Baby Don't You Think I Know Fleetwood Mac - You'll Never Know What You're Missing Till You Try (session) Tyrannosaurus Rex - Chariots of Silk (session) King Crimson - Talk To The Wind (session) Kak - Golgotha Leviathan - Time Fleetwood Mac - Blues With A Feeling (session) Bob Dylan - I Threw It All Away Colosseum - Walking In The Park Top Gear Theme ============================================================================= John Peel's Top Gear, 18th. May 1969 In Session John Dummer's Blues Band Mandrake Paddle Steamer Blodwyn Pig Pentangle Details OK folks, here we go with show three of the eight recently-discovered Top Gears. Tonight there's sessions from Pentangle, Blodwyn Pig, Mandrake Paddle Steamer and the John Dummer Blues Band. Tracklisting The Mooch - Hot Smoke and Sassafras The Idle Race - Days of the Broken Arrows Pentangle - Once I Had A Sweetheart (session) John Dummer Blues Band - The Big Feeling Blues (session) Bob Dylan - One More Night Blodwyn Pig - Ain'tcha Comin' Home, Babe? (session) Mandrake Paddle Steamer - The Ivory Castle Of Solitaire Huske (session) Credence Clearwater Revival - Penthouse Pauper [News edit] Sons of Champlin - 1982A Pentangle - Hunting Song (session) Van Morrison - Sweet Thing Blodwyn Pig - Change Song (session) John Dummer Blues Band - Skin Game (session) Mandrake Paddle Steamer - Coogar and Dark (session) The Famous Jug Band - The Only Friend I Own Pentangle - Bruton Town (session) Leonard Cohen - The Butcher Blodwyn Pig - It's Only Love (session) John Dummer Blues Band - Jungle Blues (session) Dave Kelly (John Dummer Blues Band) - Hard Times (session) John Fahey - Sail Away Ladies Mandrake Paddle Steamer - Senlak Lament (session) Spooky Tooth - Waitin' For The Wind Blodwyn Pig - The Modern Alchemist (session) Pentangle - Sally Go Round The Roses (session) The Who - We're Not Gonna Take It Vilayat Khan & Shanta Prasad - Concert in the Haunted Palace Top Gear Theme ============================================================================= John Peel's Top Gear - 29th. June 1969 In Session Pentangle Led Zeppelin The Idle Race Savoy Brown Blues Band Details Fresh from the previous day's Bath Festival, Peelie introduces us to more fab 'n groovy Top Gear sounds. This one features sessions from Led Zeppelin, Pentangle, early Jeff Lynne band The Idle Race and the Savoy Brown Blues Band. The Pentangle session seems to be a repeat of the one in the previous post, but this time "I Got a Feeling", an extra song you won't have heard last time, is included. Also features West Bromwich blues, strange things happening in Lewisham, an early 'wrong speed moment' and the Appletree Theatre using the term WWW 22 years before Tim Berners-Lee. Oh, and some nascent Peel/Walters banter, where JP has a go at his new producer for mixing up the Idle Race running order. This one starts out veeeery sloooow, hence it's a bit longer than normal. Judging by the length of Honky Tonk Women, I'd say it's about 5% too slow at the start, but it settles down after about 15 minutes. Tracklisting The Rolling Stones - Honky Tonk Women Led Zeppelin - What Is And What Should Never Be (session) The Appletree Theatre - Sorry State of Staying Awake Pentangle - Bruton Town (session) Free - I'll Be Creeping The Idle Race - Someone Knocking (session) Savoy Brown Blues Band - Train To Nowhere (session) [News edit] Led Zeppelin - Whole Lotta Love (session) Billy Preston - That's The Way God Planned It Pentangle - I Got a Feeling (session) The Misunderstood - Never Had a Girl The Idle Race - Please, No More Sad Songs (session) Captain Beefheart and the Magic Band - Neon Meate Dream of A Octofish Savoy Brown Blues Band - She's Got a Ring In Her Nose And A Ring On Her Hand (session) Chicago Transit Authority - South California Purples Pentangle - Hunting Song (session) Led Zeppelin - Travelling Riverside Blues '69 (session) Andromeda - Go Your Way The Idle Race - Sea of Dreams (session) Savoy Brown Blues Band - Life's One Act Play (session) Fairport Convention - Genesis Hall BB King - Sweet Thing The Idle Race - Reminds Me Of You (session) Martha Velez - I'm Gonna Leave You Led Zeppelin - Communication Breakdown (session) The Plastic Ono Band - Give Peace a Chance ============================================================================= John Peel's Top Gear - 6th. July 1969 In Session John Hiseman's Coliseum Imrat Khan John Dummer's Blues Band The Pretty Things Details Just like the previous week (above), Peel arrives for Top Gear the day after attending an outdoor show, this time the Stones' famous Hyde Park concert. In session tonight: Jon Hiseman's Colosseum, The Pretty Things, Ustad Imrat Khan and the John Dummer Blues Band. The John Dummer Blues Band session is a repeat of the one broadcast on the 18th. May show, but this time there's an extra track, A Few Short Lines. And I know next to nothing about Indian classical music, but this Imrat Khan session sounds like an absolute stormer to me. Highly recommended. What else do I have to tell you? Oh yes, it's clear that the Peel/Walters relationship is developing nicely here, as there's several quips from John P about his new mate. And Peel bemoans the fact that David Bowie's new single is obviously not bound for the charts. Something called Space Oddity, apparently; whatever happened to that? There appear to be a few speed issues here again; it seems a little slow at times. Also, it sounds like Peelie has trouble cueing up some of the recordings, as they often start too slowly. Tracklisting Fairport Convention - Si Tu Dois Partir Third Ear Band - Druid One Colosseum - Elegy (session) The Pretty Things - No More Spring (session) Crosby, Stills & Nash - Pre-Road Downs Imrat Khan (tabla: Mahapurush Misra) - Alap N'gat from Rag Kalabati (session) [News edit] Colosseum - Grass is Greener (session) John Dummer Blues Band - A Few Short Lines (session) The Pretty Things - Alexander (session) David Bowie - Space Oddity Steamhammer - Even The Clock Colosseum - Jon Hiseman's Condensed History of Mankind (session) Dave Kelly (John Dummer Blues Band) - Hard Times (session) McKenna Mendelsohn Mainline - Better Watch Out Imrat Khan - Rag Tori (session) Mothers of Invention - Mr. Green Genes The Pretty Things - Marilyn (session) Blossom Toes - Kiss of Confusion Colosseum - February's Valentine (session) Edgar Broughton Band - Love in The Rain John Dummer Blues Band - Jungle Blues (session) Johnny Winter - I'm Yours And I'm Hers The Pretty Things - Send You With Loving (session) Top Gear Theme (snippet) ============================================================================= John Peel's Top Gear - 27th. July 1969 In Session Roy Harper Ten Years After The Third Ear Band Details We pick up the story 3 weeks after the last show, finding Peel in an unusually showbiz mood, with a handover from Alan 'Fluff' Freeman and a bit of banter with his erstwhile Top Gear co-presenter Pete Drummond. Peel also chats about an upcoming holiday to France with his brother Alan and a recent visit to Birmingham, taking in Handsworth market and The Diskery. Sessions tonight come from Roy Harper, Ten Years After and Third Ear Band. This one is missing the last 22-25 minutes and once again starts a little slowly. It also gets a little crackly towards the end; maybe it was the end of the reel, hence the truncated recording. Tracklisting Ten Years After - Woke Up This Morning (session) Crosby Stills and Nash - Helplessly Hoping Fairport Convention - Si Tu Dois Partir Roy Harper - (It's Tomorrow And) Today Is Yesterday (session) Chicago Transit Authority - Listen Third Ear Band - Hyde Park Raga (session) McKenna Mendelsohn Mainline - Beltmaker News Steve Miller Band - My Dark Hour David Bowie - Space Oddity Ten Years After - Crossroads (session) Roy Harper - Hell's Angels (session) Captain Beefheart and the Magic Band - Pachuco Cadaver Captain Beefheart and the Magic Band - Pachuco Cadaver (brief reprise) Johnny Winter - Black Cat Bone Third Ear Band - Druid (session) The Glass Menagerie - Watching The World Pass By Roy Harper - She's The One (session) Blodwyn Pig - The Change Song Tim Hardin - Simple Song of Freedom Ten Years After - Good Morning Little Schoolgirl Roy Harper - Hey Francesca (session) Bizarre applause - end of tape ============================================================================= John Peel's Top Gear - 4th. July 1970 In Session Country Joe McDonald Fotheringay Cochise Details We fast-forward nearly a year from the previous show to mid-1970, and find music-loving Johnny Plee introducing sessions from Country Joe McDonald, Fotheringay and Cochise. It all gets a bit Pete Frame at this point, because Country Joe had recently stopped working with The Fish (as he told John Walters while recording the session), Fotheringay was Sandy Denny's project after leaving Fairport and Cochise are probably best known for being Mick Grabham's main band before joining Procol Harum. By coincidence, Peel even plays a Procol Harum track right before one of Cochise's session tracks. Hope you're all taking notes; there'll be a test after class. Tracklisting Free - Mr. Big The American Dream - Credamphels Fotheringay - The Sea (session) Wilbert Harrison - Blue Monday Cochise - Woodland Light Irons (session) The Pretty Things - Scene One/The Good Mr.Square/She Was Tall, She Was High News Fotheringay - The Ballad of Ned Kelly (session) David Bowie - Memory of a Free Festival Country Joe McDonald - Hold On It's Coming (session) Country Joe McDonald - Balancing On The Edge Of Time (session) Country Joe McDonald - It's So Nice To Have Love (session) Country Joe McDonald - Maria (session) Country Joe McDonald - Tell Me Where You're Bound (session) Medicine Head - Coast To Coast (And Shore To Shore) Fotheringay - Banks of The Nile (session) Procol Harum - Your Own Choice Cochise - Past Loves (session) Wild Man Fisher - The Wild Man Fisher Story ("cadet edition") Mike Cooper - Watching You Fall News Grateful Dead- New Speedway Boogie American Tourist photo competition "Disinterred 33 1/3": Soft Machine - We Did It Again Fotheringay - The Way I Feel (session) Cochise - Velvet Mountain (session) Mississippi Fred McDowell - 61 Highway Malaysian Girls - Hydro Percussion (from "John Peel's Archive Things") Chickenshack - Never Ever ============================================================================= John Peel's Top Gear - 11th. July 1970 In Session Son House Kevin Ayers East of Eden Details It's John Walters' birthday and Peel says that this Top Gear is "the nicest we've had for as long as I can remember". Sessions this week come from Son House, Kevin Ayers and East of Eden. JP seems both astonished and delighted to have Son House on the programme. And I remember him saying a few years back that Jack White was pretty well incredulous when he told him Son had recorded a Peel session. But Jack's reaction is not that surprising; after all, how many contemporary British DJs in the 00s would have been able to say that they'd had one of the legendary delta bluesmen on their show? I reckon John P, who was developing a good friendship with Jack, was pretty proud to have been able to tell him that. Tracklisting Top Gear Theme Doug Kershaw - Mama Rita in Hollywood Kevin Ayers - Derby Day (session) East of Eden - Nymphenburger (session) Steeleye Span - The Blackleg Miner Traffic - Stranger to Himself Fotheringay - Nothing More News Poco - Hurry Up Son House - My Good Gal (session) John Simon - Davey's On The Road Again Kevin Ayers - The Interview (session) Kevin Ayers - We Did It Again (session) Jellybread - Rockin' Pneumonia & The Boogie Woogie Flu East of Eden - Sphynx (session) Son House - Spoken Word 1 (session) Son House - Death Letter (session) Son House - Spoken Word 2 (session) Son House - Don't You Mind People Grinnin' In Your Face (session) [News Edit] East of Eden - Jig-a-Jig (session) Ronnie Lane - Evolution (Stone) Fairport Convention - Doctor of Physics Kevin Ayers - Lunatic's Lament (session) Matthew's Southern Comfort - Something In The Way She Moves Top Gear Theme

