live at the bbc

2LPs: MASTERED AT ABBEY ROAD STUDIOS A SELECTION OF THE MAIN BBC RECORDINGS PERSONALLY SELECTED BY PRETTY THINGS FOUNDERS PHIL MAY & DICK TAYLOR SOURCED FROM THE BBC ARCHIVES AUTHORITATIVE SLEEVE NOTES WITH QUOTES BY THE BAND

Compiled by the two original members of the band, and sourced from the BBC archives, this Double LP covers numerous songs from the 1960s & 1970s period, including smash hits such as ‘Don’t Bring Me Down’ and ‘Midnight To Six Man’ with later classic album tracks ‘Defecting Grey’, ‘S.F. Sorrow Is Born’, ‘Singapore Silk Torpedo’, ‘Dream / Joey’ and other Pretty Things favourites.

These sessions were recorded by the world renowned broadcasting organisation for radio and TV, and this album explores a selection of the group’s BBC Radio One output, from popular shows such as 1960s ‘Saturday Club’, ‘Top Gear’, then on to the later ‘Peel Sessions’ and ‘Sounds Of The 70s’, amongst others.

Track Listing

SIDE 1 (Mono recordings)

• Big Boss Man
• Mama, Keep Your Big Mouth Shut
• Don’t Bring Me Down
• Road Runner
• Big City
• Sitting All Alone
• Buzz The Jerk
• Midnight To Six Man

SIDE 2 (Mono recordings)

• L.S.D.
• Turn My Head
• Defecting Grey
• Walking Through My Dreams
• S.F. Sorrow Is Born
• She Says Good Morning
• Balloon Burning

SIDE 3 (Mono recordings, except track 3 in Stereo)

• Cries From The Midnight Circus
• Sickle Clowns
• Peter / Rip Off Train
• Cold Stone
• Summertime
• Circus Mind

SIDE 4 (Stereo recordings)

• Singapore Silk Torpedo
• Bridge Of God
• Belfast Cowboys / Bruise In The Sky
• Dream / Joey John Peel, 17/07/1975