''ABC Music: The Radio 1 Sessions'', released in October 2002, is a compilation by

post-rock Post-rock is a form of experimental rock characterized by a focus on exploring textures and timbre over traditional rock song structures, chords, or riffs. Post-rock artists are often instrumental, typically combining rock instrumentation with ...

band Stereolab of

BBC Radio 1 BBC Radio 1 is a British national radio station owned and operated by the BBC. It specialises in modern popular music and current chart hits throughout the day. The station provides alternative genres at night, including electronica, dance, ...

sessions recorded from July 1991 to August 2001. It includes appearances in

John Peel John Robert Parker Ravenscroft (30 August 1939 – 25 October 2004), known professionally as John Peel, was an English disc jockey (DJ) and radio presenter. He was the longest-serving of the original BBC Radio 1 DJs, broadcasting regularly fr ...

and Mark Radcliffe's shows and it is a CD-only release.

Track listing

CD 1

# "Super-Electric" – 4:48 (Peel, 30/7/1991) # "Changer" – 4:11 # "Doubt" – 2:41 # "Difficult Fourth Title" – 4:45 # "Laissez Faire" – 3:57 (Peel, 28/6/1992) # "Revox" – 3:12 # "Peng 33" – 2:57 # "John Cage Bubblegum" – 2:56 # "Wow and Flutter" – 2:54 (Peel, 28/9/1993) # "Anemie" – 4:41 # "Moogie Wonderland" – 2:34 # "Heavy Denim" – 3:09 # "French Disko" – 3:12 (Radcliffe, 13/12/1993) # "Wow and Flutter" – 2:56 # "Golden Ball" – 5:45 # "Lo Boob Oscillator" – 4:33 # "Check and Double Check" – 2:51 (Radcliffe, 22/11/1994) # "Working Title (The Pram Song)" – 4:13 "Difficult Fourth Title" is the song eventually named "Contact" (from ''

Super-Electric ''Super-Electric'' is the second EP by English-French rock band Stereolab, released in September 1991 by Too Pure. All four tracks were later included on '' Switched On''. Track listing # "Super-Electric" – 5:22 # "High Expectation" – 3:32 ...

'' and then ''

Switched On ''Switched On'' (also known as ''Switched On Stereolab'' or ''Switched On Volume 1'') is a compilation of Stereolab's first three releases, and was originally released in 1992. The album's name is in tribute to ''Switched-On Bach'' and other si ...

''). "Working Title (The Pram Song)" is an early version of "Seeperbold" from ''

Aluminum Tunes ''Aluminum Tunes'' is a double album collection of EPs and rarities from Stereolab, released in 1998. It is the third compilation in a series of rarities collections following '' Switched On'' and ''Refried Ectoplasm'', and was stickered with th ...

''.

CD 2

# "International Colouring Contest" – 3:42 # "Anamorphose" – 7:27 # "Metronomic Underground" – 10:14 (Peel, 15/2/1996) # "Brigitte" – 5:50 # "Spinal Column" – 3:31 # "Tomorrow Is Already Here" – 4:43 # "Les Yper-Sound" – 6:00 (Evening Session, 26/2/1996) # "Heavenly Van Halen" – 3:09 # "Cybele's Reverie" – 3:59 # "Slow Fast Hazel" – 4:07 # "Nothing to Do With Me" – 4:01 (Peel, 19/9/2001) # "Double Rocker" – 5:33 # "Baby Lulu" – 5:03 # "Naught More Terrific Than Man" – 3:56 "Heavenly Van Halen" is an early version of "Pinball" from the ''

Fluorescences Released in November 1996, ''Fluorescences'' is an EP by the group Stereolab. All four of its tracks were later re-released on the ''Oscillons from the Anti-Sun'' compilation. The title track was voted number 20 in John Peel's Festive Fifty ...

'' EP.

References

* * BBC Radio recordings 2002 live albums 2002 compilation albums Stereolab compilation albums Stereolab live albums {{2000s-compilation-album-stub