Night Rocking

8 Oct 1988

This show listing is incomplete, as it's missing the beginning.

1. [gap]
2. Black Sabbath - Die Young
3. Santana - Song of the Wind
4. Foreigner - Urgent
5. Free - Mr. Big (live)
6. Queensrÿche - London
7. Thin Lizzy - Killer on the Loose
8. Deep Purple - Woman from Tokyo
9. Les Dudek - What a Sacrifice
10. The Stranglers - Down in the Sewer
11. AC/DC - High Voltage (st)
12. AC/DC - Live Wire (st)
13. AC/DC - Can I Sit Next to You, Girl (st)
14. AC/DC - Little Lover (st)
15. Heart - Nothin' at All
16. The Doors - Love Her Madly
17. Vangelis - Pulstar
18. Steve Miller Band - Rock'n Me
19. Neil Young - Like a Hurricane
20. Mötley Crüe - Girls Girls Girls

Notes

Session by AC/DC, recorded on 3 Jun 1976 and first broadcast on 21 Jun 1976 by John Peel.

Date confirmed by Tommy's comments before the Vangelis track that 'this weekend belongs to Jean-Michel Jarre'. That's because he was doing two huge concerts at the Royal Victoria Docks that were attended by 100,000 people each night. Those were 8 and 9 Oct 1988.

22 Oct 1988

This show listing is believed complete. It's possible that there's another track at the end.

1. Pink Floyd - Money
2. Ozzy Osbourne - Shot in the Dark
3. Lou Reed - White Light/White Heat (live)
4. Iron Maiden - Two Minutes to Midnight (live)
5. Judie Tzuke - Stay with Me Till Dawn
6. Led Zeppelin - Stairway to Heaven
7. Molly Hatchet - Flirtin' with Disaster
8. Fleetwood Mac - Black Magic Woman
9. Roxy Music - Both Ends Burning
10. Jefferson Starship - Jane
11. Magnum - Soldier of the Line
12. Cream - Crossroads (live)
13. Genesis - Afterglow (live)
14. Genesis - Follow Me, Follow You (live)
15. Genesis - Los Endos (live)
16. Genesis - I Know What I Like (live)
17. Dio - The Last in Line
18. Tangerine Dream - Exit
19. Rory Gallagher - Walk on Hot Coals (live)

Notes

Genesis live at Knebworth Park from 24 Jun 1978.

Date confirmed by Tommy mentioning after the Iron Maiden track that the clocks 'go back tonight'. That was Sun 23 Oct 1988 in the UK.

29 Oct 1988

This show listing is a work in progress and is subject to change.

1. Little Feat - Skin It Back
2. Jimi Hendrix - Star Spangled Banner (live)
3. Jimi Hendrix - Purple Haze (live)
4. Journey - Don't Stop Believin'
5. Metal Church - Watch the Children Pray
6. Rush - 2112 (two parts)
7. Dire Straits - Romeo and Juliet
8. Boston - Foreplay / Long Time
9. Fairport Convention - Come All Ye
10. Marillion - Tux On
11. Yes - Starship Trooper
12. Led Zeppelin - What is and What Should Never Be (st)
13. Led Zeppelin - Travelling Riverside Blues (st)
14. Led Zeppelin - Communication Breakdown (st)
15. Led Zeppelin - Whole Lotta Love (st)
16. AC/DC - Shot Down in Flames
17. Whitesnake - Walking in the Shadow of the Blues
18. Frank Zappa - Whipping Post (live)
19. Ten Years After - I'm Going Home (live)
20. Pink Floyd - Another Brick in the Wall (Part 2)

Notes

Session by Led Zeppelin, recorded on 24 Jun 1969 and first broadcast on John Peel's Top Gear on 29 Jun 1969.

5 Nov 1988

This show listing is believed to be complete.

1. Budgie - Parents
2. Elton John - Funeral for a Friend / Love Lies Bleeding
3. Steely Dan - Ricky, Don't Lose That Number
4. Whitesnake - Still of the Night
5. Alice Cooper - Wish You Were Here
6. Asia - Heat of the Moment
7. Joni Mitchell - Strange Boy
8. Sammy Hagar - Young Girl Blues
9. UFO - Lights Out
10. Swords - Children of Heaven
11. Jethro Tull - Minstrel in the Gallery (st)
12. Jethro Tull - Requiem (st)
13. Jethro Tull - Aqualung (st)
14. Jethro Tull - Cold Wind Valhalla (st)
15. Rainbow - Stargazer
16. Focus - Sylvia
17. Jefferson Airplane - Wooden Ships
18. Robert Plant - Big Log
19. Uriah Heep - Too Scared to Run (live)

Notes

Session by Jethro Tull, recorded in Monte Carlo while they were recording the Minstrel in the Gallery album.

I dated my cassette.

I apparently recorded a couple of tracks from other Friday Rock Shows over the beginning of this show but the track listing is probably complete anyway.

26 Nov 1988

This show listing is not complete. It's missing the last track.

1. The Jimi Hendrix Experience - Day Tripper
2. Robin Trower - Bridge of Sighs
3. Nils Lofgren - I Came to Dance (live)
4. Pat Benatar - Hit Me with Your Best Shot
5. Gary Moore - Empty Rooms
6. Emerson, Lake and Palmer - From the Beginning
7. David Bowie - Station to Station
8. April Wine - Sign of the Gypsy Queen
9. Aerosmith - Dream On
10. Faces - Stay with Me
11. The Cars - Drive
12. Scorched Earth - Tomorrow Never Comes
13. Montrose - Space Station No. 5
14. Deep Purple - Burn (live)
15. Deep Purple - Might Just Take Your Life (live)
16. Deep Purple - Mistreated (live)
17. Deep Purple - Smoke on the Water (live)
18. Edgar Broughton Band - Homes Fit for Heroes
19. Janis Joplin - Cry Baby
20. [gap]

Notes

Deep Purple live at the California Jam in Ontario, CA on 4 Jun 1974.

