John Peel's Sunday Concert

A couple years ago, the Zombies Fan Club posted a link to an Argent performance from 1971.  I did some research (detailed here) and determined that this is from John Peel's Sunday Concert, originally broadcast on 14 February 1971, fifty years ago to-day.  According to this page, the performance was likely recorded on 4 February, so the release of Ring of Hands (on 5 February) came between the recording of this performance and its broadcast.  While introducing "Rejoice," Peel alludes to Ring of Hands and calls it "the group's current LP."

The audio file has five songs from the Sunday Concert ("Lothlorien," "Chained," "Rejoice," "The Fakir," and "Sweet Mary"), but then there are two other versions of "Rejoice" and "Chained."  These seem to be from the "unknown broadcast" in 1971 that Greg Russo details in his Collector's Guide.  It's the only other radio appearance where "Rejoice" and "Chained" are both in the set list.  According to Russo, Argent also performed "Time of the Season" at this session, but this isn't included in the audio file.

Ring of Hands

According to Russo's Collector's Guide, fifty years ago to-day (5 February 1971), Argent's Ring of Hands (Epic S EPC 64190) was released in the U.K.  The U.S. and Canada release (Epic E 30128) was on 15 March.