BBC Sessions [Import] [Live]

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Album Description
33 tracks cut for the Beeb between 1965-68, including some recordings featuring Eric Clapton & Jimmy Page. Contains versions of classic hits like 'I Ain't Got You', 'For Your Love', 'Heart Full Of Soul', 'Shapes Of Things' and 'Over Under Sideways Down'. Digipak. 1999 release.

Tracks:

You Shook Me
I Can't Quit You Baby
Communication Breakdown
Dazed And Confused
The Girl I Love She Got Long Black Wavy Hair
What Is And What Should Never Be
Communication Breakdown
Travelling Riverside Blues
Whole Lotta Love
Somethin' Else
Communication Breakdown
I Can't Quit You Baby
You Shook Me
How Many More Times

Tracks:

Immigrant Song
Heartbreaker
Since I've Been Loving You
Black Dog
Dazed And Confused
Stairway To Heaven
Going To California
That's The Way
Whole Lotta Love (Medley)
Thank You

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Frequently bootlegged and now digitally remastered by Jimmy Page, these tapes capture a 25-month (1969 to 1971) arc in which Zep's sound grew to encompass the speed rush and jazz/blues festival stuff of their 1969 debut, the fully developed folkie musings of "Going to California" (in which Plant vowed to make a hejira right up to Joni Mitchell's front door), and the band's modestly popular multilayered epic "Stairway to Heaven." The Sessions also give a glimpse of nearly off-the-cuff invention in an intense take on Robert Johnson's "Traveling Riverside Blues." Most other white blues musicians would've rushed to get this on vinyl; Page and Plant instead used it for parts, most notably taking its profound acoustic freneticism for Led Zeppelin III. --Rickey Wright

Customer Reviews:

Early Zep In All It's Glory.......2007-06-27

This album is so damned good, the musical highlights keep topping each other. First of all I feel the version of the immortal Stairway To Heaven is the greatest all time recorded version I have heard. It is a slightly more muscular yet no less graceful version than the original studio recording and is sans Plant's silly "anyone remember laughter?" ad lib from other live versions. The Whole Lotta Love medley towards the end of side two encompasses John Lee Hooker and Elvis songs and is drop dead brilliant. Going To California and That's the Way beautifully demonstrate their softer side and Page pulls out all the stops on an almost 20 minute version of Dazed And Confused, complete with dive bomb guitar effects and his mad magician touch on the theremin. Since I've Been Loving You is appropriately majestic and the album closes with a warm, incandescent performance of Thank You. My only complaint is no less than 5 songs are duplicated here, although sometimes in much different arrangements. But this is such a petty complaint as this album is a real treat in every way.

Classice Early Led Zepplin.......2007-06-24

This CD is a must have for any Zepplin fan. I do not think that there is any better Zepplin album which demonstrates the improvisational attitude the band had in its early years. With 3 versions of "Communication Breakdown" and 2 versions of "Dazed and Confused", this CD offers a unique opportunity to listen to songs with radically different sounds yet still be the same. For me the almost 14 minute version of "Whole Lotta Love", with a "Boogie Chillun", "Fixin to Die", "That's Alright Mama", "A Mess of Blues" medley in the middle, makes the entire compilation priceless. AWESOME!!!!!!!!!

Awsome CD! .......2007-03-25

Really good CD. If your a fan of Zepplin then this is a must own. Remarkable clarity and a different twist to some of the great songs they are known for.

Great radio Zeppelin.......2007-03-06

This is a great collection of songs. All 3 comunication breakdowns are good the last sounds like jam sandwich from Deathwish. The girl I love is realgood it has all the elements. Something else has good piano from Jones. The long version of you shook me is the best version it has it all Thank yous much better than the studio. This Starway to Heaven is the first time they played it live. This version of Whole lotta love may not be has good has the one on How the west was won but its good and different.

worthless.......2007-01-29

5 FIVE stars for How The West Was Won

I cant believe BBC has been the only live Zep CD around, for how long?

Its about time, better late than never, that Page has let teh world know through How The West Was Won that they were the best band of all time, WHEN they were on and RECORDED right.

All bands have ON nights and OFF nights. Thats just the nature of the game.

Add to it if you get a lame recording, like the BBC, you get junk.

I have ran this BBC through all types of media, high end, and even the Ipod of myself and others, just flat bad.

The younger gen today, I used to try and play it for them, it was ALWAYS, um, ok man, thats like okay, if you say soooooo.

well it was all there was for live. Now, my nephew is a total convert with HTWWWon. Now HE shows it all off to his buddies.

Its now gone on sale, guess I will get a couple bucks for it.

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A Wonderful Gift to Starved Dusty Fans
LIVE DUSTY MAGIC

Complete BBC Sessions
Dusty Springfield
Manufacturer: Umvd Import
ProductGroup: Music
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Release Date: 2007-06-11

Tracks:

Swahili Papa (Bbc Russ Conway Show 26/7/62)
Dear John (Bbc Russ Conway Show 26/7/62)
Say I Won't Be There (Bbc Ken Dodd Show 14/7/63)
La Bamba Bbc Top Gear 16/7/64
Tossin' And Turnin (Bbc Top Gear 16/7/64)
I Just Don't Know What To Do With Myself (Bbc Top Gear 16/7/64)
I Can't Hear You (No More) (Bbc Top Gear 10/11/64)
Wishin' And Hopin (Bbc Top Gear 10/11/64)
Losing You (Bbc Top Gear 10/11/64)
I Can't Hear You (No More) (Bbc Saturday Club 5/7/65)
In The Middle Of Nowhere (Bbc Saturday Club 5/7/65)
Mockingbird (Bbc Saturday Club 5/7/65)
Little By Little (Bbc Saturday Club 24/1/66)
Uptight (Everything's Alright) (Bbc Saturday Club 24/1/66)
Chained To A Memory (Bbc Saturday Club 24/1/66)
We're Doing Fine (Bbc Saturday Club 12/4/66)
Every Ounce Of Strength (Bbc Saturday Club 12/4/66)
You Don't Have To Say You Love Me (Bbc Saturday Club 12/4/66)
Good Lovin (Bbc Saturday Club 12/4/66)
To Love Somebody (Bbc Dlt 5/1/70)
Son Of A Preacher Man (Bbc Dlt 5/1/70)
(Your Love Has Lifted Me) Higher & Higher (Bbc Dlt 5/1/70)

Album Description

Dusty Springfield was the finest female vocalist of her era, a performer of remarkable emotional resonance whose body of work spans the decades and their attendant musical transformations with a consistency and purity unmatched by any of her contemporaries. This wonderful collection compiles her complete surviving BBC sessions onto one CD for the very first time. The first three tracks, by The Springfields, includes their first single `Dear John' alongside two follow up singles `Swahili Papa' and `Say I Won't Be There'. This session and the following solo session in 1964 have only recently surfaced at the BBC, having been considered `lost' for a number of years. The album racks up five Top 10 hits alongside a string of album tracks and b-sides but most excitingly includes 'To Love Somebody', a cover of the Bee Gees classic that was originally recorded in Atlanta for inclusion in the seminal Dusty In Memphis album however that version was destroyed in a fire. This track and 'Tossing and Turning', 'Up Tight (Everything's Alright)', 'We're Doing Fine', 'Good Loving' and 'Higher and Higher (Your Love Keeps Lifting Me)' only exist in the BBC's archives. 22 tracks. Mercury.

