19 March 1969

== Show ==
; Name
*Night Ride
; Station
*BBC Radio One
; YYYY-MM-DD
*1969-03-19
; Comments
*Gordon Lightfoot didn't achieve big commercial success until the 1970s, when he was seen as a bit too middle-of-the-road for Peel shows and didn't get much airplay on them. But at the time of this session he wasn't well-known in the UK, apart from listeners to folk and country shows, and was seen as another promising Canadian singer-songwriter, alongside the likes of Joni Mitchell and Neil Young. Another double-length session with 4 tracks in each of John and Jon's sections.
*The titles of two of the Gordon Lightfoot tracks differ from the commercially issued recordings; "Incident On Eighth Avenue" could be "Affair On Eighth Avenue" and "Railroad Trilogy", "Canadian Railroad Trilogy".
*Guest poet is Roy Fuller, not a figure from the pop poetry scene, but the Oxford Professor of Poetry from 1969 to 1973 and a traditionalist in his literary tastes..
*The Peel Sessions also lists folk singer Patrick Sky, Steve Scott and Wes Waring as studio guests. 
*Wes Waring wrote a piece in issue 52 of International Times, published in March 1969 about the Apple Theatre, an experimental theatre group based in Brighton and backed financially by the Beatles' Apple Corps. At the end of the article, Waring descibes himself as Apple Theatre's company manager and gives a contact address. Presumably he is among the members of the Apple Theatre interviewed by Peel (see below).
*Steve Scott may also have been a member of the Apple Theatre, although his identity is uncertain. Further details, if known, would be welcome.
*Additional tracklisting with thanks to Tim Joseph. Link
== Sessions ==
*Gordon Lightfoot only session, recorded 11th March 1969. No known commercial release.
(Please add details of any commercial release of these sessions)
== Tracklisting ==
*Gordon Lightfoot: If I Could (session) @1
*Tim Joseph tracklisting begins 30 minutes into show'
*Gordon Lightfoot: Incident On Eighth Avenue (session) @3
*JP chats with members of Apple Theatre (see comments above)
*Traditional Indian music (BBC Archives)
*Roy Fuller: Metamorphoses (poem)
*B.B. King: Rock Me Baby
*Gordon Lightfoot: Pussy Willow Cat-Tails (session)
*Structures Sonores Lasry-Baschet: Adagio En Ré Mineur or Adagio En Sol Mineur (album - N° 4) BAM LD 098 
*JP chats to Patrick Sky about glass harmonica
*Roy Fuller: The Symphonist (poem)
*Keef Hartley Band: The Halfbreed (album - Halfbreed) Deram SML 1037
*Gordon Lightfoot: The Circle Is Small (session)
*sitar music (BBC Archives)
*Jon Curle's section
*Gordon Lightfoot: Railroad Trilogy (session) 
*Kenny Clarke / Francy Boland Big Band: Milkshake (album - Fire, Heat, Soul & Guts!) Prestige PRST 7634
*Les Troubadours Du Roi Baudouin: Sanctus (De La Bande Originale Du Film "If...") (7") Philips B 319.954 F 
*Gordon Lightfoot: Leaves Of Grass (session) @2
*Woody Herman: ?
*tracklisting ends..
*Tracks marked @ available on File 1
== File ==
;Name
*1a) Gordon Lightfoot - Peel session - Night Ride 19/3/69
*1b) 1969-03-19 NR 19.3.69 Gordon Lightfoot
;Length
*9:44 (to 4:01, from 7:16 are from Peel's section)
;Other
*Many thanks to Colin Harper. 1b has centred audio
*Please address all re-up requests to Peel Mailing List.
;Available
*1a) Youtube
*1b) Mooo
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