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Radio London
This is a remaster of John Peel's final Perfumed Garden show on Radio London, on 14th August 1967. The following day, the new Marine Offences Act took effect, forcing the pirate stations to close down. Peel would join newly-created BBC pop station Radio One shortly afterwards, where he would remain for 37 years until his untimely death last year.
It was the height of the Summer of Love, and Peelie was still sounding like a posh, rather shy young hippy after returning to the UK from his brief radio stint in America. Peel's eclectic choice of music is much in evidence in this special 5½-hour final show, which kicked off at midnight.
This remaster has been put together by Guy Brown at U-SPACES (http://members.aol.com/VelvetFogg/HTML/PEEL.html). Tapes of the show have been upgraded with high-fidelity masters of the songs Peel played, so only the links are in whiny Radio London quality.
This is Revision 3 of the remaster, completed in September of 2005, which restores all of the Peel links that were missing in previous versions, and corrects some running order mistakes. If you have a version of this and want to check if you need to upgrade, the best way is probably to see if you have Simon & Garfunkel's "Sparrow" on disc 4. That's new for this version.
Artwork and sleevenotes are included as Word documents. They're designed to fit in slimline jewelcases (the ones used for CD singles). There's a lot more information about the show, and the reconstruction project, in Guy's excellent sleevenotes.
96 tracks, 128Kbps MP3. Total time 5 hours 38 minutes approx.
Incidentally, Peelie's very first Radio One show, which would be his next radio show after this one, will be broadcast soon on BBC 6 Music as part of "John Peel Day":
Tracklisting:
- The Beatles - Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band
- The Beatles - With A Little Help From My Friends
- The Attack - Any More Than I Do
- Donovan - Guinevere
- The Purple Gang - Granny Takes A Trip
- Jefferson Airplane - White Rabbit
- John Mayall & The Bluesbreakers - Dust My Blues
- The Byrds - Eight Miles High
- Tim Buckley - Song Slowly Sung
- The Misunderstood - I Can Take You To The Sun
- Pink Floyd - Astronomy Domine
- Canned Heat - Rollin' and Tumblin'
- Tyrannosaurus Rex - Rings Of Fortune
- Simon and Garfunkel - At The Zoo
- Howlin' Wolf - Dust My Broom
- The Syn - 14 Hour Technicolor Dream
- The Velvet Underground - Venus in Furs
- Jeff Beck - Rock My Plimsoul (abbrev.)
- Big Brother and The Holding Company - All Is Loneliness
- Jeff Beck - Rock My Plimsoul
- Bob Dylan - It Takes A Lot To Laugh, It Takes A Train To Cry
- Jon - Is It Love
- The Beatles - And Your Bird Can Sing
- The Beatles - For No One
- Country Joe And The Fish - Not So Sweet Martha Lorraine
- Orange Bicycle - Hyacinth Threads
- Marc Bolan - Hippy Gumbo
- John Mayall & The Bluesbreakers - Double Trouble
- Tim Hardin - Hang On To A Dream
- The Electric Prunes - Wind-Up Toys
- Donovan - Epistle To Dippy
- Cream - Tales Of Brave Ulysses
- Giant Sunflower - February Sunshine
- Shadows Of Knight - Light Bulb Blues
- Elmore James - Dust My Broom
- The Rolling Stones - We Love You
- Moby Grape - Changes
- Geoffrey Prowse - The Perfumed Garden Blues
- Adrian Henri and Andy Roberts - Tonight at Noon
- Captain Beefheart And His Magic Band - Abba Zabba
- The Jimi Hendrix Experience - The Burning Of The Midnight Lamp
- Roy Harper - Sophisticated Beggar
- The Paul Butterfield Blues Band - Look Over Yonder's Wall
- The Grateful Dead - Cold Rain And Snow
- Love - The Castle
- Marc Bolan - The Wizard
- The Incredible String Band - The Mad Hatter's Song
- Traffic - Smiling Phases
- Jackson C. Frank - Milk And Honey
- Tomorrow - My White Bicycle
- The Misunderstood - You Don't Have To Go
- Big Brother and The Holding Company - Call On Me
- Orange Bicycle - Amy Peate
- John Renbourn - Another Monday
- Simon and Garfunkel - Fakin' It
- The Who - Run Run Run
- David Blue - The Street
- The Beatles - Getting Better
- The Beatles - Fixing A Hole
- The Beatles - She's Leaving Home
- The Beatles - Lucy In The Sky With Diamonds
- Judy Collins - Liverpool Lullaby
- The Jimi Hendrix Experience - I Don't Live Today
- Donovan - Sunny Goodge Street
- Tyrannosaurus Rex - Misty Mist (Highways)
- The Seeds - Mr. Farmer
- Simon and Garfunkel - Sparrow
- The Mothers Of Invention - Plastic People
- The Mothers Of Invention - The Duke Of Prunes
- The Mothers Of Invention - Amnesia Vivace
- The Mothers Of Invention - The Duke Regains His Chops
- The Mothers Of Invention - Call Any Vegetable
- The Mothers Of Invention - Invocation And Ritual Dance Of The Young Pumpkin
- The Mothers Of Invention - Soft-Sell Conclusion
- Zodiac (Cosmic Sounds) - Aquarius The Lover Of Life
- John's Children - Desdemona
- The Blues Project - Flute Thing
- John Peel - Reading From Winnie the Pooh (Part One)
- Donovan - Sand And Foam
- John Peel - Reading From Winnie the Pooh (Part Two)
- The Velvet Underground - Sunday Morning
- John Mayall & The Bluesbreakers - Top Of The Hill
- Pink Floyd - Matilda Mother
- The Syn - Flower Man
- Captain Beefheart And His Magic Band - Sure 'Nuff N' Yes I Do
- Shawn Phillips - Coal Tattoo
- Roger McGough - Mother, There's A Strange Man Waiting At The Door / Mother, The Wardrobe Is Full Of Infantrymen
- John's Children - Sarah Crazy Child
- The Beatles - The Word
- Bob Dylan - On The Road Again
- The Misunderstood - I Can Take You To The Sun
- Donovan - Writer In The Sun
- John Peel - Big Lil Plays And We Say Goodbye To The Perfumed Garden
- The Rolling Stones - We Love You
- Big Lil
- John Peel - How Food Gets On A Record
John Peel Day
2005 rief die BBC den 13. Oktober 2005 zum ersten internationalen „John-Peel-Day“ aus und forderte seine Fans in aller Welt auf, Veranstaltungen in seinem Gedenken zu organisieren. Dieser Tag soll von nun an jeden zweiten Donnerstag im Oktober gefeiert werden, um an Peels letzte Sendung am 14. Oktober 2004 zu erinnern.