Customer Reviews:

A Wonderful Gift to Starved Dusty Fans.......2007-06-17

Whenever any lost song by the great Dusty Springfield turns up, it's an event for her fans, but when an ENTIRE ALBUM of rare or previously unreleased material hits the marketplace, well, it's a cause for celebration. Okay, so the sound quality on some of these tracks isn't the best, and the performances by the backing musicians might be a bit muddy here and there, or the arrangements similarly cluttered, but none of this takes away from the superb vocal performances. Dusty didn't think of herself as one of the Great Ones, and she was a notorious perfectionist in the studio, but the songs included here show her to be a gifted live performer. There's a rawness and a spontaneity here that makes listening to this a real treat for those of us who mostly know the studio album versions of many of these tunes, and have heard them so many times we have memorized every second of every sound and syllable.

The first three tracks, by The Springfields, did not overwhelm this listener, and impatience began to set in almost immediately. Then, a rushed, almost frantic rendition of "La Bamba" (with poorly pronounced Spanish lyrics) threatened to sink expectations for a sublime Dusty experience. But what followed was a surprising, energetic Motown-styled version of "Tossin' And Turnin'," and these ears began to perk up. An emotionally bare and intimate reading of "I Just Don't Know What To Do With Myself" set up the rest of the CD, and from there it never let up.

Two very different performances of "I Can't Hear You No More" are included here, and it's a toss-up as to which is better. On the first one, the band really gets it going, The Echoes do their backup vocals just like they do on the record, but Dusty's singing is just shy of breaking apart. It's a powerful moment. The second version is a tad slower and more laid back, and has less of a wall of sound behind the vocals. It's also more like the album version. In between, a perfunctory "Wishin' & Hopin'," never a particular favorite of mine, manages to gain some interest by having a slightly kickier beat than the original single, and after that a beautifully sung version of her hit song, "Losing You" keeps this collection on the beam. The bass and drums on this one almost make it better than the original recorded studio version, and the backup vocalists are perfection itself. Another song that doesn't add any new ground is "In The Middle Of Nowhere," but it's typically well done by Dusty, and then she follows it up with a fun performance of the Charley & Inez Foxx hit, "Mockingbird," which features one of the Echoes in place of the second Dusty heard on the album version.

The final ten songs bump this CD up to the stratosphere. "Little By Little" is crystal clear and, I think, much better than the hit single version, which always sounded to me like it was recorded in a bathtub. Soul classics never put to vinyl by Dusty, "Uptight (Everything's Alright)," "We're Doing Fine," "Good Lovin," and (Your Love Has Lifted Me) Higher And Higher" are all given the typical, devoted Springfield treatment. She clearly loved doing this kind of music. Two of Dusty's best known hits also come in this final stretch, an impassioned "You Don't Have To Say You Love Me," and "Son Of A Preacher Man," which may not include the perfection of the Memphis musicians, but Dusty sings it even better here, if that's possible.

For me, there are two transcendent moments on this CD: "Chained To A Memory," which is sung with heartbreaking immediacy, and Robin Gibb's "To Love Somebody," which was recorded during the Memphis sessions but lost in an infamous Atlantic warehouse fire (that also robbed the world of many other great artists' master recordings). It's a truly wonderfu gift to starved Dusty fans everywhere, not only to have this song at last, warts and all, but to have each and every one of these recordings.

I'm sure I'll wish that I could get rid of the announcer's voice at the beginning of many of these tracks, after I've listened a few times, but on the other hand, this is pop music history, so I guess I really don't mind too much. The mono and sometimes mirky recording quality of this CD made me tempted to only give it four stars, but that would be unfair, since these imperfections were anticipated. The songs, and Dusty's one-of-a-kind voice are what make THE COMPLETE BBC SESSIONS so special.

LIVE DUSTY MAGIC.......2007-06-08

Having collected Dusty's records since the 60's, it's always great to have something different to add to your collection.

Most of Dusty's solo tracks on this cd were released exclusively through the Dusty Springfield Bulletin some years ago but on this new commercially released cd we had the addition of some of The Springfields hit rsongs and how well they sound LIVE!

All the tracks on the cd are from radio broadcasts and the quality is excellent, there are some of Dusty's huge hits like Son Of A Preacherman, Losing You, I Just Don't Know What To Do With Myselfg and her worldwide smash You Don't Have To Say You Love Me.
Tracks that Dusty never recorded in a studio such as Tossin' & Turnin' have a great early rawness that really adds to the performance, we also have The Bee Gees hits To Love Somebody - Dusty did record this but it was lost when there was either a fire or flood in the Atlanic studios.
Another point of interest is the inclusion of two different versions of I Can't Hear You (No More).
The Jackie Wilson hit (Your Love Has Lifted Me) Higher & Higher is also another great performance from Dusty and the whole cd is such a welcome release.
Look out for the companion dvd to this set, it should be released late August so go ahead and treat yourelf to both!

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One of my favourite Hendrix albums. Stellar quality. A must have.
Simply amazing
THIS IS NOT THE RYODISC RADIO ONE LIVE SESSIONS
One of the best
Definatly worth the money.

BBC Sessions
The Jimi Hendrix Experience
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Foxey Lady
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Some of Jimi Hendrix's live radio broadcasts for the BBC were released by Rykodisc in 1988 on Radio One, but The BBC Sessions, remastered and fleshed out into a two-disc completist's dream, is perhaps the best document of how the Experience sounded live in 1967. From blues stomps such as Muddy Waters's "Catfish Blues" to surly R&B vamps such as the three takes of Curtis Knight's "Driving South," Hendrix explores his roots with hardscrabble passion. Meanwhile, he pushes the psychedelic-pop spectrum with surprisingly rich versions of studio-tweaked numbers like "The Burning of the Midnight Lamp." There's plenty of slop--a stumbling jam with Stevie Wonder on "I Was Made to Love Her"--and lots of horsing around and awkward interview fragments. But in its balance of pop form, interstellar improv, R&B pedigree, and sheer charm, The BBC Sessions is about as accurate and honest a snapshot of the charismatic, still-pimply 24-year-old phenom as you're likely to hear. --James Rotondi

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One of my favourite Hendrix albums. Stellar quality. A must have........2007-02-08

Jimi Hendrix first became a hit in Europe before he was noticed in the U.S. The BBC radio in England had a policy of airing a specific amount of live music broadcasts. This gave Jimi, along with Noel Reading and Mitch Mitchell, an opportunity to perform live in the BBC studios. Thus, this recording combines the best of a studio recording and a live recording by having the band perform live in the studio. The result is an amazing recording.

