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on 21 December 2001. The live album contains covers of "

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" and "

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". The tracks on the first album come from sessions with Mark Radcliffe,

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and John Peel. The album cover features former member

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, who departed the band six years before this album's release, but is heard on these recordings.

Track listing

Disc One – ''Radio Sessions'': # "The State I Am In" (Mark Radcliffe Session; 07/96) – 4:42 # "Like Dylan in the Movies" (Mark Radcliffe Session; 07/96) – 4:11 # "Judy and the Dream of Horses" (Mark Radcliffe Session; 07/96) – 3:43 # "The Stars of Track and Field" (Mark Radcliffe Session; 07/96) – 4:37 # "I Could Be Dreaming" (Mark Radcliffe session; 12/96; abbreviated version) – 3:49 # "Seymour Stein" (Evening Session; 07/97) – 4:51 # "Lazy Jane" (alternate version of " Lazy Line Painter Jane") (Evening Session; 07/97) – 5:37 # "Sleep the Clock Around" (Evening Session; 07/97) – 4:46 # "Slow Graffiti" (Evening Session; 07/97) – 3:06 # "Wrong Love" (later recorded as "The Wrong Girl") (Evening Session; 07/97) – 3:29 # "Shoot the Sexual Athlete" (John Peel session; 05/01) – 3:11 # "The Magic of a Kind Word" (John Peel session; 05/01) – 2:27 # "Nothing in the Silence" (John Peel session; 05/01) – 3:49 # "(My Girl's Got) Miraculous Technique" (John Peel session; 05/01) – 4:28 Disc Two – ''Live in Belfast'': # "

" – 4:52 # "There's Too Much Love" – 3:44 # "The Magic of a Kind Word" – 2:24 # "Me and the Major" – 5:19 # "Wandering Alone" – 2:54 # "The Model" – 4:02 # "

" – 5:12 # "The Boy With the Arab Strap" – 5:32 # "The Wrong Girl" – 3:05 # "Dirty Dream #2" – 3:26 # "

The Boys Are Back in Town "The Boys Are Back in Town" is a song by Irish hard rock band Thin Lizzy. The song was originally released in 1976 as the first single from their album ''Jailbreak''. It is considered by ''Rolling Stone'' to be the band's best song, placing it a ...

" – 5:43 # " Legal Man" – 4:01

References

External links

Announcement of the album for belleandsebastian.com
{{DEFAULTSORT:Bbc Sessions, The Belle and Sebastian live albums Peel Sessions recordings 2008 live albums 2008 compilation albums Jeepster Records live albums Jeepster Records compilation albums Matador Records compilation albums Matador Records live albums