24 October 1970

== Show ==
; Name
*Top Gear
; Station
*BBC Radio One
; YYYY-MM-DD
*1970-10-24
; Comments
*Tracklisting below is from Volume 1 of the Decktician Logs. Many thanks to Decktician, Ken Garner for copying and additional information, and Rocker for acting as central HQ.
*Peel mentions that the Legion Of Super-Heroes single was found in a box of records he bought in California. He describes it as "a record of considerable value and rarity". It later turned up in John Peel's Record Box.
== Sessions ==
*Medicine Head, #2 First broadcast. Recorded 1970-10-13. ’Once There Was A Day’ not played until 23 January 1971 repeat. No known commercial release.
*Van Der Graaf Generator, #3 First broadcast. Recorded 1970-10-12. Available on "The Charisma Years 1970-1978" (17 X CD + 3 X Blu-ray, 2021, UMC).
*Steeleye Span, #2 Repeat. First broadcast 27 June 1970. Recorded 1970-06-23. ’I Was A Young Man’ not played. Available on Please To See The King, 2xCD reissue, 2006 (Castle Music).
(Please add details of any commercial release of these sessions)
== Tracklisting ==
(Please add further release details, external links, etc.)
*T Rex: Ride A White Swan (7") Fly BUG 1
*Steeleye Span: Rave On (session)
*Steeleye Span: The Blacksmith (session)
*Bronco: Lazy Now (7") Island WIP 6096
*Neil Young: Tell Me Why (LP - After The Goldrush) Reprise RSLP 6383
*Medicine Head: But The Night Is Young (session)
*File cuts in during next track
*Gospel Oak: Go Talk To Rachel (7") Kapp K-2115
*It's A Beautiful Day: Don And Dewey (LP; Marrying Maiden) CBS (UK release of LP not listed by Discogs but made the LP charts - JP mentions LP title in his intro)
*news, edited out
*Curved Air: Vivaldi (LP - Airconditioning) Warner Bros WSX 3012 (JP predicts that in five years' time this track will turn out to be "an albatross around their necks")
*Kevin Ayers & The Whole World: The Oyster And The Flying Fish (LP - Shooting At The Moon) Harvest SHSP 4005
*Peel mentions previous night's gig at the Nag's Head, Wollaston with T2 and audience member asking for "fast, progressive music"
*Van Der Graaf Generator: Lost (session)
*Medicine Head: Sing With The Drum (session)
*tape flip, end of above track missed
*Keith Christmas: Waiting For The Wind To Rise (LP - Fable Of The Wings) B&C CAS 1015
*Steeleye Span: Lark In The Morning (session)
*Brinsley Schwarz: Ballad Of A Has-Been Beauty Queen (LP - Brinsley Schwarz) United Artists UAS 29111 (JP: “it goes very quiet in the middle, so don’t be frightened”)
*Medicine Head: Hungry Eyes (session) (announced by JP as “Hungry Eye”, which is what John Fiddler sings)
*Peel mentions his Photograph an American Tourist contest as a lead-in to the next track – prize (a ride round the Circle Line with Robert Wyatt) still to be arranged 
*Robert Wyatt: To Mark Everywhere (v/a album - Rock Buster) CBS PR 48/49 (“Ends very precipitously”)
*Legion Of Super-Heroes: The Great Name Dropper (part 1) (7") Amy 971
*Legion Of Super-Heroes: The Great Name Dropper (part 2) (7") Amy 971
*Steeleye Span: Female Drummer (session)
*Van Der Graaf Generator: Killer (session)
*Pink Floyd: Fat Old Sun (LP - Atom Heart Mother) Harvest SHVL 781 (“for everyone who was at Wollaston last night…”)
*Medicine Head: To Train Time (session)
*Santana: Mother’s Daughter (LP - Abraxas) CBS 64087
*End of show; “Have a very good week and be nice to one another. Goodbye"
== File ==
;Name
*J P Top Gear 24 Oct 1970.mp3
;Length
*1:32:48
;Other
*Many thanks to the original taper, and to Tim for purchasing from eBay and digitisation
;Available
* Mooo
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