10 October 1970

== Show ==
; Name
*Top Gear
; Station
*BBC Radio One
; YYYY-MM-DD
*1970-10-10
; Comments
*Many thanks to Ken Garner for tracklisting information on this show.
*Peel sounds fairly laid-back, with the exception of a wrong track moment (see below)
*He tries hard to pronounce Osibisa's name in correct African fashion.
*He plays a reggae instrumental which he likes, by the Ratio, It was the B-side of a record whose A-side was by Sir Washington, a British-based reggae singer who had no pop hits but whose management ran ads for him in Melody Maker and other pop weeklies. JP mentions seeing him on TV.
== Sessions ==
*No commercial releases found
*Forest, #3. First broadcast. Recorded 1970-09-28. ’Do Not Walk In The Rain’ not played until 02 January 1971 repeat.
*Country Joe McDonald, #1 (rpt). First broadcast 04 July 1970. Recorded 1970-06-29. ’Hold On It’s Coming’ not played.
*Osibisa, #1 (rpt). First broadcast 01 August 1970. Recorded 1970-07-27.
== Tracklisting ==
*Ike & Tina Turner: It Ain’t Right (Lovin To Be Lovin) (LP - Come Together) Liberty LBS 83350
*Osibisa: Black Ant (Peel Session)
*Mick Jagger: Memo From Turner (v/a album - Performance: Original Motion Picture Sound Track) Warner Bros. WS 2554
*Forest: Hares On The Mountain (Peel Session) (Peel introduces them as “the” Forest. Song has unaccompanied vocals in Young Tradition-influenced style)
*JP muses on themes of old folksongs (“dallying with milkmaids”) and mentions that Forest have just lost their agent 
*Forest: Graveyard (Peel Session) (JP: "a song about their current accommodation arrangements”)
*Captain Beefheart & The Magic Band: Peon (LP - Lick My Decals Off, Baby) Straight
*Country Joe McDonald: Balancing On The Edge Of Time (Peel Session)
*Atomic Rooster: Tomorrow Night (7") B&C CB-131
*3.30pm news, edited out after first story
*Ratio: Pharoah’s Walk (split 7" with Sir Washington - Let There Be Peace In The World / Pharoah's Walk) Saga Big Chief BC 102 (a B-side, a reggae instrumental and “one of the nicest records I’ve heard in weeks” says JP. It was “given to me by a lady called Pat who works for the Tony Brandon show”
*Neil Young: After The Goldrush (LP - After The Goldrush) Reprise RSLP 6383
*Osibisa: Music For Gong Gong (Peel Session)
*Country Joe McDonald: Maria (Peel Session)
*Wild Bill Blue Washboard Boys: Won’t Be Your Hound Dog Anymore (LP - Baby Yum Yum) Flyright 4701
*Jimi Hendrix Experience: Like A Rolling Stone (split LP with Otis Redding - Historic Performances Recorded At The Monterey International Pop Festival) Reprise MS 2029 ("one for Tony Palmer, with particular thanks to Private Eye”)This may refer to an appearance by Palmer, who wrote pop record reviews for the Observer, in Private Eye's Pseuds' Corner column. .
*Forest: Hermit / Guardian Angel (Peel Session)
*World: Come Out Into The Open (7" - Angelina) Liberty LBF 15402 A minute of this before it's whipped off as John firmly says "Stop". After the next track he tells us that his producer (“Ernestine Walters”) admonished him for the manner in which he did this, and it is true that a wrong track moment was never again given this treatment...
*Mothers Of Invention: Eric Dolphy Memorial Barbecue (LP-Weasels Ripped My Flesh) Reprise RSLP 2028
*World: Angelina (7") Liberty LBF 15402
*Country Joe McDonald: Tell Me Where You’re Bound (Peel Session)
*Dr. Strangely Strange: Gave My Love An Apple (LP-Heavy Petting) Vertigo 6360 009
*Fairport Convention: Now Be Thankful (7") Island WIP 6089
*4.30pm news. Concorde test flight successful; PM tells Tory party conference he plans reforms in Whitehall; Scottish miners pledge opposition to new industrial legislation. At South Africa's first ever pop festival, 20 people with long hair were kidnapped by a gang of youths, driven 30 miles away, given haircuts and left to make their own way back
*T. Rex: Ride A White Swan (7") Fly BUG 1
*Shawn Phillips: L Ballade (LP - Contribution) A&M AMLS 978
*Forest: Hawk The Hawker (Peel Session)
*Ry Cooder: Available Space (7" promo) Reprise 0910
*Country Joe McDonald: It’s So Nice To Have Love (Peel Session)
*Osibisa: Aiyko Bia (Peel Session)
*Show ends; “the whole thing was put together most carefully by John Walters” . Peel also mentions “a temporary setback for Liverpool” and recommends various Radio 1 shows
== File ==
;Name
*J P Top Gear 10 Oct 1970 complete.mp3
;Length
*1:55:24
;Other
*Many thanks to the original taper, and to Tim for purchasing from eBay and digitisation
;Available
*Mooo
Category:1970
Category:Peel shows
Category:Top Gear
Category:Available online
Category:Tim's Tapes
Category:Wrong Track Moment
== References ==