Ultimate collection of UK radio sessions

Radio Sessions 1995-1998
2 CD compilation

Tracks:

CD1
Johnny Walker 9/8/95 From the Splash Club (First ever “Radio Session”)
1. Dead Bird Sings
2. Babybird
3. Too Handsome To Be Homeless
4. CFC

Mark Radcliffe 5/9/95
5. You’re Gorgeous
6. Man’s Tight Vest
7. Goodnight

Mark Radcliffe 1/12/95
8. Lemonade Baby
9. Too Handsome To be Homeless
10. I Didn’t Want To Wake You Up
11. Babybird

Mark Radcliffe 24/7/96
12. CFC
13. You’re Gorgeous
14. Dead Bird Sings
15. Bug In A Breeze

EXTRA TRACKS
16. You’re Gorgeous (unreleased Ian Caple Production – completely different)
17. Memorise My Eyes (Ugly Beautiful Sessions)
18. Hate Song (unreleased (Ugly Beautiful Sessions)

CD2

SOHO Live – London Astoria 11/11/96 (aka LA 2 Club)
1. Too Handsome Too Be Homeless
2. Goodnight
3. Dead Bird Sings
4. July
5. You’re Gorgeous
6. Bad Shave
7. Cornershop

Brits Launch Party 1997 – London Hard Rock Cafe
8. You’re Gorgeous
9. Candy Girl
10. Too Handsome To Be Homeless

Mark Radcliffe 6/2/97
11. July
12. Farmer
13. Hate Song
14. You’re Gorgeous/A Bastard / Gormless

Jo Whiley – Channel 4 22/4/98
15. Bad Old Man

Evening Session W/C 29/4/98
16. Bad Old Man
17. Back Again
18. Take Me Back

Length: 2 x 74

Note:
For most parts this is the ultimate collection of UK radio sessions done by BB between 95-98: It’s well compiled chronologically and a very popular bootleg to start with – I have lost count of the number of people asking for this one. And it’s well worth it. By the way, I have no idea where those outtakes are from! In spite of the obvious qualities of this set, it is quite crude in the editing, mixing out interviews etc. (this is especially a shame in the Radcliff sessions). My copy also has some glitches between a few tracks, probably due to some people not sure about how to do proper audio extraction.