At the BBC (3CD + DVD Set) (PAL/Region 0) [Box set, Import]

Siouxsie & The Banshees | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (May 26, 2009)
• Number of Discs: 4
• Format: Box set, Import
• Note on Boxed Sets: During shipping, discs in boxed sets occasionally become dislodged without damage. Please examine and play these discs. If you are not completely satisfied, we'll refund or replace your purchase.
• Label: POLYDOR UK
• ASIN: B001UJGK7C
• Average Customer Review: 4.6 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (10 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #80,321 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

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Disc 1
1. Love In A Void [John Peel 29/11/77]
2. Mirage [John Peel 29/11/77]
3. Metal Postcard [John Peel 29/11/77]
4. Suburban Relapse [John Peel 29/11/77]
5. Hong Kong Garden [John Peel 6/2/78]
6. Overground [John Peel 6/2/78]
7. Carcass [John Peel 6/2/78]
8. Helter Skelter [John Peel 6/2/78]
9. Placebo Effect [John Peel 9/4/79]
10. Playground Twist [John Peel 9/4/79]
11. Regal Zone [John Peel 9/4/79]
12. Poppy Day [John Peel 9/4/79]
13. Halloween [John Peel 10/2/81]
14. Voodoo Dolly [John Peel 10/2/81]
15. But Not Them [John Peel 10/2/81]
16. Into The Light [John Peel 10/2/81]
17. Arabian Knights Richard Skinner Show - Recorded 4.6.81. Transmitted 16.6.81
18. Red Over White Richard Skinner Show - Recorded 4.6.81. Transmitted 16.6.81
19. Head Cut Richard Skinner Show - Recorded 4.6.81. Transmitted 16.6.81
20. Supernatural Thing Richard Skinner Show - Recorded 4.6.81. Transmitted 16.6.81
Disc 2
1. Coal Mind Kid Jensen Show - Recorded 13.5.82. Transmitted 24.5.82.
2. Green Fingers Kid Jensen Show - Recorded 13.5.82. Transmitted 24.5.82.
3. Painted Bird Kid Jensen Show - Recorded 13.5.82. Transmitted 24.5.82.
4. Cascade Kid Jensen Show - Recorded 13.5.82. Transmitted 24.5.82.
5. Candyman [John Peel 10/2/81]
6. Cannons [John Peel 10/2/81]
7. Lands End [John Peel 10/2/81]
8. Shooting Sun Janice Long Show - Recorded 11.1.87. Transmitted 2.2.87.
9. Song From The Edge Of The World Janice Long Show - Recorded 11.1.87. Transmitted 2.2.87.
10. Little Johnny Jewel Janice Long Show - Recorded 11.1.87. Transmitted 2.2.87.
11. Something Blue Janice Long Show - Recorded 11.1.87. Transmitted 2.2.87.
12. Green Fingers Apollo Theatre, Oxford In Concert - Recorded 14.11.85
13. Bring Me The Head Of A Preacher Man Apollo Theatre, Oxford In Concert- Recorded 14.11.85
14. Sweetest Chill Apollo Theatre, Oxford In Concert- Recorded 14.11.85
15. Cannons Apollo Theatre, Oxford In Concert- Recorded 14.11.85
16. Melt! Apollo Theatre, Oxford In Concert- Recorded 14.11.85
17. Candyman Apollo Theatre, Oxford In Concert- Recorded 14.11.85
18. Lands End Apollo Theatre, Oxford In Concert- Recorded 14.11.85
Disc 3
1. Night Shift Apollo Theatre, Oxford In Concert - Recorded 14.11.85
2. 92 Degrees Apollo Theatre, Oxford In Concert - Recorded 14.11.85
3. Pulled To Bits Apollo Theatre, Oxford In Concert - Recorded 14.11.85
4. Switch Apollo Theatre, Oxford In Concert - Recorded 14.11.85
5. Happy House Apollo Theatre, Oxford In Concert - Recorded 14.11.85
6. Cities In Dust Apollo Theatre, Oxford In Concert - Recorded 14.11.85
7. The Last Beat Of My Heart Royal Albert Hall, London- Recorded 12.9.88.
8. The Killing Jar Royal Albert Hall, London- Recorded 12.9.88.
9. Christine Royal Albert Hall, London- Recorded 12.9.88.
10. The Wheel's On Fire Royal Albert Hall, London- Recorded 12.9.88.
11. Something Blue Royal Albert Hall, London- Recorded 12.9.88.
12. Rawhead And Bloody Bones Royal Albert Hall, London- Recorded 12.9.88.
13. Carousel Royal Albert Hall, London- Recorded 12.9.88.
14. Rhapsody Royal Albert Hall, London- Recorded 12.9.88.
15. Skin Royal Albert Hall, London- Recorded 12.9.88.
16. Spellbound Royal Albert Hall, London- Recorded 12.9.88.
17. Hong Kong Garden Royal Albert Hall, London- Recorded 12.9.88. --Tracklisting Disc 1 - 3

