For us youngsters, Mazzy, the BBC was a lifeline for decent music, after the demise of the Pirate stations. Even now I miss and pine for the soothing tones of John Peel. What a legend. Naturally those days are in the distant past and the BBC now in ruin.
do you think BBC could return to its former glory if there was a new movement of musicianship/songwriting? for what it's worth, I live in the US and occasionally listen to BBC6, which is still miles better than anything on the radio here
You have to realise that from 1967 till the mid 70’s the BBC was the sole broadcaster in the UK.Radio 1 was centred on the top 40, These sessions would air once and if you missed them tough.Up to the late 60’s the BBC still had shows featuring dance bands playing the hits of the day with invariably hilarious consequences.One of these,the Joe Loss orchestra,featured Elvis Costello’s dad,Ross McManus.To hear them attempting the latest by say Pink Floyd had to be heard to be believed
John Peel was required listening. Sunday at 4pm and mid week late show. Everyone played for him. His was the only announcement of the Hyde Park free concerts. Just 4000 or so of us turned up for The Floyd, The Nice, Edgar Broughton, Third Ear Band. Our version of Height Ashbury 😀
The Beatles' BBC Tapes are an invaluable resource when it comes to understanding the presence and eventual impact that The Beatles would have on contemporary pop culture throughout the UK in the early sixties. Unfortunately one of the resources that is lacking in terms of being available for review by modern Beatles fans is that almost none of the concerts they performed at the Cavern Club or in Hamburg have survived the years so when it comes to analyzing the music of The Beatles, most of what is available is from after they signed their recording contract with EMI and started issuing wax. Obviously the commercial output of The Beatles is the most invaluable resource of all but it fails to place the modern listener back in the time period when this music was recorded. It's far too timeless and it has been too much a part of our world over the past sixty years to be viewed as anything other than omnipresent. The BBC recordings are not only far more obscure but also serve to provide context as to the role that musicians such as The Beatles performed in an industry that was changing rapidly. The BBC tapes provide a wonderful glimpse into a format of radio that would pass into history while it's performers would come to define history itself. The contrast between the two along with the candor, music and goodwill shared throughout the recordings makes a strong argument that the BBC recordings are among the most important Beatles performances ever committed to tape.
Great show. Brian Matthew's was one of the voices of my childhood ❤️. He had a show called Sounds Of The 60s that I think ran until just before his death at around the age of 88. The BBC might also have a huge collection of live TV performances. You mentioned OGWT but programmes like Sight And Sound In Concert and Rock Goes To College featured a different band each week, usually with a live show of about half an hour.
I love the Beatles two Live at the BBC compilation CDs, the production method done at the BBC “live in studio” just always sounds so clean and clear. I’ve also got all the Joy Division/New Order Peel Sessions on CD which have a similarly “warmer” sound than their studio album track counterparts but I don’t tend to prefer those to regular JD/NO album tracks whereas a lot of the Beatles BBC stuff I prefer that to their regular Abbey Road output of the time. I also have a The La’s at the BBC album on green vinyl which is a nice addition to the collection especially given The La’s only ever released one studio album, and a phenomenal one at that
I first heard about BBC radio sessions when Westwood One ran a special on the Beatles BBC sessions in the early 80s. Quite a revelation. I recall bootlegs listing Hendrix' BBC version of "Day Tripper" as featuring Lennon.
Great collection Mazzy ! You should buy the fantastic 6CD Boxset : "The Pretty Things Live At The BBC" (Repertoire Records) ! There is also the 3LPs set (White vinyl) but it's not complete. It's better to take the 6CD Boxset. Still available on Amazon.
Hey Mazzy - great video - thank you. I think here in the UK many people take the amazing work of BBC pretty much for granted. They have developed great resources for recording and presenting music since the birth of radio and TV - and often without much attention paid to commercial priorities. In many cases if they considered an artist or band interesting... then recordings were made. Especially for me [and many of my generation] the radio shows of John Peel were essential listening in the evenings. New bands could roughly record a track or two onto a cassette and send them into him. If he thought it was interesting he would invite the band into the BBC to record them properly in their studios and broadcast them on his show just days later. He helped launch the careers of so many bands in the uk that were already big by the time I started buying music - like Pink Floyd, Led Zeppelin, David Bowie & Roxy Music. In my era he championed The Specials, Joy Division, The Fall, The Undertones, Billy Bragg, The Smiths, the Cocteau Twins, the Happy Mondays and on and on. He even introduced us to world music and bands from across the pond like Nirvana & the Ramones. The Records and CDs are a great archive. I hope they continue to be made available.
Mazzy, thanks so much for your Top 12 Kinks albums video...........by sheer chance, I watched it 14 months ago and it captivated me - I just didn't appreciate what an amazing band they were, despite knowing other bands from back-in-the-day, inside out. Suffice to say, they are now my favourite band - I have bought all their cds, as just having their stuff on Spotify ain't enough. There are two great films on the Kinks that your views would definitely enjoy (and I know you would concur on this!) - 'Echoes of a world' and 'Imaginary Man'. Thanks so much for switching me on! I also really enjoyed your XTC list and I enjoyed this Beeb video v much too. Keep up the excellent work!
How's your friend Eric, LOL. BBC Radio 1 officially launched at 7 am. The first complete record played on Radio 1 was "Flowers in the Rain" by The Move, the number 2 record in that week's Top 20 (the number 1 record by Engelbert Humperdink would have been inappropriate for the station's sound). The second single was "Massachusetts" by the Bee Gees. The breakfast show remains the most prized slot in the Radio 1 schedule, with every change of breakfast show presenter generating considerable media interest. From Wikipedia, but I was in school at the time and remember it vividly.
I knew several of those trained to engineer and produce these sessions. The key thing was they were all taught to be 'invisible'. They all had the attitude: just make it sound as much as it does to us. It was that simplicity, even 'purity,' that informed their work. And it's why some acts, tired of overkill, asked them to 'moonlight' on their own recordings. (As for Brian Matthew [no 's'], by the way: what a lovely man, a real lover of music all through his life.)
I originally bought the Beatles at the BEEB on vinyl and then the CD versions, all 13 volumes. Even though the quality maybe a little less then the official released VOL 1 & 2, I enjoyed the chat in between songs. Most of the talk dealt from song writing, concert tours, and their 2 movies. Some of the chats were quite hilarious. On the official BBC release most of the dialog was removed. The chats gave context on the songs and showcased their humor.
Its shame, that they cut out the chats. They are indeed worth of hearing. Love that part when Ringo try to get Paul to record his Dont pass me by -song. I hope someday they will put it out the whole package. I really like to have the LP versions, but never seen any for sale here. I only have Slits at BBC and thats a bootleg.
@@glycerinequeen3726 On the bootlegs, especially the Pop Goes the Beatles, the entire shows were used, albeit removing any of the guess groups. It seems the bootleggers had more respect and try to give a better representation of the Beatles radio shows rather than the haphazard result from the official releases. The LPs came out in the early 80s. Quantity limited to 1 to 2 thousand copies. I found them at record shows. Obviously, by now, it would be really hard to find any copies.