First of all, the quality of the recording is fantastic, especially considering the technology back then. The sound is crisp and clean. Second, the band is having a lot of fun playing and it comes through in the performances. Third, because they performed live to tape, there are no overdubs, studio effects etc. so you get to hear the band in its purest form. I own many Hendrix albums, but this is the one I listen to most often because the performance are so fresh sounding. Highly reccomended!

Before the Hendrix family got the rights to Jimi's recordings, select songs from the BBC studio recordings were previously released on a single CD, called Radio One. However, this recording contains the complete sessions, including all songs and the DJ chatter, and so is a better, more complete recording than Radio One. The BBC Sessions also contains a very informative booklet. Get it, its worth it.

Simply amazing.......2006-12-08

Never heard this before, just great stuff. How is it this guy's leftover tapes are just mind bogglingly good compared to others' pinnacle albums. If you like blues, you'll love this....

THIS IS NOT THE RYODISC RADIO ONE LIVE SESSIONS.......2006-06-24

these are pre-canned radio shows with the ever unbearable alexis korner talking on top of the songs as wow cool groovy DJ "intro". the old Radio One was a real live in studio show that was GREAT. THese are mostly studio released cuts from the first and second album mixed with DJ chatter and one HEndrix interview with a phoney, well let's hear that song now shall we intro to the recorded album version! As one who has been seriously burned by repackaged Hendrix stuff in the past, and as a loong time fan (I remember when he lived and died) it takes alot for me NOT to recommend all things Hendrix, but I cannot recommend this. Find the actual LIVE RAdio One recording, not these packaged cut and pasted radio shows

One of the best .......2005-12-28

I was pretty impressed with the perfomances of Jimi Hendix in this album. He, as usual puts his soul into all of his songs, but also is able to just fool around and jam like in his cover of "Hound Dog". Jimi gets to experiment with the blues as well in this album and I personally think that is where Jimi is most talented. I am also impressed with BBC as a whole, first because I have the Led Zeppelin BBC sessions, and they were equally as awesome. Second because in BBC sessions, the artists get to just have fun with the music and play with raw talent. I highly suggest this album if you are a Hendrix fan and you should look for other BBC versions of your favorite artists as well.

Definatly worth the money........2005-12-17

This is an awesome Hendrix album I connot complain about it in one way except for the fact that the sound quality could be better but besides that this thing can't get much better. It is cool because you get to listen to Hendrix play live at the BBC Studio. If you're thinking about buying it my opinion to that question would be definatly yes I have no idea how you couldn't like this album it is well worth the money and I highly reccomend this Hendrix 2 disk set!

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Top Shelf
Oh... so GOOD!!
one of the greatest guitar albums ever
A Five Star Recording for the first disk alone!!!
typical rory !

The BBC Sessions
Rory Gallagher
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Release Date: 1999-08-10

Tracks:

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Jacknife Beat
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Garbage Man
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Top Shelf.......2006-01-21

Why did they wait so long to put this out? Great find and well worth the price. In fact, it's a steal.

Oh... so GOOD!!.......2005-06-21

God...this cat could play!! I was lucky enough to see him live in a small town in Germany 1975..small University Gym..snow storm raging outside. He didn't canx the show--and EVERYONE showed up for a night of Blues Rock I know no one there has forgotten. Hearing these BBC disks brings it all back home. Rory always gave you his all..and he was all about the love of music and guitar in particular. That's something lacking today..artists like Rory--he never got rich or as famous as his talent should have made him--but he worked his ass off and poured his soul into every show and song he did. You just can't go wrong with this one!! Play on RORY!!

one of the greatest guitar albums ever.......2005-05-30

bbc sessions from rory gallagher is one of the greatest blues rock albums i have heard.rory is one of the greatest slide guitar players along with johnny winter.this is an excellent combo of a live and a studio disc of great songs from the irishman.On the live disc you get to hear blistering versions of classics like CALLING CARD,JACKNIFE BEAT and COUNTRY MILE.one the studio disc which i felt was better you have blues rock classics like FEEL SO BAD,IT TAKES TIME,TOREDOWN and THEY DONT MAKE THEM LIKE YOU.very highly recommended.get this with IRISH TOUR from the same artist.

A Five Star Recording for the first disk alone!!!.......2005-03-18

I have bought most of the Rory Gallagher studio discs, and most of them, with the exception of Jinx, did not seem to capture the fire and soul of his playing...
If you have never been jolted to your soul by Gallagher, THIS IS THE DISK YOU WERE LOOKING FOR! Disc 1, IMHO, is the strongest on the set. From the opening notes of "Calling Card" the guitar grabs you by the lapels, and does not let go... From stand-alone Stratocaster pyrotechnics to slashing incendiary slidework, the talent shines forth. I have no idea how the American market failed to "notice" this man's playing, and looking back, note this with increasing sadness. Buy this CD as a treat to yourself... Once you have been "hooked", run a search to see some of the albums where he popped up... My best example is an Albert King live album called "Blues from the Road" featuring Rory on an extended jam...

typical rory !.......2003-09-11

I'll keep this short and sweet
Both of these CD's would stand up alone as two of the best albums of all time!
Together they showcase Rory's awesome ability & energy on stage and his method of captivating even the smallest audience in the studio.
If you do not own this album, you should spend your last cent on it and listen to it daily!

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It's about time...

BBC Sessions
Green on Red
Manufacturer: Cooking Vinyl
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2007 release featuring 22 previously unreleased Green On Red BBC Sessions recorded at London's Maida Vale Studios between 1989 and 1992. These recordings include various experiments and cover versions as well as the band's own material. Cooking Vinyl.

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It's about time..........2007-05-18

So good to see stuff from the archives, it will be several days until this disk comes out of the CD player... I cut my GoR teeth on 'No Free Lunch', and that's what this collection reminds me most of; some of the great 'tongue in cheek' of that disk, but a bit of a somber mood on these tracks. A bit quiter, the brilliance of this era GoR really comes out, sound is flawless (as expected...), all the performances finely crafted. You cannot go wrong with this purchase. Now if Chuck & Dan will finally tour the USA; after all this time, all is forgiven, please come back...

