TEN YEARS AFTER � BBC 1967-1969 (1st gen. copies, as complete as possible compilation)
Title: �TURN UP YOUR TRANSISTOR RADIO!� (quote from Alvin's ad-libbing in "I'm Going Home" from Aug. 14, 1968, at 2:16; track no. 8)

Contrast clause: contrary to all previous uploads and circulating silver CDs or collectors' CD-Rs, this compilation comes with
1. all somehow available BBC sessions, incl. the previously rarely circulated July 27, 1969 session (albeit only as an mp3 download);
2. (almost) all 1968 BBC tracks are now 1st. gen. copies and should be an upgrade for most of us around here, and
3. includes as a bonus, their rather scarcely circulated "Colour Me Pop" TV show appearance with the only known live version of "A Sad Song". And no, I unfortunately have never ever come across a better sounding copy, let alone the video (though that would be more than nice, I know).

Lineage: All tracks 1st. gen. copies, except*

BBC, Top Gear � November 21, 1967 (b�cast Dec. 10, 1967)
1. DON�T WANT YOU WOMAN
2. THE SOUNDS (not in torrent, released officially on early 1968 single A-side, and on expanded 2002 self-titled album CD)
3. LOVE UNTIL I DIE

BBC, Top Gear � March 13, 1968 (b�cast April 7, 1968)
4. AIN�T SEEN NO WHISKEY
5. PORTABLE PEOPLE (not in torrent, released officially on early 1968 single B-side and on expanded 2002 self-titled album CD)
6. ROCK YOUR MAMA
7. I WOKE UP THIS MORNING (traditional Blues version)*

BBC, Top Gear � August 14, 1968 (b�cast Aug. 18, 1968), except **(b'cast Sept. 29, 1968)

8. I�M GOING HOME
9. NO TITLE
10. WOMAN TROUBLE
11. WOODCHOPPER�S BALL
12. SPIDER IN MY WEB** (not in this torrent, add from torrent #525569.

BBC, Top of the Pops � December 13, 1968 (b�cast Dec. 23, 1968)
13. WOMAN TOUBLE
14. CROSSROADS
15. HEAR ME CALLING (mix from two sources)
16. HEAR ME CALLING (w/DJ intro)
17. I�M GOING HOME

Bonus TV session:

BBC, Colour Me Pop � January 1969 (TV)*
18. A SAD SONG
19. NO TITLE
20. I�M GOING HOME

Since mp3's are not allowed here on Dime, the following session is not in the torrent but can be downloaded for the next few weeks from here:
https://www.dropbox.com/sh/5detig18918i8g2/AAA7ekJ94N1gnF-LE78k2QfRa?dl=0

BBC, Top Gear � July 27, 1969*(mp3 but excellent quality)
1. I WOKE UP THIS MORNING
2. CROSSROADS
3. GOOD MORNING LITTLE SCHOOLGIRL

With a kazillion thanks to kneesfudd for his fantastic contribution of adding a 1st gen. copy of the hitherto missing "Spider in my Web" from Aug. 14, 1968 (which for completeness I would have really liked to incorporate in this torrent as track #12 but the Dime rules prohibit double torrents), just add track this from torrent #525569. http://www.dimeadozen.org/torrents-details.php?id=525569

My gratitude also goes to my source, my low-generation god Larry "Florida Kid" Clark whom I obtained all these 1st. gen. copies from in a trade/swap in the late 90's or early 2000's.

Since there are deluxe DoCD versions of TYA's first three albums being announced for May 22, 2015 on amazon.com, it may be speculated what may be on the respective 2nd CDs (no info is given on the amazon site as of now).

Back in the day, Deram already plundered their vaults for their 1972 "Alvin Lee & Company" compilation which IMHO contains a lot of real gems and complements the band's first three albums more than nicely (IMHO); just the cover artwork was a bit "cheapo"-looking for my taste.

For the more recent expanded editions from 2002, and with the help of drummer Ric Lee, a lot more of the locked-away or "lost" tracks could thankfully be resurrected. I imagine the supplies must be dried up by now. Hence, it could be that they decided to finally use the band's BBC sessions, and perhaps the audio from some of their early TYA appearances such as the March 13, 1968 "Baton Rouge" show from French TV or the Feb. 16, 1968 Danish TV performance. Also, in the very early 2000's there was the plan to release a 2CD-Anthology titled "The Deram Years" which was unfortunately shelved as it was to have contained "Spoonful" from a 3-track radio b'cast from the band's Aug. 28,1969 Boston Tea Party show; so that show is in the record company's hands, too.

Anyway, we all know all too well that record companies have had the tendency to strangle BBC recordings with noise reduction (see Cream's infamous BBC compilation, for one), or to butcher them otherwise by editing or leaving off certain tracks or whatever enters their heads.

So in case Universal/Deram really release some of TYA's BBC material, they just *might* fluff the job, and therefore I thought I better upload and share with you what I have to offer before the sessions turn official and all fellow Dimers are deprived of the chance to get to hear the complete and undoctored copies. Good idea?

And yet again, my Personal Pillorying Pleasure and ceterum censeo: Screw you Sh*tyoda F*ckords, this show is NOT MEANT FOR SALE. I know you give a sh*t but I take my freedom to tell you what I think of you (and likeminded crookleggers).

Please do NOT spread this show in lossy formats - otherwise: enjoy, trade, share!

Uploaded to Dimeadozen on April 27, 2015 by DocDondy for all fellow-Dimers to enjoy.

TYA ahoy!
Th:)mas