Country Joe McDonald - BBC Sessions, Volume 2: In Concert, London, Britain, 5-4-1972 | Albums That Should Exist

 

Country Joe McDonald - BBC Sessions, Volume 2: In Concert, London, Britain, 5-4-1972

Paul says: Just yesterday, I posted "BBC Sessions, Volume 1" by Country Joe McDonald. But I already made a drastic change to it. After posting it, a commenter named SamApplePie sent me a bunch of BBC material by McDonald. I had most of it, but there was some studio session material from 1977 that I didn't have yet. So I split that album in two. I've just reposted "Volume 1," and it's a lot shorter than before. Don't worry, the rest of that material, and then some, will appear in a later volume. So if you downloaded that one already, I highly recommend you re-download it.

By the way, thanks to SamApplePie for that material. 

Now, let's get to this album. This is a short acoustic concert recorded for the BBC radio show "In Concert." It was an hour-long show, and McDonald shared the show with the band Brinsley Schwarz. I edited the first track, because the BBC DJ Alan Black mixed comments about McDonald with comments about Brinsley Schwarz. I just kept the McDonald bits. I also removed some audience noise in the background. So that's what that one track has "[Edit]" in its title.

The music here is unreleased. The sound quality is close to excellent. 

This album is 35 minutes long. 

01 talk by Alan Black [Edit] 
02 The Limit 
03 talk 
04 Memories 
05 talk 
06 Colorado Town 
07 talk
08 The Man from Athabasca 
09 I'll Survive
10 I'm on the Road Again 
11 Only Love Is Worth This Pain 
12 Here I Go Again 
13 talk by Alan Black 
14 I-Feel-Like-I'm-Fixin'-to-Die Rag 

[all songs Country Joe MacDonald]

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