Disc 4 (DVD) Side 1
1. Metal Postcard The Old Grey Whistle Test: 07/11/1978 Stereo
2. Jigsaw Feeling The Old Grey Whistle Test: 07/11/1978 Stereo
3. Playground Twist Top Of The Pops: 12/07/1979 Stereo
4. Love In A Void Something Else 03/11/1979 Stereo
5. Regal Zone Something Else 03/11/1979 Stereo
6. Happy House Top Of The Pops Date: 10/04/1980 Stereo
7. Israel Something Else: 15/12/1980 Stereo
8. Tenant Something Else: 15/12/1980 Stereo
9. Israel Rock Goes To College: 09/03/1981Stereo
10. Spellbound Rock Goes To College: 09/03/1981 Stereo
11. Arabian Knights Rock Goes To College: 09/03/1981 Stereo
12. Halloween Rock Goes To College: 09/03/1981 Stereo
13. Night Shift Rock Goes To College: 09/03/1981 Stereo
14. But Not Them Rock Goes To College: 09/03/1981 Stereo
15. Voodoo Dolly Rock Goes To College: 09/03/1981 Stereo
16. Eve White/Eve Black Rock Goes To College: 09/03/1981 Stereo
17. Spellbound Top Of The Pops 04/06/1981 Stereo
18. Fireworks Top Of The Pops Date: 03/06/1982 Stereo
19. Melt! The Old Grey Whistle Test 12/11/1982
20. Painted Bird The Old Grey Whistle Test 12/11/1982
21. Melt! Oxford Road Show 03/12/1982 Stereo
22. Overground Oxford Road Show 03/12/1982 Stereo
23. Dear Prudence - Extra First Transmitted 29/09/1983 Top of the Pops
24. Dear Prudence Top Of The Pops 29/12/1983 Stereo
25. Swimming Horses Top Of The Pops 29/03/1984 Stereo
26. Cities In Dust Whistle Test Date: 29/10/1985 Stereo
27. Lands End Whistle Test Date: 29/10/1985 Stereo
28. This Wheel's On Fire Top Of The Pops 22/01/1987 Stereo
29. Peek-A-Boo Top Of The Pops 28/07/1988 Stereo
30. Kiss Them For Me Top Of The Pops 30/05/1991 Stereo
Disc 4 (DVD) Side 2 (DVD Audio)
1. Metal Postcard The Old Grey Whistle Test: 07/11/1978 Surround Sound
2. Jigsaw Feeling The Old Grey Whistle Test: 07/11/1978 Surround Sound
3. Playground Twist Top Of The Pops: 12/07/1979 Surround Sound
4. Love In A Void Something Else 03/11/1979 Surround Sound
5. Regal Zone Something Else 03/11/1979 Surround Sound
6. Happy House Top Of The Pops Date: 10/04/1980 Surround Sound
7. Israel Something Else: 15/12/1980 Surround Sound
8. Tenant Something Else: 15/12/1980 Surround Sound
9. Israel Rock Goes To College: 09/03/1981 Surround Sound
10. Spellbound Rock Goes To College: 09/03/1981 Surround Sound
11. Arabian Knights Rock Goes To College: 09/03/1981 Surround Sound
12. Halloween Rock Goes To College: 09/03/1981 Surround Sound
13. Night Shift Rock Goes To College: 09/03/1981 Surround Sound
14. But Not Them Rock Goes To College: 09/03/1981 Surround Sound
15. Voodoo Dolly Rock Goes To College: 09/03/1981 Surround Sound
16. Eve White/Eve Black Rock Goes To College: 09/03/1981 Surround Sound
17. Spellbound Top Of The Pops 04/06/1981 Surround Sound
18. Fireworks Top Of The Pops Date: 03/06/1982 Surround Sound
19. Melt! The Old Grey Whistle Test 12/11/1982 Surround Sound
20. Painted Bird The Old Grey Whistle Test 12/11/1982 Surround Sound
21. Melt! Oxford Road Show 03/12/1982 Surround Sound
22. Overground Oxford Road Show 03/12/1982 Surround Sound
23. Dear Prudence - Extra First Transmitted 29/09/1983 Top of the Pops Surround Sound
24. Dear Prudence Top Of The Pops 29/12/1983 Surround Soundn
25. Swimming Horses Top Of The Pops 29/03/1984 Surround Sound
26. Cities In Dust Whistle Test Date: 29/10/1985 Surround Sound
27. Lands End Whistle Test Date: 29/10/1985 Surround Sound
28. This Whe --Tracklisting Disc 4 DVD

