The Associates - Radio 1 Sessions 1981-1983Another request. I wasn't aware that the Associates Radio 1 Sessions Collections were out of print, but judging by the silly money they're currently going for, it would seem to be the case.
We've got the first four sessions the Associates did for Radio 1 here, two with the classic Mackenzie/Rankin line up (including an early version of Waiting For The Love Boat and a slightly dubby version of Australia), a couple of torch songs that he performed at Ronnie Scott's and something from around the time of Perhaps (the songs here perhaps more lively than the somewhat overcooked versions on Perhaps, includes an entertaining alternate version of Perhaps with Steve Reid on improvised vocals that was never aired for some reason...). Solid gold in every song. Enjoy!
(Part 2 coming soon...)
3 comments:
Thanks very much! This is an excellent compilation from the band.
The version of Love Hangover from the BBC Session had a dramatic effect on me. I caught it on a late night John Peel taping session and I listened to it again and again. Something about all that sighing and laughing and sexy stuff from Martha Ladley... I have this CD somewhere and they've cut most of the bloody intro off. Why would they do that?
And A Severe Bout of Career Insecurity too. I'd never heard anything so spontaneous before, seemingly on the brink of true bi-polar hysteria.
Yep, this was one of the things that changed my whole musical world. This was just before Sulk's release I think - Mackenzie and Rankin at their most creative, untouchable and inspired. So glad to find it's still out here somewhere...
In fact, now I think of it, the Associates is where I got my stupid online name here from...
Atall's two words, could they be soldered as one. Therein lies the perfect pseudonym.
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