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BBC Sessions
The Beautiful South
Manufacturer: Umvd Import
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UK 27-track 2-CD album set comprising stunning acoustic and blistering live session performances of some of their best know songs, featuring amazing versions of chart toppers such as 'Song For Whoever', 'You Keep It All In', 'A Little Time', 'Perfect 10' & 'Everybody's Talkin', all recorded in the under-the gun atmosphere of the BBC's studios. Universal. 2007.

Album Details

This Double CD features Stunning Acoustic and Blistering Live Session Performances of Some of the Best Know Songs. It features Amazing Versions of Chart Toppers Such as `song for Whoever', `you Keep it all In', `a Little Time', `perfect 10'and `everybody's Talkin' - all Top Twenty Singles - Recorded in the Under-the Gun Atmosphere of the BBC'S Studios

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Great Music / Horrendous Sound Quality
5 for the music, 3 for the sound quality
PUT A CHERRY ON TOP OF THIS CREAM, AN INCREDIBLE BBC SESSIONS RELEASE............
Organic Cream with Roasted Squirrel !!
Nothing New or Even Better

BBC Sessions
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Steppin' Out

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Betwixt journeyman stints with the Yardbirds and John Mayall and decades of laurel-resting, guitar god Eric Clapton was but one competitive third of what remains rock's most compelling power trios. Cream's penchant for incendiary live excess was legendary, a fact that makes the release of these 22 live-in-studio recordings for the BBC (which span just over a year of the band's early, brief career) all the more interesting. Powered by Ginger Baker's complex rhythms and the kinetic bass lines and burnished vocals of Jack Bruce, Clapton's playing is focused and intense, with the trio bringing a pop-smart economy to its slate of over-amped blues ("Rollin' and Tumblin'," "Cat's Squirrel") and originals that veered from nascent pop-psychedelia ("Strange Brew," "Sunshine of Your Love") to music-hall kitsch ("Wrapping Paper," "Take It Back"). The tracks here--fully 20 of them previously unreleased--offer extensive contemporary live previews of Disraeli Gears and even more compelling early workouts of material that would appear on Wheels of Fire. Though the collection's four Clapton interview excerpts come at the expense of Baker and Bruce, their musical accomplishments here can't be denied. It's as taut and focused a primer on the oft-overblown world of '60s blues rock as one is likely to find. Cream, indeed. --Jerry McCulley

Album Description

Another gem from the BBC archives! And this might just be the 'cream' of the crop-22 live-in-the-studio performances by Eric Clapton, Ginger Baker and Jack Bruce, only two of which have been released before! Includes renditions of then-current singles like 'I Feel Free' and 'Strange Brew' previews of upcoming album tracks like 'Tales of Brave Ulysses', 'We're Going Wrong', 'Born Under A Bad Sign', 'Politician', and 'Sunshine of Your Love', and versions of concert favorites like 'Traintime', 'Steppin' Out', and 'Crossroads', all recorded between November 1966 and January 1968. Also here are four short interview segments, as well as rare photos, session info and notes. A major find! Polydor. 2003.

Customer Reviews:

Great Music / Horrendous Sound Quality.......2007-03-01

Eric Clapton asked Free guitarist Paul Kossoff "How the hell do you do that" referring to Kossoff's signature vibrato. In his last interview in Guitar Player magazine, Kossoff commented on a recent Clapton concert he witnessed by saying "He whipped up quite a storm."
Two guitar legends, two sound qualities. Free's BBC recordings are crisp and sharp. I simply could not believe how muddled the Cream recordings sounded,
Now I will ask the question to the persons responsible for making Cream sound muddled in 2007: "How the hell do you do that?" Were you afraid to spend a few more pennies to clean up the sound of these recordings?
Inexcusable. Clapton and Kossoff forever.

5 for the music, 3 for the sound quality.......2007-02-06

BBC Sessions (2003) Various Cream sessions album.

The material here is great, and there's plenty of it. "BBC Sessions" spans Cream's entire career, displaying almost all of their hits. Although I can't say anything really negative about the song selection, I can say some negative things about the quality of sound on some of the tracks.

I realize that some of this stuff had to be dug out and dusted off and that there was an effort to make it sound as good as possible, but tracks such as "Crossroads" sound so muddled it's not very enjoyable. But on the opposite side of the spectrum, some of the material sounds better than what they did in the studio. The version of "Politician" done here is a bit faster and adds an extra verse, making it a harder rocking piece than that found on "Wheels of Fire".

I recommend it to any Cream fan. But casual listeners be warned! This is NOT a greatest hits compilation. These are various performances recorded during shows such as "Top of the Pops". Although the sound isn't always pristine, it is a nice listen, and some of the solos like on "I Feel Free" are incredible.

PUT A CHERRY ON TOP OF THIS CREAM, AN INCREDIBLE BBC SESSIONS RELEASE...................2007-01-28

I was not going to get this cd because of the bad reviews regarding its sound quality, but decided to try this Cream release out.The sound of this cd is fine despite 1960s primitive technology. This "BBC Sessions" cd covers the years 1966-1968. You will hear well known Cream songs in a different way. Cream gave their best effort because some of these songs were not released yet, and they wanted to give an incredible performance to show off their young skills to the world. The songs are plentiful as you hear tracks from "Disreali Gears" being performed before the album was released in Nov.1967,Disraeli Gears,Cream is raw and energetic with immense energy. On BBC Sessions you hear each Cream track being disected, as some of the tracks were only recently created. Like with the "Who BBC sessions" you really are transported back to the 1960s to a swinging England. The linear notes are a very facinating look into a real young genuine Psychedelic blues rock band. The linear notes were an all out effort in research. Kudos to Kevin Howlett, Howlett Media Productions for his in depth research into this cds literature booklet. "Cream BBC Sessions" is a well thought out researched production and is highly recommended listening to all..............

Organic Cream with Roasted Squirrel !!.......2006-12-23

I bought this CD recently, a gamble given that some reviewers had reservations about the sound quality, and one sad chappie had rated it as a waste of time and nothing new. Well I'm delighted to find that overall the sound is very good, given the BBC's recording capacity and the age of the tapes.

Any deficiency is more than compensated by the spirit of the performance. BBC live broadcasts were very popular and the reputation of a band could not be risked by poor performance, and in fact these recordings show the musical intelligence of a group that was able to develop and improve on the initial studio performance - check out the powerful break in "I'm So Glad" with it's use of the Spoonful bass note anchor and - I couldn't believe it - the 1812 ???

OK there are a few tracks with thin sound, for example, Wrapping Paper the first single, but even that is fascinating with Jack's rough edged tough vocals and the confident arrangement.

