John Peel Reviews the Sounds of September 1968

[@markvonwisco7369]

It's very apparent from this that John Peel had a discerning ear for true talent. He broke a huge number of influential and important groups and solo artists.

[@clivebaxter6354]

Had an ear for schoolgirls as well, should have been arrested

[@jimmycampbell78]

@@clivebaxter6354 Indeed clive. Dig deeper and you find quite an unsavoury character that most fathers would be keen to keep their 15 year old daughters away from.

[@TrevorBarre]

Apart from his tone deaf comments about Ornette.

[@jerrywatt6813]

Decades later John Peel shows he had big Ears ! If he liked something or not he could explain why intelligently ! I can see why he was so respected ! RIP!! Thanks YP! Ya made my Saturday morning Cheers !!!

[@YesterdaysPapers]

Cheers!

[@neilfriedman]

Some great music and excellent comments from John Peel. It was a good time to be a teenager

[@richsackett3423]

Better than now with every idiot in America having several guns.

[@manonymous4737]

I started listening to his show about ten years later when I was a teenager!

[@neilfriedman]

@@manonymous4737 I'm in south africa, and 'cause of apartheid, equity, the brittish music union banned us from getting english radio shows, but I used to listen to the bbc world service on short wave radio, so I got to hear John Peel😂

[@scottlucas9551]

Yet more proof that Mr. Peel possessed perhaps the best ears of any DJ ever. Great episode.

[@experience5988]

The only person who believed in Bohemian Rhapsody

[@stepheng8779]

​@@experience5988That was Kenny Everett

[@experience5988]

@@stepheng8779 Oh, sorry

[@ashleycohen2258]

Erratum. Mr. Ravenscroft.

[@clivebaxter6354]

He was a fraud, upper middle class pedophile posing as working class all his life

[@willieluncheonette5843]

This was SO enjoyable to hear from a humble and intelligent listener. As a Yank from America I came late to appreciate his BBC sessions but when I finally did hear many of them I realized what a treasure he was. There is an excellent youtube channel that has hundreds of his sessions in top sound and that's when I really got into him. Most admirable to me was that Peel recorded many punk bands BEFORE they actually had vinyl out. Off the top of my head, the Slits, Generation X, Siouxsie and the Banshees, Basement 5, The Ruts and many others. Peel certainly had his ear to the ground and his pulse on the current scene. I have the upmost respect for the man. How lucky the British public was and is to have someone like him. .

[@YesterdaysPapers]

Definitely! He gave a chance to so many bands that seemed destined to be ignored. A legend.

[@GenialHarryGrout]

John Peel , a legend that left us too soon. RIP John

[@clivebaxter6354]

He was a pedophile

[@caryheuchert]

Love the mellotron instrumental outro of “Tuesday Afternoon”.

[@YesterdaysPapers]

Glad you like it, cheers!

[@radiomindchatter7994]

John Peel nailed it nicely. You know, a few of us yanks know who John Peel is and we've taken his word more or less as gospel. He isn't often wrong. By the way, it's not said enough but kudos for your use of film during the presentation..it's always accurate and I've seen some rarities in there. You are my favorite channel hands down✋

[@YesterdaysPapers]

Thank you very much!

[@Krzyszczynski]

John actually got his first radio gigs while in the US, under his real name of John Ravenscroft. (The "Peel" was adopted later, after he'd returned to the UK.)

[@tattyshoesshigure5731]

Peely showing his in-depth knowledge & appreciation of the late ‘60’s music scene here, along with his typically wry, self-deprecating humour!

[@boomtownrat5106]

Always up for some Moody Blues. The Tuesday Afternoon outro was spot on, YP.

[@YesterdaysPapers]

Thanks, glad you dug it!

[@boomtownrat5106]

Was there an additional song to your Tuesday afternoon outro? I was straining my ears to figure out what it was. Since the Moodys album, In Search of the Lost Chord, was on the UK album charts, did you weave something from that album? Inquiring minds want to know.

[@YesterdaysPapers]

@@boomtownrat5106 Not an additional song. the last 30 seconds or so of the outro were just a bit of improvisation..

