ALBUMS THAT SHOULD EXIST : SQUEEZE BBC Sessions Vol 8 1993 - 1998

 Squeeze - BBC Sessions, Volume 8: 1993-1998

Paul notes: It's time for another Squeeze BBC album. This one, "Volume 8," is meant to be a collection of studio sessions.

In 1993 and 1994, Squeeze had at least three BBC studio sessions to promote their 1993 studio album "Some Fantastic Place." Most of their performances were later included in their archival album "The Complete BBC Sessions." However, unfortunately, they played some of the same songs multiple times, with barely any difference between the versions. So I've only included one version of each. I believe the songs they played multiple times were "Third Rail," "Some Fantastic Place," and "Tempted."

They went on to release the albums "Ridiculous" in 1995 and "Domino" in 1998. Then they broke up for an extended time. Their next studio album of original material wouldn't come out until 2015. So I wanted material from those albums, but it seems they didn't do any more BBC studio sessions in that time, at least none that I could find. However, they did perform a BBC concert in Cambridge, Britain, in 1998. I thought about posting the whole concert, but these concerts mostly consist of them playing their biggest hits, and I've posted a bunch of concerts like that already. So instead I just took the relatively new songs they played in that concert ("Domino," "Donkey Talk," "Memory Motel," and "To Be a Dad"), plus one older hit that wasn't played in concert that much, "Goodbye Girl," and added it to this album. Since there's a mix of studio and live material, I removed the cheering noises from the live cuts with the use of the UVR5 audio editing program.

So that's why I said up above that this volume is "meant to be a collection of studio sessions," since about half of it actually comes from a concert. But now it plays like all studio sessions.

Tracks 1, 2, 3, 4, 6, and 7 have been officially released on the "Complete BBC Sessions" album. "It's Over" is from one of the exact same BBC sessions as some songs on that album, but it remained unreleased. The last five songs are from that 1998 BBC concert I mentioned above and are unreleased. 

This album is 53 minutes long.

01 Third Rail 
02 Cold Shoulder 
03 Loving You Tonight 
04 Some Fantastic Place
05 It's Over
06 Hourglass 
07 Tempted 
08 Domino
09 Donkey Talk
10 Melody Motel 
11 To Be a Dad 
12 Goodbye Girl

I think I have mentioned before that some my favourite Squeeze album is their tenth album 'Some Fantastic Place’ about grief and loss and it reminds me of folk I came to lose myself and the whole album is a pinnacle of songwriting and singing and composition from the Lennon/McCartney of their Day in Difford and Tilbrook (noting this album featured the return, albeit temporary, of wunder-keyboardist and singer himself Paul ‘How Long’ Carrack)

*Some Fantastic Place marked another change for the band, in that Difford and Tilbrook, who typically write lyrics and music separately (with Difford usually giving Tilbook completed lyrics to write the music for), went for a relatively simplistic approach, sitting down together and writing the majority of the album as a team. The duo credited this approach with revitalising their working relationship, bringing about a "big jump" in their creativity level. Tilbrook commented: "It was like discovering a new partnership, because suddenly we were able to bounce ideas back and forth off each other

 noting by 1997 here they were pretty much just the duo of Glenn and Chris . . . . 

Another Single of The Day - SQUEEZE 'LABELLED WITH LOVE'

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Single of the week (day no 2?) 

Labelled with love was taken from East Side Story and I bought that when it came out and then the next time did the same only with Some Fantastic Place which remains a favourite album . . . . . we lost a dear friend around this time and it always reminds me of her untimely death from stomach cancer. I am not religious but that song brings me solace and comfort

Also working with alcoholics as I did for a long time the Labelled With Love is so poignant and brilliantly written and spot on the money, a telling and intelligent diatribe about the bottle, alcohol addiction and I have probably singled these songs out before but you know what . . . . . . . . . I don't care! These guys especially Chris Difford and Glen Tilbrook who incidentally is a much overlooked fine guitarist as well as a peerless song writer and also the band numbered one of finest musos and pianists in Jools Holland too but somehow I don't think they ever really hit the heights they all deserved collectively . This is simply one of the best written songs of the period.