Product Description

Siouxsie and the Banshees at the BBC is a stunning 84-track, all digitally-remastered, 4 disc hard-back book set of exclusive BBC sessions, live concert tracks and TV performances recorded between 1977 2001 split across 3CDs and a DVD. All tracks hand picked by the band and featuring Siouxsie s introduction to the liner notes.

Includes alternative versions of 18 classic hit singles Hong Kong Garden, Playground Twist, Arabian Nights, Candy Man, Happy House, Cities In Dust, The Last Beat of My Heart, The Killing Jar, Christine, Melt!, Wheels on Fire, Spellbound, Israel, Fireworks, Dear Prudence, Peek-a-Boo and Kiss Them For Me, Swimming Horses,

Discs 1 and 2 feature key session tracks from 1977 1987 and a concert recording from the Apollo Theatre in Oxford in 1985. Includes the complete John Peel sessions alongside sessions recorded for Kid Jensen, Richard Skinner and Janice Long. Features 21 unreleased versions.

Disc 3 contains highlights from their BBC concert recordings at the Apollo Theatre in Oxford and the Royal Albert Hall in London in 1988, where the band performed a storming set 3 nights in a row to a sold out crowd. Highlights include a breathtaking Last Beat of My Heart , Christine and a rip roaring crowd pleasing end of show version of Hong Kong Garden.

Disc 4 is the real gem; a 29 track DVD of the band s BBC TV performances. Features the complete Old Grey Whistle Test broadcasts from 1978, 1982 and 1985, the Something Else performances from 1979 and 1980, the Rock Goes to College broadcast from 1981 and the band s complete Top of the Pops performances, complete, in places, with cheesy intros. This is a fantastic visual documentary of the band, starting with the OGWT performance of tracks from their debut album in1978; Metal Postcard and Jigsaw Feeling through the dark years of Juju, performed for the Rock Goes to College show and culminating with the beautifully pure pop bliss of Kiss Them For Me from Superstition.

Includes a fantastic 30 page booklet with extensive sleeve notes by Paul Morley. Features interviews with all the band members and a unique and insightful introduction written by Siouxsie.