[@boomtownrat5106]

@@YesterdaysPapers Mike Pinder should be looking over his shoulder. Well done, YP.

[@DR-lh9yy]

I've watched this channel since its inception and have discovered a lot of great music because of it. Thanks so much!! Oh, and I just realized the narrator's voice is computer generated. Interesting days we live in!

[@dazzlingdavedainty]

I like finding the songs that never made it,some crackers here and there. the difference a bit of promotion makes

[@josieann5031]

I was so disappointed when I found out the voice was computer generated. But it is one of the best AI voices I've heard on KZbin.

[@jeffclement2468]

Had me fooled. I was beginning to like "the guy!" 😝

[@Krzyszczynski]

@@josieann5031 Can't agree. Mostly a monotone; the vocal inflections needed to inject the full degree of emphasis or irony into a statement are too often missing.

[@vocalion9519]

This was absolutely the most insightful and articulate Yesterday’s Papers videos I can think of in a long while. I suppose it helped that John Peel was mostly asked about good or interesting records. An absolute legend, he was.

[@daliborsnajdr6871]

One and only John Peel... never gone wrong, great reviews again. Thanks

[@davidellis5141]

John Peel was already very much in tune in 1968.

[@albertodf1234]

One of the best reviews and explanations I've listened. Coming from the immortal genius John is understandable

[@STRANGERINMOSCOW1]

Omg.that was a blast from the past. In the early eightees I used to listen to his late night show on radio 1, he was one of the first djs to play CDs. Always played brilliant, innovative, amazing music, I can still hear his voice now.

[@ppmppm7010]

It wasn't that late 10 pm 😂 but I know what you mean used to listen to it in bed I was 17

[@michaelwilson2340]

In the 80's those Peel Sessions on CD and vinyl were fantastic. Still have my Joy Division, New Order and Smiths' Peel Sessions.

[@todd3563]

John Peel was scary knowledgeable. If it weren't for this channel I wouldn't know who he was. I found out about him last year.

[@alexbowman7582]

You won’t be British, here he was pretty well known. A DJ and, did a few Top Of The Pops and promoted several bands.

[@AFaceintheCrowd01]

I like Peel’s line about Morrison leaping on stage at the Roundhouse “and landing rather self-consciously.” Not a bad week for new releases!

[@robmac6508]

Thanks for another great video , with a wonderful musical nod to the Moody Blues Lp in the top ten of the day , and llove the easy listening quality you bring to it 😊

[@YesterdaysPapers]

Thanks!

[@paulmclaughlin5492]

He had the best collection of singles to review that I've ever seen on one of these videos. Usually there are a lot more duds!

[@louisnewton4292]

Peel shouting out Roland Kirk and Captain Beefheart in the same sentence. The absolute LEGEND. Astute observation on the Doors: The girls get terribly excited about them yet, and yet they also appeal to the neo-intellectual."

[@cybertronian2005]

Yeah Roland Kirk meets Beefheart is a really accurate description of what the first Tull album sounds like. and Kirk is a good namedrop considering Peel wasn't really a jazz guy

[@grahamjohnson9430]

This is a great site really enjoying the nostalgia keep it going through the years , well done !

[@DawlessHouseMusic]

This video is EPIC. JP was so dead on.

[@bobleroe3859]

Lots of classics and generous commentary.

[@MrUndersolo]

I have a bio of his career and sessions, but I needed this. Excellent work with this one, Mr. Peel!

[@mackb909]

One of the most discerning ears on the musical scene in Britain, or anywhere, and essential in the emergence of the psychedelic and underground scene in London. He certainly was no angel in his personal life, but he died young (65; I'm 68 as of this week so 65 is young to me) and still missed. Thanks again for another find vid, YP.

[@danstone8783]

Back then many people just couldn't accept The Doors for what they were. I think history has favored The Doors for what they were.

[@caryheuchert]

The Doors are one of rock’s most timeless bands.

[@TheDandob1982]

It’s not easy convincing people to like a band without a bass player with a crooner singing over keys/guitar. I love the doors.

