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Show[]

YYYY-MM-DD
  • 1976-12-18
Comments
  • Fluff announces at the beginning of the show that he would also play George Harrison, Santana, Manfred Mann's Earth Band, Grinderswitch, The Tubes, Thin Lizzy and Wings.

Sessions[]

  • Damned: Recorded 1976-11-30 for John Peel. (First TX 1976-12-10)
  • Brand X: Recorded 1976-07-15 for John Peel. (First TX 1976-08-02)
  • Graham Parker: Recorded 1976-11-02 for John Peel. (First TX 1976-11-15)
  • Roogalator Recorded 1976-05-13 for John Peel. (First TX 1976-05-31)
  • Climax Blues Band Recorded 1976-09-16 for John Peel. (First TX: 1976-10-08)

Track Listings[]

  • Files 1 & 2 begin at start of show (File 2 a few seconds earlier)
  • Stephen Stills: The Loner (LP – Illegal Stills) CBS
  • Steve Miller Band: I Love You (LP – Number 5) Capitol
  • Damned: I Fall (Peel session)
  • Electric Light Orchestra: Tightrope (LP – New World Record) Jet Records
  • Brand X: Why Should I Lend You Mine (When You've Broken Yours Off Already) (Peel session)
  • Bill Withers: Where You Are (LP – Naked And Warm) CBS
  • Joni Mitchell: Amelia (LP – Hejira) Asylum
  • Graham Parker: Hotel Chambermaid (Peel session)
  • Leon Russell: Delta Lady (LP – Leon Russell) A&M
  • 10cc: Somewhere In Hollywood (LP – Sheet Music) UK Records
  • Cado Belle: Stone's Throw From Nowhere (LP – Cado Bell) Anchor
  • start of news jingle
  • File 1 ends
  • (File 2 news edited out)
  • Coming up - Eagles, Santana, Horslips, Wings, Thin Lizzy, Climax Blues Band, Manfred Mann's Earth Band, Ace, George Harrison
  • George Harrison: It's What You Value (album - Thirty Three & 1/3) Dark Horse K56319
  • Ace: Rock And Roll Singer (album - No Strings) Anchor ANCL 2020
  • Souther-Hillman-Furay Band: Follow Me Through (album - Trouble In Paradise) Asylum SYLA 8760
  • John Peel trailer
  • Roogalator: All Aboard (Peel session)
  • Santana: Let The Music Set You Free (album - Festivál) CBS CBS 86020
  • Manfred Mann's Earth Band: Saturn, Lord of the Ring / Mercury, the Winged Messenger (album - Solar Fire) Bronze ILPS9265
  • File 2 ends during above track
  • (gap in the recording at this point, during which the Eagles, Grinderswitch, The Tubes, Thin Lizzy must have been played)
  • File 3 begins
  • Get On The Right Track - Free: The Hunter (album - Free & Easy, Rough & Ready) Island ILPS 9453
  • Climax Blues Band: Couldn't Get It Right (Peel session)
  • Nova: Vimana (album - Vimana) Arista ARTY 138
  • Horslips: The Power And The Glory (album - The Book Of Invasions (A Celtic Symphony)) DJM DJF 20498
  • Quantum Jump: No American Starship (7") The Electric Record Company – WOT 37
  • SAHB (Without Alex): Big Boy (album - Fourplay) Mountain TOPC 5006
  • Wings: Bluebird (album - Wings Over America) MPL PCSP 720
  • end of show
  • 5:30pm news
  • edit
  • Manfred Mann's Earth Band: Saturn, Lord of the Ring / Mercury, the Winged Messenger (album - Solar Fire) Bronze ILPS9265 (another minute)
  • File 3 ends

File[]

Name
  • 1) 1976-12-18 Radio 1, Saturday Show.mp3
  • 2) Fluf Xmas 1976
  • 3) Another one... Dec 1976 i think.... Alan Freeman, saturday rock show
  • 4a) Alan Freeman's Saturday Show 18/12/1976
  • 4b) Alan Freeman's Saturday Show 1976 12 18 (2:10:51 from 3-hour show)
Length
  • 1) 01:00:24
  • 2) 01:35:01
  • 3) 00:37:20
  • 4) 02:10:51
Other
  • 1) Thanks to John Cavanagh for original recording from a Phillips C120 cassette.
  • 4) This is a combination of files 2 & 3 with the news and final snippet removed
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