SIOUXSIE & THE BANSHEES At The BBC (2009 UK 4-disc
[3CD/1DVD] set comprising exclusive BBC sessions, live concert
tracks and TV performances recorded between 1977 – 2001. CDs 1 &
2 features key session tracks from 1977–87 and a concert recording
from the Apollo Theatre in Oxford in 1985. With the complete John
Peel sessions alongside sessions recorded for Kid Jensen, Richard
Skinner and Janice Long. CD 3 contains highlights from their BBC
concert recordings at the Apollo TheatreinOxford and the Royal Albert
Hall in London in 1988, where the band performed a storming set 3
nights in a row to a sold out crowd. Highlights include a breathtaking
'Last Beat of My Heart', 'Christine' and a rip roaring crowd pleasing
end of show version of 'Hong Kong Garden'. The DVD is a collection of
the band's BBC TV performances. Featuring the complete Old Grey
Whistle Test broadcasts from 1978, 1982 & 1985, the Something Else
performances from 1979 & 1980, the Rock Goes to College broadcast
from 1981 and the band's complete Top of the Pops performances,
complete, in places, with cheesy intros. This is a fantastic visual
documentary of the band, starting with the OGWT performance of
tracks from their debut album in 1978; 'Metal Postcard' and 'Jigsaw
Feeling' through the dark years of 'Juju', performed for the Rock Goes
to College show and culminating with the beautifully pure pop bliss of
'Kiss Them For Me' from 'Superstition'. Presented in a sealed &
stickered hardback bookstyle packaging complete with a fantastic
30-page booklet containing extensive sleevenotes by Paul Morley,
interviews with all the band members and a unique and insightful
introduction written by Siouxsie)
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