10 July 1973

== Show ==
; Name
*Top Gear
; Station
*BBC Radio One
; YYYY-MM-DD
*1973-07-10
; Comments
*Tracklisting below is from Volume 3 of the Decktician Logs. Many thanks to Decktician, Ken Garner for copying and additional information, and Rocker for acting as central HQ.
*Third consecutive show that leads with a single later found in John Peel's Record Box.
*Session guests Bongos (Ikwue) & The Groovies were an eight-piece African group. Their debut, in what Peel (before their first session track) calls an "African month - actually more a Nigerian month", follows that of Oseni a week earlier, on 03 July 1973. Other African/Nigerian session debuts from the Steve Rhodes Singers and Fela Kuti came later in the month, on 17 July 1973 and 24 July 1973, respectively.
*Peel says he was "slightly hurt" after making a "cameo appearance" in The Goodies, because apparently no-one noticed.
== Sessions ==
*Bongos & The Groovies #1 First broadcast of only session. Recording date unknown.
**No known commercial release.
*Bob Pegg & Nick Strutt #1 First broadcast of only session. Recording date unknown.
**No known commercial release.
*Henry Cow #4 Repeat. First broadcast 08 May 1973. Recorded 1974-04-24.
**Officially released on "The Road: Volumes 1-5" (ReR Megacorp ‎– ReR HC 40) and also as "John Peel Session (24th April 1973)" (digital EP, EMI, 2010).
== Tracklisting ==
*File begins at start of show - with recorded introduction by Stuart Colman
*Paul Revere & The Raiders: Him Or Me (single,1967) Columbia (JP says he suggested to Johnnie Walker that he played this track on the oldies slot in his show, but "he sneered, I regret to say")
*Beautiful Zion Missionary Baptist Church Choir: Make Room For Jesus (single – I'll Make It All Right b-side) Myrrh
*Henry Cow: Bee (session) (Peel mentions they won Rockortunity Knocks a couple of years ago but don't talk about it much, not that he blames them)
*Bongos & The Groovies: Ella (session)
*Art Neville: Cha-Dooky-Doo (single) Speciality ("an oldie but goodie"; JP mentions he saw Neville with the Meters at their London appearance with Dr. John and says he'll play a track by them later)
*Bob Pegg & Nick Strutt: Kirkstall Forge (session)
*Mott The Hoople: Whizz Kid (LP – Mott) CBS
*Love: Alone Again Or (single) Elektra (JP: "Here's one for John Tobler and Pete Frame...a classic, it really is")
*Bongos & The Groovies: First Day Of October (session) (song in reggae style, for Nigeria's independence day)
*Bob Pegg & Nick Strutt: Baroque’s Off (session)
*Howard Tate: I Learned It All The Hard Way (single, 1967) Verve
*Henry Cow: Nine Funerals Of The Citizen King (session)
*JP explains he's been playing lots of "oldies but goodies" in recent shows because many new records have been disappointing.- but praises the next track and Rockfield Studios
*Deke Leonard: I Just Can’t Win (LP – Iceberg) United Artists
*Bongos & The Groovies: Lagos (session)
*Small Faces: All Or Nothing (single, 1966) Decca
*11 p.m. news; Watergate; US Attorney General John Mitchell says President Nixon didn't know about the break in and the cover-up; angry exchanges between PM Heath and Harold Wilson in House of Commons over vist of Portuguese Prime Minister; Industrial news - Perkins diesel works in Peterborough at a standstill; there will after all be Fleet Street newspapers tomorrow after dispute with unions settled; 6 letter-bombs in Northern Ireland
*Sly & The Family Stone: Thankful ‘N’ Thoughtful (single – If You Want Me b-side) Epic
*Bob Pegg & Nick Strutt: The Wild Man Of The Hill (session)
*Bongos & The Groovies: The Station (session)
*File ends 16 seconds into the song above
*Jimi Hendrix: Roomful Of Mirrors (LP - )
*Eire Apparent: Yes I Need Someone (LP – Sunrise, 1968) Buddah
*Henry Cow: Guider Tells Of Silent Airborne Machines (session)
*Blue: Someone (LP – Blue) RSO
*Bob Pegg & Nick Strutt: The Headrow Song (session)
*Bongos & The Groovies: Eche Une (session)
*Meters: You’ve Got To Change (You’ve Got To Reform) (LP – Cabbage Alley) Reprise
== File ==
;Name
*J P D24 Top Gear 10 July 1973 etc.mp3
;Length
*3:10:21 (until 1:08:22)
;Other
*Many thanks to Decktician, Rocker for organisation and Tim for digitisation
;Available
*Mooo
Category:1973
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