Ronnie Lane - BBC Sessions, Volume 4: In Concert, Paris Theatre, London, Britain, 2-16-1976
This is another episode of the "In Concert" radio series, with a BBC DJ doing most of the talking between songs. That portion of this album is rather short, 25 minutes, making up tracks two through eleven. I don't know if it's the whole show. Probably not, since there were no introductions of Lane and his band at the beginning. All of those tracks come from the official album "You Never Can Tell." It's possible they didn't include some songs since they were similar to other versions on that album, since it has another BBC concert on it.
Because the concert I had available is rather short, I decided to add a couple of songs to it. The first song, "The Poacher," is an unreleased version from the TV show "Supersonic" in 1976. The last song, "One for the Road," is also unreleased, and comes from the BBC TV show "Old Grey Whistle Test" in 1976. Both of these songs didn't have applause at the end, but I added some so they would fit in with the rest.
Unfortunately, this is the last BBC concert for Lane because his career more or less petered out not long after this. He'd been having health problems since the early 1970s, though he mostly was able to cover them up. But by 1977, he was diagnosed with multiple sclerosis as his condition got worse. His last studio album was released in 1979. He continued to occasionally play and record, but he wasn't nearly as active as he was before. He passed away in 1997 at the age of 51.
This album is 34 minutes long.
01 The Poacher
02 talk
03 Don't Try and Change My Mind
04 talk
05 Walk On By
06 talk
07 You Never Can Tell
08 talk
09 Steppin' and Reelin'
10 talk
11 Ooh La La
12 One for the Road
