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''BBC Sessions'' is an album of
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studio recordings by the band Cocteau Twins released in 1999 by
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in the USA. The album spanned the band's career from the early 1980s through the 1990s. Much of the first disk was taken from a series of early 1980s
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. The second disk contained several tracks recorded during the group's performance on the 1980s Radio 1 series ''Saturday Live''. The compilation peaked at No. 87 on the
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Track listing


Disc one

; John Peel Session, 15 July 1982 # "Wax and Wane" – 3:50 # "Garlands" – 4:19 # "Alas Dies Laughing" – 3:29 # "Feathers-Oar-Blades" – 2:19 ; John Peel Session, 31 January 1983 #
  • "Hearsay Please" – 4:23 # "Dear Heart" – 3:37 # "Blind Dumb Deaf" – 3:41 # "Hazel" – 3:22 ; John Peel Session, 4 October 1983 #
  • "The Tinderbox (Of A Heart)" – 4:46 # " Strange Fruit" (Billie Holiday cover written by Abel Meeropol) – 1:52 # "Hitherto" – 3:57 # "From the Flagstones" – 3:32 ;
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    Session, 10 October 1983 #
  • "Sugar Hiccup" – 3:41 # "In Our Angelhood" – 3:56 # "My Hue and Cry" – 3:02 (Previously unreleased) # "Musette and Drums" – 4:11


    Disc two

    ; ''Saturday Live'', 3 December 1983 # "Hitherto" – 3:56 # "From the Flagstones" – 3:55 # "Musette and Drums" – 3:33 ; John Peel Session, 5 September 1984 #
  • "Pepper-Tree" – 4:12 # "Beatrix" – 4:06 # "Ivo" – 3:03 # "Otterley" – 3:34 ; Mark Radcliffe Session, 12 March 1996 #
  • "Serpentskirt" – 4:29 # "Golden-Vein" – 3:46 # "Half-Gifts" – 2:44 # "Seekers Who Are Lovers" – 3:50 ;
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    Session, 10 April 1996 #
  • "Calfskin Smack" – 4:23 # "Fifty-Fifty Clown" – 4:27 # "Violaine" – 3:47


    Personnel

    * Producer – Barry Anthony Andrews (tracks: 2-4 to 2-7), Dale Griffin (tracks: 1-5 to 1-8, 1-13 to 1-16), Jim Lahat (tracks: 2-12 to 2-14), John Owen Williams (tracks: 1-1 to 1-4), John Walters (tracks: 1-9 to 1-12), Lis Roberts (tracks: 2-8 to 2-11), Mark Radcliffe (tracks: 2-1 to 2-3), Suzanne Gilfilian (tracks: 2-12 to 2-14) * Engineer – Dave Dade (tracks: 1-1 to 1-4), Harry Parker (tracks: 1-5 to 1-8), Lincoln Fong (tracks: 2-8 to 2-11), Mike Engles (tracks: 1-1 to 1-4, 1-13 to 1-16), Nick Gomm (tracks: 2-4 to 2-7), Paul Strudwick (tracks: 2-12 to 2-14)


    References

    Cocteau Twins albums Cocteau Twins 1999 live albums 1999 compilation albums Rykodisc compilation albums Rykodisc live albums Albums with cover art by Russell Mills (artist) {{1990s-pop-album-stub