@@glycerinequeen3726 I was surprised Don't Pass Me By was originally conceived way back in 1964. The lyrics not quite finalized. Paul wasn't enthused about singing a song he didn't write (besides cover versions).
Wow, this is great!! I want everything you presented! I have the Beatles 4CD repackaged, with I and II together. But THE KINKS! NICE! And I have The Who on CD and on vinyl. This is such a great video, Mazzy, thanks for this! 👍👍
Thanks Mazzy for this great vid. I grew up in the Birmingham area, Midlands UK , late '50's. Beatles on the radio at home (all we had) when you are 7 or 8 years old, so memorable, so cool💘 'Family' at the BBC, one of the really great bands. Lucky to see them at a festival, wow. My mom tape recorded a re-broadcast of the Zeppelin radio gig for me. I had no Zep albums then , couldn't really afford them. Stones or Beatles as a live band? I always say 'Kinks'!😉Saw them twice early 70's, something else. Trevor Burton of The Move also with The Steve Gibbons Band on their BBC Golders Green (60 minute) 1977 gig. (Also here on youtube :0) I did a good chrome tape of it, and have loved it for over 40 years. It's in the new Cherry Red, Esoteric 5 CD Box set.... right up your street❤Love the BBC Rory Gallagher as well. All the very best, from Good 'Ole Blighty, Steve
Thanks for the indepth info, Mazzy...you are one of the well seasoned Vinyl enthusiast who has seen it all compared to some of us who got the vinyl fascination later on after the CD bandwagon came.
Brilliant idea, it brings back so many memories. The intro music to O.G.W.T. 'Stone Fox Chase' or John Peel show 'Pickin' The Blues'. Brian Mathew had a great show on the BBC World Service too where I heard a lot of great music for the first time. This was really good, thanks.
I have the Cocteau Twins BBC sessions cd. A friend of mine taped their 1st Peel session and gave me a copy. I was bowled over. And great to have an official cd of that and their later sessions too. Thanks Mazzy.
Yes' original guitarist Peter Banks has compiled the groups BBC radio appearances from their first two years as a group, it's great to have to hear what a high energy live band they were early on and stuff from their second album without the orchestra. I hope one day we get a reissue with source upgrades and more material. That idea was brought about a few years ago but never came to anything. Always interesting too to contrast the official releases of BBC sessions to the bootlegs. On his blog Prof Stoned made a version of The Who's BBC sessions which sometimes had better sources and mixes than the official version.
Great up Norman. I picked up the beatles BBC on cd the other week for the UK equiv of 50c. I've yet to play it. However, your video has inspired me to hunt down more of these live studio recordings. I have a huge pair of Wharfedale Xarus 5000's to boom that Beatles album through. Stay safe.
i hve always loved live albums...and all of these look brilliant...one that you didn't mention that i used to have was queen at the beeb, which was magnificent....all great stuff my friend...that moody blues looks really sharp...stay well...peace to you always...rocky
I can’t express enough how much so enjoyed this video and your knowledge and enthusiasm for the subject Mazzy. Yes, it is informative but it is also interesting when listening to someone who actually digs this topic. Bravo and thank you!
Great video. I missed all this the first time round, but in the late 70's and early 80's Tommy Vance used to play a lot of these sessions on his radio show "The Friday rock show". He also did a lot of sessions with the NWOBHM bands.
I have about 85% of what you showed....so yes, I LOVE BBC STUFF too. It all started for me when I got a Zep bootleg of the BBC back in the early 1980's as a teenager. There is a YES - at the BBC CD too...but the sound quality is not great..but still a fun listen. Excellent VIDEO by the way!
Hi Mazzy - As an aside, yesterday I received the 50th Anniversary edition of book: 'The Rolling Stones 1972' by your (late) friend, the great photographer, Jim Marshall. If you haven't got it I can thoroughly recommend it. It is larger and has more photos + a good collection of proof sheets than the 2012 edition. Chronicle books have done a great job in presenting a beautiful book presenting Mr. Marshall's documenting of the Stones during, in my opinion mind, one of their most creative periods on stage and in studio environments. And yes, the phrase 'elegantly wasted' comes to mind for many of the Keef photos 😵💫. Thanks for this video BTW - I'm a big fan too of all these BBC recordings. Keep em' coming. Peace, Andy
John Peels BBC show Top Gear he took over from Brian Matthews Saturday Club in 1967 on Radio One until his death in 2004, there are countless live recordings from his show on You Tube now, some have been released, for example Jimi Hendrix on Radio One. If you look up Wikipedia there’s an A to Z of the bands that recorded on his show, starting from the band Tomorrow there song Revolution, from September 1967! If you look up The Peel Sessions on You Tube there’s an amazing choice of live bands recorded on his BBC show! My favourite DJ’s have been Stuart Henry, Kenny Everett, Charlie Gillette, Alexis Korner, Bob Harris, John Peel and Johnny Walker over the years, good memories 😎. There’s even a whole John Peel Top Gear show with Pete Drummond, from October 1967. There’s some great comments as well 👍
Hi it's me again! Recording sources did include domestic tapes but take BBC Radio 1 for instance until 1988 nationally it was transmitted on "AM" but some shows such as the John Peel, Friday Night Rock Show were transmitted on BBC Radio 2's FM stereo frequencies meaning with a halfway decent recorder and FM Tuner great recordings did turn up even if the official BBC session tapes were lost. Life for me meant threading tape and setting the recorder to record shows past official bedtimes when at home (I was at a boarding school from equalilent to K6 onward). We were were truly fortunate to have presenters who really knew their music and given the freedom to excercise that not just in getting artists onto shows such as Tommy Vance's Friday Night Rock show for sessions but in having unscripted interviews. That show was where I first heard the earliest Who sessions and early Def Leppard and they played whatever within reason they thought we would be interested in Alan Freemans Saturday afternoon show was a musical education for me as a young boy in the 70's hearing the latest rock and classic sixties tracks although the JA/JS and whole Southern Cali rock was my bag at the time. Tv and music here on the BBC was a mixture of the chart such as Top Of The Pops, Artist as compere with guests like the Lulu or Cilla Black shows, the OGWT with whispering Bob who mixed everything, concerts like Rock Goes To College (arts school and music go together here), Sight & Sound where tv had simulcast stereo fm. By the late 1980's we had digital stereo sound on our analogue colour sets and even a text system called Teletext which had a kind of internet lite service with stuff about music releases apart from the weather! Again it's the breadth of music covered that stands out in hindsight. I think you'd of loved to have seen and heard what we did. Thanks for a great video, Mazzy.
I have a few titles you mentioned (LZ, Zombies, Hendrix). It is helpful to hear about the better recordings and the various forms of availability. These recordings certainly reveal an added side to these artists that you don’t get from other albums. Thanks Mazzy.
great video Mazzy. I recently picked up the Echo & The Bunnymen - The John Peel Sessions 1979-1983. Highly recommend it for Echo fans, great pressing and sound. Good example of the evolution of a band also.
