Episode 17 – BBC Sessions (Part 1)

In this episode, we delve into the BBC archive to bring songs and sessions first broadcast live on the Beeb.

  • Johnny B. Goode – The Pink Fairies (In Concert 4th November 1971)
  • A Hard Day’s Night – The Beatles (Top Gear 16th July 1964)
  • She’s Not There – The Zombies (Saturday Club 3rd October 1964)
  • Good Lovin’ – The Who (Top Gear 19th June 1965)
  • Hey Girl – The Small Faces (Saturday Club 3rd May 1966)
  • Drivin’ South – The Jimi Hendrix Experience (Top Gear 15th October 1967)
  • Steppin’ Out – Cream (Top Gear 14th January 1968)
  • Children Of Tomorrow – The Mike Stuart Span (Top Gear 26th May 1968)
  • Love Me ‘Till The Sun Shines – The Kinks (Top Gear 7th July 1968)
  • Man In Black – Skip Bifferty (Top Gear 14th July 1968)
  • 1941 – Harry Nilsson (Saturday Club 11th September 1968)
  • I’d Rather Go Blind – Chicken Shack (Symonds on Sunday 20th April 1969)
  • The Girl I Love She Got The Long Black Wavy Hair – Led Zeppelin (Chris Grant’s Tasty Pop Sunday Show 22nd June 1969)
  • Painter – Deep Purple (Tony Brandon Show 3rd July 1969)
  • Let Me Sleep Beside You – David Bowie (Dave Lee Travis Show 26th October 1969)
  • Two Of  A Kind – Syd Barrett (Top Gear 14th March 1970)
  • Border Song – Elton John & Hookfoot (Dave Lee Travis Show 12th April 1970)
  • Sandy Mary – Fleetwood Mac (Top Gear 23rd May 1970)
  • Ride On A Pony – Free (Mike Harding Sounds of the Seventies 27th April 1971)
  • Music Weaver – Sandy Denny (Bob Harris Show 20th November 1972)
  • Alethea – Robin Trower (Bob Harris Show 18th March 1974)