Siouxsie & The Banshees at the BBC

[Monochrome]

Monumentale release (3cd +dvd) in uscita il 25 Maggio.
Siouxsie and the Banshees at the BBC’ is a stunning 84-track, all digitally-remastered, 4 disc hard-back book set of exclusive BBC sessions, live concert tracks and TV performances recorded between 1977 – 2001 split across 3CDs and a DVD. All tracks hand picked by the band and featuring Siouxsie’s introduction to the liner notes.

Includes alternative versions of 18 classic hit singles – Hong Kong Garden, Playground Twist, Arabian Nights, Candy Man, Happy House, Cities In Dust, The Last Beat of My Heart, The Killing Jar, Christine, Melt!, Wheels on Fire, Spellbound, Israel, Fireworks, Dear Prudence, Peek-a-Boo and Kiss Them For Me, Swimming Horses,

Discs 1 and 2 feature key session tracks from 1977 – 1987 and a concert recording from the Apollo Theatre in Oxford in 1985. Includes the complete John Peel sessions alongside sessions recorded for Kid Jensen, Richard Skinner and Janice Long. Features 21 unreleased versions.

Disc 3 contains highlights from their BBC concert recordings at the Apollo Theatre in Oxford 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..

Disc 4 is the real gem; a 29 track DVD of the band’s BBC TV performances. Features the complete Old Grey Whistle Test broadcasts from 1978, 1982 and 1985, the Something Else performances from 1979 and 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 in1978; 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.

Includes a fantastic 30 page booklet with extensive sleeve notes by Paul Morley. Features interviews with all the band members and a unique and insightful introduction written by Siouxsie.
Siouxsie and the Banshees at the BBC
Disc 1

Love In A Void
Mirage
Metal
Suburban Relapse
‘John Peel’ - Recorded 29.11.77. Transmitted 5.12.77.

Hong Kong Garden
Overground
Carcass
Helter Skelter
‘John Peel’ - Recorded 6.2.78. Transmitted 23.2.78.

Placebo Effect
Playground Twist
Regal Zone
Poppy Day
‘John Peel’ - Recorded 9.4.79. Transmitted 16.4.79.

Halloween
Voodoo Dolly
But Not Them
Into The Light
‘John Peel’ - Recorded 10.2.81. Transmitted 18.2.81.

Arabian Nights
Red Over White
Headcut
Supernatural Thing
‘Richard Skinner’ - Recorded 4.6.81. Transmitted 16.6.81.

Disc 2

Coal Mind
Greenfingers
Painted Bird
Cascade
‘Kid Jensen’ - Recorded 13.5.82. Transmitted 24.5.82.

Candy Man
Cannons
Lands End
‘John Peel’ - Recorded 28.1.86. Transmitted 3.2.86.

Shooting Sun
Song From The Edge Of The World
Little Johnny Jewel
Something Blue
‘Janice Long’ - Recorded 11.1.87. Transmitted 2.2.87.

Green Fingers
Bring Me The Head Of The Preacherman
Sweetest Chill
Cannons
Melt
Candyman
Land's End
Apollo Theatre, Oxford ‘In Concert’ - Recorded 14.11.85.

Disc 3

Nightshift
92 Degrees
Pulled to Bits
Switch
Happy House
Cities in Dust
Apollo Theatre, Oxford ‘In Concert’ - Recorded 14.11.85.

The Last Beat Of My Heart
The Killing Jar
Christine
This Wheel’s On Fire
Something Blue
Rawhead And Bloody Bones
Carousel
Rhapsody
Skin
Spellbound
Hong Kong Garden
Royal Albert Hall, London- Recorded 12.9.88.

Disc 4 DVD

Metal Postcard
Jigsaw Feeling
The Old Grey Whistle Test 07/11/1978

Playground Twist
Top Of The Pops: 12/07/1979

Love in a Void
Regal Zone
Something Else 03/11/1979

Happy House
Top Of The Pops Date: 10/04/1980

Israel
Tenant
Something Else: 15/12/1980

Israel
Spellbound
Arabian Knights
Halloween
Night Shift
But Not Them
Voodoo Dolly
Eve White, Eve Black
Rock Goes To College: 09/03/1981

Spellbound
Top Of The Pops 04/06/1981

Fireworks
Top Of The Pops Date: 03/06/1982

Melt!
Painted Bird
The Old Grey Whistle Test 12/11/1982

Melt!
Overground
Oxford Road Show 03/12/1982

Dear Prudence
Top Of The Pops 29/09/1983

Dear Prudence
Top of the Pops 29/12/83

Swimming Horses
Top Of The Pops 29/03/1984

Cities in Dust
Lands End
The Old Grey Whistle Test Date: 29/10/1985

This Wheel's on Fire
Top Of The Pops 22/01/1987

Peek-A-Boo
Top Of The Pops 28/07/1988

Kiss Them For Me
Top Of The Pops 30/05/1991

[enry]

Sono indeciso, prezzo al negozio 39.90.
Mmm...aspetto un po', finisco la tessera e poi - forse - lo prendo a 19.90 euro.

[prince rupert]

Uscita che nulla toglie e nulla aggiunge al mito di Siouxsie e dei suoi Banhees.
Operazione che mi sa di raschiata del fondo del barile...

[enry]

Si, senza dubbio. Però a 19.90 si potrebbe anche fare...a 40 no!

[Monochrome]

Da buon fan sfegatato di Siouxsie, l'ho ordinato e poi il dvd è una chicca!!

[Monochrome]

Ora che me lo sono gustato per bene, lo posso dire dire con convinzione: IMPERDIBILE per ogni fan dei Banshees!!!!!

[enry]

Preso.
Il dvd è davvero una chicca, la resa audio ottima con diversi brani che suonano più tosti e decisi.
Una raschiata di barile di tutto rispetto.