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Robyn Hitchcock
This Is the BBC
Genres: Alternative Rock, Folk, Pop, Rock

Track Listings (14) - Disc #1
1. Man With A Woman's Shadow
2. Heliotrope
3. De Chirico Street
4. The Cheese Alarm
5. Jewels For Sophia
6. Polly On The Shore
7. Where Do You Go When You Die?
8. I Saw Nick Drake
9. It Takes A Lot To Laugh, It Takes A Train To Cry
10. Andy Kershaw Jingle
11. Birds In Perspex
12. Sally Was A Legend
13. Elizabeth Jade
14. Madonna Of The Wasps

CD Details

All Artists: Robyn Hitchcock
Title: This Is the BBC
Members Wishing: 5
Total Copies: 0
Label: Hux Records
Original Release Date: 1/1/2006
Re-Release Date: 4/3/2006
Genres: Alternative Rock, Folk, Pop, Rock
Styles: Indie & Lo-Fi, Singer-Songwriters, Folk Rock
Number of Discs: 1
SwapaCD Credits: 1
UPC: 682970000749

Synopsis

Album Description

This Is The BBC was compiled by Robyn himself and features the best of his BBC radio sessions, recorded between 1995 & 1999. This compilation features unreleased versions of many favorite Hitchcock originals, along with Robyn's unique interpretations of Bob Dylan's 'It Take A Lot To Laugh, It Takes A Train To Cry' and the traditional folk tune 'Polly On The Shore'. The accompanying 12 page full color booklet includes photos and paintings by Robyn, song lyrics and an original Robyn Hitchcock poem. Hux.

CD Reviews

Arguably, among his best live releases

wm | ...onward....thru the fog! | 05/03/2006

(5 out of 5 stars)

"If you read some of the reviews of Robyn's incredibly prolific releases over the years, be they live or studio records, you might run across comments like "...not as good as his (fill in the blank) live album or studio release..".

That's kind of like saying one Beatles album isn't as good as another. Admittedly, there may be one or two near misses among the 20+ releases in my Hitchcock collection, but it's difficult to say one of his records is better or worse than another. He's gone through phases, but it's all good.

As to this live collection from the late 90s, here he's picked some of the best of the best, not only from the excellent studio albums of the period, but also digging back about a decade to the late 80s. My only complaint is that the song sequence intersperses songs from one session among another, but that's a very small complaint. The sound quality is excellent....very intimate, as you'd expect from a radio session, and without any audience sound, which at times can be distracting.

As with a fine wine, Robyn just keeps getting better with time.

Looking forward to the next chapter from this unbelievably underrated song writer and guitarist."

Another little gem...

W. D. Scales | Reidsville, NC | 11/09/2006

(4 out of 5 stars)

"This work, while not as diverse as THE KERSHAW SESSIONS, still stands very well on its ow. The production is clean, the performances are relaxed and tight, and the song selections range over several years from about 1994 to 2005. An excellent companion piece to THE KERSHAW SESSIONS, and somother than OBLITERATION PIE. Worth the price, for certain."