30 May 1970

== Show ==
; Name
*Top Gear
; Station
*BBC Radio One
; YYYY-MM-DD
*1970-05-30
; Comments
*The Mungo Jerry single, subsequently a UK #1 hit, was played for second successive week, after Peel saw them at the Hollywood Festival the previous weekend (see Gigography 1970).
*The Free single, played here for the first time on Top Gear, was also a #1 hit that summer.
*The Bobby Lee Trammell single later turned up in John Peel's Record Box.
== Sessions ==
* Stone The Crows: #2 First broadcast. Recorded 1970-05-19.
**’Danger Zone’ not played until 12 September 1970 repeat.
**’Freedom Road’ and ‘The Ballad Of Hollis Brown’ available on Radio Sessions 1969-70 (Strange Fruit)
*Brett Marvin & The Thunderbolts #1 First broadcast of only session. Recorded 1970-05-18
**’Going Back’ not played until 19 September 1970 repeat.
**No known official release.
*Syd Barrett: #1 Repeat of only session. First broadcast 14 March 1970. Recorded 1970-02-24.
**First play for ‘Two Of A Kind’. ‘Terrapin’ not played.
**Available on The Peel Sessions (Strange Fruit)
== Tracklisting ==
*Mungo Jerry: In The Summertime (single) Dawn DNX 2502
*Stone The Crows: Fool On The Hill (session)
*Country Joe & The Fish: The Return Of Sweet Loraine (LP – CJ Fish) Vanguard 6359 002
*Medicine Head: This Love of Old (LP – New Bottles, Old Medicine) Dandelion 63757
*Syd Barrett: Baby Lemonade (session)
*Elton John: The Cage (LP - Elton John) DJM DJLPS 2/4 0406
*Tom Paxton: Annie’s Going To Sing Her Song (LP - 6) Elektra EKS 74066
*Brett Marvin & The Thunderbolts: Too Many Hotdogs (session)
*Free: All Right Now (single) Island WIP 6082
*Van Der Graaf Generator: Refugees (LP – The Least We Can Do Is Wave To Each Other) Charisma CAS 1007
*Syd Barrett: Effervescing Elephant (session)
*Stone The Crows: Freedom Road (session)
*Alice Cooper: Still No Air (LP – Easy Action) Straight STS 1061
*Ed Sanders: The Plaster Song (LP – Sanders' Truckstop) Reprise 6374 (US release)
*Brett Marvin & The Thunderbolts: So Tired (session)
*Bobby Lee Trammell: If You Ever Get It Once (You’re Gonna Want it Agin) (single) Alley (Ark) 1050 (US release) 
*Syd Barrett: Two Of A Kind (session)
*Quatermass: Up On The Ground (LP – Quatermass) Harvest SHVL 775
*Groundhogs: Soldier (LP – Thank Christ For The Bomb) Liberty LBS 83295
*Fut: Have You Heard The Word (single) Beacon BEA 160
*Stone The Crows: The Ballad Of Hollis Brown (session)
*Ralph McTell: Kew Gardens (single) Big T BIG 131
*Syd Barrett: Gigolo Aunt (session)
*Brett Marvin & The Thunderbolts: Crazy With The Blues (session)
*East Of Eden: Jig-A-Jig (single) Deram DM 297
== File ==
;Name
*J P Top Gear 30 May 1970 complete.mp3
;Length
*1:58:20
;Other
*Many thanks to Tim for digitisation and upload
;Available
* Mooo
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