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''Live at the BBC'' is a compilation album of live tracks recorded for the
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between 1985 and 1987 by
The Housemartins
The Housemartins were an English indie rock group formed in Hull who were active in the 1980s and charted three top-ten albums and six top-twenty singles in the UK. Many of their lyrics conveyed a mixture of socialist politics and Christiani ...
. While most of the tracks included are session versions recorded for various BBC radio shows, the disc also features a number of cuts from the band's performances in
Nottingham
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and at the 1986
Glastonbury Festival
Glastonbury Festival (formally Glastonbury Festival of Contemporary Performing Arts and known colloquially as Glasto) is a five-day festival of contemporary performing arts that takes place in Pilton, Somerset, England. In addition to contemp ...
, as broadcast on the BBC.
The album features sleevenotes written by the band's former
press officer
A press secretary or press officer is a senior advisor who provides advice on how to deal with the news media and, using news management techniques, helps their employer to maintain a positive public image and avoid negative media coverage.
Duti ...
and
compere,
Phill Jupitus
Phillip Christopher Jupitus (, ''né'' Swan; born 25 June 1962) is an English stand-up and improv comedian, actor, performance poet, cartoonist and podcaster. Jupitus was a team captain on all but one BBC Two-broadcast episode of music quiz ''N ...
, and serves as a companion to the previously released BBC session tracks included on the 1988 compilation album "
Now That's What I Call Quite Good
''Now That's What I Call Quite Good'' was the post-breakup greatest hits album from The Housemartins, released in 1988. As well as singles (such as the UK number one "Caravan of Love"), the compilation includes various album tracks, B-sides and r ...
". With the exception of track 1, "Drop Down Dead", all of the recordings included on the disc are exclusive to this album.
Track listing
# "Drop Down Dead" – 3:00
# "Flag Day" – 3:34
# "Stand at Ease" – 2:54
# "Reverends Revenge" – 1:34
# "Shelter" – 3:22
# "
People Get Ready
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" – 1:39
# "Over There" – 2:54
# "
Caravan of Love
"Caravan of Love" is a 1985 R&B hit originally recorded by Isley-Jasper-Isley, the second half of the Isley Brothers' ''3 + 3'' lineup of the 1970s.
Original Isley-Jasper-Isley version
After breaking away from the family group, the group (nota ...
" – 4:40
# "
Happy Hour" – 2:32
# "
Heaven Help Us All" – 3:16
# "Pickin' the Blues (Peel Show Theme Tune)" – 0:51
# "Mercy" – 2:58
# "So Glad" – 1:53
# "He Brought Me Out" – 2:07
# "Sunday Isn't Sunday" – 2:06
# "
Build" – 4:35
# "We're Not Deep" – 2:24
# "Me and the Farmer" – 2:58
# "The People Who Grinned Themselves Tt Death" – 3:21
# "The Light Is Always Green" – 3:51
# "The World's on Fire" – 3:04
# "We're Not Going Back" – 2:35
# "Johannesburg" – 3:47
# "Five Get Over Excited" – 4:44
*Tracks 1–3 were recorded live for the
John Peel Show
John is a common English name and surname:
* John (given name)
* John (surname)
John may also refer to:
New Testament
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* Gospel of John, a title often shortened to John
* First Epistle of John, often shortened to 1 John
* Second ...
, 21 July 1985.
*Tracks 4 and 12–14 were recorded live for the
Janice Long Show, 6 November 1985.
*Tracks 5–6 were recorded live on ''Saturday Live'', 4 January 1986.
*Tracks 7–8 were recorded live for the
John Peel Show
John is a common English name and surname:
* John (given name)
* John (surname)
John may also refer to:
New Testament
Works
* Gospel of John, a title often shortened to John
* First Epistle of John, often shortened to 1 John
* Second ...
, 6 April 1986.
*Tracks 9-11 were recorded live for the
John Peel Show
John is a common English name and surname:
* John (given name)
* John (surname)
John may also refer to:
New Testament
Works
* Gospel of John, a title often shortened to John
* First Epistle of John, often shortened to 1 John
* Second ...
, 3 June 1986.
*Tracks 15–16 were recorded live for the
John Peel Show
John is a common English name and surname:
* John (given name)
* John (surname)
John may also refer to:
New Testament
Works
* Gospel of John, a title often shortened to John
* First Epistle of John, often shortened to 1 John
* Second ...
, 3 November 1987.
*Tracks 17–18 were recorded live at the
Glastonbury Festival
Glastonbury Festival (formally Glastonbury Festival of Contemporary Performing Arts and known colloquially as Glasto) is a five-day festival of contemporary performing arts that takes place in Pilton, Somerset, England. In addition to contemp ...
June 1986 and broadcast on 29 November 1986.
*Tracks 19–24 were recorded live at the
Royal Centre,
Nottingham
Nottingham ( , East Midlands English, locally ) is a city status in the United Kingdom, city and Unitary authorities of England, unitary authority area in Nottinghamshire, East Midlands, England. It is located north-west of London, south-east ...
, 30 September 1987.
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