[@danstone8783]

@@TheDandob1982 The Doors had me at Hello ( Love You)

[@billobrien5140]

The Doors live could be a total crap shoot - somedays spectacular and some days ridiculous depending upon the undependable Jim Morrison. Now people hear just the music on the records - where they thrived. Jim's dramatic and electric poetry shines through and reflects the schizophrenic spirit of the 1960s. John Peel was a very astute observer of the music scene and was given some fantastic records to talk about. And boy did he talk. He did not hold back. This is the kind of thing I was hoping to hear when I saw this series of videos posted. Bravo YP!

[@familydogg1234]

John Peel didn't find ELP A PEEL ING- calling them" a waste of energy and talent". So Keith Emerson had those words framed and placed it above his toilet. Lol- a way of saying " Piss Off"

[@JasonMAlexander]

OMG! So many classic songs that will live forever we’re released this week! I love this

[@grokeffer6226]

These are very insightful assessments.

[@maurogajardo620]

What a lot of great music! Exciting times!

[@timetraveler8777]

Great comments from John Pell , most are among my favorite bands , Jethro Tull, Cream , Doors , Big Brother and the holding company, great music

[@darda2449]

Thank you as always, Y.T., for a great look back to how people were viewing some now legendary acts.! John Robert Parker Ravenscroft - John Peel. For all he goes on, remember that he was a frequent presenter on top of the pops from about a year after this all the way into the 90's. Although, he was trying to do just what he said by doing that, working with what he had, to be fair. Everything said, he makes some excellent points, even if he is trying to be cute. P.S. - For all they were good musicians, I'm astonished there were stale acts like Chickenshack still making records. That out of date blues bit, British guys "Pickin' that cotton down in London", you know.

[@willminkorea2010]

Great time for music. Early Jethro Tull was amazing.

[@YesterdaysPapers]

I love early Jethro Tull.

[@howamilooking5952]

Digging through the Peel sessions is a gift for any music fan. His tastes for who played is on another level. The Slits 3rd session 4life!!!

[@howamilooking5952]

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[@willminkorea2010]

Great Moody Blues song on the organ!

[@Patricia2Paris1]

Psychedelic rock years . Classic tunes.

[@hermask815]

John Peel is for me the greatest contributor to music who isn’t a performing musician.

[@buzzawuzza3743]

Playing that Nicky Hopkins piano lick from Jumping Jack Flash at the very end of your end crawl music was fun to hear. You've taught me as someone who watches all of your videos that I can't sleep on anything.

[@YesterdaysPapers]

Hahaha! Very cool that you caught the Hopkins piano lick at the end!

[@smkh2890]

John Peels radio programmes were essential listening through the 1960's.

[@smkh2890]

John can be forgiven for not understanding Ornette Coleman , as some progressive jazz players, even the great Charlie Parker, went off the rails with atonal riffs that left everyone bemused. Miles Davis avoided that and created different modes of music without abandoning tonality.

[@thecaveofthedead]

As insightful and accurate as you'd expect. And what a lineup he got.

[@Gardosunron]

Wow John Peel had one of the best song line-ups so far! Another great outro. I love the sounds you're getting. It could have come from 68!

[@YesterdaysPapers]

Thanks!

[@andrewmoonbeam321]

You made me revisit Jesamine by The Casuals. Love it!

[@YesterdaysPapers]

Great tune!

[@mariuspoppFM]

@@YesterdaysPapers Another great Casuals track is 7 Times 7, a song written by the late great Armando Trovajoli they recorded for the Italian caper comedy movie Sette volte sette (they were more popular in Italy than UK for a while)

[@mariuspoppFM]

Wonder if the Bystanders song When Jezamine goes is related to the Casuals one, maybe an answer

[@andrewmoonbeam321]

@@mariuspoppFM Didn't realize that it was done earlier. Both good, The Casuals might just be a little better, but not by much.

[@danstone8783]

I often see the named Davy Dee, Dozy, Beaky Mick and Tich on the Uk singles charts here. I understand they are a UK band that wasn't prominent here in the US. So I just listened to a bunch of their songs and I hope someday Yesterday's Papers will do a bit of a feature on them. I quite like them.