Before the Edgar Broughton Band Tommy mentions that Alan 'Fluff' Freeman will be returning to the BBC to host this show 'in the new year'. It became The Saturday Rock Show instead.

3 Dec 1988

This show listing is complete.

1. Pink Floyd - Wish You Were Here (live)
2. Pink Floyd - Comfortably Numb (live)
3. Rose Tattoo - Nice Boys
4. Stevie Ray Vaughan & Double Trouble - Texas Flood
5. King Crimson - Court of the Crimson King
6. Cinderella - Push Push
7. Barclay James Harvest - Child of the Universe
8. Cream - Cat's Squirrel (st)
9. Cream - Traintime (st)
10. Cream - Lawdy Mama (st)
11. Cream - I'm So Glad (st)
12. Kiss - Love Gun
13. Hawkwind - Spirit of the Age
14. Yes - Yours is No Disgrace
15. Scorpions - Another Piece of Meat
16. Cream - Strange Brew (st)
17. Cream - Tales of Brave Ulysses (st)
18. Cream - We're Going Wrong (st)
19. Cream - Steppin' Out (st)
20. Cream - SWLABR (st)
21. Cream - Politician (st)
22. Meat Loaf - Paradise by the Dashboard Light
23. AC/DC - TNT
24. Roy Buchanan - Sweet Dreams

Notes

Three sessions by Cream:

The first (tracks 8-11) was recorded on 9 Dec 1966 and first broadcast on Rhythm & Blues on the BBC World Service on 9 Jan 1967.

The second (tracks 16 to 18) was recorded on 30 May 1967 and first broadcast on Saturday Club on the BBC Light Programme on 3 Jun 1967.

The third (tracks 19-21) was recorded on 9 Jan 1968 and first broadcast on Top Gear on 14 Jan 1968.

17 Dec 1988

This show listing is complete.

1. Steppenwolf - Born to Be Wild
2. HSAS - A Whiter Shade of Pale
3. The Tubes - Love is a Mystery
4. Wishbone Ash - Throw Down the Sword
5. Van Halen - Hot for Teacher
6. Vanilla Fudge - You Keep Me Hanging On
7. Bon Jovi - Shot Through the Heart
8. Brownsville Station - Martian Boogie
9. Hawkwind - Levitation
10. Y & T - Summertime Girls
11. Neil Young - Cortez the Killer (live)
12. Def Leppard - Photograph
13. The Doobie Brothers - Without You
14. Peter Gabriel - Across the River
15. The Rolling Stones - Everybody Needs Somebody to Love (st)
16. The Rolling Stones - The Last Time (st)
17. The Rolling Stones - Down the Road Apiece (st)
18. The Rolling Stones - Mercy Mercy (st)
19. The Rolling Stones - Cry to Me (st)
20. The Rolling Stones - Satisfaction (st)
21. The Rolling Stones - Fanny Mae (st)
22. The Rolling Stones - The Spider and the Fly (st)
23. The Rolling Stones - Baby, We Got a Good Thing Going (st)
24. The Rolling Stones - Honky Tonk Women (st)
25. Little River Band - It's a Long Way There
26. Climax Blues Band - Amerita
27. Brand X - Smacks of Euphoric Hysteria (excerpt)

Notes

Sessions by the Rolling Stones (details here):

Tracks 15-17 were recorded on 1 Mar 1965 and first broadcast on Top Gear on 6 Mar 1965.

Tracks 18-23 were recorded on 20 Aug 1965 and first broadcast on The Rolling Stones Special on 30 Aug 1965, except track 19, which was first broadcast on Saturday Club on 18 Sep 1965.

Track 24 was recorded on 3 Jul 1969.

7 Jan 1989

This show listing is complete.

1. Pantera - I am the Night
2. Robin George - Heartline
3. Vangelis - So Long Ago, So Clear
4. Kings of the Sun - Black Leather
5. Femme Fatale - Waiting for the Big One
6. Kingdom Come - Hideaway
7. Led Zeppelin - Whole Lotta Love
8. Def Leppard - Rock of Ages
9. Joe Satriani - Dreaming #11
10. Europe - Open Your Heart
11. The Doobie Brothers & James Taylor - Takin' It to the Streets (live)
12. Kiss - Detroit Rock City (live)
13. Kiss - Cold Gin (live)
14. Kiss - Strutter (live)
15. Kiss - Fits Like a Glove (live)
16. Kiss - Heaven's on Fire (live)
17. Bon Jovi - Love for Sale
18. Eloy - Metromania
19. Georgia Satellites - Keep Your Hands to Yourself
20. Magnum - When the World Comes Down
21. Ozzy Osbourne - Miracle Man
22. Golden Earring - Radar Love
23. Survivor - Too Hot to Sleep

Notes

Kiss live at the Ipswich Gaumont in 1984.

This is the last Night Rocking. Tommy's special guest is Alan Freeman. The Saturday Rock Show will start the next weekend with Whitesnake live at the Reading Festival in 1980.

Tommy plays the Femme Fatale track at the wrong speed and corrects it once the singing kicks in.