12 January 1969

== Show ==
; Name
*Top Gear
; Station
*BBC Radio One
; YYYY-MM-DD
*1969-01-12
; Comments
*At the start of their career Yes did a number of cover versions of well-known songs, including Buffalo Springfield's "Everydays", which they recorded for this session.
*File 2 has a session from the Nice with JP links. Audio quality is very poor. 
*The Nice cover Tim Hardin's "Hang On To A Dream", with some jazz piano improvisation from Keith Emerson. The "Intermezzo From The Karelia Suite", by Jean Sibelius (as Peel mentions), was known to British TV viewers in its original version as the theme tune of ITV's long-running current affairs magazine This Week. "Walter's Handel Music" has nothing to do with the classical composer, being a mixture of free improvisation, Goon Show piano and Joe Sullivan's "Little Rock Getaway".
*Full tracklisting with thanks to Warwick Johns. Page 1 / Page 2
== Sessions ==
*Yes only session, recorded 7th January 1969.
*Strawbs #1. recorded 10th December 1968.Two tracks available on Live At The BBC Vol One In Session CD, 2010 (Universal 532 050-7) and Strawbs CD, 2008 re-issue (A&M Records 5302679) both of which include an extra track not mentioned in Ken's book (The Battle), and miss out on I'll Show You Where To Sleep
*Nice #5, recorded 26th November 1968, repeat, first broadcast 01 December 1968. Three tracks available on BBC Sessions Castle CMFCD 457
*Eclection #3, recorded 19th November 1968, repeat, first broadcast 08 December 1968. No known commercial release.
== Tracklisting ==
*Elton John: Lady Samantha (7") Philips BF 1739
*Yes: Dear Father (session) 
*Beatles: All Together Now (album - Yellow Submarine) Apple PCS 7070
*Strawbs: I'll Show You Where To Sleep (session)
*John Sebastian: She's A Lady (7") Kama Sutra 618026
*Eclection: If I Love Her (session)
*Dillard & Clark: Out On The Side (album - The Fantastic Expedition Of Dillard & Clark) A&M SP 4158
*Nice: Happy Freuds (session)
*Yes: Everydays (session) @
*Van Der Graaf Generator: People You Were Going To (7") Polydor 56758
*Strawbs: Poor Jimmy Wilson (session)
*Rhinoceros: Apricot Brandy (7") Elektra EK-45647
*Eclection: Time For Love (session)
*Purple Gang: Mr Aldred Jones (album - Strikes) Transatlantic TRA 174
*Nice: Walter’s Handel Music (session) (JP: "A play on words, you see....") $
*Duster Bennett: Raining In My Heart (7") Blue Horizon 57- 3148
*Yes: Sweetness (session) @
*Three Dog Night: Nobody (album - Three Dog Night) Stateside SSL 5006
*Strawbs: The Battle (session)
*Colosseum: Walking In The Park (album - Those Who Are About To Die Salute You) Fontana STL 5510
*Eclection: Days Left Behind (session)
*Nice: Intermezzo From The Karelia Suite (session) $
*4:30pm news
*SRC: Black Sheep (album - SRC) Capitol ST 2991
*Yes: Something's Coming (session)
*Melanie: I'm Back In Town (album - Born To Be) Buddah BDS 5024 £
*Strawbs: That Which Once Was Mine (session)
*Savage Rose: Evening's Child ((album - The Plain) Polydor
*Nice: Hang On To A Dream (session) (final track on the show: Peel begins his closing annoucement and the file cuts off) $
* Tracks marked @ available on File 1
* Tracks marked $ available on File 2
* Tracks marked £ available on File 3
== File ==
;Name
*1a) Yes - Peel session - Top Gear 12/1/69
*1b) 1969-01-12 TG 12.1.69 Yes 2 songs
*2) THE NICE JOHN PEELS TOP GEAR 1969(35 minutes)
*3) 196x-xx-xx Melanie (LP track)
;Length
*1) 9:28
*2) 39:36 (until 15:33)
*3) 2:17
;Other
*1,3) Many thanks to Colin Harper. File 1b has centred audio.
*2) Many thanks to yardbirdmackay
*Please address all re-up requests to Peel Mailing List.
;Available
*1a) Youtube
*1b) Mooo
*2) Youtube 
*3) Mooo
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