BBC Sessions: Take 'em or Leave 'em

[MARV]

It's a personal choice [;)]

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[KYYX4ever]

Some of the BBC Sessions can be hit and miss, but most of the time, there are really cool versions and takes of our favorite songs. It's a cool way to hear a different version.

[Frank_Chickens]

If I could find them by the bands I like I would certainly take them..


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"As chairman of the Cradle of Filth fanclub I'm the most insensitive man in Britain, but even I can see there's tension there"

[hutter]

The Led Zeppelin ones are great.

[Mechi]

Same for the Joy Division ones... really nice versions of LWTUA and Insight. [;)]

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[Bitter Almonds]

I lose nuttin' if I take 'em, but I'd lose Cabaret Voltaire's [i]Radiation[/i] if I leave 'em[V] TAKE 'EM![}:)]

[crystal]

love bbc sessions - so many great versions, especially nice if they were recorded before releasing the real albums/singles. there is some great one by the cure, bunnymen, joy division, b-movie, the sisters of mercy, the mission,... too many to mention... at times I even prefer them to the real studio versions, as they are normally more minimal sounding + the emptiness of lots of songs leads to great versions.
I wish though that most of them would be officially released, especially things löike all those sisters sessions or the cure at the beeb would be great releases!

[popreactor]

B-Movie had a great BBC session.I'm just listening to "The Great Divide"

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[Rokkr]

I'm listening to a great Red Guitars BBC recording right now.
All hail the Beeb.

[hisoka5150]

of course the session where you can feel in the truest sense what they are singing for....

[rotator]

I think they were great --The Smiths almost got a full LP off of them (Hatful Of Hollow)....The John Peel session records are always good too ---

what made them great was that they were recorded (pretty much) live -no audience....sometimes the songs had more energy than the LP cuts, but they were still "clean" sounding ---I especially like the China Crisis BBC sessions as well as OMD...

[newwavepunkgirl]

It's a shame about John Peel, we need people like that on the radio. Somebody who shakes stuff up, i remember he did alot of sessions.[:(]

Devolution is real

[Opera Prima]

I really like B-movie's and The Chameleons' sessions, they're great.

[xtc-1957]

I like the Cure sessions. Good stuff.