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Anyone ever check out John Peel's playlists for his 'Perfumed Garden' show from 1967? It was broadcast on a regular basis during the nighttime slot on Radio London from May 1967 until Radio London was shut down on August 14th, 1967 (as a pirate radio station, it was criminalised.)
Of course, this was the height of the Summer of Love, and that shows in both the name of the show and it's content. However, even this early in his broadcasting career, Peel still had a knack for bringing obscurities to the fore and playing music according to his own tastes.
His playlists are a good place for 60s fans to find rarities. As I say, he played a lot of of securities ('The Beatles'? 'The Rolling Stones'? Who are these guys??')
This playlist consists of what he played on his final 'Perfumed Garden' show in August 1967, hopefully it'll be of some interest.
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 & Nico "Venus in Furs"
18 Jeff Beck "Rock My Plimsoul" (abbrev.)
19 Big Brother and The Holding Company "All Is Loneliness"
20 Jeff Beck - Rock My Plimsoul"
21 Bob Dylan - It Takes A Lot To Laugh, It Takes A Train To Cry"
22 Jon "Is It Love"
23 The Beatles "And Your Bird Can Sing"
24 The Beatles "For No One"
25 Country Joe And The Fish "Not So Sweet Martha Lorraine"
26 Orange Bicycle "Hyacinth Threads"
27 Marc Bolan "Hippy Gumbo"
28 John Mayall & The Bluesbreakers "Double Trouble"
29 Tim Hardin "Hang On To A Dream"
30 The Electric Prunes "Wind-Up Toys"
31 Donovan "Epistle To Dippy"
33 Giant Sunflower "February Sunshine"
34 Shadows Of Knight "Light Bulb Blues"
35 Elmore James "Dust My Broom"
36 The Rolling Stones "We Love You"
37 Moby Grape "Changes"
38 Geoffrey Prowse "The Perfumed Garden Blues"
39 Adrian Henri and Andy Roberts "Tonight at Noon"
40 Captain Beefheart And His Magic Band "Abba Zabba"
41 The Jimi Hendrix Experience "The Burning Of The Midnight Lamp"
42 Roy Harper "Sophisticated Beggar"
43 The Paul Butterfield Blues Band "Look Over Yonder's Wall"
44 The Grateful Dead "Cold Rain And Snow"
45 Love "The Castle"
46 Marc Bolan "The Wizard"
47 The Incredible String Band "The Mad Hatter's Song"
48 Traffic "Smiling Phases"
49 Jackson C. Frank "Milk And Honey"
50 Tomorrow "My White Bicycle"
51 The Misunderstood - You Don't Have To Go"
52 Big Brother and The Holding Company "Call On Me"
53 Orange Bicycle "Amy Peate"
54 John Renbourn "Another Monday"
55 Simon and Garfunkel "Fakin' It"
56 The Who "Run Run Run"
57 David Blue "The Street"
58 The Beatles "Getting Better"
59 The Beatles "Fixing A Hole"
60 The Beatles "She's Leaving Home"
61 The Beatles "Lucy In The Sky With Diamonds"
62 Judy Collins "Liverpool Lullaby"
63 The Jimi Hendrix Experience "I Don't Live Today"
64 Donovan "Sunny Goodge Street"
65 Tyrannosaurus Rex "Misty Mist (Highways)"
66 The Seeds "Mr. Farmer"
67 Simon and Garfunkel "Sparrow"
68 The Mothers Of Invention "Plastic People"
69 The Mothers Of Invention "The Duke Of Prunes"
70 The Mothers Of Invention "Amnesia Vivace"
71 The Mothers Of Invention "The Duke Regains His Chops"
72 The Mothers Of Invention "Call Any Vegetable"
73 The Mothers Of Invention "Invocation And Ritual Dance Of The Young Pumpkin"
74 The Mothers Of Invention "Soft-Sell Conclusion"
75 Zodiac (Cosmic Sounds) "Aquarius The Lover Of Life"
76 John's Children "Desdemona"
77 The Blues Project "Flute Thing
78 John Peel "Reading From Winnie the Pooh (Part One)"
79 Donovan "Sand And Foam"
80 John Peel "Reading From Winnie the Pooh (Part Two)"
81 The Velvet Underground "Sunday Morning"
82 John Mayall & The Bluesbreakers "Top Of The Hill"
83 Pink Floyd "Matilda Mother"
84 The Syn "Flower Man"
85 Captain Beefheart And His Magic Band "Sure 'Nuff N' Yes I Do"
86 Shawn Phillips "Coal Tattoo"
87 Roger McGough "Mother, There's A Strange Man Waiting At The Door / Mother, The Wardrobe Is Full Of Infantrymen"
88 John's Children "Sarah Crazy Child"
89 The Beatles "The Word"
90 Bob Dylan "On The Road Again"
91 The Misunderstood "I Can Take You To The Sun"
92 Donovan "Writer In The Sun"
93 John Peel "Big Lil Plays And We Say Goodbye To The Perfumed Garden"
Of course, this was the height of the Summer of Love, and that shows in both the name of the show and it's content. However, even this early in his broadcasting career, Peel still had a knack for bringing obscurities to the fore and playing music according to his own tastes.
