17 April 1981

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Flashback '71 profiled the year with contemporary tracks and session repeats. There was no Friday Night Connection.
Tommy wishes us happy Easter (the programme went out on Good Friday), and claims it took six hours to put together.

Barclay James Harvest. Recorded 1971-06-29 (Bob Harris, Sounds Of The Seventies). Available on Barclay James Harvest And Other Short Stories (remastered reissue) (EMI Music Japan).
Pretty Things. Recorded 1971-04-27 for Top Gear (Peel Session #4). 'Stone-Hearted Mama' and 'Cold Stone' available on The BBC Sessions (Repertoire).
Uriah Heep. Recorded 1971-10-20 (Pete Drummond, Sounds Of the Seventies). All except 'July Morning' available on Look At Yourself (remastered reissue) (BMG Japan).
Wishbone Ash. Recorded 1971-04-21 (Stuart Henry, Sounds Of The Seventies). No known commercial release.

Hawkwind: 'Master Of The Universe (LP-X In Search Of Space)' (United Artists)
Cactus: 'Rock N' Roll Children (LP-One Way Or Another)' (ATCO)
Rolling Stones: 'Bitch (LP-Sticky Fingers)' (Rolling Stones)
Doors: 'Been Down So Long (LP-L.A. Woman)' (Elektra)
Barclay James Harvest: 'Galadriel' (Harris Session)
Barclay James Harvest: 'Someone There You Know' (Harris Session) ^[1]
T. Rex: 'The Motivator (LP-Electric Warrior)' (Fly)
Pink Floyd: 'One of These Days (LP-Meddle)' (Harvest)
Led Zeppelin: 'Rock And Roll (LP-Led Zeppelin IV)' (Atlantic)
Black Sabbath: 'Children Of the Grave (LP-Master Of Reality)' (Vertigo)
Pretty Things: 'Stone-Hearted Mama' (Peel Session)
Pretty Things: 'Summer Time' (Peel Session)
Alice Cooper: 'Halo Of Flies (LP-Killer)' (Warner Bros.)
Janis Joplin: 'Move Over (LP-Pearl)' (Columbia)
Yes: 'Starship Trooper (LP-The Yes Album)' (Atlantic)
Uriah Heep: 'Look At Yourself' (Drummond Session)
Uriah Heep: 'What Should Be Done' (Drummond Session)
Faces: 'Stay With Me (LP-A Nod's As Good As A Wink...To A Blind Horse)' (Warner Bros.)
Free: 'Fire And Water (LP-Free Live)' (Island)
Genesis: 'The Fountain Of Salmacis (LP-Nursery Cryme)' (Charisma)
Wishbone Ash: 'Blind Eye' (Henry Session)
Wishbone Ash: 'Jailbait' (? Session) ^[2]

↑ Ken Garner's In Session Tonight (p. 216) does not list this track. However, the official BJH site claims it was not TX on the first transmission.
↑ This was recorded in session for both Bob Harris and John Peel in this year, so it is not possible at this stage to identify which recording it is, even though Tommy gives the impression both tracks were in the same one.