The Radio One Sessions (Elastica album)


The Radio One Sessions is a compilation of BBC Radio One sessions recorded by Britpop group Elastica. The album is notable for the appearance of several songs not included on any other Elastica release.

Track listing

  1. "Annie" – 1:15
  2. "Spastica" – 2:34
  3. "Line Up" – 3:12
  4. "Vaseline" – 1:20
  5. "Brighton Rock" – 1:56
  6. "In The City" – 1:31
  7. "Waking Up" – 3:17
  8. "Four Wheeling" – 2:26
  9. "Hold Me Now" – 2:26
  10. "Ba Ba Ba" – 2:33
  11. "All For Gloria" – 3:02
  12. "I Wanna Be a King of Orient Aah" – 2:05
  13. "Rockunroll" – 2:14
  14. "2:1" – 2:29
  15. "I Want You" – 4:05
  16. "Only Human" – 3:24
  17. "A Love Like Ours" – 2:27
  18. "KB" – 3:13
  19. "Da Da Da" – 3:41
  20. "Generator" – 1:47
  21. "Your Arse My Place" – 1:46
The releases omits 10 tracks recorded by the band for BBC Radio 1, in many cases because they were already present from another session.
  1. "Rockunroll" Peel Session *previously released as a b-side to Line Up
  2. "2:1" Evening Session *previously released as a b-side to Stutter
  3. "Connection" Evening Session *previously released on Evening Session Priority Tunes compilation album.
  4. "Never Here" Peel Session
  5. "Father Christmas" Peel Session
  6. "Blue" Peel Session
  7. "Gloria" Radcliffe Session
  8. "Car Song" Radcliffe Session
  9. "The Other Side" Evening Session
  10. "Mad Dog" Peel Session

Recording details

  • Tracks 1–5 recorded for John Peel, 18 September 1993
  • Tracks 6–7 recorded for the Evening Session, 16 March 1994
  • Tracks 8–10 recorded for John Peel, 14 June 1994
  • Tracks 11–12 recorded for John Peel, 6 December 1994
  • Tracks 13–14 recorded for Mark Radcliffe, 28 March 1995
  • Tracks 15–17 recorded for the Evening Session, 10 July 1996
  • Tracks 18–21 recorded for John Peel, 22 September 1999

Personnel

  • Miti Adhikari – producer
  • James Birtwistle – producer
  • Dave Bush – keyboards, programming
  • Sheila Chipperfield – bass
  • Tim Durham – producer
  • Nick Fountain – engineer
  • Justine Frischmann – guitar, vocals
  • Nick Gomm – producer
  • Steve Gullick – photography, inlay photography
  • Annie Holland – bass
  • Paul Jones – guitar
  • Fred Kay – engineer
  • Steve Lamacq – liner notes
  • Donna Matthews – guitar, backing vocals
  • Mew – keyboards, backing vocals
  • Lis Roberts – producer
  • Andy Rogers – engineer
  • Lisa Softley – engineer
  • George W. Thomas – engineer
  • Justin Welch – drums, voices
  • Tony Worthington – engineer