Ronnie Lane - BBC Sessions, Volume 4: In Concert, BBC Paris Theatre, London UK -1976 | Albums That Should Exist

Ronnie Lane - BBC Sessions, Volume 4: In Concert, Paris Theatre, London, Britain, 2-16-1976

Paul says : Here is the fourth and last album of Ronnie Lane performing for the BBC. It's another BBC concert.

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 

ALBUMS THAT SHOULD EXIST | Ronnie Lane - BBC Sessions, Volume 3: In Concert Golders Green Hippodrome London UK 1974

Ronnie Lane - BBC Sessions, Volume 3: In Concert, Golders Green Hippodrome, London, Britain, 12-13-1974

Paul he say: Here's another BBC album by ex-Faces member Ronnie Lane. This is the third out of four that I've found.

Like the previous volume in this series, this is a BBC concert. Both of them are close in time, set about six months apart. But in between, Lane released his album "Anymore for Anymore." So naturally there are a good number of songs performed from that album.

The concert has been officially released in full as part of the album "You Never Can Tell." However, for some reason, it was badly mixed, with the lead vocals too quiet. So I fixed that for all songs using the UVR5 audio editing program.

The concert is a bit strange in that all the talking between songs is done by a BBC DJ, as if Lane could only sing, not talk. But that was the occasional style for BBC concerts in the early 1970s.

This album is 49 minutes long.

01 talk 
02 Last Orders
03 talk
04 Anniversary
05 talk 
06 Roll On Babe
07 talk
08 From the Late to the Early - How Come
09 talk
10 You're So Rude
11 talk 
12 What Went Down [That Night with You] 
13 talk
14 Chicken Wired 
15 talk 
16 Sweet Virginia 
17 talk 
18 Ooh La La
19 talk
20 You Never Can Tell

Now we’re talking. . . mo’ Ronnie . . . .always love some more Ronnie ‘Plonk’ Lane! 

Ronnie Lane - BBC Sessions, Volume 2: In Concert, London, Britain, 4-23-1974 | Albums That Should Exist

Ronnie Lane - BBC Sessions, Volume 2: In Concert, London, Britain, 23 April 1974

Paul says: About six months ago, I posted the first volume of Ronnie Lane performing for the BBC. I kinda lost track of this series for a bit, but I'm back with Volume 2. The first volume was all studio sessions, whereas this is all live material, most of it coming from one concert. Two more volumes are planned.

The first twelve tracks all come from one concert, which took place in London on April 23, 1974. It's from "BBC In Concert," which is probably the early 1970s TV show of that name that I've posted a bunch of albums from. These tracks all were released as part of the album "You Never Can Tell."

But there are a few tracks after that. "What Went Down (That Night with You)," is unreleased, and comes from the British TV show "Rock On with Kid Jensen" in late 1974. 

The remaining tracks, 14 through 19, all come from the same concert, which took place in Victoria Palace in London on March 16, 1975. However, different tracks come from different albums: "Just a Moment," "How Come," and "Kuschty Rye: The Singles." I'm guessing somewhere in the record company vaults a full concert recording exists, but only bits and pieces are being released from time to time.

By the way, note that for track 10, "I Believe in You," Lane basically let another musical act, Gallagher and Lyle, take over for one song. At the time, they were mainly known as a songwriting duo, but they would have some hits of their own in 1976. 

This album is 58 minutes long.

01 Last Orders Please 
02 talk 
03 Done This One Before 
04 talk
05 Flags and Banners
06 Tell Everyone
07 talk 
08 How Come 
09 talk 
10 I Believe in You 
11 Debris 
12 Ooh La La 
13 What Went Down [That Night with You] )
14 talk
15 From the Late to the Early - How Come
16 Sweet Virginia 
17 talk
18 You're So Rude
19 Stone [Evolution]

 

Ooh La La - Ronnie Lane’s  Slim Chance 1974

Roll On Babe - Ronnie Lane 1974