01 August 1972

== Show ==
; Name
*Top Gear
; Station
*BBC Radio One
; YYYY-MM-DD
*1972-08-01
; Comments
*No Decktician Log available for this show. Many thanks to Ken Garner for providing the PasB list.
*Peel follows Dr. John's newly-released version of Willie Dixon's "Wang Dang Doodle" with Howlin' Wolf's original, recorded in 1960.
*There are two successive tracks by singers named Burnette - a track from the debut album by Billy Burnette, followed by one from his more famous uncle, rockabilly singer Johnny Burnette.
*Mu featured Jeff Cotton, formerly of Captain Beefheart & His Magic Band.
== Sessions ==
*Roxy Music #3. Recorded 1972-07-18.
**Only two tracks recorded for this session. "Virginia Plain" was transmitted, "If There Is Something" was not (a 12 minutes duration may have influenced this). The first verified broadcast date of the track is 22 September 1975. 
**"Virginia Plain" available on the deluxe and 2-CD edition of "Roxy Music" (2018, Virgin EMI Records).
*Wishbone Ash #2 (repeat). First broadcast 25 April 1972. Recorded 1972-04-18.
**No known commercial release. The BBC Session version of "Blowin' Free" on the Deluxe release of Argus (2007) is from the Bob Harris Show on 31 May 1972.
*Rab Noakes #1 (repeat). First broadcast 06 June 1972. Recorded 1972-05-15.
**First transmission for "Hard On You" but "Winter Song" not broadcast.
**No known commercial release.
== Tracklisting ==
*Roxy Music: Virginia Plain (session)
*Quicksilver Messenger Service: Fresh Air (3xLP - The Last Days Of The Fillmore) Fillmore
*Dr. John: Wang Dang Doodle (single) Atlantic
*Howlin' Wolf: Wang Dang Doodle (2xLP - Chester Burnett A.K.A. Howlin' Wolf) Chess
*Wishbone Ash: The King Will Come (session)
*Rab Noakes: Half A Mile From Nowhere (session)
*Flying Burrito Brothers: Devil In Disguise (LP - The Last Of The Red Hot Burritos) A&M
*Randy Newman: Sail Away (single) Reprise
*Mott The Hoople: One Of The Boys (single b-side All The Young Dudes) CBS
*Rab Noakes: Good Night Loving Trail (session)
*Billy Burnette: The Last War Song (LP - Billy Burnette) Entrance
*Johnny Burnette & The Rock 'N Roll Trio: Lonesome Train (On A Lonesome Track) (LP - Johnny Burnette & The Rock 'N Roll Trio) Coral
*Wishbone Ash: Warrior (session)
*Santana: Incident At Neshabur (3xLP - The Last Days Of The Fillmore) Fillmore
*Hugh Masekela: Ingoo Pow-Pow (Children’s Song) (LP - Home Is Where The Music Is) Verve
*Rab Noakes: Drunk again (session)
*Mark Volman & Howard Kaplan: Strange Girl (LP - The Phlorescent Leech & Eddie) Reprise
*Turtles: Flyin High (LP - You Baby) White Whale
*Michael Nesmith & The First National Band: Lady Of The Valley (LP - Loose Salute) RCA
*Rab Noakes: Hard On You (session)
*Eagles: Take The Devil (LP - Eagles) Asylum
*Wishbone Ash: Blowin' Free (session)
*Mu: Mumbella Baye Tu La (LP - Mu)
*Rod Stewart: Angel (LP - Never A Dull Moment) Mercury
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== Footnotes ==
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Category:1972
Category:Peel shows
Category:Peel Shows (Unavailable)
Category:Top Gear