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 "Annie" (Donna Matthews) – 1:15 "Spastica" (Justine Frischmann) – 2:34 "Line Up" (Frischmann) – 3:12 "Vaseline" (Frischmann) – 1:20 "Brighton Rock" (Frischmann, Elastica) – 1:56 "In The City" (Frischmann) – 1:31 "Waking Up" (Burnell, Cornwell, Duffy, Frischmann, Greenfield) – 3:17 "Four Wheeling" (Car Song) (Frischmann) – 2:26 "Hold Me Now" (Matthews) – 2:26 "Ba Ba Ba" (Frischmann) – 2:33 "All For Gloria" (Traditional) – 3:02 "I Wanna Be a King of Orient Aah" (Traditional) – 2:05 "Rockunroll" (Frischmann) – 2:14 "2:1" (Matthews) – 2:29 "I Want You" (Frischmann) – 4:05 "Only Human" (Gilbert, Robert Gotobed, Lewis, Matthews, Newman) – 3:24 "A Love Like Ours" (Matthews) – 2:27 "KB" (Frischmann, Nagle, Smith) – 3:13 "Da Da Da" (Kralle Krawinkel, Stephan Remmler) – 3:41 "Generator" (Frischmann) – 1:47 "Your Arse My Place" (Frischmann) – 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. "Rockunroll" (1993.09.18) Peel Session *previously released as a b-side to Line Up "2:1" (1994.03.16) Evening Session *previously released as a b-side to Stutter "Connection" (1994.03.16) Evening Session *previously released on Evening Session Priority Tunes compilation album. "Never Here" (1994.06.14) Peel Session "Father Christmas" (1994.12.06) Peel Session (unreleased song) "Blue" (1994.12.06) Peel Session "Gloria" (1995.03.28) Radcliffe Session "Car Song" (1995.03.28) Radcliffe Session "The Other Side" (1996.07.10) Evening Session (unreleased song) "Mad Dog" (1999.09.22) 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
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