17 December 1967

== Show ==
; Name
*Top Gear
; Station
*BBC Radio One
; YYYY-MM-DD
*1967-12-17
; 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.)
*Chris Clark is listed among the session artists in the show section of The Peel Sessions, but is missing from the session listings. She was one of the few white singers to record for Motown, so was a typical booking in the early months of Top Gear, when each week included one or more sessions by soul artists. The NME of December 2, 1967, confirms ("Chart Who's Who In Radio 1 Shows") that she had been booked for this show; an ad from EMI in Record Mirror of 9 December 1967 (p.3) welcomes her (and Gladys Knight and the Pips) to Britain and also mentions a new single by her. The gig listings in Melody Maker of 25 November 1967 show both acts appearing at Blaises club in London that week ("Tamla Motown at Blaises")  Chris Clark had no chart hits in the UK, but one of her best known songs, "I Want To Go Back There Again", later became a Northern Soul favourite..
== Sessions ==
*Soft Machine #1, recorded 5th December 1967. Available on BBC Radio 1967 - 1971 2xCD, 2003 (Hux, HUX 037)
*Bonzo Dog Band #2, recorded 5th December 1967. To tracks released on on Unpeeled (Strange Fruit, CD, 1995) and The Complete BBC Recordings
*Honeybus #1, recorded 15th November 1967, repeat, first broadcast 19 November 1967. No known commercial release.
*Fleetwood Mac #1, recorded 7th November 1967, repeat, first broadcast 12 November 1967. No known commercial release.
*Cat Stevens only session, recorded 8th December 1967. No known commercial release.
*Chris Clark (with the Johnny Watson Concept), only session, recorded 1st December 1967. No known commercial release.
(Please add details of any commercial release of these sessions)
== Tracklisting ==
*Soft Machine: Hope For Happiness (session)
*Soft Machine: Clarence in Wonderland (session)
*Bonzo Dog Band: The Equestrian Statue (session)
*Bonzo Dog Band: Rockalayser Baby (session)
== File ==
;Name
*1a) Soft Machine - Peel session - Top Gear 17/12/67
*1b) 1967-12-17 TG 17.12.67 Soft Machine.mp3
*2) 1967-12-17 TG 17.12.67 Bonzos.mp3
;Length
*1) 7:37
*2) 5:51
;Other
*Many thanks to Colin Harper. File 1b) has centred audio.
*Please address all re-up requests to Peel Mailing List.
;Available
* 1a) Youtube
* 1b) Mooo
* 2) Mooo
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