You must be thankful that these recordings are now available, lawdy mama we must be thankful !! Turn it up and play it loud. Give it some stick in the traffic. The power of Ginger's drumming and Jack's bass come through well on most tracks and Eric's guitar sound, while lacking studio `creaming' of double tracking, has good tone and is lyrical and precise. Jack's vocals are strong and the group's harmonies even in this live context come through well.

The performances are spirited, raw and inventive, and fascinating in their window to the mid sixties and the development of this primal band. There are some interesting early versions such as "Crossroads" which is not quite the standard of the later live recording but still good, "Politician" which is hot off the press, being completed in the BBC studio with an additional verse, "Traintime" which is more concise than on the live side of "Wheels Of Fire" and very fiery, and "Born Under a Bad Sign" prior to it's release on the studio "Wheels Of Fire".

"Tales of Brave Ulysses" has just been released as a "B" side at the time of the BBC recording, and Eric states that it is preferred by the band to "Strange Brew". Their performance of this song is great, as is "Sunshine Of your Love", "SWLABR", the aforementioned "I'm So Glad", "Outside Woman Blues", "Traintime" and the second version of "Stepping Out", to name highlights. I must admit that the CD rekindled my enthusiasm for Ginger's drumming which could be declamatory by comparison to, say, Mitch Mitchell - but then Mitch was too light on some of Jimi's live stuff. Ginger's drumming on these recordings has attack and imagination - "We're Going Wrong" is astounding.

These tracks are essential in my estimation to anyone with an interest in the development of rock, to anyone awed by the power and imagination, the possibilities of a three piece rock unit, and to anyone who hasn't heard 60's radio presenter Brian Matthew pronounce the word "squirrel", seemingly unimpeded by the limitations of the human voice box. This last is worth the price of admission alone, and I doubt it can be achieved today without the aid of digital technology or a small animal implant. Absolutely fab, groovers !!

Nothing New or Even Better.......2006-07-11

Understand first that these recordings were a gimmick to get around a contract between the record companies and the BBC. Artists re-recorded songs in the BBC studio, that could then be played on air without limits. At best these recordings reproduce what was recorded in studio. Most of the time they are worse. There is none of the energy of a live performance and none of the polish of a real studio recording. Unless you must have everything that CREAM ever recorded, save your money.

Bowie at the Beeb: The Best of the BBC Radio Sessions

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More essential than you might think....
The best of early bowie in one inspiring collections
CHANGESBEEBOWIE
A sprawling triple CD effort
CD 2 still the best, but CD3 doesn't disappoint/Bowie Rocks!

Bowie at the Beeb: The Best of the BBC Radio Sessions
David Bowie
Manufacturer: Virgin Records Us
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Black Tie White Noise
Tin Machine II
David Bowie
Scary Monsters
The Man Who Sold the World

ASIN: B00004Y7WV
Release Date: 2000-09-26

Tracks:

In The Heat Of The Morning
London Bye Ta Ta
Karma Man
Silly Boy Blue
Let Me Sleep Beside You
Janine
Amsterdam
God Knows I'm Good
The Width Of A Circle
Unwashed And Somewhat Slightly Dazed
Cygnet Committee
Memory Of A Free Festival
Wild Eyed Boy From Freecloud
Bombers
Looking For A Friend
Almost Grown
Kooks
It Ain't Easy

Tracks:

The Supermen
Eight Line Poem
Hang On To Yourself
Ziggy Stardust
Queen Bitch
Waiting For The Man
Five Years
White Light/White Heat
Moonage Daydream
Hang On To Yourself
Suffragette City
Ziggy Stardust
Starman
Space Oddity
Changes
Oh! You Pretty Things
Andy Warhol
Lady Stardust
Rock 'N' Roll Suicide

Tracks:

Wild Is The Wind
Ashes To Ashes
Seven
This Is Not America
Absolute Beginners
Always Crashing In The Same Car
Survive
Little Wonder
Man Who Sold The World
Fame
Stay
Hallo Spaceboy
Cracked Actor
I'm Afraid Of Americans
Let's Dance

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Comprehensiveness isn't always a virtue, as this three-CD set proves. It gathers together everything David Bowie recorded for the BBC between the years referenced in its title, plus a third disc taken from a June 2000 London concert for the famed British radio broadcasting company. Head first to disc two, which focuses on Bowie's in-studio recreations of material from Hunky Dory and Ziggy Stardust, and marvel at the glam-rockabilly heat generated by Bowie's Spiders from Mars band. By comparison, the other two discs are a disappointment. The first reveals a musical chameleon uncomfortably changing his spots, from music-hall entertainer to free-festival folkie to sub-Dylan sage. The third and final disc betrays a different problem. By 2000, Bowie had calcified into a very slick entertainer. His performances here, particularly of later material such as "I'm Afraid of Americans" and "This Is Not America," are technically fine but a little bloodless--disappointingly human instead of wonderfully alien. --Keith Moerer

Customer Reviews:

More essential than you might think...........2005-11-05

`Beeb' is a British affectation for the BBC, the state-run media which plans (or planned) all television and radio for Great Britain. Bowie was around when the BBC was implementing its 4-station radio broadcasting, and he became one of the first guests in early 1968. BBC rules were strange and archaic by American standards, insisting that pre-recorded music represent only a fraction of airtime, the point being that this would provide employment for professional musicians. So it was that David Bowie appeared with a crew of musicians to perform his songs live a number of times over a four-year period.
I'm a very big fan of Bowie's early work (reference my review of Images 1966-1967 if you're interested), but the earliest sessions on this collection are the least fulfilling. Disk one holds interest to Bowie-philes for historic reasons, but it is disk two that presents the artist in full flight. Working with Mick Ronson, his Ziggy Stardust-era songs shine brilliantly here, in some cases rivaling the album versions. "Hang On to Yourself," "Suffragette City," and "Ziggy Stardust" all rock with authority and grace. "Queen Bitch" has more energy than the version on Hunky Dory, while the songwriting brilliance of songs like "Changes" and "Oh You Pretty Things" come through loud and clear. Most telling are the two Velvet Underground songs performed here. Both "White Light/White Heat" and "Waiting For My Man" are definitive, surpassing all Bowie versions that were previously available and perhaps even surpassing Lou Reed's original versions.
For those of you who are lucky enough to find it, a limited edition of this package comes with an extra disk of Bowie performing live at the BBC radio theatre in June of 2000. Search it out! The extra disk is extraordinary, featuring some of the best live Bowie ever recorded. The band is phenomenal, playing each song to perfection without sacrificing any energy. This version of "Stay" blew me away, forcing me to recognize the sheer funky power of this band. Just as mind-boggling are the versions of "Fame" (a new, `improved' version!), "Absolute Beginners" and "Man Who Sold the World". Every track on this extra disk is exceptional, making it an absolute must for even casual fans of David Bowie. A- Tom Ryan

The best of early bowie in one inspiring collections.......2004-11-23

David Bowie is indisputibally on of the most talented artists in music ever. His songwriting is always at a peak, and was always excellent in his early days, and that is proved on this fantastic collection from the BBC. All live, but you wouldn't know it because it's sounds as clear as his studio recordings. And how about those lyrics? Bowie is so inventive, and he's never gotten the due he's deserved. Look at the amount of work he's accomplished, and look how good he can still be; even better than most. He's amazing. One listen to this collection and you'll realize he's amazing too, i hope. If you're still in doubt listen to all of ziggy stardust, but trust me you'll love it.