[@michaelrochester48]

They did have two top 100 hits in the United States, Zabatak and legend of Xanadu which made it into the 90s….Part of the reason why they did not do so well in the United States is that they never toured here

[@poempadgett4664]

If that was their group’s name, it could not have helped them much, being so unusual, probably hard to remember straight for many, and unusually long, too, I imagine. I’m curious about them, now.

[@raymondbonington9355]

They had a lot of hits in the uk ,, Dave Dee and dozy have passed away Beaky is crapping himself 🤪

[@marguskiis7711]

It was a british boyband of 60s

[@Krzyszczynski]

@@marguskiis7711 No! They were a full-scale pop group, playing their own instruments as well as just singing. But as some other commentators have implied, they were too British in their outlook and material to have much appeal in the USA. They were a quintessential example of what's been called kiddipop, one of the two main branches of popular music that became established after c1966/67 (the other being the so-called "underground", which eventually evolved into hard rock).

[@GordonLonghouse]

An outstanding week in popular music.

[@JasonTryp]

John Peel had some interesting observations, he had good tastes obviously. I like his views and comments in regards to Chicken Shack and the British Blues scene at the time.

[@charlesachurch7265]

Great episode. THANKS XXX

[@jasonrothbaum7266]

Unbelievable (almost legendary) selection of tracks, so he had a bit of an advantage over the other monthly reviewers. I mean, Jethro Tull, Doors, Cream, Janis, Steve Miller in one review?

[@EdwinJack64]

John Peel, the legendary BBC deejay! Intelligent observations, great musical knowledge and excellent taste! I noticed in the Melody Maker's Top 30 at number 6 "Do It Again" by The Beach Boys. That was one of my mom's favorite songs back then, I really liked that song as a kid, especially the drum intro. Your outro music sounds great again, but this time I can't distinguish which song(s) you are playing 🤔😅

[@YesterdaysPapers]

Cheers, Edwin! The outro was a cover of "Tuesday Afternoon" by the Moody Blues.

[@EdwinJack64]

@@YesterdaysPapers Thx for your reply! Yes, I read it later in some comments as well 😁 Outstanding song btw! Cheers YP!

[@foppishdilletaunt9911]

Thanks for all the great bands & music, Mr Peel. Eric Clapton - with George’s help he lost heroin and found Jesus & Patty. At least Patty was a ⚙️ Bird….

[@wallacecollect]

What incredibly intelligent and insightful comments from Peel!

[@jean-marcknight8816]

The power of Pearl’s voice still gives me the shivers … oooooh, shaking all over

[@andzwe]

4:24 John Peel probably got what he hoped for with tv-programmes like The Old Grey Wistle Test and later on The Tube and Later With Jools Holland.

[@experience5988]

All Hail to Yesterday´s Papers!

[@victorhawkins3461]

I love the fact that he fell asleep at an Ornette Coleman show!

[@389383]

There should be a whole thread of shows where we fell asleep!

[@marrrtin]

One again the pre-punk Peel is illuminating!

[@doctorbohr1585]

What a Top Five! Hey Jude, Those Were the Days, Gotta Get a Message To You and Jesamine. Paul Weller rates Jesamine highly as a pop song and so do I.

[@YesterdaysPapers]

It's a great song, written by the great Marty Wilde.

[@garygomesvedicastrology]

9:09 Good take. I agreed with everything he said except for Ornette Coleman. My first exposure to Ornette was 1971, and I had never heard him. I was totally blown away and it was a life changer. Ornette IS best experienced live, but God, Free Jazz is incredible, as are many of his albums. He was a big influence on Beefheart and, indirectly, through Jeffrey Hammond-Hammond on Jethro Tull, though the influence is not as obvious in the latter case. He was an influence on Coltrane and Rollins and even Miles Davis and Soft Machine, among others. I guess I was more susceptible at that stage in my life... but he was an amazing talent... totally unique. To be clear, he didn't criticize Ornette, just said he hadn't heard a record that captured Ornette's excitement. I think there were several, even in the 60s.

