17 May 1973

== Show ==
; Name
*Top Gear
; Station
*BBC Radio One
; YYYY-MM-DD
*1973-05-17
; Comments
*Tracklisting below is from Volume 3 of the Decktician Logs. Many thanks to Decktician, Ken Garner for copying and additional information, and Rocker for acting as central HQ.
*Two tracks from the Christmas At The Patti double 10”, both featuring Dave Edmunds.
*Playlist mostly new or recent material, but JP looks back to 1967 and '68 with favourites by Donovan and Leonard Cohen, as well as a track from the debut album by Earth Opera, which he didn't play much on its release.
*Peel plays the JSD Band's version of the traditional Border ballad, "The Dowie Dens of Yarrow". Yarrow is a village a few miles southwest of Galashiels.
== Sessions ==
*Stray #3 First broadcast. Recorded 1973-05-07.
**No known commercial release.
*Nazareth Repeat. First broadcast 05 April 1973. Recorded 1973-04-02.
**’Broken Down Angel’ not played on session repeat.
**No known commercial release.
*Clifford T Ward Repeat. First broadcast 19 April 1973. Recorded 1973-04-09.
**First play for ‘The Magician’. ‘Wherewithal’ not played on session repeat.
**Available on the Home Thoughts From Abroad reissue (Virgin, 2010).
== Tracklisting ==
*Nazareth: Razamanaz (session)
*JSD Band Dowie Dens Of Yarrow (LP – Travelling Days) Cube
*Spooky Tooth: Wildfire (LP – You Broke My Heart So...I Busted Your Jaw) Island
*Stray: That’s Alright, Ma (session) #
*Earth Opera: Home Of The Brave (LP – Earth Opera) Elektra
*Clifford T Ward: The Magician (session)
*Kevin Ayers: Hymn (LP – Bananamour) Harvest
*Nazareth: Bad Bad Boy (session)
*Bridget St John: Passing Thru’ (single) MCA
*Leonard Cohen: That’s No Way To Say Goodbye (LP - Songs Of Leonard Cohen) CBS
*Clifford T Ward Gaye (session)
*Man (with Dave Edmunds & Stan Phifer): Life On The Road (2x10” – Christmas At The Patti) United Artists
*Wishbone Ash: Doctor (LP – Wishbone Four) MCA
*Stray: Pretty Thing (session) #
*Judee Sill: There’s A Rugged Road (LP – Heart Food) Asylum
*Clifford T Ward: Crisis (session)
*Plum Crazy (with Dave Edmunds): Run Rudolph Run (2x10” – Christmas At The Patti) United Artists
*Nazareth: Alcatraz (session)
*Willis Alan Ramsey: Wishbone (LP – Willis Alan Ramsey) Shelter
*Donovan: Young Girl Blues (LP – Sunshine Superman) Pye
*Stray: Come On Over (session) #
*Paul Simon: Take Me To The Mardi Gras (LP – There Goes Rhymin' Simon) CBS
*Clifford T Ward: Where’s It Going To End (session)
*J Geils Band: Struttin With My Baby (LP – Bloodshot) Atlantic
*Bob Seger: Turn The Page (LP – Back In '72) Reprise
Tracks marked # on File
== File ==
;Name
*Stray session from 17 May 1973.mp3
;Length
*17:12
;Other
*Many thanks to KevH. Audio contains only Stray's session as well as Peel's links.
;Available
*Mooo
Category:1973
Category:Peel shows
Category:Top Gear
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