His playlists are a good place for 60s fans to find rarities. As I say, he played a lot of of securities ('The Beatles'? 'The Rolling Stones'? Who are these guys??')
This playlist consists of what he played on his final 'Perfumed Garden' show in August 1967, hopefully it'll be of some interest.
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 & Nico "Venus in Furs"
18 Jeff Beck "Rock My Plimsoul" (abbrev.)
19 Big Brother and The Holding Company "All Is Loneliness"
20 Jeff Beck - Rock My Plimsoul"
21 Bob Dylan - It Takes A Lot To Laugh, It Takes A Train To Cry"
22 Jon "Is It Love"
23 The Beatles "And Your Bird Can Sing"
24 The Beatles "For No One"
25 Country Joe And The Fish "Not So Sweet Martha Lorraine"
26 Orange Bicycle "Hyacinth Threads"
27 Marc Bolan "Hippy Gumbo"
28 John Mayall & The Bluesbreakers "Double Trouble"
29 Tim Hardin "Hang On To A Dream"
30 The Electric Prunes "Wind-Up Toys"
31 Donovan "Epistle To Dippy"
33 Giant Sunflower "February Sunshine"
34 Shadows Of Knight "Light Bulb Blues"
35 Elmore James "Dust My Broom"
36 The Rolling Stones "We Love You"
37 Moby Grape "Changes"
38 Geoffrey Prowse "The Perfumed Garden Blues"
39 Adrian Henri and Andy Roberts "Tonight at Noon"
40 Captain Beefheart And His Magic Band "Abba Zabba"
41 The Jimi Hendrix Experience "The Burning Of The Midnight Lamp"
42 Roy Harper "Sophisticated Beggar"
43 The Paul Butterfield Blues Band "Look Over Yonder's Wall"
44 The Grateful Dead "Cold Rain And Snow"
45 Love "The Castle"
46 Marc Bolan "The Wizard"
47 The Incredible String Band "The Mad Hatter's Song"
48 Traffic "Smiling Phases"
49 Jackson C. Frank "Milk And Honey"
50 Tomorrow "My White Bicycle"
51 The Misunderstood - You Don't Have To Go"
52 Big Brother and The Holding Company "Call On Me"
53 Orange Bicycle "Amy Peate"
54 John Renbourn "Another Monday"
55 Simon and Garfunkel "Fakin' It"
56 The Who "Run Run Run"
57 David Blue "The Street"
58 The Beatles "Getting Better"
59 The Beatles "Fixing A Hole"
60 The Beatles "She's Leaving Home"
61 The Beatles "Lucy In The Sky With Diamonds"
62 Judy Collins "Liverpool Lullaby"
63 The Jimi Hendrix Experience "I Don't Live Today"
64 Donovan "Sunny Goodge Street"
65 Tyrannosaurus Rex "Misty Mist (Highways)"
66 The Seeds "Mr. Farmer"
67 Simon and Garfunkel "Sparrow"
68 The Mothers Of Invention "Plastic People"
69 The Mothers Of Invention "The Duke Of Prunes"
70 The Mothers Of Invention "Amnesia Vivace"
71 The Mothers Of Invention "The Duke Regains His Chops"
72 The Mothers Of Invention "Call Any Vegetable"
73 The Mothers Of Invention "Invocation And Ritual Dance Of The Young Pumpkin"
74 The Mothers Of Invention "Soft-Sell Conclusion"
75 Zodiac (Cosmic Sounds) "Aquarius The Lover Of Life"
76 John's Children "Desdemona"
77 The Blues Project "Flute Thing
78 John Peel "Reading From Winnie the Pooh (Part One)"
79 Donovan "Sand And Foam"
80 John Peel "Reading From Winnie the Pooh (Part Two)"
81 The Velvet Underground "Sunday Morning"
82 John Mayall & The Bluesbreakers "Top Of The Hill"
83 Pink Floyd "Matilda Mother"
84 The Syn "Flower Man"
85 Captain Beefheart And His Magic Band "Sure 'Nuff N' Yes I Do"
86 Shawn Phillips "Coal Tattoo"
87 Roger McGough "Mother, There's A Strange Man Waiting At The Door / Mother, The Wardrobe Is Full Of Infantrymen"
88 John's Children "Sarah Crazy Child"
89 The Beatles "The Word"
90 Bob Dylan "On The Road Again"
91 The Misunderstood "I Can Take You To The Sun"
92 Donovan "Writer In The Sun"
93 John Peel "Big Lil Plays And We Say Goodbye To The Perfumed Garden"