Just a few hours ago I received my copy of the Zombies box set and there you are holding it on the screen. I love the coincidence. Couldn't let it pass without saying a word.
The Yardbirds on the BBC is great, especially Jeff Beck on Too Much Monkey Business. Also, Heyday by Fairport Convention featuring Ian Matthews and Sandy Denny leading the band at the Beeb
Great video as always. One of my faves is The Yardbirds at The BBC. It’s a single CD & the format is somewhat similar to The Beatles, ie: live performances with short intros or interviews with Brian Matthews. I love it. A more recent release that I’m less overwhelmed with is Green Day at the BBC. They sound good, but it’s only 18 songs and they don’t sound ‘live’, no interaction with presenters or audience reaction and skimpy on the liner notes. Sounds like their studio recordings and wouldn’t know they were recorded at the Beeb if it didn’t have it in the title.
Interesting topic; nicely covered and educational.I always associate BBC with quality, whatever it is, so I guess this should come as no surprise. I'll definitely be checking some of these out; was on an R.E..M. kick yesterday so might as well start there.
Great episode The Fall live at the BBC is a legendary boxset with versions superior to the studio recordings Also, Stiff Little Fingers was wonderful (gutted I sold the vinyl, now)
Another fab episode. You mentioned how great it is to hear the Moodys first album songs without all the orchestration. A lot of people don't realize that that album was meant to be a way for Decca to show off their new Deramic Sound System (DSS). Thus all the orchestration. It was a demo record in some ways that became hugely popular!
Mazzy: I have The Jimmy Hendrix Experience ’Radio One’ CD (Rykodisc 1988) which was his original release of BBC recordings. The BBC sessions appears to be an expanded edition of this. Always got a kick out of Jimmy’s version of Day Tripper with JL sharing vocals (uncredited of course). You knew that right? Someone else mentioned the Yes BBC release which came out on a couple different labels (different cover art). I have the original called Something’s Coming. These are 69-70 recordings from the band’s early days notable because Peter Banks was still the guitarist.
Super tour of a fabulous topic, and the BBC continues this tradition to today with 6music and Jools Holland in place of the Whistle Test. Liz Truss has different ideas but that’s for another discussion. Oh and, crucially, of course it’s ‘Hatful’ not ‘Hateful’ of Hollow, which sounds great but arguably really needs a 2xLP reissue. How’s your copy?
I enjoyed The Pogues BBC album as well from RSD, bands really play well at the BEEB or during the John Peel sessions, if you only had Peel sessions albums you would have a hell of a collection!
Wow! I was just thinking about this topic the other day. Why hasn't anyone done a video on BBC Recordings albums and the here it is! Really cool. The Zombies BBC album is highly underrated. Their cover of "The Look Of Love" is incredible.
I agree on the BBC recordings, I love the feel of the radio/TV broadcast that some of these releases capture. Plus, you get this special guest at times due to people in the studio (Stevie Wonder on the Hendrix release for example). That 13 volume Beatles at the Beeb set looks like it would be a wonderful listen. Hard to deny how tight they were then.
I enjoyed this video a lot. Many there that I have not heard. I agree 100% that these are historical documents. I wonder if any more were discovered at Mar-A-Lago? Maybe a future release of The FBI Tapes? Like Willie's series, The IRS Tapes. Lol
Great Video ! Early 90s Aunty Beeb employed somebody to press a button when a Milton Keyes Bowl, Mettalica Concert was live on the Radio (to blank out any swearing !). British Bands did not swear then and Mettalica was quicker than the Button Presser !! There was a Genesis Concert with Ray Wilson on vocals and Camel on the Nude Tour 81 on the BBC. WDR Rockpalast was playing 6 Hours of Bands at the same time on TV.
WDR the two Concerts that stood out for me was Paul Rogers playing a Blues Music Set and the Heavy Rock 2 day indoor Concert from Dortmond. There was nothing like it in the UK. The BBC Studio Live are always worth the price. A Very Good Video !!
The Damned were quite well served with various BBC / Capital Radio sessions , outside of the obvious numerous Peel sessions , compiled on a legit BBC cd , you also had “Sessions of The Damned” another legit CD release compiled from David “Kid” Jenson (a Canadian) sessions , Anne Nightingale sessions….and over the years they also appeared on vinyl editions too
Man I LOVE the moody blues. Such a disrespected band. It was my dad’s top or top 5 bands. The Actor, Dear Diary, Fly me High, Timothy Leary, Question, I know You’re out there somewhere, in your wildest dreams… I could do 30 tracks by memory
@@aaarauz1 then he’s a fool hearted sadist. The MB made killer songs, more psychedelic than our beloved Beatles and rocked out with Story in Your Eyes etc..
Agree on the archive statement at the end. Enjoyed the variety in this video, Mazzy. Not sure you are a fan but The Fall Peel Session 7 CD box is definitely worth a listen. Love that Pogues comp from a year or 2 ago, too. Visceral. I sense a series of these...
@@mazzysmusic The Beeb archive is massive! Can’t have it all. Looking forward to the comments about everyone’s faves over the decades. Just think of the Strange Fruit Peel Session LPs alone. Load to revisit and new things discover. Thanks again! Great video!!!
This video is great & could be an hour long. Bowie at the BBC is on vinyl too, seriously, a Bowie essential. Also check out Pixes Doolittle 25th some great Peel Sessions on there. Maybe do a part 2 of this...? Great Stuff!
To my ear prog starts with The Moody Blues, cool to hear them un-adorned as it were, the Who at the BBC is a good one too, XTC BBC CD collection is a good example of Andy's genius for mixed graphic art with music, tend to like the band stuff 1977-1983 more, XTC got a little wall-papery after The Dukes, Skylarking being the first of their musak era, pretty stuff, just not as dynamic creatively as say Black Sea LP. Great live band. Thanks Mazzy
You're missing one of my favorite sets (and I imagine it would definitely be one of yours), and that is Peter Green's Fleetwood Mac at the BBC. I have it on double CD, not sure if it was ever on vinyl. I urge you to track down a copy.
On I think Sunday nights in the Bay Area in the early 80's a radio station, which I cannot remember, would play live concerts. KBFH, Live at the BBC, etc... I would record these shows and got turned on to the concept of recorded live music. Thus began my obsession with collecting bootleg concerts of bands, especially Pink Floyd, Zeppelin, and the Grateful Dead. Peel Sessions, Kid Jensen, Brian Mathews...like old friends.
I love BBC recordings because the recording artist has a limited time to record so they don't get a lot of rehearsals and correct mistakes. Also there are no overdubs and other studio tricks so you hear the artist as close to the way they really sound
There were later on. When Nirvana recorded Polly during one of their BBC sessions, Kurt Cobain recorded two vocal tracks, harmonizing with himself. It sounds like they may have done some overdubs on some of the other tracks. They had three separate sessions, in 89,90 and 91.
