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Tramcar to Tomorrow

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This album features previously unreleased sessions recorded for John Peel's BBC Radio 1 Show between 1974-78. For Be Bop collectors, it does contain one rare song "15TH OF JULY(INVISIBLES),which has never been released before in any form. All the songs on here were handpicked by Nelson himself. The sound quality of the music on here is near perfection. It beats both the BBC Radioland Live and the "Live In The Airage" albums for sound recording. The radio banter and audience applause are nowhere to be found here. These songs apparently were recorded live in studio without an audience, or else they did a good job of editing everything out. As far as the music, you get a few of the songs that appeared on the Radioland album, such as their live standards "THIRD FLOOR HEAVEN", MAID IN HEAVEN, SISTER SEAGULL, AND BLAZING APOSTLES. I liked these versions much more than their other BBC album. The guitar sound is much cleaner and out in front here. Bill Nelson's solo's have never been better than you'll find on this album. Some of his standout guitar work appears on "MILL STREET JUNCTION", STAGE WHISPERS, which features a fantastic guitar solo that ends the song all too abruptly. Another great song is "BLAZING APOSTLES", which is every bit as good as the "Live In The Air Age Version".A couple other standout tracks are "CRYING IN THE SKY", with it's playful rhythm changes, sounds like they had a lot of fun making this one. Same goes for "PEACE OF MIND, which changes directions in the middle from a rock song to a reggae song. It was also nice to hear an acoustic guitar playing alongside Nelson's lead, especially on the songs "ADVENTURES IN A YORKSHIRE LANDSCAPE", and 15TH OF JULY(INVISIBLES). All in all, this is a great guitar album that's sure to please Be Bop fans.

Some great songs, often a certain freshness - or at least a raw quality - that one might not expect from having heard their previously released material. Still I wish 'Live in the Air Age' would be re-released, although it had been polished smooth of some of what this set of recordings lets us glimpse, it was a truly beautiful piece of work.

Although I have pretty well everything Be Bop Deluxe have ever released, including the other BBC Live recording, this has different versions of the songs which I have never heard before.
Bill Nelson's guitar playing is on top form and it's great to hear a new song (to me anyway) "15th Of July (Invisibles)" too!
A great buy for any Be Bop Deluxe fan or anyone who thinks themselves knowledgable on rock and blues guitarists!

This is a very nice account of BILL nelson. but if you would like landscapes don,t come here. This rocks with the best live sound I,ve heard, beats radioland BBC, NOT TO SAY THATS NOT GREAT IT IS> CHECK OUT STAGE WHISPERS, and BLAZING,if you need the last name you don,t know be-bop delux right!

The sound here is very NELSON in the period 73-78 more modern music to come ...

There's some great music on here, but it's very hard to listen to. It is so incredibly jacked up in volume (BRICKWALLED) it's unbelievable. I've heard some loud CDs, but this one is up there in my top 10 worst. This makes most "modern" remasters sound good. It's a horrible mastering job, and it completely ruins the music. There are no dynamics, and the treble is way too high. Turn your stereo DOWN before playing this or you may damage your speakers. Not kidding- I can't listen to this, it's going to the used shop. Too bad because I'm a big fan. How anybody can think this sounds good is beyond me. ughhh...Save your money, and Bill if you're reading this, PLEASE never let Russell Pay master anything you do again.