LC-BBC's Top Gear program, hosted by John Peel July 9, 1968

[sturgess66]

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June 11, 2012 06:08 PM

Nights At The Roundtable - Leonard Cohen In Session - 1968

By Gordonskene


Leonard Cohen - a massive resurgence in popularity.

[Click on link to listen to audio - and looks like it is easily downloadable]

Leonard Cohen has been a fixture on the music scene for many years. But it's been the past few years that he's witnessed a major rediscovery by fans, or a discovery by fans who had never heard him before.

So, to give you some idea of what the fuss was all about in the late 1960's (and those of us who can attest to the fact that everyone seemingly everywhere had a copy of Suzanne on their turntable), here is a session Cohen did for the BBC's Top Gear program, hosted by John Peel from July 9, 1968.

Here's what he plays:

London, England - (BBC Piccadilly Studio 1)
July 9, 1968
broadcast on John Peel's "Top Gear" BBC radio 1

1. You Know Who I Am

2. Bird On The Wire

3. Hey, That's No Way To Say Goodbye

4. Dress Rehearsal Rag

The voice may be a bit more ragged and raspy now - the hair may be a bit more gray. But the magic is still there, just as it was in 1968.

So you didn't really miss anything.


Tags: 1968, bbc, BBC Piccadilly Studio, BBC Session, Cohen, folk, John Peel, leonard cohen, london, Nights At The Roundtable, Radio 1, singer-songwriter, Songs of Love and Hate, Suzanne, Top Gear, United Kingdom

[AlanM]

Thank you so much for posting this sturgess66, you have taken me way back in time.
I know exactly where I was when John Peel announced on the "Beeb" that LC would tour UK in 1972.
Many phone calls later I was able to go to my first concert at RAH in London. Two memorable occasions.

looks like it is easily downloadable

Yes it is readily downloadable - I used "Ant Video Downloader" a free Extension on Firefox.
The audio quality is amazingly good considering there were no digital recording machines in those days.

Thank you again,

Alan

[Maarten]

Yes it is readily downloadable - I used "Ant Video Downloader" a free Extension on Firefox.
The audio quality is amazingly good considering there were no digital recording machines in those days.

Or just click on "MP3" just below the player...

Maarten