[@PtolemyJones]

A b it late for Mr. Peel, but what you hear in Sunshine Of Your Love that sounds familiar is the melody to Blue Moon.

[@bobwallace9814]

This guy is totally matter of fact when it comes to personal opinions. He tells yay or nay and then backs it up with great explanation. Most reviewers are too busy telling the host to "take it off".

[@ashleycohen2258]

Here John accurately predicted OGWT &₩hispering Bob.

[@Norshammar72]

You have a very good voice.

[@shako4907]

Great month for sure, lots of heavy hitters

[@nathalieplum2137]

Who knew John Peel could be this good at this 🤭🤭🤭

[@clivebaxter6354]

he was filth

[@jonhillman871]

i love john peel because he exposed listeners to a lot of new, underground music but also because peel sessions are an excellent live-to-tape studio recordings rather than everything tracked individually. it's got the energy of live performance with the fidelity and control of a recording studio. why didn't john peel host the OLD GREY WHISTLE TEST? he had such a better personality than that wet blanket whispering bob.

[@georgebennett3197]

The greatest track of 1968 - above everything in the UK & US single or LP charts was Leapy Lee with Little Arrows - it inspired a generation. (John Peel was brilliant)

[@mikimanmogler5962]

tuesday afternoon ...

[@stewartmckenna3136]

I got to hear this. Sergio Mendes recorded "Fool on the Hill" ? I cannot envisage that...

[@thomasclarke2880]

How prophetic.

[@lindadote]

I love to be reminded of the brilliant music we were fortunate enough to grow up with. I liked The Doors but the band’s biggest problem was Morrison himself who was so wasted on occasion, that Ray Manzarek had to fill in for him. Your outro is Tuesday Afternoon unless I’m sadly mistaken? As always YP, thanks for a fantastic look back at the music of my youth.

[@YesterdaysPapers]

Thanks, Linda. Yes, it's "Tuesday Afternoon" by the Moody Blues.

[@lindadote]

@@YesterdaysPapers……thanks YP, it’s lovely.

[@susanaltman5134]

I agree with his take on Janis Joplin.

[@rawgoldgaming]

Yes he nailed it there, wasn't too keen on his take on love street by The Doors though as he never mentions the song just rattles on about them live

[@SIXTYDOLLARBOSS]

What is the instrumental playing over the chart positions at the end of the video.? Sounds a bit like an instrumental version of Moody Blues Tuesday Afternoon.

[@YesterdaysPapers]

It is an instrumental version of "Tuesday Afternoon" that I recorded myself.

[@chasjohn57]

Well that summed up 1968

[@LenQuerido]

John Peel is a legend (RIP). For us he was an example. Probably he was the best. Though sometimes he made mistakes. This a really bad if such a person makes a mistake. So that's the flipside if we are to depended on the words of one man. With all respect for John Peel and his fantastic insight I would suggest we'll be never so depended om the views of just one man. This is meant to be positive (for the future) and with all respect for Mr. Peel.

[@henrydarker4314]

I was at that Sunbury festival, the Marquee Jazz & Blues Festival. I remember Eric coming on and jamming with Ginger. Ginger was playing with another drummer, the jazz drummer who taught Ginger I believe - just can't remember his name. Great weekend btw.

[@lthompson7625]

Henry, could have been Phil Seamen?

[@henrydarker4314]

@@lthompson7625 Yep, it was Phil Seaman :-) Thanks!

[@henrydarker4314]

@@lthompson7625 Oh yeah, I did see Cream once, the final gig at the RAH.

[@YesterdaysPapers]

Awesome that you were there at that show.

[@lthompson7625]

@@henrydarker4314 Henry , that Cream appearance was quite a historic concert to have witnessed. They filmed it and l remember going to see it on the pictures in Liverpool. The only time l got to see Clapton live was when he was doing that Delaney and Bonnie ( Liverpool Empire 1969) backing band thing. George Harrison was with him, his last ever appearance in his hometown . Someone pointed out to me recently that you saw Derek and the Dominoes before they actually called themselves that. In a way , l suppose he was correct. I wonder would George Harrison have joined that line-up if he had been asked at the time ? The Beatles had more or less finished by then..There’s a thought😃

[@richtintera5524]

They were playing Ornette Coleman on the radio?

