British 60s Radio show - Psych 60's Radio show-Radio London w/ John Peel 7/16/67

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Actual Broadcast Recording (Aircheck)Station: Wonderful Radio London -- Pirate Offshore UK Station DJ: John Peel Date: 16 July, 1967Length: 74 minutes (digitally remastered and placed on CD at our studios here at Rock-it Radio)RIR Release #: 407 There probably isn't a more famous DJ in the UK then John Peel. John passed away on 26 October of 2004 but what a broadcasting legacy he left. Originally aboard Wonderful Radio London the Pirate Station of the Mid 60's in the UK. This broadcast is from 1967 and is his last broadcast prior to going over to BBC One. John Peel launched many famous musical careers and this show features some of the most rare and "groovy" psychadelic rock music of the 1960's. This is from an actual recording of the original Wonderful Radio London broadcast back in the summer of 1967. Many of these songs you hear in the broadcast are actually quite rare and received limited airplay - songs you just don't hear on your typical oldies station today. More about the DJ; John Peel was a broadcasting legend. His influence has towered over the development of popular music for nearly four decades. Born John Ravenscroft near Liverpool in 1939, Peel said his life was changed when he was a teenager by hearing Elvis Presley singing "Heartbreak Hotel." He moved to Dallas, Texas, where he landed a job as a DJ on WRR radio. Returning to the UK, Peel became one of the country's first pirate DJs, who broadcast from ships outside British waters in the 1960s. He joined the BBC in 1967, becoming the longest-serving DJ on BBC Radio 1. Peel was among the first DJs to play demo tapes by little-known bands --championing acts ranging from Jimi Hendrix to The Smiths, The Fall, Pulp and Northern Irish punks The Undertones. This broadcast only proves the rarity of some of these tunes. He was a strong supporter of punk rock in the late 1970s, as well as reggae music. He also promoted hip-hop. Since 1998, he hosted BBC Radio 4's "Home Truths" program, a whimsical show about the travails of family life. Here is a playlist on this show. 1. DJ John Peel talking about Opinions and concepts2. Song: The Fat Angel -- Donovan3. John Peel mentions that the fidelity of that last record was not goodand hopes you've been writing to the zoo and telling them that we need someDibblers (?)...4. Song; You don't have to go -- Third Revelation Misunderstood.5. Song: Thoughts and Words -- The Byrds6. DJ mentions that he understands there's a rally at Hyde Park right nowand hopes you're all down there in force.7. Advertisement -- Be a Star DJ at the school of broadcasting -- gives address.8. DJ mentions that he got a letter from 'The Firm' and here'sa song for them...9. Song: Gospels own -- by Shadows of Night.10. Song: It's the singer not the song -- Rolling Stones11. DJ mentions that this song may sound familiar and then plays an instrumental --Mentions it sounded a lot like a whiter shade of pale but was actually Bach's"on the G String'.12. Song: Run Run Run -- The Velvet Underground13. John Peel talks a bit.14. Song: Driving Sideways -- Instrumental by Freddy King.15. DJ Comments of Freddy King16. Song; Wild about my loving -- The Loving Spoonful17. John Peel comments on the Loving Spoonful, The Byrds and the Mama's and Papa's18. Song: The Crystal Ship -- The Doors19. Song: Lucy in the sky with Diamonds -- The Beatles20. John Peel comments on the New Beatles LP - Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Heart Clubs Band and plays 4 songs in a row off that album.21. Radio London Weather Report22. Song; She's always turned up -- The Purple Gang23. Song: Little Red Rooster -- Howlin' Wolf24. John Peel tells a story.25. Poem or Strange Story by Roger McGoff - The Day before Yesterday (Ends before it's done -- I think) (End of Broadcast). Rock-it Radio is dedicated to the preservation and restoration of these vintage radio broadcasts as a history of how Radio was. 100% of ... read more

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