memorylane1980s says on YouTube

Good quality VERY rare video recorded from Top Of The Pops 1981. Squeeze are an English band that came to prominence in the United Kingdom during the New Wave period of the late 1970s, and continued recording successfully in the 1980s and 1990s. They are known in the UK for their hit songs "Cool for Cats", "Up the Junction", "Tempted", "Labelled With Love", "Black Coffee In Bed", "Pulling Mussels (From the Shell)", and "Hourglass". Though not quite as commercially successful in the U.S., "Tempted", "Hourglass" and "853-5937" were all American chart hits for Squeeze, and the band have a dedicated following there and continue to attract new fans. All of Squeeze's hits were written by band members Glenn Tilbrook and Chris Difford. The group formed in Deptford, London in 1974, and first broke up in 1982. Squeeze then reformed in 1985, and broke up again in 1999. The band reunited for tours through the United States and United Kingdom in 2007, and this touring version of Squeeze has continued into 2010. The band's founding members in March 1974 were Chris Difford (guitar, vocals, lyrics), Glenn Tilbrook (vocals, guitar, music), Jools Holland (keyboards), and Paul Gunn (drums). The group played under several names, most frequently "Captain Trundlow's Sky Company" or "Skyco", before selecting the band name "Squeeze" as a facetious tribute to The Velvet Underground's oft-derided 1973 album of the same name.[citation needed] Gilson Lavis replaced Gunn on drums and Harry Kakoulli joined on bass in 1976. Squeeze's early career was spent around Deptford in SE London, where they were part of a lively local music scene which included Alternative TV and Dire Straits. The group's early singles and debut EP, 1977's Packet of Three, were released on the Deptford Fun City Label. Squeeze's first EP and most of its self-titled debut album (1978) were produced by John Cale for A&M Records. Cale had been a member of Velvet Underground from whose album Squeeze took their name. However, the debut album's two hit singles ("Take Me I'm Yours" and "Bang Bang") were produced by the band themselves, as the label found Cale's recordings uncommercial. In the United States and Canada, the band and album were dubbed U.K. Squeeze due to legal conflicts arising from a contemporary American band called "Tight Squeeze". The "U.K." was dropped for all subsequent releases. In Australia, the same name change was used due to legal conflicts arising from an existing Sydney-based band also called "Squeeze". Albums in Australia were credited to U.K. Squeeze up to and including Cosi Fan Tutti Frutti. The band's second album, Cool for Cats (1979), contained the band's two highest charting UK singles in "Cool For Cats" and "Up The Junction", both of which peaked at No.2. John Bentley replaced Harry Kakoulli on bass in 1979 following the release of the LP. Argybargy (1980), the band's third album, was also a UK hit. It was additionally a mild breakthrough in North America, as the single "Another Nail In My Heart" was a No.56 hit in Canada, and second single "Pulling Mussels From The Shell" received airplay on U.S. rock radio stations. Keyboardist Jools Holland left the band for a solo career in 1980. Keyboard duties were taken over by highly-rated singer-keyboardist Paul Carrack, a former member of British soul-pop band Ace, who scored a major international hit with the song "How Long." Carrack had also been a member of Roxy Music. In 1981 the band cut perhaps their best-known album, East Side Story. It was produced by Elvis Costello and Roger Bechirian, and featured Carrack's lead vocals on the radio hit "Tempted". Carrack himself left after the release of East Side Story, and was replaced by Don Snow. This line-up recorded the Sweets From A Stranger LP in 1982. Negative reviews, the stresses of touring, and conflict between band members led Difford and Tilbrook to break up the band later that year, after releasing a final single, "Annie Get Your Gun". Difford and Tilbrook confirmed during an interview at the V Festival in 2008 that they planned to produce a record of new Squeeze material. However, as of yet, no new Squeeze material has been played live in concert. Squeeze did release Spot The Difference, an album of newly recorded versions of older material, in August 2010. The album contained classic Squeeze songs painstakingly reproduced in such a fashion that fans are invited to 'spot the difference' from the original versions. Please visit my other Channel. Keep Rockin!. http://www.youtube.com/user/squizzy10...

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"EASTSIDE STORY"

On this day in music history: May 15, 1981 - “East Side Story”, the fourth studio album by Squeeze is released. Produced by Roger Bechirian, Elvis Costello and Dave Edmunds, it is recorded at Eden Studios in London from Late 1980 - Early 1981. Originally conceived as a double album with different producers working on one half each, it is pared down to a single album with Bechirian and Costello producing the bulk of it. It is also the bands first album to feature new vocalist and keyboardist Paul Carrack. Expanding on their trademark new wave sound, “East Side” is more musically diverse than their previous work, exploring a more pop oriented side of the band. The musical shift broaden the bands fan base, especially in the US. It spins off three singles including “Tempted” (#49 Pop, #8 Mainstream Rock) and “Is That Love” (#35 UK). The album is remastered and reissued on CD in Europe in 1997 with two additional bonus tracks added. The remastered CD is reissued in 2008 by American Beat Records, but without the bonus tracks. “East Side Story” peaks at number nineteen on the UK album chart and number forty four on the Billboard Top 200.

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Always enjoyed Squeeze with frankly in Difford and Tilbrook and vocals from the now legendary Paul Carrack, some of the best modern songwriting we have ever seen. Tilbrook is also a vastly underrated musician and guitarist. Somehow they never lived up to the success their talent suggested, if that makes sense. I know they have a strong and immensely loyal following but they never really hit the big time that they deserved to. Too clever perhaps for mass appeal, their biggest hit 'Cool For Cats' is throwaway pop. Fun but not with the subtlety or depth of 'Tempted' here

I think my favourite album is 'Some Fantastic Place' their tenth and it contains some truly great songs and features the return on keyboards of Paul Carrack who I really admire also.

Some Fantastic Place

and scouting around 1993 I found this from one of my favourite Squeeze albums 'Some Fantastic Place' Third Rail &  bonus Cold Shoulder, listen to one of the best song writing teams EVER and how they harmonise they are no slouches on the guitar either both Chris and Glenn not fully acknowledged as to the full extent of their mutual talents IMHO . . . . . . . .

of course it is worth noting that when Jools Holland left Squeeze just before this he was replaced by the legendary Paul Carrack, under used here but none the less. . . . . . . you can feel his presence on keyboards and backing vocals






fine fine underrated album . . . . . .fine fine underrated band come to that . . . . . . . 


Squeeze available here in some fantastic place


Chris Difford - Some Fantastic Place My Life in and Out of Squeeze (Book)


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