CHANGESBEEBOWIE.......2004-09-09

CD2 - The first CD could be a symphony of (flatus) and I'd still give this 5 stars for the nearly immaculate performances on the second disk. In particular, "Hang Onto Yourself" (track 3), "White Light/White Heat," and "Suffregette City" (featuring Mick Ronson making this totally hot kissing noise with his guitar)crackle with energy. It is truly a thrill to hear these old favorites in such a new (as such) and exciting light. Bowie and Co. burn down the BBC studios. Repeatedly. Any rock fan (but especially an old Bowie fan, of course) is likely to meltdown in ecstacy upon hearing this.

CD1 - Many hardcore fans will surely (sweet milk) over CD1 as well although I'm not personally crazy about all of it. Some of David's early Brittish folk period is represented which can be a bit hippy-dippy at times. The first 4 tracks, recorded in May of '68, fit that description although they do feature brilliant in-studio orchestral accompaniment.

Much of CD1 does in fact rock. "Let Me Sleep Beside You" and "Janine" are very good, easy-going rockers recorded with Junior's Eyes who had a short-lived collaboration with Bowie and the session was never broadcast. Bowie delivers a stunning solo performance of Jacques Brel's "Port of Amsterdam" (vocal and guitar). The same session shows off Mick Ronson just a few days after hooking up with Bowie for the first time. They perform an intriguing, half-written version of "Width of a Circle." Ronson really cuts loose on "Unwashed and Somewhat Slightly Dazed" and "Cygnet Committee" is positively intense. Some studio hum can be heard on the session, an atmospheric reminder of the electric nature of these proceedings (that may or may not appeal to the listener). "Memory of a Free Festival" had sadly been edited for time and remains so.

Recorded in June of '71, the last session on CD1 features all of the future Spiders From Mars as well as some friends on vocals and guitarist Mark Carr-Pritchard who played for a phantom Bowie project called Arnold Corns. Early embryonic versions of "Moonage Daydream" and "Hang Onto Yourself" were recorded and released under that name. The group stomps through "Bombers," a rare HUNKY DORY-era cut that sounds better (and less cheesy) than the studio version which I have as a bonus cut from the RYCODISK release of HUNKY DORY. "Looking For A Friend" is a country-ish, Stones-y rocker and they also turn in a rousing cover of Chuck Berry's "Almost Grown." And Bowie performs "Kooks" solo on vocal and guitar which he had just written for newborn son Zowie.

Note: Those concerned about excessive voice-overs from BBC radio hosts (like the ones that marred the Jimmy Hendrix BBC release) can relax. There's very little talking over the songs and quite a bit of interesting Bowie banter on CD1. CD2 has nothing but back-to-back songs. Tracks begin with actual songs, not the preceeding dialogue.

Bonus Disk (June 27, 2002 live at BBC Radio Theatre) - ****1/2 Excellent line-up (Earl Slick, Mike Garson), great choice of songs, Bowie in top form. Still, something's missing. A little too slick and professional, maybe? But this is great stuff. "Seven" comes off really well. "Always Crashing In The Same Car" is excellent and much more organic than the album version. The studio wizardry of "Little Wonder" and "Hallo Spaceboy" is expertly reproduced. This album takes on more definition with repeated listens and sounds better over time too. (Many live recordings can initially sound "same-y" from song to song due to same background vocalists, etc.)

We can probably thank Kurt Cobain for reviving Bowie's interest in the post-apocalyptic "Man Who Sold The World," wonderfully played here. "Fame" is vamped-up with a slightly altered rhythm, still funky as ever. "Stay" rocks out. And on the final cut, "Let's Dance" is reimagined as a Carribean breeze before, suddenly, the beat kicks in and the audience "trembles like a flower."

This entire package is most worthy. Highly recommended!

A sprawling triple CD effort.......2004-05-16

I rarely listen to this although having said that I have been listening to it a lot more recently. The fact is is that this is a hard thing to recommend. You might not have some of the songs that are on here and for that you might want to top up. I bought it as an overview of Bowie's earlyish career ( I'm not going anywhere near The Laughing Gnome ). Which in hindsight was probably a bit of a mistake but I wouldn't buy this album if it didn't have the extra CD - call me banal if you will but that's what happens when you have collector tendancies in you!

Bowie's early stuff ( pre-Ziggy ) sounds anodyne and twee. The conversations you hear on the CD make Bowie seem genuinely nervous but pleasantly friendly. Of course he might not do one song " because to do it would be possibly over everyone's budget." You could take that as nerves if you will but this is the BBC we're talking about. Their budgets at the time were not astronomical.

I've said this before that when you see " Live At The BBC " it doesn't really mean it's really *live* if you've ever heard BBC radio presenters like John " that was quite tasty " Peel or any others you'll know that they say " and we have [musician's name] here live in the studio." It's in a studio and it will never give you a live feel for the songs. It's just BBC engineers working on Bowie's songs and in return you could I suppose think of them as session outtakes from his album. But one thing should be made clear - if you haven't got Bowie's version of Jacques Brel's Amsterdam, this is where you can get it. It's passion almost matches Le Grand Jacques in it's intensity

As the second CD moves and the classics come in you begin to think " this is more like it " and Bowie seems more at ease with everything. Notice his covers of White Light/White Heat ( " make me sound like Lou Reed ")

Now the third CD becomes even more sprawling since it tries to fill in all the places that the first two CDs left out. And it's not always a winner. Little Wonder and I'm Afraid of Americans are terrible songs but actually sound better than what they sounded like on their original album. Still doesn't make it good but at least you can probably tolerate it this time. But overall it didn't capture the gig very well since I saw this on TV when I was 15 and I thought the gig was fantastic. Bowie really had them going ( but then that was to be expected right? ), the CD just doesn't capture the songs well and though I like nearly all of the songs, it lacks the cohesion that the show actually had. Still, for the money I paid for this it's not too bad. But then, there's always a nagging feeling that it could be improved but whatever about that, the sheer amount of material you have here you can be somewhat happy if you want to buy this.....of course that is if you are a diehard fan. If you're not - try figuring out which compilation you want to get of Bowie. There's a lot of them around!

