by drakula63 » 26 Oct 2018, 08:19
I sat and listened to the whole album again last night, on a different system, and the versions of 'JJ' and 'TAATM' are definitely both from Rocking'... - although they do sound slightly different to the extent that a little bit of remixing or something might have been done. But essentially you are hearing the same thing as on the album. I also played the actual versions from the Sounds on Sunday show - and they are wildly different, to the extent that you wouldn't confuse them with the originals. A real mystery this, but I can only reiterate my theories that someone at the Beeb handed over the wrong tapes! What is such a shame is that if they'd come to virtually anyone on this forum, I suspect that we could have had a listen and said "Whoa! That's not right!" I am now wondering if they may have to repress the CD as they are effectively passing off EMI recordings as BBC recordings. Any thoughts?
Despite this, the album is brilliant and I actually enjoyed it just as much - maybe even more - on second listening. There's some fantastic playing on there from all concerned.
Having read Arpeggio's posts from another thread, I now have a better understanding of the situation. Essentially the BBC have issued 21 of the recordings in their vaults (19 if you accept that the wrong versions of the above have been used), which leaves the outstanding tracks from the Sounds on Sunday programme and, from 1963, Nivram and Dance On.
I believe that Rollercoaster records are still actively pursuing the release of the pre-1963 stuff (1959-1962, I believe) and it looks certain that it WILL happen sooner or later.
In the meantime, this CD, which is almost like CD 2 of a two-CD set (as it perhaps should have been?) is essential listening.