18 July 1974

==Show==
; Name
*Top Gear
; Station
*BBC Radio One
; YYYY-MM-DD
*1974-07-18
; Comments
*Olivetti Chronicles (Lena Zavaroni, p469 - Sounds article published on 1974-07-20): "Last night's Top Gear was, for me, one of those programmes that inexplicably takes off in such a way that getting back down again when it's all over is really a difficult, even unpleasant task. We started with a track from a Capricon LP by Grinderswitch (a fine new band) which featured Dickie Betts and moved on through Bryn Haworth, Sandy Denny, Magma, Don Covay, Cream, Sweet (yes, Sweet), Ry Cooder, The Fatback Band, Eric Clapton, Willie Mitchell, Bill Black's Combo, Kevin Coyne, Joni Mitchell and Sunny Ade and His African Beats (from Nigeria)." 
*The Olivetti Chronicles article does not match the playlist of this show. It was more likely to be an earlier show, as there was no programme on the 19th and Peel was presumably writing to a deadline several days before the paper was published. The weekly music papers were usually on sale in newsagents' shops on Thursdays, even if the front cover date was a Saturday. At this time, Peel's shows went out on Tuesday and Thursday evenings, but none of the names in the Sounds article feature in Ken Garner's session listings for the previous week's programmes in The Peel Sessions. 
*Full tracklisting from the PasB of the BBC Written Archives Centre.
== Sessions ==
*High Level Ranters #2. Recorded: 1974-07-03.
*Carol Grimes #1. Recorded: 1974-07-04
*Bob Sargeant #3. Recorded: 1974-05-30. Broadcast: 13 June 1974
== Tracklisting ==
*Nice: Top Gear Anthem
*Robert Wyatt: A Last Straw (LP - Rock Bottom) Virgin 
*Fatback Band: Fatbackin' (LP - People Music) Perception
*High Level Ranters: Fenwick Of Bywell (session)
*Carol Grimes: Somebody's Sleeping In My Bed (session)
*Fela Ransome-Kuti And The Africa '70: Open And Close (LP - Open & Close) His Master's Voice
*Bob Sargeant: Let Yourself Go (session)
*Sandy Nelson: Civilization (LP - Compelling Percussion) Imperial
*Carol Grimes: That's What It Takes (session)
*Groundhogs: Plea Sing, Plea Song (LP - Solid) WWA
*High Level Ranters: Marley Hill Ducks (session)
*Chuck Berry: Ingo (Inst.) (2xLP - Golden Decade Volume 3) Chess
*Carol Grimes: Give It Everything You've Got (session)
*Country Joe & The Fish: Pat's Song (LP - I-Feel-Like-I'm-Fixin'-To-Die) Vanguard
*Bob Sargeant: First Starring Role (session)
*High Level Ranters: Dance To Your Daddy (session)
*Sparks: Something For The Girl With Everything (LP - Propaganda) Island
*Edgar Froese: Panorphelia (LP - Aqua) Virgin
*Betty Wright: Secretary (7" - Secretary / Value Your Love) Atlantic
*Michael Chapman: Another Season Song (LP - Deal Gone Down) Deram
*Carol Grimes: A Change Is Gonna Come (session)
*Kevin Ayers: After The Show (7") Island
*Bob Sargeant: Never Again (session)
*Blue: You Give Me Love (LP - Life In The Navy) RSO
*Bryan Ferry: Smoke Gets In Your Eyes (LP - Another Time, Another Place) Island
*High Level Ranters: Hesleyside Reel (session)
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