13 August 1969

== Show ==
; Name
*Night Ride
; Station
*BBC Radio One
; YYYY-MM-DD
*1969-08-13
; Comments
*Debut session from Egg, whose reputation among progressive rock fans lasted much longer than the band itself did (around three years). According to Ken Garner's The Peel Sessions (p.279), they passed their BBC audition, even if one panel member wrote "Cleverness here, but no entertainment"
*Jane de Mendelssohn is this week's guest poet. She was a journalist for International Times, who interviewed Jimi Hendrix early in the year; the interview is noted on the official Jimi Hendrix website and is available in the IT online archive. She may have been married at the time to Felix de Mendelssohn (who also wrote for IT and appeared on Night Ride as a poet, under the name of Felix Scorpio; one of her poems is called "Gemini versus Scorpio"), although online info on her is scarce.
*Final track is "Amazing Grace" by the Great Awakening, which wasn't a hit but became known during 1969-70 as the theme tune of the Isle Of Wight festival and of Radio Geronimo, which broadcast all-night Peel-influenced playlists on Radio Monte Carlo at weekends during 1970. 
*Thanks to tracklistings from Tim Joseph
== Sessions ==
*Egg #1, recorded 24th July 1969. No known commercial release.
== Tracklisting ==
*Everly Brothers: Poor Jenny
*Egg: Seven Is A Jolly Good Time (session)
*Jane de Mendelssohn: Poem "This Inevitable..." (poem)
*Polka from southern Bohemia (BBC Archives)
*Beau: 1917 Revolution (7") Dandelion
*Beatles: It's All Too Much (LP - Yellow Submarine) Apple
*Les Structures Sonores Lasry-Baschet: Marche (LP - Pièces Nouvelles / Marche / Suite / Sonatine / Valse / Spontanéité) BAM
*City music from Turkey (BBC Archives)
*Jane de Mendelssohn: Gemini Versus Scorpio 1968 (poem)
*Egg: While Growing My Hair (session)
*Panama Limited Jug Band: Round And Round (LP - Panama Limited Jug Band) Harvest
*Indian Harp Solo (BBC Archives)
*Bonzo Dog Band: Ali Baba's Camel (LP - Tadpoles) Liberty
*Blind Faith: Presence Of The Lord (LP - Blind Faith) Polydor
*Jane de Mendelssohn: The Last Word (poem)
*Egg: The Song Of Mcgillicudie The Pusillanimous Or Don't Worry James You Socks Are Hanging In The Coal Cellar (session) §
*Great Awakening: Amazing Grace (7") London
*Track marked § on File 2
== File ==
;Name
*1) Egg - Peel session - Top Gear 13/8/69
*2) 1969-08-13 Egg (2 songs) TG 13 august 69.mp3
*3) 1969-08-03 and unknown date TG 3.8.69 Bonzo Dog Band.mp3
;Length
*1) 8:49 (from 5:29)
*2) 5:08
*3) 13:08 (6:00-9:42)
;Other
*Many thanks to Colin Harper. File 1 begins with Pink Floyd's More Theme, and the Egg track is truncated. File 2 has the complete Egg track and has centred audio.
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;Available
*1) Youtube
*2) Mooo
*3) Mooo
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