The Edgar Broughton Band burst on to the UK music scene in 1969 and were trail blazers for the underground counterculture, performing Rock music with a social conscience. Hailing from Warwick and featuring Edgar Broughton (guitars, vocals), Steve Broughton (drums, vocals) and Arthur Grant (bass, vocals), their hard-hitting approach over a series of hit albums for EMI’s Harvest label and appearances at the legendary Hyde Park Free Concerts earned them many loyal fans and several hit singles (including their anthem “Out Demons Out!“) and the reputation of being a true “people’s band.” In 1970 the band was expanded to include guitarist Victor Unitt.
The band’s relationship with the BBC began in January when they recorded their first session for John Peel’s Top Gear show. Peel was an early champion of the band, and this session appeared some months before their debut album “WASA WASA!” Over the next four years The Edgar Broughton Band recorded a number of sessions for Top Gear and Sounds Of The 70s along with two memorable In Concert appearances.
This new official 4xCD set gathers together these recordings, all newly remastered from the BBC masters and features 32 previously unreleased tracks.
NEW OFFICIAL 4CD REMASTERED CLAMSHELL BOX SET FEATURING ALL OF THE SURVIVING SESSIONS BY THE EDGAR BROUGHTON BAND RECORDED FOR THE BBC BETWEEN 1969 AND 1973.
- FEATURING 32 PREVIOUSLY UNRELEASED TRACKS.
- ALL TRACKS NEWLY REMASTERED FROM THE BBC MASTERS.
- INCLUDES AN ILLUSTRATED BOOKLET WITH ESSAY
- REVIEWS AND FEATURES IN NATIONAL NEWSPAPERS, PROGRESSIVE ROCK JOURNAL, UNCUT, MOJO, RECORD COLLECTOR AND PROG MAGAZINES PLUS COVERAGE ON RELEVANT WEBSITES AND FANZINES.
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Tracklist:
DISC ONE
BBC Studio sessions 1969-1973 Top Gear session 27.01.1969
1 Why Can’t Somebody Love Me
2 For What You Are About to Receive
Top Gear session 05.01.1970
3 There’s No Vibrations,But Wait!
4 Officer Dan
Top Gear session 01.09.1970
5 Freedom
6 The House of Turnabout
Top Gear session 03.07.1971
7 Hotel Room
8 Momma’s Reward
Top Gear session 09.08.1971
9 Poppy
10 Call Me a Liar
Top Gear session 09.08.1971
11 Side by Side / Sister Angela
12 Chilly Morning Momma
13 I Got Mad
Sounds of the 70s session 06.06.1972
14 Gone Blue
15 The Rake
Sounds of the 70s session 17.07.1973
16 Green Lights
17 Slow Down
DISC TWO
John Peel’s Sunday Concert 25th February 1971
1 Freedom
2 The Birth
3 What is a Woman For?
4 Drop Out Boogie
5 I Wanna Go Home
6 Poppy
DISC THREE
In Concert -11th May 1972 UK mono broadcast version
1 Side by Side
2 Call Me a Liar
3 Poppy
4 The Rake
5 Gone Blue
6 Chilly Morning Momma
7 I Got Mad (Soledad)
8 It’s Not You
9 Out Demons Out
DISC FOUR
In Concert – 11th May 1972
Stereo overseas broadcast version
1 Side by Side
2 Call Me a Liar
3 Poppy
4 The Rake
5 Gone Blue
6 Chilly Morning Momma
7 I Got Mad (Soledad)
8 It’s Not You
