15 December 1968

==Show==
;Name
*Top Gear
;Station
*BBC Radio One
;YYYY-MM-DD
*1968-12-15
;Comments
*Peel plays Ten Years After's "Goin' Home", from their live album Undead, later their most famous number, after their appearance in the film Woodstock, and dedicates it to "Alvin" (Lee). JP had been critical of the album in his International Times column., saying he didn't enjoy it as much as he'd hoped and that their records were in danger of "degenerating into heartless virtuoso performances". 
*Lee had recently told Melody Maker that "John Peel is cool to himself with his show but unintentionally he is making the scene paranoically aware as soon as anything new gets on it. Then when it gets popular he leaves it alone..." (see Melody Maker: 1968) so JP's dedication may have been a response to the guitarist's remarks.
*Show must have been broadcast during a cold spell, to judge from JP's remarks about looking out for old people.
*Additional tracklisting thanks to Warwick Johns. Link
*Further tracklisting from Mike Brown.
*Both the Pink Floyd collections contain at least 2 tracks from this show, and most of the intros/outros (more of these on File 5) but two of the tracks themselves (bracketed as from file (4) but also available in the full collection 5) are from a different source - perhaps from an alternative tape of this show (as the best audio was selected for the compilation) or from the repeat.
==Sessions==
*Jethro Tull #2. Recorded: 1968-11-05
*Pink Floyd #4. Recorded: 1968-12-02
*Duster Bennett #2. Recorded: 1968-10-14. First Broadcast: 03 November 1968
*Pentangle #4. Recorded: 1968-09-23. First Broadcast: 03 November 1968
==Tracklisting==
*Mike Brown tracklisting
*Skip Bifferty: When She Comes To Stay (album - Skip Bifferty) RCA SF 7941
*Jethro Tull: Love Story (session)
*Fairport Convention: Meet On The Ledge (7") Island WIP 6047 $
*Duster Bennett: I'm Gonna Wind Up Ending Up (session)
*Bonzo Dog Band: The Trouser Press (album - The Doughnut In Granny's Greenhouse) Liberty LBL 83158 
*Pentangle: I Loved A Lass (session)
*Canned Heat: My Mistake (album - Living The Blues) Liberty
*Peel intro 5a
*Pink Floyd: Point Me To The Sky (session) (4)
*Peel outro 5b
*Scaffold: Buttons Of Your Mind (7" - Lily The Pink) Parlophone R 5734
*Incredible String Band: The Yellow Snake (album - Wee Tam And The Big Huge) Elektra EKL 4036
*Duster Bennett: Want You To Love Me (session)
*Nice: Little Arabella (album – Ars Longa Vita Brevis) Immediate IMSP 020 @
*Pentangle: I've Got A Feeling (session)
*intro 4
*Pink Floyd: Baby Blue Shuffle In D Minor (Sic) (session) 4
*outro 4
*James Taylor: Taking It In (album - James Taylor) Apple SAPCOR 3
*Jethro Tull: Stormy Monday (session)
*Steppenwolf: Don't Step On The Grass, Sam (album - The Second) Stateside SSL 5003
*Warwick tracklisting starts at 4:15PM
*Duster Bennett: Sleeping In The Ground (session)
*Steve Miller Band: Song For Our Ancestors (album - Sailor) Capitol
*Tyrannosaurus Rex: Juniper Suction (album - Prophets, Seers and Sages, The Angels of the Ages) Regal Zonophone SLRZ 1005
*Peel intro 5c
*Pink Floyd: The Embryo (session) (4)
*Peel outro 5d
*Dr. K's Blues Band: Rolty's Banjo Shuffle (album - Dr. K's Blues Band) Spark SRLP 101
*Jethro Tull: Beggar's Farm (session)
*SRC: Daystar (album - SRC) Capitol ST 2991
*Duster Bennett: Country Jam (session)
*File 1 begins
*Pentangle: In Your Mind (session)
*Peel tells listeners that they should check on elderly people in their areas who may be living alone during the bad winter weather
*Ten Years After: I'm Going Home (LP - Ten Years After Undead) Deram ((JP: "It's to Alvin with love")
*Pink Floyd: Interstellar Overdrive (session) 4
*End of show - Peel reminds audence to listen to Mike Raven and Alan Freeman - and says "be gentle with one another and go and look for some old people who are by themselves..."
*Track marked @ available on File 2
*Track marked $ available on File 3
*Tracks marked 4 available on File 4
*Tracks marked 5 available on File 5
==File==
;Name
*1) J P Top Gear 15 Dec 1968.mp3
*2) The Nice - Peel session - Top Gear 8/6/69
*3) John Peel's Night Ride: A 1968 Miscellany (part 2)
*4) PinkFloyd1967-1971AtTheBeebLondonUK.mp3
*5a) 1968-12-15 Peel Intro Point Me At The Sky 01-1968-12-02 - John Peel [Top Gear, Maida Vale Studios, London].mp3
*5b) 1968-12-15 Peel Outro Point Me At The Sky 01-1968-12-02 - John Peel [Top Gear, Maida Vale Studios, London].mp3
*5c) 1968-12-15 Peel Intro The Embryo 05-1968-12-02 - John Peel [Top Gear, Maida Vale Studios, London].mp3
*5d) 1968-12-15 Peel Outro The Embryo 05-1968-12-02 - John Peel [Top Gear, Maida Vale Studios, London].mp3
;Length
*1) 14:47
*2) 16:10 (7:06-11:25)
*3) 49:01 (41:53-44:41)
*4) 20:07-40:49 (24:32-28:45, 31:58 on from this show, rest uncertain) (24:32-28:45 unique)
*5a) 0:06
*5b) 0:02
*5c) 0:01
*5d) 0:20
;Other
*1) Many thanks to Tim
*2,3) Many thanks to Colin Harper
*4) Full details at Sugarmegs
*5) From unofficial fan collection Pink Floyd 1967-1974 Let There Beeb More Light.
;Available
*1) Mooo
*2) YouTube
*3) Mooo
*4) Archive.org
*5) Mooo
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