08 June 1969

== Show ==
; Name
*Top Gear
; Station
*BBC Radio One
; YYYY-MM-DD
*1969-06-08
; Comments
*(Introduction to show, mood of Peel, interesting comments, etc. If possible, please add mentions of gigs attended, football matches, TV appearances, stories of past/current activities, etc, for use elsewhere on John Peel Wiki.)
*
*Ripper's notes - Two of four items recorded for this episode, one with Roy Harper on guest vocals. The other two tracks are harder to pin down. They appear to have been recorded off air during the latter part of 1968 (from evidence of identified items around them on the reel). They are possibly from the band's Pop North session of 29/8/68.
*The three Nice tracks preserved here are all cover versions - their take on Bob Dylan's "Country Pie", from his Nashville Skyline LP, a version of the Byrds' "Get To You", from their Notorious Byrd Brothers LP, and "St. Thomas", a tune by Sonny Rollins, on which they're joined by Roy Harper, as Peel mentions in his intro, jokingly referring to it as a "super session".
*"Dolphin Song" from Richie Havens' session is actually Fred Neil's "The Dolphins", recorded by a number of artists over the years from Tim Buckley to Billy Bragg. The version here may be incomplete as it seems to fade early.
*Full tracklisting with thanks to Warwick Johns. Page 1 / Page 2
== Sessions ==
*Nice #7, recorded 2nd June 1969. Available on BBC Sessions Castle CMFCD 457
*Richie Havens #2, recorded 3rd June 1969. No known commercial release.
*Roy Harper #3, recoded 3rd June 1969. Available on The BBC Tapes - Volume I - 1969-1973 CD, 1997 (Science Friction HUCD 022)
*Juniors Eyes #2, recorded 28th April 1969, repeat, first broadcast 04 May 1969. No known commercial release.
(Please add details of any commercial release of these sessions)
== Tracklisting ==
*Martha Velez: Tell Mama (7" - Swamp Man) London HLK 10280
*Roy Harper: Hey Francesca (session)
*Richie Havens: Handsome Johnny (session) 2
*Captain Beefheart: Ella Guru (album - Trout Mask Replica) Straight STS 1053
*Junior's Eyes: Sing A Song (session)
*Roy Harper: Hell's Angels (session)
*Nice: Get To You (session) 3
*news
*Steamhammer: She Is In Fire (album - Steamhammer) CBS S 63611
*Who: Christmas (album - Tommy) Track 613 013/4
*Richie Havens: Things I Used To Do (session)
*Nice: Country Pie (session) 1
*Roy Harper: She's The One (session)
*Alan Bown: Still As Stone (7") Deram DM 259
*Junior's Eyes: Not Far Away (session)
*Freddy King: It's Too Bad Things Are Going So Tough (album - It's Too Bad Things Are Going So Tough) Python PLP KM 5
*Byrds: Child Of The Universe (album - Dr. Byrds & Mr. Hyde) CBS S 63545
*Richie Havens: High Flying Bird (session)
*Roy Harper: I Hate The White Man (session)
*Junior's Eyes: Miss Lizzy (session)
*Tyrannosaurus Rex: Catblack (Wizard’s Hat) (album - Unicorn) Regal Zonophone LRZ 1007 4
*Nice: For Example (session)
*Peel intro "for the first time"
*Nice & Roy Harper: St. Thomas (session) 1
*Pink Floyd: Interstellar Overdrive (album - The Piper at the Gates of Dawn) Columbia 33SX 6157
*Richie Havens: Dolphin Song (session) 2
== File ==
;Name
*1a) The Nice - Peel session - Top Gear 8/6/69
*1b) 1969-06-08 TG 8.6.69 The Nice 2 pieces
*2a) Richie Havens - Peel session - Top Gear 8/6/69
*2b) 1969-06-08 TG 8.6.69 Richie Havens
*3) 1969-06-08 TG mid 69 The Nice LP track w intro.mp3
*4) Tyrannosaurus Rex - various radio session tracks 1969-70
;Length
*1a) 16:10 (to 7:06)
*1b) 7:06
*2) 8:47
*3) 5:49
*4) 14:02 (to 2:51)
;Other
*Many thanks to Colin Harper. File 1b is separated out and 1b and 2b have centred audio. 4) Tyrannosaurus Rex 1969
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;Available
*1a) Youtube
*1b) Mooo
*2a) Youtube
*2b) Mooo
*3) Mooo
*4) Youtube
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