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Show[]

YYYY-MM-DD
  • 1977-08-20
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Sessions[]

  • Lone Star Peel session #3. Recorded: 1977-02-28. Broadcast: 06 July 1977.
  • Fabulous Poodles Peel session #2. Recorded 1977-04-18. First Broadcast 27 April 1977.
  • Jam Peel session #2. Recorded: 1977-07-19. Transmitted: 25 July 1977.
  • XTC Peel session #1. Recorded: 1977-06-20. Broadcast: 24 June 1977.
  • Pretty Things Peel session #9. Recorded: 1975-07-17. Broadcast: 24 July 1975.
  • Vibrators Peel session #2. Recorded 1977-06-13. First broadcast 18 July 1977.
  • Boys Peel session #1. Recorded: 1977-08-03. Broadcast: 08 August 1977.
  • Cortinas: recorded 18/07/77
  • Count Bishops: recorded 20/07/76
  • Elvis Costello & The Attractions: recorded 25/07/77

Tracklisting[]

  • File 2 begins at start of show. File 1 continues at 48:00.
  • additional upcoming acts - Alice Cooper, Stranglers, Doctors Of Madness, George Harrison, Deep Purple, Bob Dylan, Alan Parsons Project.
  • Lone Star: Bells Of Berlin (Peel session)
  • Fabulous Poodles: Mr Mike (Peel session)
  • Elton John: Indian Sunset (album - Madman Across The Water) DJM DJLPH 420
  • Be Bop Deluxe: Ships In The Night (album - Live! In The Air Age) Harvest SHVL 816 #18 in the Rock top 20
  • 14:57 timecheck at 27m into file 2
  • Doobie Brothers: For Someone Special (album - Takin' It To The Streets) Warner Bros. Records – K 56196
  • Results are in for last weeks poll for new wave / punk music, they were 51% yes 49% no.
  • Jam: Bricks & Mortar (Peel session)
  • Greg Lake: C'est La Vie (split 7" with Emerson, Lake & Paler - C'est La Vie / Jeremy Bender) Atlantic K 10990
  • XTC: Radios In Motion (Peel session)
  • Get On The Right Track results - Pretty Things: Dream / Joey (Peel session)
  • File 1 ends at 1:35:46 (rest of file silence)
  • File 2 pauses at tape flip at 47:45.
  • File 1 begins
  • File 2 resumes having missed 14s of above track
  • Van Der Graaf: Last Frame (album - The Quiet Zone / The Pleasure Dome) Charisma CAS 1131 Fluff introduced as "This Wave"
  • Sutherland Brothers & Quiver: Ice In The Fire (7") CBS S CBS 5563
  • 15:30 news edited out of File 2
  • In the next two hours, also to be played are Jimi Hendrix, Yes, Elvis Costello, Gregg Allman
  • Vibrators: London Girls (Peel session)
  • Mink DeVille: Venus Of Avenue D (album - Cabretta) Capitol E-ST 11631
  • Bob Marley & The Wailers: Waiting In Vain (") Island WIP 1602
  • 15:45 timecheck
  • Alice Cooper: Billion Dollar Babies (album - Billion Dollar Babies) Warner Bros. K 56013
  • Music minus verbiage - tribute section to Elvis Presley
  • Elvis Presley: A Fool Such As I
  • Jenny Nicholas: Elvis (7") Spark SRL 1157 Fluff seems to believe that this record was released as a tribute to Elvis on his passing but it was actually released in 1976
  • Boys: Living In The City (Peel session)
  • Yes: Wonderous Stories (album - Going For The One) Atlantic K 50379
  • Doctors Of Madness: Brothers (For John & Brian) (album - Figments Of Emancipation) Polydor 2383 403
  • File 2 ends and File 1 continues with start of show
  • Cortinas: Further Education (session)
  • Firefall: So Long
  • Stranglers: Princess Of The Streets
  • Count Bishops: Hands On The Wheel(session)
  • Gregg Allman: Midnight Rider
  • Moon: Name Of The Game(session)
  • George Harrison: Simply Shady
  • Suburban Studs: Questions
  • Deep Purple: No One Came
  • Bernie Leadon - Michael Georgiades Band: You’re The Singer
  • Bob Dylan: Chimes Of Freedom
  • Elvis Costello & The Attractions: Blame It On Cain(session)
  • Alan Parsons Project: I Wouldn’t Want To Be Like You
  • Jimi Hendrix: Voodoo Chile

File[]

Name
  • 1) Saturday Rock Show August 1977
  • 2) Alan Freeman's Saturday Show 20/08/1977
Length
  • 1) 1:36:19
  • 2) 1:34:15
Other
  • 1) Many thanks to Steveo. File digitised side 2 before side 1.
  • 2) Corrected side order and a couple of minutes removed. Some audio tweaks.
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