Whistler, Air, Badly Drawn Boy, Mercury Rev, Pelvis, Gene, Kay, Sebadoh

Whistler, Air, Badly Drawn Boy, Mercury Rev, Pelvis, Gene, Kay, Sebadoh

 

 

Whistler were an alright hip hop act, very English. This is an Evening Session.

Think the Air stuff is live, presumably so is the Gene stuff.

156 - Britpop Now - 19-09-95, U2, Mcalmont, Peepshow

156 - Britpop Now - 19-09-95, U2, Mcalmont, Peepshow

Ah, the audio from the BBC show of Britpop now, which featured some very dodgy performances (no pun intended).
From the BBC: "Damon Albarn introduces a 1995 compilation of live studio performances from the 90s generation of British guitar-pop bands, featuring the first TV performance of Blur's Country House, plus Pulp's Common People, Supergrass with Alright and Elastica's Line Up. With additional classics from Sleeper, Gene, Boo Radleys, P J Harvey, Menswear, Marion, Powder and Echobelly."

You see the issue there at the time was 1 - That some of these bands were bugger all to do with Britpop (which was quite the upbeat phenomena - Blur, Menswear, Sleeper, Elastica, Pulp are all fair enough), for example Mansun, PJ Harvey and the Boo Radleys were tenuous at best and 2 - That some of the performances here are pretty average or worse, a fact made obvious by the BBC production trait for music at the time of laying the vocals on thick and thinning everything out - guitars lose all power. No hiding.
So Powder, Echobelly and Sleeper and one or two others get mauled really. Not necessarily fairly in all cases.

Not as badly as the bands did for 'Band Explosion at the Marquee' though - that was punishing, the vocals were so up front...

https://soundcloud.com/edmund-hornsby/156-britpop-now-19-09-95-u2-mcalmont-peepshowmp3

124 - Chapterhouse, Weddoes, BBM, Neds, Faith Healers, Buttsteak, Freefall, PJ Harvey - Rid Of Me

124 - Chapterhouse, Weddoes, BBM, Neds, Faith Healers, Buttsteak, Freefall, PJ Harvey - Rid Of Me

Another tape of random tracks with an album backing it up.
Again, where I got Freefall or Buttsteak from is anyone's guess. Possibly radio tracks these.

111 - PWEI - The Looks Or The Lifestyle, Spiritalised, Auteurs, PWEI 12", Belltower, Wonderstuff, UDS

111 - PWEI - The Looks Or The Lifestyle, Spiritalised, Auteurs, PWEI 12", Belltower, Wonderstuff, UDS

PWEI's Looks or the lifestyle doesn't sound too clever these days.
Tracks like 'Eat me drink me love me kill me' kick in well, but all that drawn out 'heeeeeel, hell' stuff sounds clumsy now.
The major surprise here was the UDS tracks. Urban Dance Squad? Don't even remember them or where I got 3 Heights from, but that's fun stuff that doesn't sound too bad.
Some odd tracks on here, why did I record off just one Wonderstuff B-side?

107 - Geneva, Chapterhouse 23-09-90, Bluetones, Bennet, Eels, Silver Sun, Blur

107 - Geneva, Chapterhouse 23-09-90, Bluetones, Bennet, Eels, Silver Sun, Blur

Now this is more like it, Geneva sessions, tracks by 'Toaster', Chapterhouse live, Livingstone, My Drug Hell, Bluetones tracks, Evening Sessions from Silver sun and Eels..

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Al2eXRkLfGA

And the uploads begin!

Geneva - Evening Session
Chapterhouse - Not sure, seems to be demos, I've written March 1990.
Keneckie - Peel Session
Bennet - Peel Session
Eels - Evening session
Silver Sun - Evening Session

74 - Manic Street Preachers Live Manchester 23 May 1997, Symposium 22 May 1997

74 - Manic Street Preachers Live - Manchester 23 May 1997, Symposium Live - 22 May 1997

Radio 1 concerts these.
I'm not a big fan of the Manics, so goodness knows why I had this whole gig on a tape.
Symposium I barely rememeber - and on this evidence, I can see why that is, it's not much fun.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2A0-JVKflJA

42 - Ride - Live Brixton Academy - 27-03-92

42 - Ride - Live Brixton Academy - 27-03-92

 

 

 

The audio from the Ride VHS, now on DVD of course.

Alan Parker - 14/04/1993

Alan Parker - 14/04/1993
Appears to be a tape of Alan Parker, Urban Warrior From Radio 1

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S7ZrAa098g4