Nick Drake did one Peel session, for the "son of Night Ride" show in 1969. For a long time, since no complete tape of the session surfaced, and since the BBC doesn't have the master tape anymore on their archives (presumably because Night Ride's nameless successor went out on medium wave only, was disliked by the Radio One hierarchy and was soon afterwards taken off the air), that session was always one of the most sought-after ones and many listeners asked Peel for a repeat. On 06 July 1999 Peel replied to one of those inquiries: