06 August 1969

== Show ==
; Name
*John Peel Show ("Son of Night Ride")
; Station
*BBC Radio One
; YYYY-MM-DD
*1969-08-06
; Comments
*The Radio 1 Archivist was once asked by a member of this Wiki if this Nick Drake session was in the BBC Archives and he confirmed it was not. For a long time, even though an off-air recording (see below, tracks marked §) was in circulation containing short extracts from two of the session tracks - "Three Hours" and "Time Of No Reply" , no complete tape was known to have survived. In summer 2014, it was announced that an upcoming box set of a Nick Drake biography would include the 1969 Peel session on 10" vinyl. The website for the British newspaper The Guardian, had received permission from the Drake estate to stream a track that had previously been unavailable: "Cello Song" . With the discovery of an existing tape of the session, it was also identified that an extra track not listed on logs was recorded and aired: "Bryter Layter". Although of good sound quality, the session was taken from an off-air recording, thus confirming the claim that the original master tape is still nowhere to be found.
*Also guesting on the programme was the author Iain Sinclair, another artist whose reputation has grown with the years. He was then at the start of his career and active primarily as a poet.
*Odd to see 1970s easy-listening favourites Bread in a Night Ride playlist, but they too were at the start of their career and had just issued their first LP on Elektra. Peel liked it enough to play a few tracks on his shows.
*Thanks to Tim Joseph for the full tracklisting.
==Sessions==
*Nick Drake, one and only session. Recorded 1969-08-05. Available on The John Peel Session (Antar).
== Tracklisting==
*Humble Pie: Bang! (LP - As Safe As Yesterday) Immediate
*Nick Drake: 'Time Of No Reply' (Peel Session) 1 2 only last 53s on File 1
:(JP: 'Nick Drake and his first number this evening, called The Time Of No Reply.') 1
*Iain Sinclair: Garden/Superman/Advice From The Depths (poems)
*Zither solo from Vietnam (BBC Archives)
*Cripple Clarence Lofton: Blues (unnamed)
*John Mayall: It Hurts Me Too (LP - Looking Back) Decca
*Nick Drake: 'Cello Song' (Peel Session) 3
*Chieftains: The Walls of Liscarroll (Jig) (album - The Chieftains) Claddagh CC2
*Franciscan monks (BBC Archives)
*Iain Sinclair talking about new book & Poem about moon
*Nick Drake: 'River Man' (Peel Session) 4
*Maurice André: Allegro from Concerto for Trumpet
*Principal Edwards Magic Theatre: Ballad (Of The Big Girl Now And A Mere Boy) (7") Dandelion
*Balinese Jews Harp Duet (BBC Archives)
*Gene Vincent: Maybe (LP - Sounds Like Gene Vincent) Capitol
*Nick Drake: 'Three Hours' (Peel Session) 1
*Iain Sinclair: The Monster (poetry)
*Bread: Move Over (LP - Bread) Elektra
*David Bowie: Space Oddity (7") Philips
*The following below is not mentioned in either Tim Joseph's track listings or Ken Garner's The Peel Sessions book:
*Nick Drake: 'Bryter Layter' (Peel Session) 6
==File ==
;Name
*1) 1969 08 06 John Peel Show
*2) Nick Drake - Time Of No Reply (The John Peel Session)
*3) Nick Drake - Cello Song (The John Peel Session)
*4) Nick Drake - River Man (The John Peel Session)
*5) Nick Drake - Three Hours (The John Peel Session)
*6) Nick Drake - Bryter Layter (The John Peel Session)
;Length
*1) 4:00 (0:53-0:57 unique)
*2) 2:42
*3) 4:16 (to 4:10)
*4) 4:06
*5) 5:01
*6) 3:18
;Other
*1) Many thanks to the original taper and sharer.
*2-6) From the 10" & mp3 release but that was taken from an off-air recording and John can be heard at the end of Cello Song
;Available
*1) Mooo
*2) YouTube
*3) YouTube
*4) YouTube
*5) YouTube
*6) YouTube
;Footnotes
Category:1969
Category:Peel shows
Category:Peel Shows (Incomplete)
Category:Night Ride