BBC Sessions: Natural Born Boogie [Live]

Humble Pie | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (February 29, 2000)
• Original Release Date: February 29, 2000
• Number of Discs: 1
• Format: Live
• Label: Varese Sarabande
• ASIN: B00004NH84
• Average Customer Review: 2.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #316,946 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

1. Natural Born Bugie

2. The Sad Bag of Shaky Jake

3. Heartbeat

4. Desperation

5. The Big Black Dog

6. Rilling Stone

7. 4 Day Creep

8. The Light

9. Black Coffee

10. I Don't Need No Doctor

Customer Reviews

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19 of 22 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Never Tasted So Good, April 22, 2003

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Carlo Matthews "carlo" (Been Moving Around) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: BBC Sessions: Natural Born Boogie (Audio CD)

With Frampton still on board for over half of these live-in- the-studio sessions, and axeman Clem Clempson plugging in for the rest of the proceedings, this juicy selection of some of the Pie's tastiest slices has to be one of the great lost dishes ever produced by the band.

Clean, crisp-sounding, full of buoyant energy and menacing swagger, the lads make their way through a handful of classics with amazing confidence and self-assuredness: they had the moves, the riffs, the Big Picture. The first 3 cuts -- early classics in their own right -- rival the original versions with their jaunty r&b rythms, kaleidoscope guitars, rootsy yet phenomenal vocal interplay, and concise interpretations (no meandering solos here). The bluesier numbers of the second half are the embodiment of sheer soul ("Black Coffee") and rock & roll danger ("Rolling Stone," "I Don't Need No Doctor"). Again, the jamming is kept trimmed and never threatens to overrun the songs themselves.

Having said all that, there's an unmistakable innocent charm in these performances, as if , besides the serious skillmanship and Marriott's occasional bravado, the lads are playing for the sheer love of music, for the wonder and the excitement. Cheeky yet humble.

The BBC Sessions may be the Pie's last stroke of genius and is certainly a treasure trove for the fan. For those just discovering Humble Pie, Rock On or Smoking (the two albums most represented in these sessions and the band's highest creative/performance peaks) may be the place to begin on a beautiful journey.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars great era for the band, just bad recordings!, June 8, 2011

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M. Flis "Mikey Moe Hawk" (Detroit, Michigan) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: BBC Sessions: Natural Born Boogie (Audio CD)

In no way does this review apply to the seller, but to the company who put this junk out. It was a great era for Humble Pie but the recordings are choppy and one doesn't even start at the beginning of the song, which is pretty horrid. Don't hurt this legendary band by releasing junk, PLEASE!

6 of 9 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars Poor value, for collectors only, February 25, 2009

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Redgecko (USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: BBC Sessions: Natural Born Boogie (Audio CD)

Quoted from All Music Guide Review:

For collectors only. Humble Pie's disappointing entry into the generally classy BBC series clocks in at an anemic 36 minutes and features slapdash, often incorrect track documentation (at least three tunes are credited to the wrong songwriters) as well as below par mono sound, which seems to be transferred from vinyl. Nine of the ten tunes are studio reproductions of existing album cuts and add little to the original versions. The majority were recorded before 1971 and feature Peter Frampton, but none of the performances are revelatory. An alternate version of the rare "The Big Black Dog" single, previously available only on the definitive double anthology Hot N' Nasty, is a worthy addition, but an album-closing live "I Don't Need No Doctor," seemingly recorded by a hand-held microphone in the middle of a field, sets a new low for fidelity on a non-bootleg release and pales in comparison to the classic Performance: Rockin' the Fillmore version. Steve Marriott is in sturdy, soulful, high strutting voice throughout, but only diehard fans will find anything of interest here, and even they will be frustrated by this shoddily assembled, inconsequential addition to the catalog of a once impressive band.