Mobile Fidelity have scrapped advance notice of a BBC recording featuring The Beatles with Pete Best after it turned out they got the tapes from Granada Television and they feature Peter, Paul & Mary.
Echo and the Bunnymen!! Their BBC sessions are outstanding. Hendrix is another favorite. One could argue his BBC collection is better than any of his lps. Except maybe the first US one. But put in mono. The release is in fake stereo. Which is always crap. Stones release too. Much better in mono.
The bbc sessions were very much hit and miss affairs...but usually they were hits. I recorded a few sessions for the John Peel show and each with a different producer...bands never knew which producer was going to be allocated. And the best of them for me were those when the band set up as if playing a gig and with little time for overdubs, Rough and ready maybe, but usually with an edge and that is what made the BBC sessions special. Many of the bands who recorded say that the BBC sessions were anongst the best of their output. Count me in on that point. Everyone who recorded a few sessionsn would have had the opportunity at some [point to record at the historic Maida Vale studios - a sprawling palace of sound inextricably linked with UK music history. Thank heavens for the restrictions of needle time that subsequently opend the door for everything
Apple issued The Red & Blue albums after Alpha/Omega compilations became popular which were bootlegs. Similar thing happened with BBC albums. So, we got the official releases as an answer to bootleg stuff.
Great video as ever... just a couple of pedantic corrections.... it was Brian Matthew not Matthews and Old Grey Whistle Test not Old Great Whistle Test. Oh and Bournemouth is pronounced "muth" not "mouth". 😁 Sorry Mazzy. 😊
@@mazzysmusic not meant as a criticism, just English Pedantry. 😁 Love the videos. Can I make a request for a video on your take on the British Folk Scene as I know you are a fan. Nick Drake, John Martyn, Fairport Convention, Richard Thompson, Pentangle et al. Kind regards Paul.
Thanks for showing that Moody Blues BBC set-- I wasn't aware of that release! Sort of Off-Topic, but do you have the MFSL pressing of Days of Future Past? I was wondering if I want to track one down.
@@mazzysmusic I have a reissue from 1972 that sounds pretty good, but I don't really have a lot to compare it to. Days is the earliest music I can recall hearing as a toddler, so it holds a special place for me.
Yeah I have that album as well. Brilliant on vinyl. 3 records from 2003 to 2007. Amy you are sadly missed. Muzzy, if you like Amy Winehouse it's a must! Especially the duets with Paul Weller. Just amazing!
Greetings from Oslo. I really enjoy your presentations, but I have to ask - what about some of the great Peel sessions from the late 70s and beyond. The Smiths, The Fall, Half Man Half Biscuit and The Wedding Present spring to mind, but there are many more. I refuse to believe you stopped paying attention in 1976. (Did you?)
I see. Well, keep up the good work. I'm about 15 yrs your junior, which made me a bit of a punk compared to you, I guess. But still, I really adore the music of the 60s. We have The Byrds in common, don't we? (You should come for dinner in Oslo, haha. We'd have lots to discuss!) :)
I'd like to hear the Moody Blues without the orchestration. Off topic, I taped the Rolling Stones King Bisquit Flower Power Hour performance off the radio onto cassette. Years ago. Nice to have. No Animals at the BBC?
Hi Mazzy, just received "Rolled Gold" by the Action, of course not a bbc collection, maybe you know it´s an unpublished album / demos in transition to Mighty Baby. Not sure if it´s awesome or just pretentious. What´s your opinion?
@@mazzysmusic I spoke badly, I meant that in some American states there is a culture of the hat, I live in Europe and precisely in Italy, unfortunately I do not know America as there is not never been. I didn't mean that Americans today wear all the beautiful hair you have, but that in America there is a story concerning the hat, as an item of clothing, as well as in Australia.
For us youngsters, Mazzy, the BBC was a lifeline for decent music, after the demise of the Pirate stations. Even now I miss and pine for the soothing tones of John Peel. What a legend. Naturally those days are in the distant past and the BBC now in ruin.
do you think BBC could return to its former glory if there was a new movement of musicianship/songwriting? for what it's worth, I live in the US and occasionally listen to BBC6, which is still miles better than anything on the radio here
The bbc recordings of Peter Greens Fleetwood Mac is one of my faves.
You have to realise that from 1967 till the mid 70’s the BBC was the sole broadcaster in the UK.Radio 1 was centred on the top 40, These sessions would air once and if you missed them tough.Up to the late 60’s the BBC still had shows featuring dance bands playing the hits of the day with invariably hilarious consequences.One of these,the Joe Loss orchestra,featured Elvis Costello’s dad,Ross McManus.To hear them attempting the latest by say Pink Floyd had to be heard to be believed
John Peel was required listening. Sunday at 4pm and mid week late show. Everyone played for him. His was the only announcement of the Hyde Park free concerts. Just 4000 or so of us turned up for The Floyd, The Nice, Edgar Broughton, Third Ear Band. Our version of Height Ashbury 😀
The Beatles' BBC Tapes are an invaluable resource when it comes to understanding the presence and eventual impact that The Beatles would have on contemporary pop culture throughout the UK in the early sixties. Unfortunately one of the resources that is lacking in terms of being available for review by modern Beatles fans is that almost none of the concerts they performed at the Cavern Club or in Hamburg have survived the years so when it comes to analyzing the music of The Beatles, most of what is available is from after they signed their recording contract with EMI and started issuing wax. Obviously the commercial output of The Beatles is the most invaluable resource of all but it fails to place the modern listener back in the time period when this music was recorded. It's far too timeless and it has been too much a part of our world over the past sixty years to be viewed as anything other than omnipresent. The BBC recordings are not only far more obscure but also serve to provide context as to the role that musicians such as The Beatles performed in an industry that was changing rapidly. The BBC tapes provide a wonderful glimpse into a format of radio that would pass into history while it's performers would come to define history itself. The contrast between the two along with the candor, music and goodwill shared throughout the recordings makes a strong argument that the BBC recordings are among the most important Beatles performances ever committed to tape.
Great show. Brian Matthew's was one of the voices of my childhood ❤️. He had a show called Sounds Of The 60s that I think ran until just before his death at around the age of 88.
The BBC might also have a huge collection of live TV performances. You mentioned OGWT but programmes like Sight And Sound In Concert and Rock Goes To College featured a different band each week, usually with a live show of about half an hour.
Lots of good stuff from the UK out there!!
I love the Beatles two Live at the BBC compilation CDs, the production method done at the BBC “live in studio” just always sounds so clean and clear. I’ve also got all the Joy Division/New Order Peel Sessions on CD which have a similarly “warmer” sound than their studio album track counterparts but I don’t tend to prefer those to regular JD/NO album tracks whereas a lot of the Beatles BBC stuff I prefer that to their regular Abbey Road output of the time.
I also have a The La’s at the BBC album on green vinyl which is a nice addition to the collection especially given The La’s only ever released one studio album, and a phenomenal one at that
I have the LAs album but not the BBC set.
