BBC Sessions 1968–1970

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BBC Sessions 1968–1970
Live album by
Deep Purple
Released7 Nov 2011
Recorded18 June 1968 – 23 September 1970
GenreProgressive rock, psychedelic rock, hard rock, heavy metal
Length98:28
LabelEMI
Deep Purple live albums chronology
Live at Montreux 2011
(2011) 		BBC Sessions 1968–1970
(2011) 		Copenhagen 1972
(2013)

BBC Sessions 1968–1970 is a 2011 live compilation album featuring performances by the English hard rock band Deep Purple that were recorded at the BBC's Maida Vale Studios, London, and originally broadcast on various BBC Radio shows from 1968 through 1970. BBC Sessions 1968–1970 is a two-disc set collecting all the surviving sessions in the BBC archives.[1]

Track listing

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All songs written by Ritchie Blackmore, Ian Gillan, Roger Glover, Jon Lord and Ian Paice except where noted.

Disc 1: Mark I
No.TitleRecording sourceLength
1."Hush" (Joe South)Top Gear – 18 June 1968 †4:07
2."One More Rainy Day" (Lord, Evans)Top Gear – 18 June 1968 †2:56
3."Help!" (Lennon/McCartney)Top Gear – 18 June 1968 †5:38
4."And the Address" (Blackmore, Lord)Dave Symonds Show – 25 June 1968 †2:06
5."Hey Bop a Re Bop" (Evans, Blackmore, Lord, Paice)Top Gear – 14 January 19693:31
6."Emmaretta" (Evans, Blackmore, Lord)Top Gear – 14 January 19693:08
7."Wring That Neck" (Blackmore, Simper, Lord, Paice)Top Gear – 14 January 19694:42
8."Brian Matthew Interviews Rod Evans"Top Gear – 8 January 19691:27
9."Hey Joe" (Billy Roberts)Top Gear – 14 January 19694:02
10."It’s All Over" (Ben E. King, Bert Berns)Top Gear – 14 January 19694:14
11."The Painter" (Evans, Blackmore, Simper, Lord, Paice)Sounds Like Tony Brandon Show – 24 June 19692:18
12."Laléna" (Donovan)Sounds Like Tony Brandon Show – 24 June 19693:33
13."The Painter" (Evans, Blackmore, Simper, Lord, Paice)Chris Grant’s Tasty Pop Sundae – 30 June 19692:43
14."I'm So Glad" (Skip James)Chris Grant’s Tasty Pop Sundae – 30 June 19693:12
15."Hush" (Joe South)Chris Grant’s Tasty Pop Sundae – 30 June 19692:28
Disc 2: Mark II
No.TitleRecording sourceLength
1."Ricochet"Symonds on Sunday Show – 11 August 19693:07
2."The Bird Has Flown" (Evans, Blackmore, Lord)Symonds on Sunday Show – 11 August 19693:05
3."Speed King"Stuart Henry Noise at Nine – 31 October 19693:25
4."Jam Stew (aka John Stew)"Stuart Henry Noise at Nine – 31 October 19693:56
5."Hard Lovin' Man"Sounds of the 70s – 21 April 19704:13
6."Bloodsucker"Sounds of the 70s – 21 April 19703:18
7."Living Wreck"Sounds of the 70s – 21 April 19703:25
8."Jon Lord Interview"Transcription Services – 23 September 19701:35
9."Black Night"Transcription Services – 23 September 19703:29
10."Grabsplatter"Transcription Services – 23 September 19704:33
11."Into the Fire"Transcription Services – 23 September 19703:49
12."Child in Time"Transcription Services – 23 September 197010:48
† indicates previously unreleased material
  • Disc 1, Tracks 5, 7 and 10 first released on a re-issue of The Book of Taliesyn (EMI 72435 21608 2 2, 2000)
  • Disc 1, Tracks 6, 11 and 12 first released on a re-issue of Deep Purple (EMI 72435 21597 2 7, 2000)
  • Disc 1, Track 9 first released on a re-issue of Shades of Deep Purple (EMI 72434 98336 2 3, 2000)
  • Disc 2, Tracks 1–9 and 11–12 first released on Listen, Learn, Read On boxed set (EMI 72435 40973 2 4, 2002)
  • Disc 2, Track 10 first released on The Anthology (Harvest EN 26 0612 3, 1985)

Personnel

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Deep Purple
Mark I (Disc one)
Mark II (Disc two)

Charts

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Year Chart Position
2011 Germany 94

References

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  1. ^ Leggett, Steve. "BBC Sessions 1968 - 1970 - Deep Purple | Album". AllMusic.
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