Greenslade

At The BBC

Greenslade’s innovative, groundbreaking and dynamic performances captured by the BBC on two discs

Featuring all of Greenslade's BBC sessions, recorded between 1973 and 1974
Includes two In Concert performances recorded a year apart, offering a glimpse of the excellence of the band in a live environment
24-page booklet with an interview of Dave Greenslade and liner notes by Chris Welch
Approx 120 mins of music, 20 tracks, fully remastered

Formed in September 1972 in the wake of Colosseum’s split by ex-members keyboard player Dave Greenslade and bassist Tony Reeves, with keyboardist Dave Lawson and drummer Andrew McCulloch, Greenslade made their live debut at Frankfurt's Zoom Club in November 1972. In January 1973 Greenslade recorded their first BBC session for Bob Harris’s Sounds Of The 70s and their TV debut followed a few weeks later, on BBC’s The Old Grey Whistle Test. Later BBC sessions included two In Concert in April 1973 and November 1974. The caliber Greenslade’s members ensured that the group would be innovative, groundbreaking and dynamic in their musical approach, and would also be notable due to the absence of a guitarist within their ranks. Originally issued in February 1973, Greenslade was a fine debut album and featured such future classic compositions as 'Feathered Friends', 'Melange', Drowning Man' and 'Sundance'. Considered by many to be at their finest on stage, this release is a great opportunity to trace the band’s evolution through the BBC’s airwaves. In 2000, Greenslade and Reeves, teamed up with vocalist/keyboardist John Young, and recorded a new Greenslade studio album: Large Afternoon. Drummer John Trotter joined in time for a subsequent tour, during which the live album Greenslade 2001 – Live: The Full Edition was recorded.

Tracklist

DISC ONE

BBC Radio 1 Sounds Of The ‘70s with Bob Harris, recorded 10 January, first broadcast 29 January 1973

Temple Song 4:08

Dave Greenslade, Dave Lawson. G H Music Ltd

Feathered Friends 6:52

Dave Greenslade, Dave Lawson. G H Music Ltd

An English Western 3:38

Dave Greenslade. G H Music Ltd

BBC Radio 1 In Concert, recorded at the BBC Paris Theatre, London, 5 April 1973, first broadcast 5 May 1973. Introduced by Alan Black

Sundance 8:25

Dave Greenslade. G H Music Ltd

The Drowning Man 6:15

Dave Greenslade. G H Music Ltd

Feathered Friends 6:42

Dave Greenslade, Dave Lawson. G H Music Ltd

Melange 7:47

Dave Greenslade, Dave Lawson, Tony Reeves. G H Music Ltd

Dave Greenslade, electric piano, mellotron; Dave Lawson, Hammond organ, vocals, vibes; Tony Reeves, bass; Andrew McCulloch, drums.

BBC Radio 1 Sounds Of The ‘70s with Bob Harris, recorded 31 October, first broadcast 3 December 1973

Time To Dream 3:45

Dave Greenslade, Dave Lawson. G H Music Ltd

Bedside Manners Are Extra 5:25

Dave Greenslade, Dave Lawson. G H Music Ltd

Pilgrim’s Progress 6:40

Dave Greenslade. EMI Music Publishing Ltd

DISC TWO

The Old Grey Whistle Test, 20 November 1973

Bedside Manners Are Extra 4:58

Dave Greenslade, Dave Lawson. G H Music Ltd

Pilgrim’s Progress 5:50

Dave Greenslade. EMI Music Publishing Ltd

BBC Radio 1 In Concert, recorded at the BBC Paris Theatre, London, 7 November 1974, broadcast 16 November 1974

Joie De Vivre 10:03

Dave Greenslade, Martin Hall. G H Music Ltd

Bedside Manners Are Extra 5:55

Dave Greenslade, Dave Lawson. G H Music Ltd

Sundance 13:55

Dave Greenslade. G H Music Ltd

Red Light 3:08

Dave Lawson. G H Music Ltd

Spirit Of The Dance 3:19

Dave Greenslade. G H Music Ltd

Dave Lawson, ARP synthesizer, clavinet, RMI piano, vocals; Dave Greenslade, Hammond organ, mellotron, Fender piano; Tony Reeves, bass, Andrew McCulloch, drums.

BBC Radio 1, Bob Harris, recorded 6 November 1974, first broadcast 16 December 1974