I first heard about BBC radio sessions when Westwood One ran a special on the Beatles BBC sessions in the early 80s. Quite a revelation. I recall bootlegs listing Hendrix' BBC version of "Day Tripper" as featuring Lennon.
Great collection Mazzy ! You should buy the fantastic 6CD Boxset : "The Pretty Things Live At The BBC" (Repertoire Records) ! There is also the 3LPs set (White vinyl) but it's not complete. It's better to take the 6CD Boxset. Still available on Amazon.
I'm 68 so before radio 1 we listened to pirate radio and of course radio Luxembourg.
Hey Mazzy - great video - thank you.
I think here in the UK many people take the amazing work of BBC pretty much for granted. They have developed great resources for recording and presenting music since the birth of radio and TV - and often without much attention paid to commercial priorities. In many cases if they considered an artist or band interesting... then recordings were made.
Especially for me [and many of my generation] the radio shows of John Peel were essential listening in the evenings. New bands could roughly record a track or two onto a cassette and send them into him. If he thought it was interesting he would invite the band into the BBC to record them properly in their studios and broadcast them on his show just days later. He helped launch the careers of so many bands in the uk that were already big by the time I started buying music - like Pink Floyd, Led Zeppelin, David Bowie & Roxy Music. In my era he championed The Specials, Joy Division, The Fall, The Undertones, Billy Bragg, The Smiths, the Cocteau Twins, the Happy Mondays and on and on. He even introduced us to world music and bands from across the pond like Nirvana & the Ramones.
The Records and CDs are a great archive. I hope they continue to be made available.
Great collection. I'd go for Beatles at the Beeb, Rem, and definitely Moody Blues.
Thanks for the Video.
Mazzy, thanks so much for your Top 12 Kinks albums video...........by sheer chance, I watched it 14 months ago and it captivated me - I just didn't appreciate what an amazing band they were, despite knowing other bands from back-in-the-day, inside out. Suffice to say, they are now my favourite band - I have bought all their cds, as just having their stuff on Spotify ain't enough. There are two great films on the Kinks that your views would definitely enjoy (and I know you would concur on this!) - 'Echoes of a world' and 'Imaginary Man'. Thanks so much for switching me on! I also really enjoyed your XTC list and I enjoyed this Beeb video v much too. Keep up the excellent work!
How's your friend Eric, LOL.
BBC Radio 1 officially launched at 7 am. The first complete record played on Radio 1 was "Flowers in the Rain" by The Move, the number 2 record in that week's Top 20 (the number 1 record by Engelbert Humperdink would have been inappropriate for the station's sound). The second single was "Massachusetts" by the Bee Gees. The breakfast show remains the most prized slot in the Radio 1 schedule, with every change of breakfast show presenter generating considerable media interest. From Wikipedia, but I was in school at the time and remember it vividly.
I knew several of those trained to engineer and produce these sessions. The key thing was they were all taught to be 'invisible'. They all had the attitude: just make it sound as much as it does to us. It was that simplicity, even 'purity,' that informed their work. And it's why some acts, tired of overkill, asked them to 'moonlight' on their own recordings. (As for Brian Matthew [no 's'], by the way: what a lovely man, a real lover of music all through his life.)
Hendrix performing Drivin South blew me away when I first heard it on Top Gear.
I originally bought the Beatles at the BEEB on vinyl and then the CD versions, all 13 volumes. Even though the quality maybe a little less then the official released VOL 1 & 2, I enjoyed the chat in between songs. Most of the talk dealt from song writing, concert tours, and their 2 movies. Some of the chats were quite hilarious. On the official BBC release most of the dialog was removed. The chats gave context on the songs and showcased their humor.
Its shame, that they cut out the chats. They are indeed worth of hearing. Love that part when Ringo try to get Paul to record his Dont pass me by -song. I hope someday they will put it out the whole package. I really like to have the LP versions, but never seen any for sale here. I only have Slits at BBC and thats a bootleg.
@@glycerinequeen3726 On the bootlegs, especially the Pop Goes the Beatles, the entire shows were used, albeit removing any of the guess groups. It seems the bootleggers had more respect and try to give a better representation of the Beatles radio shows rather than the haphazard result from the official releases.
The LPs came out in the early 80s. Quantity limited to 1 to 2 thousand copies. I found them at record shows. Obviously, by now, it would be really hard to find any copies.
@@glycerinequeen3726 I was surprised Don't Pass Me By was originally conceived way back in 1964. The lyrics not quite finalized. Paul wasn't enthused about singing a song he didn't write (besides cover versions).
@@noahbody9747 but Ringo insist that Paul had promised 😀
Great idea for a video. Thanks!
Thanks for doing this Mazzy.
Wow, this is great!! I want everything you presented! I have the Beatles 4CD repackaged, with I and II together. But THE KINKS! NICE! And I have The Who on CD and on vinyl. This is such a great video, Mazzy, thanks for this! 👍👍
Thanks Mazzy for this great vid. I grew up in the Birmingham area, Midlands UK , late '50's. Beatles on the radio at home (all we had) when you are 7 or 8 years old, so memorable, so cool💘 'Family' at the BBC, one of the really great bands. Lucky to see them at a festival, wow. My mom tape recorded a re-broadcast of the Zeppelin radio gig for me. I had no Zep albums then , couldn't really afford them. Stones or Beatles as a live band? I always say 'Kinks'!😉Saw them twice early 70's, something else. Trevor Burton of The Move also with The Steve Gibbons Band on their BBC Golders Green (60 minute) 1977 gig. (Also here on youtube :0) I did a good chrome tape of it, and have loved it for over 40 years. It's in the new Cherry Red, Esoteric 5 CD Box set.... right up your street❤Love the BBC Rory Gallagher as well. All the very best, from Good 'Ole Blighty, Steve
Love to read stories line this ✌🏼
Lots of great recordings! That Moody Blues looks amazing. I bet the songs on there sound fantastic!
Thanks for the indepth info, Mazzy...you are one of the well seasoned Vinyl enthusiast who has seen it all compared to some of us who got the vinyl fascination later on after the CD bandwagon came.
Brilliant idea, it brings back so many memories. The intro music to O.G.W.T. 'Stone Fox Chase' or John Peel show 'Pickin' The Blues'. Brian Mathew had a great show on the BBC World Service too where I heard a lot of great music for the first time. This was really good, thanks.
Would love to see someone from the UK do a similar version of this.
Old Grey Whistle Test! lol Great video as always. The REM box set is ace I have that.
Great video. Fairport Convention - Heyday, BBC radio sesions 1968-69 is an album i like very much.
I have the Cocteau Twins BBC sessions cd. A friend of mine taped their 1st Peel session and gave me a copy. I was bowled over. And great to have an official cd of that and their later sessions too. Thanks Mazzy.