CD 2 still the best, but CD3 doesn't disappoint/Bowie Rocks!.......2003-02-11

I did track down this version that has the fine recently recorded third CD, HOWEVER, I would have been happy to have just heard the original two CD collection. On Disc 3, I was impressed with some of the old songs that were chosen such as "Man Who Sold The World" and some classics I have never heard done live like "Ashes To Ashes" and "Stay." The biggest and best surprise is the closer: "Let's Dance." Sweet!

Tracks:

I Ain't Got You
Keith Relf Talks About The Band's Background
For Your Love
I'm Not Talking
I Wish You Would
Keith Relf Talks About USA Tour
Heart Full Of Soul
I Ain't Done Wrong
Too Much Monkey Business
Love Me Like I Love You
I'm A Man
Evil Hearted You
Interview About The 'Still I'm Sad' Single
Still I'm Sad
Hang On Sloopy
Smokestack Lightning
The Yardbirds Give Their New Year's Resolutions
You're A Better Man Than I
The Train Kept A-Rollin'
Shapes Of Things
Dust My Broom
Baby, Scratch My Back
Keith Relf Talks About His Solo Single
Over Under Sideways Down
The Sun Is Shining
Shapes Of Things, Version 2
Most Likely You Go Your Way (And I'll Go Mine)
Little Games
Drinking Muddy Water
Think About It
Interview With Jimmy Page
Goodnight Sweet Josephine
My Baby

Album Description

33 tracks cut for the Beeb between 1965-68, including some recordings featuring Eric Clapton & Jimmy Page. Contains versions of classic hits like 'I Ain't Got You', 'For Your Love', 'Heart Full Of Soul', 'Shapes Of Things' and 'Over Under Sideways Down'. Digipak. 1999 release.

Album Details

Deluxe Digipack. Collects Rare 1965-1968 Recordings with Eric Clapton, Jimmy Page and Jeff Beck.

Customer Reviews:

they do this to make me mad.......2007-07-12

I like getting newer versions of favorite albums from time to time. I was excited to see this album on amazon until I realized I already bought it in 1993, minus the interviews. Still, if the sould quality is that much improved I may have to buy it again. More material lying in the vaults would surely get my heart pumping . . .

Yardbirds - 'BBC Sessions' (Repertoire).......2006-10-23

Quite similar to the U.S. CD pressing of the Warner Archive's 'Live At The BBC'(see my review).In fact,I believe the only difference may be the several interviews of members of the band here and there.As always,it's good to hear those Yardbird classics like "For Your Love","Heart Full Of Love","Too Much Monkey Business",the low key "Evil Hearted You","Shapes Of Things" and so on.Upside of this disc is that it would likely very much appeal to BOTH completists and the average fan.Nice digipack.A definite should-have.

marvellous compilation.......2006-08-19

This CD is another gem in the marvellous BBC radio-broadcasting series. It fully captures the Yardbirds' spirit, given shape by their three successive lead-guitarists Clapton-Beck-Page. Once again we hear how great this band was. And still is.

The fine choice of the compilation is sure to awake your Sixties-nostalgia. It also makes a great introduction for those who weren't there at the time.

Great Playing.......2005-05-21

This CD contains the majority of what the Yardbirds recorded on the BBC during 1965-68.

The first 3 tracks features Eric Clapton guitar, the last 6 Jimmy Page and the rest of them Jeff Beck.

Most of these recordings are very good and sounding really nice. They prove that the band was very competent and able to re-create their fine studio-recordings in live situations.

A few of these songs were never released on any of the regular Yardbirds albums.

"Love me Like I Love You" is a band compostion from 1965; from shortly after Clapton left. The song is quite nice, but it probably never reached a satisfactory final arrangement.

Their version of Elmore James'"Dust My Blues" is very good, but almost the same as Jeff's Boogie from "Roger the Engineer".

"Scratch My Back" is another band-composition that eventually developed into "Rack My Mind".

"The Sun is Shining" is another Elmore James song, also covered by Fleetwood Mac. A great blues; and arranged pretty much like "New York City Blues".

A big surprise for me was their cover of Bob Dylan's "Most Likely You Go Your Way". The recording is from the jimmy Page era. They were obviously at this stage in big confusion about which musical direction to follow.

The strongest of these "new" tracks is without comparison the closing track "My Baby"; unfortunately this is also one the tracks in the poorest sound-quality.

Of the more well-known Yardbirds material all Jimmy Page recordings sound very inspired. I particularly like "Little Games", "Think About It" and "Goodnight Sweet Josephine". Unfortunately they do sound like they were not taken from original BBC-tapes.

The versions of "Shapes of Things", "Heart Full of Soul", "I Ain't Done Wrong", "You're a Better Man", "Evil Hearted You" etc are great. In fact most Jeff Beck recordings are sounding surprisingly good.

I have to note that I never understood why they bothered to record a song like "Hang on Sloopy". The version here sound even more uninspired than the "For Your Love" version.

This CD is obviously a must-buy for Yardbirds fans.

for true fans only.......2003-12-24

The real fun of listening to this collection of live performances is in discerning the difference each lead guitarist made in the direction of the band as they progressed through the years. Clapton gives the group its "blues purists" sound as they battled the line between that sound and pop. Beck joins and suddenly they have this incredible hard edge with his inimitable sound. Then Page comes along and takes them completely into uncharted territory. You can easily tell that Jimmy was forming in his mind the sound that would take over the world later as Led Zep but the rest of the group just can't keep up with him. The interviews also tell the story of how they went from young, naiive kids to road-travelled and disenchanted veterans within a few short years of their existence. An excellent aural history of the Yardbirds that any fan will enjoy immensely.