[@mariuspoppFM]

Peel did

[@appledoreman]

Very unusually, he never had one MOR record!

[@helenohellno2729]

I've seen Ian Anderson in concert He's a crazy 🤣

[@ppmppm7010]

Crazy to see Nice in a pop chart

[@akkor6835]

Tengo ese de Steve Miller Band en vinilo, y ustedes?

[@crossroader71]

Altough I'm a big fan of British blues, I agree with John Peel that covering the same old Chicago blues numbers didn't bring any success to any blues band in the long run. So they had to move on to some different directions to find their own unique style without sacrificing the blues. That's how bands like Fleetwood Mac, Jethro Tull, Black Sabbath, Zeppelin or Wishbone Ash became musical legends.

[@HansRickheit]

Took me moment to suss out what tune you were playing at the end. "Tuesday Afternoon" - Great Melotron sound!

[@YesterdaysPapers]

Thanks!

[@deirdre108]

Looking at the US Top Ten seeing "1,2,3, Red Light" by the 1910 Fruitgum Company makes me wonder if that was the start of thoroughly execrable 'bubblegum music" trend that reached its nadir the following year with "Sugar Sugar", the number one selling single in 1969 in the US.

[@mariuspoppFM]

Yes

[@mariuspoppFM]

Sugar sugar could run for the Worst 60s Song prize and win easily

[@deirdre108]

@@mariuspoppFM By 1968 or perhaps’67 the original British Invasion bands did not appeal to the pre/early teens so the record companies had to come up with something lightweight for them. Thus the Monkees, Tommy Roe and bubblegum music were created.

[@GeorgReiterer]

1:35 Who is Jonathan Smith?

[@Krzyszczynski]

It's Jonathan KING, the "Smith" being an error in that useless bloody AutoTranscribe software. (If you pause the clip at about 0:13 you can just about make out his name in the screenshot of the original MM feature, at the extreme right of the picture.) JK most certainly didn't like The Doors, saying so more than once in his Disc & Music Echo column - although he admitted that early LP tracks such as Light My Fire were "excellent".

[@GeorgReiterer]

@@Krzyszczynski -- many thanks! 👍

[@jeffclement2468]

He was dead on about Janis and Big Brother. For me, it was all downhill after Cheap Thrills. Enjoyed that "Tuesday Afternoon"-ish music. 😻✌

[@The.Last.Guitar.Hero.]

year and month i was born

[@spiritof6663]

It's funny hearing Peel pick apart these singles, nearly every one of which has since become regarded as an iconic masterpiece. But at the time, when you're swimming in goodness and don't quite realize you are living through a golden age, you have more room for complaint LOL.

[@syater]

Amazed that Ornette Coleman's music was still considered divisive even as late as 1968. But those late 50s albums no longer sound so abstract, or whatever. He's never been everyone's cup of tea, but Miles Davis used to say "he must be messed up inside... just listen to his music." Paul Bley knew better, the only pianist to play with Ornette that I'm aware of.

[@simonKagree]

John Peel was the smartest man in show business. It's a shame he wasn't an A&R man exactly. They gave him some easy pitches here, though. The only tune I didn't know was the Chicken Shack, and that had the perfect Christine on it. Pretty much all Tull records have at least one duff track on them, and this is probably it, but This Was is still my second favorite, after Thick As A Brick. I don't really get Peel's problem with Ornette Coleman, but I don't much care for the On Tenor album either. Ornette was so much better on alto, and with Don Cherry. The boxed set of his early albums is one of my most cherished possessions.

[@mariuspoppFM]

He did some A&R work for his own Dandelion label indeed

[@SimonAgree-sb1ol]

I might have known. Can't vouch for every pick the man made in his life, but I reckon I'd agree with him at least 95% of the time.

