12 February 1974

== Show ==
; Name
*Top Gear
; Station
*BBC Radio One
; YYYY-MM-DD
*1974-02-12
; Comments
*Unusual to have two sessions by the same artist (Bridget St John) on one show, but there are no Peel links on the recording (from mixtape J P D33) so why this happened is not known..
*Something of a Germany theme, with a (single track) session from krautrock legends Can and a track from one of Peel's top albums of 1973, by Tangerine Dream, whose latest session is coming soon.
*Also paired tracks by Richard & Linda Thompson and Fairport Convention, Richard Thompson's former band.
*Long time Peel faves Bridget St John and Robert Wyatt both feature, with session(s) and with Matching Mole, respectively. 
*Tracklisting includes a favourite track from the Sunshine Superman LP by Donovan, much played by JP on the Perfumed Garden in 1967, as well as Chuck Berry's biggest UK hit single of the 1960s.
*Covers from Tragic Magic (Randy Newman) and Mick Ronson (Elvis Presley).
== Sessions ==
*Bridget St. John #7, recorded 3rd December 1973, repeat, first broadcast 18 December 1973. No known commercial release.
*Bridget St John #3, recorded 9th November 1970, repeat, first broadcast 21 November 1970. No known commercial release.
*Richard & Linda Thompson #2 recorded 4th February 1974. available on Richard Thompson Featuring Linda Thompson ‎– Live At The BBC (2011, Boxset, BBC).
*Can #2, recorded 29th January 1974. Available on "The Peel Sessions" (Strange Fruit, 1995)
== Tracklisting ==
*File 2 begins
*Syd Barrett: Gigolo Aunt (album - Barrett) Harvest SHSP 4007
*Bridget St. John: Curious And Woolly (session)
*Tragic Magic: A Lover's Prayer (v/a album - First Thrust) Thrust THR.1
*John says that Richard & Linda were considering being named Hokey Pokey but is glad they decided against that. They also decided against calling their 1974 album that name but eventually it got its outing in the following album
*Richard & Linda Thompson: Hokey Pokey (session)
*John was second DJ behind Noel Edmonds in BBC awards so plays the next record for him
*Tangerine Dream: Fauni-Gena (album - Atem) Polydor 2383 297
*David Nicholson: Get Up Get Out (7") RSO 2090-123
*John is back on Radio 1 club tomorrow
*Bridget St. John: Jumble Queen (session)
*Chuck Berry: No Particular Place To Go
*Joni Mitchell: Free Man In Paris (album - Court And Spark) Asylum
*Donovan: Legend Of A Girl Child Linda (album - Sunshine Superman) Epic (or UK release on Pye)
*Lynyrd Skynyrd: Mississippi Kid (album - (Pronounced 'Lĕh-'nérd 'Skin-'nérd)) MCA
*tape flip on File 2 
*Steeleye Span: Thomas The Rhymer (album - Now We Are Six) Chrysalis CHS 1053
*11pm news at 49:00 on file. Alexander Solzhenitsyn has been arrested. Bread and beer are up by 1p. Housewives is still an acceptable word. Patty Hearst ransom demand. News from the UK general election due at the end of the month (Labour's Harold Wilson would return as PM heading a minority government)
*Mick Ronson: Love Me Tender
*Richard & Linda Thompson: Georgie On A Spree (session)
*Fairport Convention: Come All Ye (album - Liege & Lief) Island ILPS 9115
*Can: Tony Wanna Go (session)
*And those were Can. And as before, we had the same problem with the band, as they weren't too sure what to call that particular piece, but we thought we'd spare you another half baked competition. And the session was actually produced by Tony "seeks groovy chick for sincere relationship" Wilson, and he was in a hurry to get off at the end of the session, so he said, 'come on let's think of a name for it', so they called it 'Tonny Wanna Go' 
*Bridget St. John: Sparrowpit (session) @ (only 3s on File 2)
*Montrose: Rock Candy (album - Montrose) Warner Bros.
*Matching Mole: God Song (album - Matching Mole's Little Red Record) CBS S 65260 @
*Ozark Mountain Daredevils: If You Wanna Get To Heaven (7") A&M @
*Bridget St. John: Choosing, You Lose One (session) @
*File 2 cuts out 22s into above track
*Little Sonny: The Creeper Returns @
*Richard & Linda Thompson: I'll Regret It All In The Morning (session) @
*Bridget St. John: If You'd Been There (session) (earlier session) @
*Tracks marked @ available on File 1
== File ==
;Name
*1) J P D33
*2) J P Top Gear 12 Feb 1974.mp3
;Length
*1) 1:09:16 (to 18:57) (to 1:24, from 7:29 unique)
*2) 1:33:44
;Other
*1) Many thanks to Decktician, Rocker for organisation and Tim for digitisation. J P D33
*2) Many thanks to Tim for acquisition and digitisation
;Available
*1) Mooo
*2) Mooo
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