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Not the Best BBC Collection Out There, But It's Still The Who
A TIMEPIECE,THE WHO BBC SESSIONS REALLY CAPTURES ENGLAND IN THE SWINGING 1960S
Great Live ALBUM, No fat here, who in prime stride (1965-73)
Good but missing something
Long Live The Who

The BBC Sessions
The Who
Manufacturer: Mca
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Binding: Audio CD

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Odds & Sods
Quick One (Happy Jack)
The Who Sell Out
Who Are You
Magic Bus

ASIN: B00004D3DH
Release Date: 2000-02-15

Tracks:

Me Generation (Radio 1 Jingle)
Anyway, Anyhow, Anywhere
Good Lovin'
Just You And Me, Darling
Leaving Here
My Generation
The Good's Gone
La La La Lies
Substitute
Dancing In The Street
Disguises
I'm A Boy
Run Run Run
Boris The Spider
Happy Jack
See My Way
Pictures Of Lily
The Quick One (While He's Away)
Substitute (Version 2)
The Seeker
I'm Free
Shakin' All Over
Relay
Long Live Rock
Boris The Spider (Radio 1 Jingle)

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One of the most creative and explosive bands of the '60s, the Who didn't record an official live album until 1970. For fans of the revved-up, introspective, and humorous fare that made records such as My Generation, Sell Out, and A Quick One instant classics, 1970 was a good three years too late. Rather than referring to sometimes-dodgy bootlegs to discover what "Pictures of Lily," "Disguises," or "Anyway, Anyhow, Anywhere" sounded like live, we are now presented with a surprisingly clear document of the band at--arguably--their peak. The CD, culled from archival live-in-the-studio radio broadcasts made between '65 and '73, keeps all the radio-announcer introductions and short interview segments intact, with a few bonus, real-life Sell Out jingles for good effect. A fabulous portrait of the artists as a young band, the disc brims with minor revelations--chief among them that they were pretty sorry as an R&B outfit and that (surprise) with Moon, Entwhistle, and Townshend bashing about, even a midtempo number like "Happy Jack" was a total scorcher live. --Mike McGonigal

Customer Reviews:

Not the Best BBC Collection Out There, But It's Still The Who.......2007-04-16

I've listened to this straight through about 30 times in my car, so I have a pretty good understanding of this release.

First off, it's not the best BBC live collection by any means, Led Zep and Bowie being two examples of mind-blowing, revelatory live performances recently released in the BBC archive series.

Second, it's an incomplete document of live Who, as they mostly appeared on the BBC early in their career, and then only a few times thereafter, the last performance being 1973.

All that said, it's still the Who, and they still rock. The "orderly disorder" Pete was striving for comes through loud and clear, in early performances in which the boys mash up some old James Brown, Martha and the Vandells, and even the Rascals. Boy those mid-period songs were great -- "Boris the Spider," "The Seeker," "Pictures of Lilly," "Happy Jack," all sound marvelous, with propulsive drumming by Moon and clever harmonies by the band.

I've been listening to this so many times because, despite its limitations, this is a very fun record. I love the BBC announcer doing the intros to the Who songs, the cheeky interviews with the band, the great performances and great songs. I even like Pete's off-key flubbing of "Long Live Rock."

Sure it's incomplete and only documents a limited slice of this band's live, but it's a fun and very enjoyable trip back to merry old England.

A TIMEPIECE,THE WHO BBC SESSIONS REALLY CAPTURES ENGLAND IN THE SWINGING 1960S.......2007-01-26

A great live rock album that catches The Who in their early stride 1965-1973. I like the english bloke talking in between songs. I'm not crazy about live recordings and cover songs, I was hesitant to get The Who BBC Sessions. After listening to it, BBC Sessions really captures a swinging England in the swinging 60s. Owning this Bbc Sessions cd is like a time piece in history. You hear The Who in a whole different way, as they are captured with youth and vibrant brilliance and time on their side. There is tape hiss and fall outs as this cd sounds a little tinny, but that is due to the technology of the 1960s. Despite these minor flaws the remastering on this cd was the best that could be done and beleive me it sounds great and actually the flaws I have discussed adds a little more authentic sound to it. Over remastering would have suffacated the original sound of this recording. Enjoy this "Who BBC Sessions" collection, you hear the Who in a whole different enlighting way. Highly recommended listening to all fans of Rock n Roll.........................

Great Live ALBUM, No fat here, who in prime stride (1965-73).......2006-10-22

I got this album soley because these 25 tracks are one a cool "greatest hits" collection without trying. It was my perfect greatest hits CD for some of the older who tracks from 65-73. This is the who that I grew up with and loved. My alltime favorite track is THE SEEKER, which has a killer version available here. I also managed to pick up a bonus CD with this when it was released that had seven additional tracks that were recorded between 67-1970. If you need a good live album by this band of early stuff, this would be the one.

Good but missing something.......2006-04-29

Following the Beatles' lead -- as usual -- The Who presents a collection of its BBC performances (live without an audience.)
Like the Beatles Live at the BBC, this album contains snippets of interviews and song introductions by Radio One host, Brian Matthew. Annoyingly, Mr. Matthews talks over the intros to a handful of the tracks.

The sound quality, particularly for the first half of the disk, is terrible by today's standards. There is a lot of hiss, especially on the quieter songs. Presumably that's due to the quality of the original master tapes. In spots it's, sadly, like listening to a cassette tape.

The performances themselves range from brilliant to boring. Like the sound quality, the performances -- the energy and power -- seem to improve with the later tracks. Songs like "Relay" and "The Seeker" are standouts. "My Generation" is disappointing to say the least. The Who performed two potentially interesting covers, "Good Lovin" and "Dancing in the Streets". Unfortunately, "Dancing in the Streets" is dull and sloppy, the band is clearly sleep walking through the performance of it.

A few of these songs can be found on Live at Leeds, which is arguably the best live rock album ever recorded. The intensity of Live at Leeds cannot be matched. The only advantage a collection like this has over Live at Leeds is that the songs were recored live in-studio. Live at Leeds tracks sometimes suffer from too much echo or a tad bit of crowd noise.

A superior version "A Quick One (While He's Away)" is found on the Rolling Stones' Rock and Roll Circus (and also in the film, The Kids are Alright.) The BBC version lacks the ummph of the Rock and Roll Circus cut (which, by the way, is worth the price of purchasing that entire Rock and Roll Circus CD or DVD.)

The Who has released so many live albums and greatest hits compilations that there is little on this album that is compelling. If you're a big Who fan, you should get it. If you're interested in BBC Sessions as an entree of sorts into the Who's live stuff, do not waste your money; instead, get Live at Leeds.

A cynic might say that this is just another cash-grab by a band that, almost annually, puts out some type of compilation or retrospective work. A diehard fan is glad that this material is available. The rest of us could take it or leave it.

Long Live The Who.......2005-02-08

Because all the tracks here were recorded "live" so that the sound quality wasn't quite sharp and presented in "mono". In this CD you can find many of their best-known singles and album tracks from 1965 - 1972 presented in "live and alternative versions". The versions of "Substitute", "Happy Jack" and " A Quick One While He's Away" are my favourite tracks. In "Substitute", they played a little bit faster than the original single version. In "Happy Jack", less bass but powerful drums. In "A Quick One While He's Away", they played it just better than the stereo album version with more stable sound. Only for the diehard Who fans. Sadly MCA didn't put "I Can See For Miles" in it.

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