Country Joe McDonald - BBC Sessions, Volume 1: 1970-1976
To be honest, I can't say I'm that familiar with his discography. But since he died, I wanted to see if there were any worthy albums I could post of his music. To my surprise, I found not one, not two, but three albums of unreleased material he performed for the BBC, all of it from the early 1970s. Here's the first one. It consists of BBC studio sessions. The other two I'll be posting feature BBC concerts.
The first seven tracks come from an appearance on John Peel's radio show, "Top Gear," in 1970. Tracks 8 and 9 are from the "One in Ten" radio show "One in Ten" in 1971. The rest of the songs are from the "Old Grey Whistle Test" TV show. Tracks 10 through 14 are from a 1972 episode. Tracks 15 through 17 are from a 1974 episode. The rest, tracks 16 through 21, are from a 1976 episode. Most of the songs were performed in solo acoustic mode.
By the way, there was one more song, "TV Blues," played on the 1974 episode which I couldn't find. If anyone has it (or other BBC sessions from him), I'll add it in.
All the music here is unreleased. The sound quality is generally excellent, especially since there was no audience noise.
This album is 59 minutes long.
01 Hold On, It's Coming
02 Balancing on the Edge of Time
03 talk
04 It's So Nice to Have Love
05 Maria
06 talk
07 Tell Me Where You're Bound
08 talk
09 Jean Desprez
10 Tricky Dick
11 talk
12 Trapped Inside a Fantasy
13 talk
14 Coulene Anne
15 Holy Roller
16 talk
17 Living in the Country
18 Save the Whales
19 talk
20 Our Wedding Day
21 Breakfast for Two
(all tracks Country Joe McDonald)