26 January 1977

== Show ==
; Name
*John Peel Show
; Station
*BBC Radio One
; YYYY-MM-DD
*1977-01-26
;Comments
*Except for Van Der Graaf Generator, Peel plays tracks that are related to Ry Cooder's 10 years contribution to music.
*Peel plays a number of cover versions of songs first recorded in the late 1920s and early 1930s: Ry Cooder's versions of Blind Alfred Reed's "How Can A Poor Man Stand Such Times And Live?" and Skip James' "Cherry Ball Blues", as well as Taj Mahal's version of Blind Willie McTell's "Statesboro Blues", from Mahal's 1968 debut album.
*More modern covers include Ry Cooder's versions of "Smack Dab In The Middle" (first recorded by Charlie Calhoun and His Orchestra in 1955) and "If Walls Could Talk" (recorded by Little Milton in 1969) aa well as Bobby King's version of Bobby Womack's "Looking For A Love".
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== Sessions ==
*Van Der Graaf Generator #7. Recorded: 1976-11-11. First Broadcast: 22 November 1976. Officially released on "Maida Vale / Maida Vale BBC Sessions" (CD, 1994 / 1998, Band Of Joy / Strange Fruit), the 2005 Virgin reissue of "World Record" as bonus tracks, "After The Flood: At The BBC 1968-1977" (2xCD, 2015, Universal) and on "The Charisma Years 1970-1978" (17 X CD + 3 X Blu-ray, 2021, UMC).
== Tracklisting ==
*File cuts in
*Taj Mahal: Statesboro Blues (LP - Taj Mahal) Columbia
*Ry Cooder: How Can A Poor Man Stand Such Times And Live? (LP - Ry Cooder) Reprise
*Captain Beefheart And His Magic Band: Sure 'Nuff 'N Yes I Do (LP - Safe As Milk) Buddah
*Ry Cooder: How Can You Keep On Moving (LP - Into The Purple Valley) Reprise
*Mick Jagger: Memo From Turner (v/a LP - Performance: Original Motion Picture Sound Track) Warner Bros.
*Ry Cooder: Cherry Ball Blues (LP - Boomer's Story) Reprise
*Crazy Horse: I Don't Want To Talk About It (LP - Crazy Horse) Reprise
*Ry Cooder: If Walls Could Talk (LP - Paradise And Lunch) Reprise
*Little Feat: Willin' (LP - Sailin' Shoes) Warner Bros.
*Ry Cooder: Smack Dab In The Middle (LP - Chicken Skin Music) Reprise
*Bobby King: Looking For A Love (7" - Looking For A Love / She) Reprise
*Van Der Graaf Generator: Masks (session)
*File ends after a couple of minutes of the news.
== File ==
;Name
*John Peel 26 Jan 1977.mp3
;Length
*0:44:19 (to 0:41:55)
;Other
*Many thanks to Tim for acquisition and digitisation.
;Available
*Mooo
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