18 April 1972

== Show ==
; Name
*Top Gear
; Station
*BBC Radio One
; YYYY-MM-DD
*1972-04-18
; Comments
*Tracklisting below is from Volume 2(ii) of the Decktician Logs. Many thanks to Decktician, Ken Garner for copying and additional information, and Rocker for acting as central HQ.
*The Barclay James Harvest session with a little bit of JP is now available
*Northumbrian folk band The High Level Ranters were excited to be booked for a Peel session - see the Wiki page on them for details.
*Three of the Plainsong session tracks are cover versions of songs by American country-folk artists; "Any Day Woman" (Paul Siebel), "Spanish Guitar" (Gene Clark) and "Seeds And Stems" (Commander Cody And His Lost Planet Airmen). The LP track by Fanny is a cover of Marvin Gaye's "Ain't That Peculiar".
== Sessions ==
*High Level Ranters #1 First broadcast. Recorded 1972-04-10.
**No known commercial release.
*Plainsong #1 Repeat. First broadcast 01 February 1972. Recorded 1972-01-24.
**Whole session available on On Air - Original BBC Recordings (1992/1997, Band Of Joy/Strange Fruit)
*Barclay James Harvest #4 Repeat. First broadcast 08 February 1972. Recorded 1972-02-01.
**No known commercial release.
== Tracklisting ==
*Mahavishnu Orchestra: Awakening (LP – The Inner Mounting Flame) CBS
*David Bowie: Starman (single) RCA
*High Level Ranters: A Mile To Ride / Johnny Lay Up In The Hayloft (session)
*Kingdom Come: Traffic Light Song (LP – Kingdom Come) Polydor
*Plainsong: Spanish Guitar (session)
*Barclay James Harvest: After The Day (session)
*Kenny Young: Rocking Horse Man (LP – Clever Dogs Chase The Sun) Warner Bros.
*High Level Ranters: Plains Of Waterloo (session)
*Tim Rose: Cryin’ Shame (LP – Tim Rose) Playboy
*Plainsong: Seeds And Stems Again (session)
*Mike Cooper: Time In Hand (single) Dawn
*High Level Ranters: High Level Bridge Hornpipe (session)
*Taj Mahal: Oh Susannah (LP – Happy Just To Be Like I Am) CBS
*Fanny: Ain’t That Peculiar (LP – Fanny Hill) Reprise
*Barclay James Harvest: Medicine Man (session)
*Michael Hurley: Raven Rock (LP – First Songs) Folkways (his debut album, issued in 1964 when he was known as Mike Hurley)
*High Level Ranters: Felton Lonnen (session)
*Plainsong: Any Day Woman (session)
*Amon Duul II: All Years Round (LP – Carnival In Babylon) United Artists
*Ruby Jones: 46th Street (single) Buddha
*High Level Ranters: The Hens March / Broken-Legged Chicken / Black Cow Of Wickham
*Barclay James Harvest: The Poet (session)
*Wishbone Ash: Blowin’ Free (LP – Argus) MCA
*Plainsong: Tigers Will Survive (session)
*High Level Ranters: Gillan The Prover / Neil Gow’s Wife (session)
*Elton John: Rocket Man (single) DJM
== File ==
;Name
*Barclay James Harvest
*
;Length
*17:13
;Other
*Many thanks to Ace Rimmer
;Available
* Youtube
Category:1972
Category:Peel shows
Category:Top Gear
Category:Available online