26 December 1974

== Show ==
; Name
*Top Gear
; Station
*BBC Radio One
; YYYY-MM-DD
*1974-12-26
; 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.)
*
== Sessions ==
*Ace #1, recorded 22nd October 1974, repeat, first broadcast 12 November 1974. Available on Five-a-Side (expanded edition) 2xCD, 2011, Cherry Red, CDBRED493
*Cozy Powell only session, recorded 15th October 1974, repeat, first broadcast 29 October 1974. No known commercial release.
(Please add details of any commercial release of these sessions)
== Tracklisting ==
*"And now, under the direction of J Petals Walters, with Mr David Bedford on the pianoforte our ensemble address themselves to God Rest Ye Merry Gentleman, Away In A Manger, Good King Wenceslas, Silent Night, and O Come All Ye Faithful. And I would ask you in particular, to listen to the strong, manly and totally British voice that dominates the last hymn. It is mine."
*Carol Concert
*"The celebrated Top Gear Carol Concert, God Rest Ye Merry Gentleman, the ensemble, Away In A Manger, Mr. Roderick Stewart, Good King Wenceslas, by the ensemble, featuring Mr. Ronnie Laine, and mr. Robert Wyatt, Silent Night, by Sonia Kristina, and humming by the ensemble, and O Come All Ye Faithful, by the ensemble, with June Child and The Pig on the ladies bits. And it's the pig that says "Abuve" rather than "above" That's very nice to hear that again."
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*"And you can make me dance, sing, or anything, and as I said at the beginning, this is the last of the 10-12 Top gears, at least for the time being, in case you're wondering where John Walters and myself are going to, well, we're going to be on Monday Nights and Thursday Nights from 5:15 til 7, on Radio 1 of course, and on Saturday's following the Alan Freeman programme, with more of a magazine type programme, from 5 until 6:30, so I hope you'll make every effort to listen to those. The programmes won't be on VHF, but I hope you'll listen anyway, because we continue to do as we've done for the past x number of years, and bring you what we consider to be the best and most interesting of the current record releases, the most interesting of the bands that are around. Here's a track from my favourite LP of the year, from Richard and Linda Thompson."
*Richard & Linda Thompson: unknown (album - I Want To See The Bright Lights Tonight) Island ILPS-9266
== File ==
;Name
*Peel And Walters Links
;Length
*3:51:21 (0:08:38-0:20:25)
;Other
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;Available
*Peel And Walters Links
Category:1974
Category:Peel shows
Category:Available online