Yes' original guitarist Peter Banks has compiled the groups BBC radio appearances from their first two years as a group, it's great to have to hear what a high energy live band they were early on and stuff from their second album without the orchestra. I hope one day we get a reissue with source upgrades and more material. That idea was brought about a few years ago but never came to anything. Always interesting too to contrast the official releases of BBC sessions to the bootlegs. On his blog Prof Stoned made a version of The Who's BBC sessions which sometimes had better sources and mixes than the official version.
I have the Beatles live at the BBC on a double cassette love the sound.
Great up Norman. I picked up the beatles BBC on cd the other week for the UK equiv of 50c. I've yet to play it. However, your video has inspired me to hunt down more of these live studio recordings. I have a huge pair of Wharfedale Xarus 5000's to boom that Beatles album through. Stay safe.
Great video Mazzy. I have a much treasured Bolan at the beeb. Your Bolan at the bbc box set looks fantastic I much search it out for the collection
You have a great collection of bbc recordings, I have several of the ones you showed. I have a fleetwood
Mac one too that's really good.
i hve always loved live albums...and all of these look brilliant...one that you didn't mention that i used to have was queen at the beeb, which was magnificent....all great stuff my friend...that moody blues looks really sharp...stay well...peace to you always...rocky
I can’t express enough how much so enjoyed this video and your knowledge and enthusiasm for the subject Mazzy. Yes, it is informative but it is also interesting when listening to someone who actually digs this topic. Bravo and thank you!
I do love this stuff. The music. The history ✌🏼
Another fun lesson! I just finished loving Waiting for Columbus... oh man, love that!! My head is just groovin!! Love all over the place!
Great video. I missed all this the first time round, but in the late 70's and early 80's Tommy Vance used to play a lot of these sessions on his radio show "The Friday rock show". He also did a lot of sessions with the NWOBHM bands.
The Move were always under the radar like The Pretty Things were
I have about 85% of what you showed....so yes, I LOVE BBC STUFF too. It all started for me when I got a Zep bootleg of the BBC back in the early 1980's as a teenager. There is a YES - at the BBC CD too...but the sound quality is not great..but still a fun listen. Excellent VIDEO by the way!
Hi Mazzy - As an aside, yesterday I received the 50th Anniversary edition of book: 'The Rolling Stones 1972' by your (late) friend, the great photographer, Jim Marshall. If you haven't got it I can thoroughly recommend it. It is larger and has more photos + a good collection of proof sheets than the 2012 edition. Chronicle books have done a great job in presenting a beautiful book presenting Mr. Marshall's documenting of the Stones during, in my opinion mind, one of their most creative periods on stage and in studio environments. And yes, the phrase 'elegantly wasted' comes to mind for many of the Keef photos 😵💫. Thanks for this video BTW - I'm a big fan too of all these BBC recordings. Keep em' coming. Peace, Andy
Great video Mazzy.
John Peels BBC show Top Gear he took over from Brian Matthews Saturday Club in 1967 on Radio One until his death in 2004, there are countless live recordings from his show on You Tube now, some have been released, for example Jimi Hendrix on Radio One. If you look up Wikipedia there’s an A to Z of the bands that recorded on his show, starting from the band Tomorrow there song Revolution, from September 1967! If you look up The Peel Sessions on You Tube there’s an amazing choice of live bands recorded on his BBC show! My favourite DJ’s have been Stuart Henry, Kenny Everett, Charlie Gillette, Alexis Korner, Bob Harris, John Peel and Johnny Walker over the years, good memories 😎. There’s even a whole John Peel Top Gear show with Pete Drummond, from October 1967. There’s some great comments as well 👍
Hi it's me again! Recording sources did include domestic tapes but take BBC Radio 1 for instance until 1988 nationally it was transmitted on "AM" but some shows such as the John Peel, Friday Night Rock Show were transmitted on BBC Radio 2's FM stereo frequencies meaning with a halfway decent recorder and FM Tuner great recordings did turn up even if the official BBC session tapes were lost.
Life for me meant threading tape and setting the recorder to record shows past official bedtimes when at home (I was at a boarding school from equalilent to K6 onward).
We were were truly fortunate to have presenters who really knew their music and given the freedom to excercise that not just in getting artists onto shows such as Tommy Vance's Friday Night Rock show for sessions but in having unscripted interviews.
That show was where I first heard the earliest Who sessions and early Def Leppard and they played whatever within reason they thought we would be interested in
Alan Freemans Saturday afternoon show was a musical education for me as a young boy in the 70's hearing the latest rock and classic sixties tracks although the JA/JS and whole Southern Cali rock was my bag at the time.
Tv and music here on the BBC was a mixture of the chart such as Top Of The Pops, Artist as compere with guests like the Lulu or Cilla Black shows, the OGWT with whispering Bob who mixed everything, concerts like Rock Goes To College (arts school and music go together here), Sight & Sound where tv had simulcast stereo fm.
By the late 1980's we had digital stereo sound on our analogue colour sets and even a text system called Teletext which had a kind of internet lite service with stuff about music releases apart from the weather!
Again it's the breadth of music covered that stands out in hindsight.
I think you'd of loved to have seen and heard what we did.
Thanks for a great video, Mazzy.
I have a few titles you mentioned (LZ, Zombies, Hendrix). It is helpful to hear about the better recordings and the various forms of availability. These recordings certainly reveal an added side to these artists that you don’t get from other albums. Thanks Mazzy.
My favourite BBC live stuff is Cream, Hendrix and Dinosaur Jr/J Mascis. Great recordings.
great video Mazzy. I recently picked up the Echo & The Bunnymen - The John Peel Sessions 1979-1983. Highly recommend it for Echo fans, great pressing and sound. Good example of the evolution of a band also.
That Echo looks cool
@@mazzysmusic I got it just after reading Will Sergeant's book Bunnyman which is a good read too.
Just a few hours ago I received my copy of the Zombies box set and there you are holding it on the screen. I love the coincidence. Couldn't let it pass without saying a word.
The Yardbirds on the BBC is great, especially Jeff Beck on Too Much Monkey Business. Also, Heyday by Fairport Convention featuring Ian Matthews and Sandy Denny leading the band at the Beeb
Great video as always.
One of my faves is The Yardbirds at The BBC. It’s a single CD & the format is somewhat similar to The Beatles, ie: live performances with short intros or interviews with Brian Matthews. I love it.
A more recent release that I’m less overwhelmed with is Green Day at the BBC. They sound good, but it’s only 18 songs and they don’t sound ‘live’, no interaction with presenters or audience reaction and skimpy on the liner notes. Sounds like their studio recordings and wouldn’t know they were recorded at the Beeb if it didn’t have it in the title.
Interesting topic; nicely covered and educational.I always associate BBC with quality, whatever it is, so I guess this should come as no surprise. I'll definitely be checking some of these out; was on an R.E..M. kick yesterday so might as well start there.
