14 July 1968

== Show ==
; Name
*Top Gear
; Station
*BBC Radio One
; YYYY-MM-DD
*1968-07-14
; Comments
*Radio Times listing reproduced on BBC Genome: "John Peel in Top Gear with Leonard Cohen, Tyrannosaurus Rex, The Nice, Skip Bifferty, Joe Cocker And The Greaseband and records we would like you to hear. Produced by Bernie Andrews"
*The Leonard Cohen session is from the first play, as the second track was not played on the repeat, and this is clearly recorded on the same day as a slight morse IF interference can be heard
*The Cohen session is part of File 1, but the other tracks are followed by applause, so they are likely to be from the two TV shows the singer recorded for BBC2, which according to BBC Genome went out on 31 August and 7 September 1968.
*The final track on File 1, a version of "That's No Way To Say Goodbye", is a duet featuring Cohen and Julie Felix, taken from her BBC2 show Once More WIth Felix. JP never played her records, but her show sometimes featured Peel favourites as guests (Tim Buckley, the Incredible String Band). According to Genome this comes from 27 January 1968 and the other guests on the show were the Alan Price Set.
*Full tracklisting thanks to Warwick Johns
*As Ken Garner notes in The Peel Sessions (p.53), this waa the first ever broadcast of what became Joe Cocker's biggest chart success, his version of the Beatles' "With A Little Help From My Friends". It didn't go out on the original session broadcast but was "saved" by producer Bernie Andrews. Cocker and the Grease Band recorded it commercially in September 1968 and it reached No. ! in the UK singles chart in November, giving it a score of "16 weeks" in Ken's Peel Ahead of Everyome (PAE) index.
== Sessions ==
*Leonard Cohen, only session. Recorded 9th July 1968. Backed by the Tony Gilbert Group. No known commercial release.
*Skip Bifferty #3 recorded 9th July 1968. Available on The Story Of Skip Bifferty 2xCD, 2003 (Castle Music ‎– CMEDD 518)
*Joe Cocker #1, recorded 20th May 1968, repeat, first broadcast 09 June 1968. First play of "With A Little Help From My Friends" (see above). No known commercial release.
*Nice #3, recorded 10th June 1968, repeat, first broadcast 16 June 1968. No known commercial release.
*Tyrannosaurus Rex #4, recorded 11th June 1968. Available on "Marc Bolan at the BBC" 
== Tracklisting ==
*Rabbit Mackay & Somis River Band: Hard Time Woman (LP - Bug Cloth) UNI or MCA
*Skip Bifferty: Once (session)
*Family: Peace Of Mind (album - Music In A Doll's House) Reprise RSLP 6312
*Joe Cocker: Mr. Bus Driver (session)
*Earth Opera: Close Your Eyes And Shut The Door (LP: Earth Opera) Elektra
*Tyrannosaurus Rex: Stacy Grove (session)
*Nice: Get To You (session)
*Moody Blues: Legend Of A Mind (LP: In Search Of The Lost Chord) Deram
*Leonard Cohen: That's No Way To Say Goodbye (session)
*Donovan: Rules And Regulations (album - Donovan In Concert) Epic $
*Skip Bifferty: The Man In Black (session)
*Country Joe & The Fish: Cetacean (album - Together) Vanguard VSD-79277
*Joe Cocker: Something's Coming On (session)
*Tyrannosaurus Rex: One Inch Rock (session) £
*Steve Miller Band: Children Of The Future (album - Children Of The Future) Capitol
*Nice: The Diamond Blue Apples Of The Moon (session)
*Leonard Cohen: You Know Who I Am (session) @
*Steppenwolf: A Girl I Knew (album - Steppenwolf) RCA Victor
*Skip Bifferty: Don't Let Me Be Misunderstood (session)
*Tyrannosaurus Rex: Sallamanda Pallaganda (session)
*Buffy Sainte Marie: It's Gonna Feel Much Better When You've Gone (LP: I'm Gonna Be A Country Girl Again) Vanguard
*Joe Cocker: With A Little Help From My Friends (session)
*Pink Floyd: ? (album -
*Nice: Little Arabella (session)
*Leonard Cohen: Bird On A Wire (session) @
*John Mayall's Bluesbreakers: I Started Walking (LP: Bare Wires) Decca
*Tyrannosaurus Rex: Eastern Spell (session)
*Skip Bifferty: The Hobbit (session)
*Joe Cocker: I Shall Be Released (session)
*Cream: Politician (album - Wheels Of Fire) Polydor
*?: ?
*Nice: Sorcery (session)
*Leonard Cohen: So Long Marianne (session) @
*Tracks marked @ available on File 1
*Tracks marked £ available on File 2
*Tracks marked $ available on File 3
== File ==
;Name
*1) LeonardCohen1968BBCBroadcastsLondonUK.mp3
*2a) Tyrannosaurus Rex - Peel session - Top Gear 14/7/68
*2b) 1968-07-14 TG 14.7.68 Tyran Rex one inch rock
*3) 1968-07-14 Donovan Top Gear.mp3
;Length
*1) 1:18:15 (1:02:24-1:15:12)
*2) 0:01:41
*3) 0:02:33
;Other
*1) Thanks to Sugarmegs
*2,3) Many thanks to Colin Harper. 2b has centred audio.
;Available
*1) Sugarmegs
*2a) Youtube
*2b) Mooo
*3) Mooo
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