December 8, 1970: Recording Christmas carols for John Peel's Top Gear radio show, Boxing Day. (Back row, from left) Marc Bolan, Peel, Robert Wyatt and Mike Ratledge (of Soft Machine), Rod Stewart and Kenney Jones (of Faces), unidentified Faces assistant. (Front row, from left) unidentified friend of Sonja Cristina, Sonja Cristina (Curved Air, brought in to replace Sandy Denny who'd pleaded illness), Ian MacLagan, Ronnie Lane, and Ronnie Wood (of Faces), Ivor Cutler. The session was conducted by Peel's producer John Walters and accompanied by David Bedford on piano. The session sheet records the generous BBC fees paid, among them £50 for Faces, £44 for Soft Machine, £30 for Ivor Cutler but only a meagre £20 for Marc Bolan.