John Peel's Perfumed Garden - 14th August 1967 - Revision 3 (September 2005)


This is a remaster of John Peel's final Perfumed Garden show on Radio London, on 14th August 1967. The following day, the new Marine Offences Act took effect, forcing the pirate stations to close down. Peel would join newly-created BBC pop station Radio One shortly afterwards, where he would remain for 37 years until his untimely death last year. 

It was the height of the Summer of Love, and Peelie was still sounding like a posh, rather shy young hippy after returning to the UK from his brief radio stint in America. Peel's eclectic choice of music is much in evidence in this special 5½-hour final show, which kicked off at midnight.


This remaster has been put together by Guy Brown at U-SPACES (http://members.aol.com/VelvetFogg/HTML/PEEL.html). Tapes of the show have been upgraded with high-fidelity masters of the songs Peel played, so only the links are in whiny Radio London quality.

This is Revision 3 of the remaster, completed in September of 2005, which restores all of the Peel links that were missing in previous versions, and corrects some running order mistakes. If you have a version of this and want to check if you need to upgrade, the best way is probably to see if you have Simon & Garfunkel's "Sparrow" on disc 4. That's new for this version.

Artwork and sleevenotes are included as Word documents. They're designed to fit in slimline jewelcases (the ones used for CD singles). There's a lot more information about the show, and the reconstruction project, in Guy's excellent sleevenotes.

96 tracks, 128Kbps MP3. Total time 5 hours 38 minutes approx.


Incidentally, Peelie's very first Radio One show, which would be his next radio show after this one, will be broadcast soon on BBC 6 Music as part of "John Peel Day":

http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio1/johnpeel/johnpeelday/2005/6music/

Tracklisting:

Disc 1

01 - The Beatles - Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band
02 - The Beatles - With A Little Help From My Friends
03 - The Attack - Any More Than I Do
04 - Donovan - Guinevere
05 - The Purple Gang - Granny Takes A Trip
06 - Jefferson Airplane - White Rabbit
07 - John Mayall & The Bluesbreakers - Dust My Blues
08 - The Byrds - Eight Miles High
09 - Tim Buckley - Song Slowly Sung
10 - The Misunderstood - I Can Take You To The Sun
11 - Pink Floyd - Astronomy Domine
12 - Canned Heat - Rollin' and Tumblin'
13 - Tyrannosaurus Rex - Rings Of Fortune
14 - Simon and Garfunkel - At The Zoo
15 - Howlin' Wolf - Dust My Broom
16 - The Syn - 14 Hour Technicolor Dream
17 - The Velvet Underground - Venus in Furs
18 - Jeff Beck - Rock My Plimsoul (abbrev.)
19 - Big Brother and The Holding Company - All Is Loneliness

Disc 2:

01 - Jeff Beck - Rock My Plimsoul
02 - Bob Dylan - It Takes A Lot To Laugh, It Takes A Train To Cry
03 - Jon - Is It Love
04 - The Beatles - And Your Bird Can Sing
05 - The Beatles - For No One
06 - Country Joe And The Fish - Not So Sweet Martha Lorraine
07 - Orange Bicycle - Hyacinth Threads
08 - Marc Bolan - Hippy Gumbo
09 - John Mayall & The Bluesbreakers - Double Trouble
10 - Tim Hardin - Hang On To A Dream
11 - The Electric Prunes - Wind-Up Toys
12 - Donovan - Epistle To Dippy
13 - Cream - Tales Of Brave Ulysses
14 - Giant Sunflower - February Sunshine
15 - Shadows Of Knight - Light Bulb Blues
16 - Elmore James - Dust My Broom
17 - The Rolling Stones - We Love You
18 - Moby Grape - Changes
19 - Geoffrey Prowse - The Perfumed Garden Blues
20 - Adrian Henri and Andy Roberts - Tonight at Noon
21 - Captain Beefheart And His Magic Band - Abba Zabba
22 - The Jimi Hendrix Experience - The Burning Of The Midnight Lamp

Disc 3:

01 - Roy Harper - Sophisticated Beggar
02 - The Paul Butterfield Blues Band - Look Over Yonder's Wall
03 - The Grateful Dead - Cold Rain And Snow
04 - Love - The Castle
05 - Marc Bolan - The Wizard
06 - The Incredible String Band - The Mad Hatter's Song
07 - Traffic - Smiling Phases
08 - Jackson C. Frank - Milk And Honey
09 - Tomorrow - My White Bicycle
10 - The Misunderstood - You Don't Have To Go
11 - Big Brother and The Holding Company - Call On Me
12 - Orange Bicycle - Amy Peate
13 - John Renbourn - Another Monday
14 - Simon and Garfunkel - Fakin' It
15 - The Who - Run Run Run
16 - David Blue - The Street
17 - The Beatles - Getting Better
18 - The Beatles - Fixing A Hole
19 - The Beatles - She's Leaving Home

Disc 4:

01 - The Beatles - Lucy In The Sky With Diamonds
02 - Judy Collins - Liverpool Lullaby
03 - The Jimi Hendrix Experience - I Don't Live Today
04 - Donovan - Sunny Goodge Street
05 - Tyrannosaurus Rex - Misty Mist (Highways)
06 - The Seeds - Mr. Farmer
07 - Simon and Garfunkel - Sparrow
08 - The Mothers Of Invention - Plastic People
09 - The Mothers Of Invention - The Duke Of Prunes
10 - The Mothers Of Invention - Amnesia Vivace
11 - The Mothers Of Invention - The Duke Regains His Chops
12 - The Mothers Of Invention - Call Any Vegetable
13 - The Mothers Of Invention - Invocation And Ritual Dance Of The Young Pumpkin
14 - The Mothers Of Invention - Soft-Sell Conclusion
15 - Zodiac (Cosmic Sounds) - Aquarius The Lover Of Life
16 - John's Children - Desdemona
17 - The Blues Project - Flute Thing
18 - John Peel - Reading From Winnie the Pooh (Part One)
19 - Donovan - Sand And Foam
20 - John Peel - Reading From Winnie the Pooh (Part Two)

Disc 5:

01 - The Velvet Underground - Sunday Morning
02 - John Mayall & The Bluesbreakers - Top Of The Hill
03 - Pink Floyd - Matilda Mother
04 - The Syn - Flower Man
05 - Captain Beefheart And His Magic Band - Sure 'Nuff N' Yes I Do
06 - Shawn Phillips - Coal Tattoo
07 - Roger McGough - Mother, There's A Strange Man Waiting At The Door / Mother, The Wardrobe Is Full Of Infantrymen
08 - John's Children - Sarah Crazy Child
09 - The Beatles - The Word
10 - Bob Dylan - On The Road Again
11 - The Misunderstood - I Can Take You To The Sun
12 - Donovan - Writer In The Sun
13 - John Peel - Big Lil Plays And We Say Goodbye To The Perfumed Garden
14 - The Rolling Stones - We Love You

Extras:
15 - Big Lil
16 - John Peel - How Food Gets On A Record