The Peel Sessions, etc.
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The Peel Sessions, etc.
I totally love these, along with The King Biscuit stuff, altho' that's mostly older 70's type acts (at least what I have, from Thin Lizzy, Trower, altho' The Waitresses and Iggy, etc.) and the BBC stuff, also (Hendrix to Zeo to Bowie to Psych Furs, etc.) and Radio One (Henddix again, The Psych Furs, BeBop Deluxe).
But damn, the Peel CD's are terrific, nicely raw but still well produced, sorta live, but with crucial overdubs. The Chameleons, JAMC, T, Joy Division, Dino,Jr., Thin Lizzy again, Nebula - all excellent performances and sound.
I actually reference the Chameleons' Peel Sessions.
And I just picked up the Magazine Peel disc, and while that band was a bit of a acquired taste, I'm diggin' the flava.
But damn, the Peel CD's are terrific, nicely raw but still well produced, sorta live, but with crucial overdubs. The Chameleons, JAMC, T, Joy Division, Dino,Jr., Thin Lizzy again, Nebula - all excellent performances and sound.
I actually reference the Chameleons' Peel Sessions.
And I just picked up the Magazine Peel disc, and while that band was a bit of a acquired taste, I'm diggin' the flava.
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Maybe not the bands you're looking for, but quite a few bands have and continue to do live performances on the NPR tiny desk concerts.Beat Poet wrote:Yeah it's sad that bands don't seem to do live sessions for radio anymore, Peel or otherwise. Live sessions for video on AOL and the like are fine, but there isn't so much of an emphasis on the audio quality or performances, maybe because the bands are concious of the cameras.
I love em.
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There are still plenty of live radio session opportunities across the BBC - Radio 1, Radio 2, Radio 4 and 6 Music all have slots for live bands, as do many of the BBC regional stations with the 'BBC Introducing' slots. Even the commercial stations still do the odd live session (although mostly featuring established acts, and often recorded at venues rather than studios)Beat Poet wrote:Yeah it's sad that bands don't seem to do live sessions for radio anymore, Peel or otherwise. Live sessions for video on AOL and the like are fine, but there isn't so much of an emphasis on the audio quality or performances, maybe because the bands are concious of the cameras.
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I do live sessions nearly every week on WFMU.Beat Poet wrote:Yeah it's sad that bands don't seem to do live sessions for radio anymore, Peel or otherwise.
The skill of the volunteer broadcast engineers at the station varies, and the soundchecks and setups are usually super-brief -- so even the best shows don't have mind-blowing sound -- but occasionally they're pretty darn good, and I'm very glad that this kind of thing still exists.
Some day I may pitch them on the idea of doing a show that's more like Peel, with even more care taken in capturing the live performances. But whatever way it's done, I think this angle offers something that a Bandcamp page doesn't: Fans can actually tell if the band is going to be any good in concert based on a well-mixed live-to 2-track performance.
Oh yeah: and don't forget Soundcheck on WNYC. Irene Trudel engineers live music for John Schaefer there just about every day now that they're back on the air for the fall season. And from what I hear, they have a mission to up the production values even further.
An occasional poster here also has a video web show and podcast called "aux send" where he has local bands over to his studio to play live sets. What I've heard there has been surprisingly good.
Oh, and I've done a few sessions for BreakThru radio as well. The one I did for General Miggs with a quick soundcheck sounded better than most of their recorded material, I think.
So yeah: There's still a lot of this. Check WFMU, WNYC's Soundcheck, KEXP, Aux Send, Breakthru Radio, and a whole bunch of others.
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