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aoxomoxoahead (2007-10-08)

That's a fine torrent ! Thank you very much !!! It's so sad that John Peel is dead. He gave me so much inspiration all over the years. You did a great job !!!
THANKS....

Jhouston (2007-10-09)

OUTSTANDING!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

skunkworks2000 (2007-10-26)

Thanks DuffPaddy. A real treasure to be had here. Quality is superb and through your efforts Peels memory is helped to live on. A file now set in stone on my PC and as such I will Seed whenever online and not remove it and will do the same with others when I've got them. Hopefully many will benefit!

acid56 (2007-11-04)

Thanks a millionmate.
:D

Boagster (2007-11-17)

You're a good guy! thanx.

elwoodbloos (2007-12-11)

WOW

trumpydumpy (2008-04-06)

I don't know what skunkworks was thinking, but the quality of sound is horrible, not even AM quality. There is a hum in the background that is unbearable and the sound is very muddy, not really comfortable to listen to. Don't waste your time downloading this unless you really really want to get it for a certain live performance or obscure track.

unholm (2008-04-10)

Thanx for these great shows!!!
ONE QUESTION PLEASE :
Every single show is 2 hours, and is not divided to single tracks.
HOW CAN I burn a CDR from this Shows ??
OR : is there any possibility to divide one Show into 2 parts of 1 hour each, so it would fit on a CD ???
Please be so kind to inform me, either here or on my email :
[email protected]
HAVE A NICE TIME EVERYBODY, best wishes,
Hans-Helmut from Germany.
Ihr könnt natürlich auch in Deutsch schreiben. :)

zalowishus (2008-08-17)

A TRUE TRUE FUCKING GEM, I felt like I'ver just x'ed over and signed my soul..............NO most really!!!
Or it could have just been the North Missiissippi Allstarts!!! Fucking great in our oun right!!!

anderson444 (2009-01-14)

Thanks for sharing this with us and letting us hear John, doing what he did best.......MUSIC

mxyzptik (2010-12-18)

I remember listening to one of these shows on a sunny Sunday afternoon in Highgate, London when I was sixteen, as if it was today. It was as magical then as it is now .... now I'm far away in Australia. Wondrous. Thank you.

wayne-mcg (2011-07-11)

such a legendary torrent for such a legendary man, come on seeders

jez1961 (2011-09-17)

Magic!! Very much appreciated..

bazoozoo2 (2011-10-15)

Unfortunately couldn't connect - bazoozoo2 - used to listen to John Peel in my misspent youth - feel deprived. Oh' well.