Great episode
The Fall live at the BBC is a legendary boxset with versions superior to the studio recordings
Also, Stiff Little Fingers was wonderful (gutted I sold the vinyl, now)
Another fab episode. You mentioned how great it is to hear the Moodys first album songs without all the orchestration. A lot of people don't realize that that album was meant to be a way for Decca to show off their new Deramic Sound System (DSS). Thus all the orchestration. It was a demo record in some ways that became hugely popular!
I live that album ✌🏼
Mazzy: I have The Jimmy Hendrix Experience ’Radio One’ CD (Rykodisc 1988) which was his original release of BBC recordings. The BBC sessions appears to be an expanded edition of this. Always got a kick out of Jimmy’s version of Day Tripper with JL sharing vocals (uncredited of course). You knew that right?
Someone else mentioned the Yes BBC release which came out on a couple different labels (different cover art). I have the original called Something’s Coming. These are 69-70 recordings from the band’s early days notable because Peter Banks was still the guitarist.
Don't forget , there have been some great John Peel session released - The Associates, The Fall and Joy Division which eclipse the official releases.
Yeah some of the ones I showed contained sets from the Peel Sessions.
Super tour of a fabulous topic, and the BBC continues this tradition to today with 6music and Jools Holland in place of the Whistle Test. Liz Truss has different ideas but that’s for another discussion. Oh and, crucially, of course it’s ‘Hatful’ not ‘Hateful’ of Hollow, which sounds great but arguably really needs a 2xLP reissue. How’s your copy?
I enjoyed The Pogues BBC album as well from RSD, bands really play well at the BEEB or during the John Peel sessions, if you only had Peel sessions albums you would have a hell of a collection!
Rory Gallagher BBC Sessions is one of my favorites.
Haven't heard that one!!
Wow! I was just thinking about this topic the other day. Why hasn't anyone done a video on BBC Recordings albums and the here it is! Really cool. The Zombies BBC album is highly underrated. Their cover of "The Look Of Love" is incredible.
I forgot to include the Pogues BBC and apparently a double YES at the BBC comes out Friday. ✌🏼
I agree on the BBC recordings, I love the feel of the radio/TV broadcast that some of these releases capture. Plus, you get this special guest at times due to people in the studio (Stevie Wonder on the Hendrix release for example). That 13 volume Beatles at the Beeb set looks like it would be a wonderful listen. Hard to deny how tight they were then.
I enjoyed this video a lot. Many there that I have not heard. I agree 100% that these are historical documents. I wonder if any more were discovered at Mar-A-Lago? Maybe a future release of The FBI Tapes? Like Willie's series, The IRS Tapes. Lol
HA Maybe in the safe?
@@mazzysmusic I dont think so, I heard that it was filled with a secret stash of McRibs since they are not available all the time. Lol
Hi Mazzy, i also have: Siuxsie and the Bansheed At the BBC, The Pretty Things Live at the BBC and Dr. Feelgood Adventures at the BBC.
I had a bootleg of some of the Hendrix BBC recordings titled "Primal Keys."
Great Video ! Early 90s Aunty Beeb employed somebody to press a button when a Milton Keyes Bowl, Mettalica Concert was live on the Radio (to blank out any swearing !). British Bands did not swear then and Mettalica was quicker than the Button Presser !! There was a Genesis Concert with Ray Wilson on vocals and Camel on the Nude Tour 81 on the BBC. WDR Rockpalast was playing 6 Hours of Bands at the same time on TV.
Rockpalast was an excellent (West) German live series.
WDR the two Concerts that stood out for me was Paul Rogers playing a Blues Music Set and the Heavy Rock 2 day indoor Concert from Dortmond. There was nothing like it in the UK. The BBC Studio Live are always worth the price. A Very Good Video !!
The Damned were quite well served with various BBC / Capital Radio sessions , outside of the obvious numerous Peel sessions , compiled on a legit BBC cd , you also had “Sessions of The Damned” another legit CD release compiled from David “Kid” Jenson (a Canadian) sessions , Anne Nightingale sessions….and over the years they also appeared on vinyl editions too
I only have the Capitol cd Beatles at the BBC , i feel incomplete 🙂
Would love the Zombies !
He should have mentioned the very good Billy Fury at the BBC double cd excellent sound and production.
He doesn’t have that recording ✌🏼🤠🕺
BBC faves: Deep Purple and Beatles.
The best BBC recording is Soft Machine's it's such a joy!
Haven’t heard it ✌🏼
@@mazzysmusic Look for BBC Peel Sessions, Moon in June is y favorite. There is a high quality official LP, youtube's it's meh
Man I LOVE the moody blues. Such a disrespected band. It was my dad’s top or top 5 bands. The Actor, Dear Diary, Fly me High, Timothy Leary, Question, I know You’re out there somewhere, in your wildest dreams… I could do 30 tracks by memory
The Timothy Leary song is "Legend of a Mind"
Great group that I probably listen to more than some of the super (popular) groups.
I’ve heard Massy really badmouth the Moodies
@@aaarauz1 then he’s a fool hearted sadist. The MB made killer songs, more psychedelic than our beloved Beatles and rocked out with Story in Your Eyes etc..
Agree on the archive statement at the end. Enjoyed the variety in this video, Mazzy. Not sure you are a fan but The Fall Peel Session 7 CD box is definitely worth a listen. Love that Pogues comp from a year or 2 ago, too. Visceral. I sense a series of these...
I had forgot to include the Pogues. There is a copy in the house here right now but it is not mine,
@@mazzysmusic The Beeb archive is massive! Can’t have it all. Looking forward to the comments about everyone’s faves over the decades. Just think of the Strange Fruit Peel Session LPs alone. Load to revisit and new things discover. Thanks again! Great video!!!
Paul Weller Live at BBC! ! !
Beatles at the BEEB are a great series ! I have all those. It's a shame Apple didn't do something similar. "God Save The Kinks " !
This video is great & could be an hour long. Bowie at the BBC is on vinyl too, seriously, a Bowie essential. Also check out Pixes Doolittle 25th some great Peel Sessions on there. Maybe do a part 2 of this...? Great Stuff!
I should seek out the Pixies ✌🏼
To my ear prog starts with The Moody Blues, cool to hear them un-adorned as it were, the Who at the BBC is a good one too, XTC BBC CD collection is a good example of Andy's genius for mixed graphic art with music, tend to like the band stuff 1977-1983 more, XTC got a little wall-papery after The Dukes, Skylarking being the first of their musak era, pretty stuff, just not as dynamic creatively as say Black Sea LP. Great live band. Thanks Mazzy
You're missing one of my favorite sets (and I imagine it would definitely be one of yours), and that is Peter Green's Fleetwood Mac at the BBC. I have it on double CD, not sure if it was ever on vinyl. I urge you to track down a copy.
On I think Sunday nights in the Bay Area in the early 80's a radio station, which I cannot remember, would play live concerts. KBFH, Live at the BBC, etc... I would record these shows and got turned on to the concept of recorded live music. Thus began my obsession with collecting bootleg concerts of bands, especially Pink Floyd, Zeppelin, and the Grateful Dead. Peel Sessions, Kid Jensen, Brian Mathews...like old friends.