[@clivebaxter6354]

Wake up he was a pedophile

[@richsackett3423]

I want the record where Jimi Hendrix stuffs his guitar. All of them, you say?

[@poempadgett4664]

Is that another Brit slang for “shag”? 😮

[@richsackett3423]

@@poempadgett4664 Indeed

[@michaelrochester48]

Wow “Song for Jeffrey” sounds so much different as a record then when they played it in the Rolling Stones rock ‘n’ roll Circus which incidentally featured Tony Iommi later of Black Sabbath

[@BigSky1]

The Rock n Roll Circus version had Ian Anderson singing live to the backing track of the studio version. Tony Iommi and the others were only miming.

[@BigSky1]

Jeffrey

[@marguskiis7711]

The vocal was live, other was playback

[@BigSky1]

@@marguskiis7711 I already said that

[@SurreyMan0409]

I love his bit in Smashie and Nicey: Here’s the excellent Jethro Tull with their excellent single with an excellent flute solo on an excellent record Excellent.’ (Goes back to sleep). Odd in a way that his favourite song of all time was apparently Teenage Kicks… But he introduced lots of us to some really, er, excellent bands

[@SuperNevile]

Yes. 'Top Of The Pops' got a slagging off, although it was to continue for another 38 years. JP got his wish though, with "Old Grey Whistle Test", introduced in 1971. There were some top bands on the show, but the programme only started when the pubs shut, and for me, "Whispering Bob Harris', endeavoured to put me to sleep. What did Bowie just sing? I missed that!

[@martinhughes2549]

​@SuperNevile Colour Me Pop started on BBC2 in 1968, followed by Disco 2 on BBC2, which played album music, followed by OGWT. The reason you don't see much from these shows is because nearly everything was wiped. Something like 7.5 episodes of Colour Me Pop survive out of 50+ episodes. DIsco 2 survival rate is even worse. OGWT sessions and film reports where retained by the producer for the Xmas shows and he managed to keep them all. Recordings of the actual( live presentation) shows are rare before 1973 though.

[@margies735]

Incredible mix of music and Peel's knowledge is extensive. His forcast on Janice Joplin was totally off tho!😅

[@mariuspoppFM]

It was perfectly spot on

[@hifijohn]

Wow steve miller is from 68?!!

[@JD-vx8gr]

Yes. Steve Miller's BEST was before The Joker & Fly like an Eagle.

[@willminkorea2010]

"Living in the USA" turned him into a "Space Cowboy" lol

[@lindadote]

Steve has been around forever but the man is no fool. Disappointed with returns from 1973’s “Joker” album, Steve took a hiatus from music to do a business course in order to manage his own band. He wasn’t about to have his hard-earned money stolen by unscrupulous “Managers”.

[@SmartCookie2022]

It always struck me that if John Peel was so amazingly perceptive about music, then why didn't he try his own hand at writing and creating music himself? Personally, I always found Peel rather pompous and solemn, chasing the latest musical trend to sound hip. I don't think I got anything from his September single reviews, apart from "Aren't I clever?"

[@mariuspoppFM]

He made some interesting choices as a producer for his own Dandelion label. He's still pissing you after his death, an impressive feat you must admit

[@CHARIOTangler]

John Peel would weep in profound defeat if he were still alive and tasked with finding any decent modern music.

[@Hal9000ize]

He'd be cool with King Gizzard

[@zakur0hako]

no he wouldn't

[@Hal9000ize]

@@zakur0hako elaborate

[@indigohammer5732]

He’d weep because he’d be in jail for being a fucking nonce

[@Hygienist-]

The fact that you think so shows just how little you know of the man.

[@pauledwards8275]

You had to be there

[@amafirenze-vi1uh]

Ornette Coleman on a 45 ? 😮

[@YesterdaysPapers]

That was an album track.

[@neilforbes416]

4:21 Janis Joplin was *NO* "Soul" singer! She produced a *HORRIBLE SCREECH* that could only be classed as *noise pollution!*

[@Scotlanz]

Great Tuesday Afternoon. Not as wilfully unrecognisable as usual though. 😀

[@YesterdaysPapers]

Cheers!