BBC Sessions [Import, Original recording remastered]

The Nice | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (September 23, 2002)
• Original Release Date: 2002
• Number of Discs: 1
• Format: Import, Original recording remastered
• Label: Castle Music UK
• ASIN: B00005UBIT
• Average Customer Review: 3.3 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #423,770 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

1. Flower King of Flies

2. Sombrero Sam

3. Rondo

4. Get to You

5. The Diamond Hard Blue Apples of the Moon

6. Brandenburger

7. Little Arabella (And Sorcery)

8. America: America/Second Amendment

9. Lumpy Gravy

10. Aries

11. Ars Longa Vita Brevis

12. Little Arabella

13. Happy Freuds

14. Brandenburger

15. Intermezzo from The Korelia Suite

16. I'm Not One of Those People

17. Azrael Revisited

18. Blues for the Prairies

19. Diary of an Empty Day (And Top Gear Signature)

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

6 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Nice tracks but only 1 CD, May 28, 2003

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David Elias Nader (Miami, Florida United States) - See all my reviews

This review is from: BBC Sessions (Audio CD)

In the Editorial Review is writed that it's "Now Expanded to a Double CD Set" but when I did open the packet I just found 1 CD but no problem because it's possible to listen over then 76 minutes of NICE music.Some tracks is hard to listen due the bad audio from BBC,but good versions.Good deal!Try it!

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars Only for the fans (maybe), and beware the sound quality!, August 16, 2007

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J. Ford (Toronto) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: BBC Sessions (Audio CD)

Even for avid Nice fans like me, this disc is hard to justify purchasing. The problem is that the recordings sound like they were recorded off of a table radio typical of the period. They go to some length in the notes about how they improved the quality from the originals, but you have to scratch your head and say why bother.

However, kind of a thrill to hear the Nice playing Zappa's "Lumpy Gravy" (really!) Also interesting I suppose to hear most live versions - although "Little Arabella" is actually the studio mix from Ars Longa Vita Brevis(!!). That's the kind of production this is.

All in all I just wish there was some way of knowing when you purchase this what you are getting, since this falls far short of today's standards for nostalgic live recordings (such as the Old Grey Whistle Test discs).

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Essential for Keith Emerson fans, Stay away if your an audiophile, February 14, 2007

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K. Lewis "thrasher" (OZ) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: BBC Sessions (Audio CD)

SOme of the music here is incredible, despite the shakey recordings off the original broadcast tapes from BBC radio. Five Bridges (trio version) and the rare "Aries" are worth the price of admission. For completists only.