BBC updates

When I posted CD 5 I had not realised that on 

26th July 2019 

Vogon 

issued a 7 track Top Gear Sessions on amazon digital, spotify etc

here we go around the lemon tree

Imposters of Life Magazine

Hey Grandma

The lady who said she could fly

Skeleton and the roundabout

Blueberry Blue

End of the road

CD 5 More BBC radio broadcasts

Using Jeff Lynne and Idle Race - The lost Radio Sessions to get some of these

Top Gear 8th Oct 67
01 Imposter of Life;s Magazines
02 Here we go round the lemon tree
03 Hey Gradma

Top Gear 25th Feb 68
04 The lady that said she could fly
05 Skeleton and the roundabout
06 Mrs Ward
07 Love me two times

Sound LT show 24 June 1968
08 Blueberry Blue
09 On with the show

Top Gear 22nd September 1968
10 Follow me follow
11 Pie in the Sky
12 Told you twice

Pop Sessions December 68
13 Follow me follow
14 Born to be wild
15 Frantic Desolation

Unknown 29th January 1969
12 Mr Crow and Sir Norman
13 Days of Broken Arrow
14 Sea of Dreams
15 Worn Red Carpet

Pop Session 27 May 1969
16 Days of broken arrow
17 Sea of dreams
18 Love me two times

Pop Session 22 June 1969
19 On with show
20 Days of broken arrow

Unknown 29 June 1969
21 Please no more sad songs
22 Sea of Dreams

The above is a re-ordered version of a bootleg CD.

Below is an extract from a John Peel book where the index lists sessions for the BBC
It adds more to the above, or the above needs tuning

CD 4 Time is

Time is album

01 Dancing Flower
02 Sad O'Sad
03 The Clock
04 I Will See You
05 By The Sun
06 Alcatraz
07 And The Rain
08 She Sang Hymns Out Of Tune
09 Bitter Green
10 We Want It All

A and B sides

11 In The Summertime
12 Told You Twice
13 Neanderthal Man
14 Victim Of Circumstance

At the BBC

David Symonds Show (7th January 1969)

15 Days of Broken Arrows
16 Word Red Carpet

David Symonds Show (16th September 1969)
17 Someone Knocking
18 Come with me
19 Please no more sad Songs

CD 3 Idle Race

Idle Race CD

01 Come With Me
02 Sea Of Dreams
03 Going Home
04 Reminds Me Of You
05 Mr. Crow And Sir Norman
06 Please No More Sad Songs
07 Girl At The Window
08 Big Chief Woolly Bosher
09 Someone Knocking
10 A Better Life (The Weather Man Knows)
11 Hurry Up John

A and B sides

12 Here We Go Round The Lemon Tree
13 My Father's Son
14 Impostors Of Life's Magazine
15 Knocking Nails Into My House
16 Days Of The Broken Arrows
17 Worn Red Carpet

Alternative mixes (from Back to Story)

18 Lucky Man
19 Follow Me Follow
20 Days Of The Broken Arrows

CD 2 Birthday Party Stereo

Source - upcoming 2 CD set

01 Skeleton And The Roundabout (Stereo)
02 Happy Birthday (Stereo)
03 The Birthday (Stereo)
04 I Like My Toys (Stereo) **
05 Morning Sunshine (Stereo)
06 Follow Me Follow (Stereo)
07 Sitting In My Tree (Stereo)
08 On With The Show (Stereo)
09 Lucky Man (Stereo)
10 Don't Put Your Boys In The Army, Mrs. Ward (Stereo)
11 Pie In The Sky (Stereo)
12 The Lady Who Said She Could Fly (Stereo)
13 End Of The Road (Stereo)

** If this is stereo then we might add the Electronically Processed Stereo version from the Sunset 1976 album as a bonus track at the end.

Rest could be snippets from the Acetates on youtube etc

14 Sitting on a sofa  (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T2DLkxvKZIk)
15 On my way (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s4txP2nTw54)
16 Knocking nails  (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1hmW1Cbi5_Q)
17 Reminds me of you (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1hmW1Cbi5_Q)
18 Its just a matter of time (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=26sgolhhDNc)
19 Knocking nails (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VFe-xuJyStU)
20 Take a bow (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xg5ZAXFmWp4&feature=youtu.be)
21 end of the road acetate version (http://www.jefflynnesongs.com/popup.php?data=EndOfTheRoad196830_popupplus) (http://www.elodiscovery.com/Jeff-Lynne-Electric-Light-Orchestra-News-05-06-07-08-2013.html)

Known but no versions around

22 Mr Crow and Sir Norman (http://www.jefflynnesongs.com/popup.php?data=MrCrowAndSirNorman196911_popupplus)
23 Adventurous Sailor (http://forum.rollingstone.de/foren/topic/electric-light-orchestra-elo-jeff-lynne/page/386/)

CD 1 Birthday Party mono

Basic source

2 Nightriders (tracks from Back to Story Initial release)
Birthday Party Mono (tracks from up coming release)

therefore

01 Its Only the Dog
02 Your Friend
03 Skeleton And The Roundabout (Mono)
04 Happy Birthday (Mono)
05 The Birthday (Mono)
06 I Like My Toys (Mono)
07 Morning Sunshine (Mono)
08 Follow Me Follow (Mono)
09 Sitting In My Tree (Mono)
10 On With The Show (Mono)
11 Lucky Man  (Mono)
12 Don't Put Your Boys In The Army, Mrs. Ward (Mono)
13 Pie In The Sky (Mono)
14 The Lady Who Said She Could Fly (Mono)
15 End Of The Road (Mono)

Leaves a bit of space on the disc,  but we could fill it with jingles.

 https://clyp.it/user/woubtbi1 (below are in order from)

16 BBC Jingle Idle Race (End of the Road promo) (33 seconds)
17 BBC Jingle Idle Race promo (End of the Road promo perhaps) (30 seconds)
18 Another radio Jingle Idle Race (Just for Fun at end) (22 seconds)
19 BBC Radio Jingle for Idle Race ("We are the Idle Race(rs)") (62 seconds)
20 Idle Race radio Jingle (Dave Symonds jingle) (31 seconds)
21 Kenny Everett 1 (21 seconds)

http://www.themillrecordingstudio.com/Idle.html

22 Kenny Everett Jingle 2 (28 seconds)

23 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MOOeAA7Z0dc

24 https://clyp.it/qqvfzot2/widget

25 Kennys Radio Victory Jingle record to I like my Toys https://soundcloud.com/billpadley/radio-victory-kenny-everett

But post on FTM suggests other Nightriders tracks, but as we know Jeff and his quality control will probably only allow one or two.

Initial Idea

After reading about

The Idle Race: The Birthday Party 2CD Expandded Digipak Edition 

and having seen

the idle race big on FTMusic

A complete Idle Race biography is currently being prepared as part of EMI Records forthcoming 5-CD Idle Race box set anthology, 'On With The Show'.
Featuring remastered editions of the groups original albums (including the rare mono mix of debut album 'The Birthday Party') plus single A & B sides, previously unreleased material, BBC sessions and more!

More updates soon…

[Last update was around 2006]

I began to think about what the 5 CDs would be:

Using the above

CD 1 Nightriders and Mono Birthday party
CD 2 Stereo birthday party and singles A and B
CD 3 Time is and singles A and B
CD 4 BBC sessions 1
CD 5 BBC sessions 2

More as I get my head around the track listings and the snippets of info out there.