17 January 1974

== Show ==
; Name
*Top Gear
; Station
*BBC Radio One
; YYYY-MM-DD
*1974-01-17
; Comments
*Peel links mostly edited out, and Queen entirely so, from Files 1 & 2
*Two tracks from Richard & Linda Thompson's I Want To See The Bright Lights Tonight, according to Wikipedia recorded in May 1973 but not issued by Island Records until April 1974, "largely because of the petrol shortage in Britain and its impact on the availability of vinyl for records". Peel had an advance copy of the LP, which he refers to as "Hokey Pokey", not actually used on an album title until 1975. At this stage the release date for the LP was 22nd February 1974.
== Sessions ==
*Sassafras #2 recorded 14th January 1974. No known commercial release.
*Joshua Rifkin #1 recorded 17th December 1973, repeat, first broadcast 27 December 1973. No known commercial release.
*Queen #2 recorded 3rd December 1973, repeat, first broadcast 06 December 1973. Available on At The Beeb (Band Of Joy) and On Air 6xCD, 2016 (Virgin EMI, 0602557082319)
== Tracklisting ==
*File 3 begins during next track
*Sassafras: Boxcar Hobo (session) 1
*Gong: I Never Glid Before (album - Angel's Egg (Radio Gnome Invisible Part 2)) Virgin V2007 1
*John is doing a gig with Gong, Chilli Willi And The Red Hot Peppers and Rubber Rhino this Saturday but doesn't know where it is (it appears to have been NE London Poly )
*Joshua Rifkin: Sugar Cane - A Ragtime Classic Two-Step (session) 1
*John has been described as having the droopiest voice in showbiz. He attempts to rectify that in Smashey and Nicey style.....
*Taj Mahal: Dust My Broom (album - Oooh So Good 'N Blues) 1
*The Queen session was so well received by listeners it has gained an early third play
*Queen: Son And Daughter (session)
*Richard And Linda Thompson: Withered And Died (forthcoming album - I Want To See The Bright Lights Tonight) Island ILPS-9266. John refers to the album's working title of "Hokey Pokey", which was actually used on their 1975 album 1
*Sassafras: To Ethel (session) 1
*Rod Stewart / Faces: Jealous Guy (album - Live Coast To Coast - Overture And Beginners) Mercury 9100 001 1
*Joshua Rifkin: Country Club (session) 1
*sudden dodgy electrical sound 1
*Kevin Coyne: House On The Hill (album - Marjory Razorblade) Virgin VD2501 1
*File 3 pauses
*Luther Ingram: You Were Made For Me 1
*Sassafras: Ohio (session) cover of Neil Young song recorded by CSNY in 1970 1
*File 3 resumes
*John Fahey: Stomping Tonight On The Pennsylvania/Alabama Border (LP: Death Chants, Breakdowns & Military Waltzes; probably Takoma but JP may have played the UK release on Sonet with sleevenotes by Pete Drummond) 1
*Joshua Rifkin: Searchlight Rag (session) 1
*Richard And Linda Thompson: The Calvary Cross (forthcoming album - I Want To See The Bright Lights Tonight) Island ILPS-9266 This album was due to be released on 22nd February 1974, containing "10 new songs by Richard Thompson" and one of them to be released as a single 1
*Queen: Ogre Battle (session)
*O.V. Wright: Eight Men, Four Women (LP - A Nickel And A Nail And Ace Of Spades) Backbeat (JP:"I think that’s as true today as it was then”) 2
*JP: 'This is the last from Sassafras and it's called School Days' 2
*Sassafras: Schooldays (session) 2
*John thinks he's been dull tonight, and after a conversation with Eric Idle who is working downstairs, takes his advice to apologise for being dull
*Joshua Rifkin: Weeping Willow (session) 2
*John states that Joshua performed, as he always does, in the nude
*Syd Barrett: Baby Lemonade (LP - Barrett) Harvest 2
*Queen: Great King Rat (session)
*File 3 cuts out a minute and a half into above track which was last of the programme
*Tracks marked 1 & 2 also available on the Decktician Reels, with limited Peel links
== File ==
;Name
*1) JP D17
*2) JP D02
*3) J P Top Gear 17 Jan 1974.mp3
;Length
*1) 3:11:39 (42:58-1:35:51) (to 43:25, 1:16:37-1:25:39 unique)
*2) 45:21 (until 16:22)
*3) 1:25:28
;Other
*1-2) Many thanks to Decktician, Rocker for organisation and Tim for digitisation. J P D02 / J P D17
*3) Many thanks to Tim for acquisition and digitisation
;Available
*1) Mooo
*2) Mooo
*3) Mooo
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