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19 of 21 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars REQUIRED LISTENING, VIEWING, & READING FOR THE SIOUXSIE AND THE BANSHEES FAN, June 11, 2009

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Anthony G. "Classic Rock Fan" (New York City) - See all my reviews

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So, if you're a Banshees fan, just buy this. If you've bought the brand new, beautiful-looking (and more importantly, BEAUTIFULLY-SOUNDING -- YOU HAVEN'T HEARD THESE ALBUMS TRULY UNTIL YOU HEAR THEM IN 21ST CENTURY SOUND) crop of Siouxsie remasters (1982-1986), buy this excellent collection. This is a great companion to DOWNSIDE UP, because this prodigious collection has its own quirky mannerisms about it, just like that 2004 B-sides collection does. In fact, there is a goodly amount of B-side renditions on this BBC box set; some of the best being, "Red Over White" (this must be the precursor to their now-Classic THE THORN version, and just as good), "Head Cut" (I might like this version over the album version...Siouxsie completely loses her vocal mind on this one), and their version of "Supernatural Thing" puts their B-side version in a premature grave...the band gets very funky and R&B-ish on this one at BBC; "Coal Mind", "Shooting Sun", "Something Blue" ...there really isn't a bad rendition of any of the classic A or B or Album tracks on the whole thing. And the John Peel stuff (especially from the JOIN HANDS period onwards) is CLASSIC, as is the Skinner, Jensen, and Long sessions in the 1980s.

For those fans who purchased THE SEVEN YEAR ITCH in 2003 and thought there was something defective w/ their CD (I think you know what I mean), Discs 2 and 3 of this box set make up for that loss: Siouxsie has the CLASSIC Siouxsie range here, and, for the most part (you have to keep in mind, folks, that throughout these two concert performances, she's dancing and gesticulating her soul out), HITS THE FAMILIAR NOTES we all know and love. For you Gen-Y or 3rd generation Siouxsie fans, who never got to hear them live, this is a great 24 song collection to comfort yourselves w/ and really get the gist of what their live material sounded like in the hey day (old and new Banshees fans alike, this live concert collection rivals, and, perhaps, even bests the NOCTURNE concert of 1983; and for proof, listen to "Preacher Man", "Sweetest Chill", "Melt!", "Night Shift" (whoa! this version may be better than the JUJU version), "Pulled to Bits" and "Switch") -- 1985 - 1988, especially the selection of songs from the PEEPSHOW TOUR in '88, which was the tour to see them in if you were ever going to see them in concert. I was at the mid-October concert in NYC at Radio City Music Hall in 1988, at the tender age of 14 (my Mom had to take me), watching the skinheads, bondage freaks, Hardcores, and Punks up close in my conservative clothes...quite an experience. That was the 1st time I ever saw a female rocker singing and dancing at the same time (Tina Turner was the only other one I'd seen on TV doing that, and it amazed me), while able to hit and hold notes, doing ballet splits and high kicks, spinning from one side of the stage to the other. Even my Mother was impressed by this cool, 31 year old lady, who had more than meets the eye going for her. When I heard the recorded tracks from Disc 3 of their Peepshow tour at The Royal Albert Hall (they never seemed to have bad gigs there, did they?...NOCTURNE just gave them forever good juju at that venue, pun intended), just one month before they came over to America and NYC, it gave me vivid soundtrack memories of a show that I still remember...I still remember the lighting effects, set design, the set list (though I never got a tour program, I looked at one), which is very much the same here on this box set. So, young fans, don't despair that you couldn't hear them then; it's here in a very good sampling (wait 'til you hear the triple attack that is "Skin" / "Spellbound" / and "Hong Kong Garden" -- CLASSIC!).

