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band

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. The compilation album was released only in Canada and the United Kingdom, and compiles tracks that the band recorded for

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in the UK. ''The Radio One Sessions'' was released on

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in Canada.

BBC sessions

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's premier station for contemporary pop music, and has been hosting sessions with almost every touring band for over 40 years, setting the standard for radio sessions, hosting the like of

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, and others. The Cowboy Junkies were invited to perform at Radio One on various tours when they were in the UK. Each visit to the recording studio had a different line-up of players. For their first session in 1989, only Michael and

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from the Junkies, plus two members of their touring band, Jeff Bird and Jano Czerwinec performed, for the 1992 session, Michael, Margo, and Jeff Bird performed, and for the 1996 session, only the core members of the Cowboy Junkies were present.

Track listing

*Tracks 1 to 5 were recorded on July 3, 1989 for ''Saturday Sequence''. Tracks 6 to 8 were recorded on February 27, 1992 for Nicky Horne. Tracks 9 to 12 were recorded on February 27, 1996 for Mark Radcliffe.

Personnel

Cowboy Junkies *

– vocals *Michael Timmins – guitar, backing vocals *Alan Anton – bass (tracks 9 - 12) *Peter Timmins – drums (tracks 9 - 12) Additional musicians *Jeff Bird – harmonica (tracks 1 - 8), mandolin, tambourine (tracks 1 - 5) *Jaro Czerwinec – accordion (tracks 1 - 5) Production *Peter Watts – producer (tracks 1 - 5) *Pat Coupe - producer (tracks 9 - 12) *Ted de Bono – engineer (tracks 1 - 5) *Chris Lee - engineer (tracks 9 - 12)

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Radio One Sessions Cowboy Junkies albums BBC Radio recordings 2002 live albums 2002 compilation albums Latent Recordings albums