BBC Radio 1
11 Dec 1968
70 minutes; broadcast between midnight and 2 am.
John appears with Harold McNair on flute. Only occurence of Different From The Book.
The recording was made 9 December in Studio 1, 201 Piccadilly, London, and broadcast two days later on 11 December between midnight and 2 AM on the 12th. It was sort of a John show: John Peel, John Lennon, John Martyn and John Renbourn.
The tape was recorded with a microphone before an AM radio speaker. It was probably preserved because of the John Lennon pieces; there was a bootleg CD called John Lennon & Yoko Ono: Night Ride, FLO Records FLO005.
Track listing
| nr | track | artist | author(s) | time | comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 01 | Intro: Wednesday Night Ride | [0:19] | Pete Drummond introducing John Peel. | ||
| 02 | Different From The Book | John Martyn & Harold McNair | unknown | [3:46] | Sounds like Tumbler outtake. |
| 03 | Chat with John & Yoko | [0:39] | Two Virgins for sale for 1 day, 700 copies sold... | ||
| 04 | You've Got To Hold On | The Deviants | [Bishop/ Farren/ Hunter] | [3:28] | 'Current single' from Disposable. John Peel wrote liner notes for first album Ptooff! |
| 05 | Chat | [0:24] | John Peel. | ||
| 06 | Watch The Stars | Jacqui McShee & John Renbourn | [traditional] | [2:29] | |
| 07 | Chat with John & Yoko | [0:37] | About Two virgins. Lennon: 'Open your head.' | ||
| 08 | Two Virgins (excerpt) | John Lennon & Yoko Ono | [Lennon/ Ono] | [3:41] | |
| 09 | Chat with Christopher Logue | [0:40] | Intro to #10. Poem banned from TV last week. | ||
| 10 | Poem by | Christopher Logue | [Logue] | [5:13] | 'He was very good looking.' |
| 11 | Jelly Roll Baker Blues [The Easy Blues] | John Martyn & Harold McNair | (Jelly Roll Morton) | [2:38] | First ever recording of song. Backslap guitar but not quite usual fingerpicking riffs. |
| 12 | Alchemical Wedding | [1:52] | Plugging of upcoming event in Royal Albert Hall (18 Dec, £ 15,00). John and Yoko appeared on stage only in a bag. | ||
| 13 | Slavonic Dance nr 1 in C | Czech Philharmonic Orchestra | [Dvorak] | [3:38] | |
| 14 | Chat with Yoko & John | [1:30] | New sculpture show. | ||
| 15 | John My Love | Yoko Ono | [Ono] | [2:29] | A capella demo (from the bath :o) |
| 16 | Can't Keep From Crying Sometimes | Jacqui McShee & John Renbourn | [Blind Willie Johnson] | [1:58] | Guitar picking gospel turned to love song. |
| 17 | Chat | [0:15] | Intro to #18. | ||
| 18 | Azerbaijani Music | [2:32] | World music from BBC archive. | ||
| 19 | Chat | [0:18] | Intro to #20; dedication to Duster Bennett who is going to be on TV next Friday (How it is). | ||
| 20 | Wine, Women And Whisky | Papa George Lightfoot | [Lightfoot] | [2:04] | Blues, recorded in 1952 and rereleased as single. |
| 21 | Chat | [0:19] | |||
| 22 | Why (poem) | Christopher Logue | [Logue] | [0:38] | 'Sequel to Kipling's If.' |
| 23 | Dusty | John Martyn & Harold McNair | (J. Martyn) | [3:50] | Last song of first hour of the program. Tumbler album released same month. |
| 24 | Wabash Cannonball | Lonnie Donegan | [traditional] | [0:48] | Skiffle track from recently rereleased The Lonnie Donegan Showcase. Lennon remembers first smashed guitar. |
| 25 | Chat with John Lennon | [2:45] | Just back from Rock & roll circus TV session with Rolling Stones. 'Stevie Winwood pulled out.' | ||
| 26 | Every Night When The Sun Goes Down | Jacqui McShee & John Renbourn | [Hellerman] | [2:10] | Blues. |
| 27 | Chat with Yoko & John | [1:20] | Announcement of Top Gear next Sunday. Lennon sings 'It's now or never' to fill time. | ||
| 28 | Here We Go Round The Mulberry Bush | Traffic | [Capaldi/ Mason/ Winwood/ Wood] | [2:50] | Psychedelic waltz. |
| 29 | Chat | [0:24] | Intro to #30. | ||
| 30 | Jock & Yono | John Lennon | [Lennon] | [0:34] | Short story of two balloons. |
| 31 | Charles | John Lennon | [Lennon] | [1:28] | Another short story. |
| 32 | Hello Train | John Martyn & Harold McNair | (J. Martyn) | [3:40] | Segues into instrumental Woodstock (1970) with flute accompaniment. |
| 33 | Chat with Yoko & John | [2:13] | Poem by Yoko; talk about film #5 (Smile). | ||
| 34 | Sheik Of Araby | Spike Jones And His City Slickers | [Smith/ Snyder/ Wheeler] | [2:23] | Slapstick. |
| 35 | Song For John: Let's go on flying/ Snow is falling all the time/ Mummy's only looking for her hand in the snow | Yoko Ono | [Ono] | [4:46] | Beef your heart out.. |
| 36* | Fly On Home | John Martyn & Harold McNair | (J. Martyn) | [] | These tracks are missing on the surviving tape but perhaps weren't broadcast either. |
| 37* | Seven Black Roses | John Martyn & Harold McNair | (J. Martyn) | [] | |
Credits:
Host: John Peel
Producer: John Muir