Disc 4 is a compilation of their live TV performances from 1978 to 1991. For those of you who've seen ragged, jagged pieces of these performances on YOUTUBE, these versions are clean, remastered, and pretty clear for TV shows. People, this DVD doesn't seem to play on American DVD players, but it does on PC DVD players and/or CD-ROMS, so keep that in mind. Anyone who doubts Siouxsie's natural singing ability, give a listen and an eye to the early live versions of "Metal Postcard" (virtually the same as her version from THE SCREAM), "Jigsaw Feeling", "Playground Twist" (yes, she's singing that one live...a rarity on "Top of the Pops"; just like it was a rarity for Debbie Harry and Stevie Nicks to be allowed to perform live on "Solid Gold" over here in America), and the truly haunting Alt. Jazz song that is "Tenant". If you could show only one performance to give example of what The Group was about, this might be it.

Also, the Essay and Liner Notes by Long Time Siouxsie Critic and Fan, Paul Morley are excellent. He seems the best scholar of the band, and writes in the most poetic, eloquent manner that it reads like literary Nonfiction. He could write poetry, short fiction, novels, whatever. And, the mastering and remastering is mind-blowing. It's like you're sitting inside the BBC studios w/ them, or right next to the console at their concerts.

19 of 24 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars And A Young Robert Smith From The Cure On Guitar . . ., June 2, 2009

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As Amazon does not list the songs on DISC 4 - The DVD, here they are with recording locations and dates:

1. Metal Postcard - The Old Grey Whistle Test: Nov 07,1978 Stereo
2. Jigsaw Feeling - The Old Grey Whistle Test: Nov 07,1978 Stereo
3. Playground Twist - Top Of The Pops: Jul 12, 1979 Stereo
4. Love In A Void w/ ROBERT SMITH - Something Else: Nov 03,1979
5. Regal Zone w/ ROBERT SMITH - Something Else: Nov 03,1979
6. Happy House - Top Of The Pops Apr 10, 1980
7. Israel - Something Else: Dec 15, 1980
8. Tenant - Something Else: Dec 15, 1980
9. Israel - Rock Goes To College: Mar 9, 1981
10. Spellbound - Rock Goes To College: Mar 9, 1981
11. Arabian Knights - Rock Goes To College: Mar 9, 1981
12. Halloween - Rock Goes To College: Mar 9, 1981
13. Night Shift - Rock Goes To College: Mar 9, 1981
14. But Not Them - Rock Goes To College: Mar 9, 1981
15. Voodoo Dolly - Rock Goes To College: Mar 9, 1981
16. Eve White/Eve Black - Rock Goes To College: Mar 9, 1981
17. Spellbound - Top Of The Pops: Jun 4,1981
18. Fireworks - Top Of The Pops: Jun 3, 1982
19. Melt! w/ ROBERT SMITH - The Old Grey Whistle Test: Nov 12, 1982
20. Painted Bird w/ ROBERT SMITH - The Old Grey Whistle Test: Nov 12, 1982
21. Melt! - Oxford Road Show Dec 3, 1982
22. Overground - Oxford Road Show Dec 3, 1982
23. Dear Prudence w/ ROBERT SMITH: - Top Of The Pops Sep 29, 1983
24. Swimming Horses - Top Of The Pops: Mar 29, 1984
25. Cities In Dust - Old Grey Whistle Test: Oct 29, 1985
26. Lands End - Old Grey Whistle Test: Oct 29, 1985
27. This Wheel's On Fire - Top Of The Pops: Jan 22, 1987
28. Peek-A-Boo - Top Of The Pops: Jul 28, 1988
29. Kiss Them For Me - Top Of The Pops: May 30, 1991

5 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Buyer beware: The DVD is not in U.S. format, June 26, 2009

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This review is from: At the BBC (3CD + DVD Set) (PAL/Region 0) (Audio CD)

Amazon has changed its initial description of the DVD in this set. Originally listed as NTSC (U.S. format) it's actually in the PAL format, which means it won't be able to be played on most DVD players sold in the U.S. Some laptop and desktop computers will play the disc, since it's in the Region 0 PAL format, but this should be a consideration when deciding whether to purchase this disc.
Also, I pre-ordered this item in April and it still hasn't arrived. Amazon now says it's on backorder, and they don't know when they're getting in their shipment.