Great story. Especially the Peel Sessions are a merit of its own. Such an excitement. I always enjoyed listen to his Shows back in the days.
I remember a show called the king biscuit flour hour on the radio with some great concerts.
I remember those radio one shows. Some great music.
I love BBC recordings because the recording artist has a limited time to record so they don't get a lot of rehearsals and correct mistakes. Also there are no overdubs and other studio tricks so you hear the artist as close to the way they really sound
There were later on. When Nirvana recorded Polly during one of their BBC sessions, Kurt Cobain recorded two vocal tracks, harmonizing with himself. It sounds like they may have done some overdubs on some of the other tracks. They had three separate sessions, in 89,90 and 91.
I really wish they would issue the 1975 Paul Simon session. Just look for the I Do It For Your Love video on CZcams and see what we’re missing.
The Small Faces, Yardbirds and Zombies ones I also recommend. I mean their BBC sessions.
Mobile Fidelity have scrapped advance notice of a BBC recording featuring The Beatles with Pete Best after it turned out they got the tapes from Granada Television and they feature Peter, Paul & Mary.
In a similar vein , the John Peel Sessions are great .
Yeah some of these are from Peel shows ✌🏼
Wow, I never saw that T.Rex bbc archive’s. I need to track that one down.
You should check out Peter Green's Fleetwood Mac Live at the BBC, wonderful.
I need to 🌟
Echo and the Bunnymen!! Their BBC sessions are outstanding.
Hendrix is another favorite. One could argue his BBC collection is better than any of his lps. Except maybe the first US one. But put in mono. The release is in fake stereo. Which is always crap. Stones release too. Much better in mono.
Haven't heard the Echo.
The bbc sessions were very much hit and miss affairs...but usually they were hits. I recorded a few sessions for the John Peel show and each with a different producer...bands never knew which producer was going to be allocated. And the best of them for me were those when the band set up as if playing a gig and with little time for overdubs, Rough and ready maybe, but usually with an edge and that is what made the BBC sessions special. Many of the bands who recorded say that the BBC sessions were anongst the best of their output. Count me in on that point.
Everyone who recorded a few sessionsn would have had the opportunity at some [point to record at the historic Maida Vale studios - a sprawling palace of sound inextricably linked with UK music history. Thank heavens for the restrictions of needle time that subsequently opend the door for everything
Thanks for this. I should have mentioned the Maida Vale studios ✌🏼
Apple issued The Red & Blue albums after Alpha/Omega compilations became popular which were bootlegs. Similar thing happened with BBC albums. So, we got the official releases as an answer to bootleg stuff.
Love the BBC Sessions. More great Live at BBC: Dire Straits, Bobbie Gentry and Manfred Mann - Radio Days Vol.1 - 4
Love to hear the Bobbie Gentry
It was a 2018 Universal vinyl Release for Record Store Day.
Great video as ever... just a couple of pedantic corrections.... it was Brian Matthew not Matthews and Old Grey Whistle Test not Old Great Whistle Test. Oh and Bournemouth is pronounced "muth" not "mouth". 😁 Sorry Mazzy. 😊
I mistakenly said Mathews. But I thought I said Grey because I know it. I might have slipped 🕺✌🏼
@@mazzysmusic not meant as a criticism, just English Pedantry. 😁 Love the videos. Can I make a request for a video on your take on the British Folk Scene as I know you are a fan. Nick Drake, John Martyn, Fairport Convention, Richard Thompson, Pentangle et al.
Kind regards Paul.
@@hastingsboy0413 here you go. czcams.com/video/8L-YjM3SHrI/video.html
Hi Mazzy recently purchased Frank Zappa at the BBC
Don’t forgot Queen at the BBC it’s a nice 2 disc set
Bob Dylan live at the bbc - get it and
“WONDER” (harmonica heaven) an enduring investment : 🎧🤡🎧
Dave Lee Travis. Also know as......'the Hairy Cornflake'........don't ask. Its an English thing.
Thanks for showing that Moody Blues BBC set-- I wasn't aware of that release! Sort of Off-Topic, but do you have the MFSL pressing of Days of Future Past? I was wondering if I want to track one down.
Don’t have a MoFi version. The US us ok the recent reissue a few years ago was horrible. Early UKs are the best imho.
@@mazzysmusic I have a reissue from 1972 that sounds pretty good, but I don't really have a lot to compare it to. Days is the earliest music I can recall hearing as a toddler, so it holds a special place for me.
Ciao Mazzy, I recommend Amy Winehouse at the BBC . A box of three well playing records. 🇮🇹
Yeah I have that album as well. Brilliant on vinyl. 3 records from 2003 to 2007. Amy you are sadly missed. Muzzy, if you like Amy Winehouse it's a must! Especially the duets with Paul Weller. Just amazing!
Greetings from Oslo. I really enjoy your presentations, but I have to ask - what about some of the great Peel sessions from the late 70s and beyond. The Smiths, The Fall, Half Man Half Biscuit and The Wedding Present spring to mind, but there are many more. I refuse to believe you stopped paying attention in 1976. (Did you?)
I didn’t stop paying attention and I followed Peel and others. I simply don’t have later recordings 🤷🏻♂️✌🏼
I see. Well, keep up the good work. I'm about 15 yrs your junior, which made me a bit of a punk compared to you, I guess. But still, I really adore the music of the 60s. We have The Byrds in common, don't we? (You should come for dinner in Oslo, haha. We'd have lots to discuss!) :)
@@mazzysmusic PS. I just saw we have XTC in common as well. Very good.
What are they doing with the Peel collection. Is it just archived ???
I'd like to hear the Moody Blues without the orchestration. Off topic, I taped the Rolling Stones King Bisquit Flower Power Hour performance off the radio onto cassette. Years ago. Nice to have. No Animals at the BBC?
I don't have the Animals from the BBC
I’m authorizing a raid of those albums. “Dutch imports” right?
Don’t try to flush those… you’ll have to flush 10-15 times
🤠🥺😭🤯
Haha good one😆
Hi Mazzy, just received "Rolled Gold" by the Action, of course not a bbc collection, maybe you know it´s an unpublished album / demos in transition to Mighty Baby. Not sure if it´s awesome or just pretentious. What´s your opinion?
The Action was one of the great mod bands of that era!
Mazzy - What is the Dark Side of the Moon CD boxset behind you?
It’s the first Pink Floyd cd box set. Didn’t have all their albums though
In America the people use all day the hat, really? You have a big collection, congratulations.
No. Americans typically have the freedom of choice regarding what to wear and what music to listen to. ✌🏼
@@mazzysmusic I spoke badly, I meant that in some American states there is a culture of the hat,
I live in Europe and precisely in Italy, unfortunately I do not know America as there is not
never been. I didn't mean that Americans today wear all the beautiful hair you have,
but that in America there is a story concerning the hat, as an item of clothing, as well as in Australia.
@@robertonorcini614 I’m bald and have little hair so I like the style and protection of a sombrero. 🤠