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{{Use dmy dates, date=April 2022 Live at the BBC or BBC Recordings are pop and rock music recordings originally made for or by the
BBC Light Programme The BBC Light Programme was a national radio station which broadcast chiefly mainstream light entertainment and light music from 1945 until 1967, when it was replaced by BBC Radio 1 and BBC Radio 2. It opened on 29 July 1945, taking over the ...
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BBC Radio 1 BBC Radio 1 is a British national radio station owned and operated by the BBC. It specialises in modern popular music and Contemporary hit radio, current chart hits throughout the day. The station provides alternative genres at night, including ...
. Many recordings were released under several name variants.


Live at the BBC

* ''Live at the BBC'' (The Beatles album), 1994 *''
On Air – Live at the BBC Volume 2 ''On Air – Live at the BBC Volume 2'' is a 2013 live/compilation album featuring 40 previously unreleased tracks from the Beatles' 1963–1964 BBC Radio broadcasts (accompanied by 23 interview tracks from the associated broadcasts). It was ...
'' (The Beatles album), 2013 * ''Live at the BBC'' (The Beautiful South album) * ''Live at the BBC'' (Robert Cray album), 2008 * ''Live at the BBC'' (Curved Air album), 1995 * ''Live at the BBC'' (Sandy Denny album), 2007 * ''Live at the BBC'' (Dire Straits album), 1995 * ''Live at the BBC'' (Electric Light Orchestra album), 1999 * ''Live at the BBC'' (Fairport Convention album), 2007 * ''Live at the BBC'' (Fleetwood Mac album), 1995 * ''Live at the BBC'' (Free album), 2006 * ''Live at the BBC'' (Focus album), 2004 * ''Live at the BBC'' (Steve Harley & Cockney Rebel album), 1995 * ''Live at the BBC'' (The Housemartins album) *'' Live at the BBC: 1967–1970'' (
The Moody Blues The Moody Blues were an English rock band formed in Birmingham in May 1964. The band initially consisted of Graeme Edge (drums), Denny Laine (guitar/vocals), Mike Pinder (keyboards/vocals), Ray Thomas (multi-instrumentalist/vocals) and Clint W ...
album), 2007 * ''Live at the BBC'' (Shed Seven album), 2007 * ''Live at the BBC'' (Slade album), 2009 * ''Live at the BBC'' (Status Quo album), 2010 * ''Live at the BBC'' (Richard & Linda Thompson album), 2011 *''Live at the BBC'',
Maria McKee Maria Luisa McKee (born August 17, 1964) is an American singer-songwriter. She is best known for her work with Lone Justice, her 1990 song " Show Me Heaven", and her song "If Love Is a Red Dress (Hang Me in Rags)" from soundtrack of the film ...
, 1991


Live at the Beeb

*''Live at the Beeb'', the 2nd EP of ''
The Universal "The Universal" is a song by English alternative rock band Blur (band), Blur and is featured on their fourth studio album, ''The Great Escape (Blur album), The Great Escape'' (1995). It was released on 13 November 1995 by Food Records, Food and ...
'', by Blur, 1995


At the BBC

*'' Soft Cell at the BBC'', 2003 *''
Pixies at the BBC ''Pixies at the BBC'' is a compilation of BBC radio sessions by the American alternative rock band Pixies (band), Pixies. Released by 4AD on July 6, 1998, in the United Kingdom and by Elektra Records on July 14, 1998, in the United States—five y ...
'', 1998 *'' At the Beeb'', a 1989 album by Queen * ''At the BBC'' (Siouxsie and the Banshees album), 2009 *''
Bowie at the Beeb ''Bowie at the Beeb'' is a compilation album by the English singer-songwriter David Bowie, first released in 2000. Originally, it came in a three-CD set, the third, bonus CD being a live recording made on at the Portland BBC Radio Theatre, pa ...
'', a 2000 David Bowie album *''At the BBC'', a 2001
Mighty Mighty Mighty Mighty are a British indie band formed in Birmingham, England, in the mid-1980s. History Showing influences from Postcard Records bands such as Orange Juice, they came to prominence when featured on the ''NMEs ''C86'' compilation, at ...
album * At the BBC (Joe Jackson album), 2009 *'' At the BBC'', a 2009
Shawn Phillips Shawn Phillips (born February 3, 1943) is an American singer-songwriter and musician, primarily influential in the 1960s and 1970s. His work is rooted in folk rock but straddles other genres, including jazz fusion and funk. Phillips has reco ...
album *'' R.E.M. at the BBC'', a 2018
R.E.M. R.E.M. was an American alternative rock band formed in Athens, Georgia, in 1980 by drummer Bill Berry, guitarist Peter Buck, bassist Mike Mills, and lead vocalist Michael Stipe, who were students at the University of Georgia. One of the fir ...
album


BBC Sessions

* ''The BBC Sessions'' (Belle and Sebastian album), 2008 * ''BBC Sessions'' (The Searchers album), 2004 * ''BBC Sessions'' (Cocteau Twins album), 1999 * ''BBC Sessions'' (Cream album), 2003 * ''BBC Sessions'' (Rory Gallagher album), 1999 * ''BBC Sessions'' (The Jimi Hendrix Experience album), 1998 * ''BBC Sessions'' (Led Zeppelin album), 1997 * ''The BBC Sessions'' (Ocean Colour Scene) * ''BBC Sessions'' (Saxon album), 1998 * ''BBC Sessions'' (The Specials album), 1998 * ''BBC Sessions'' (Texas album), 2007 * ''BBC Sessions'' (Tindersticks album), 2007 * ''BBC Sessions'' (Loudon Wainwright III album), 1998 * ''BBC Sessions'' (The Who album), 2000 * ''BBC Sessions'' (The Yardbirds album) * ''BBC Sessions 1968–1970'' (Deep Purple album), 2011 *''
The Complete BBC Sessions ''The Complete BBC Sessions'' is a two disc compilation album released by the British band Cast (band), Cast. Comprising six live performances from 1995 to 1999, the album was released by Universal Records on 26 February 2007. Track listing Al ...
'' (Cast) *'' Swing the Heartache: The BBC Sessions'', a 1989 Bauhaus album * ''The BBC Sessions'' (Electric Light Orchestra album), 1999 * ''The BBC Sessions'' (Small Faces album), 1999 * ''BBC Sessions'' (Green Day album), 2021 *''BBC Sessions'' (2002) by
The Nice The Nice were an English progressive rock band active in the late 1960s. They blended rock, jazz and classical music. Keyboardist Keith Emerson, bassist Lee Jackson (bassist), Lee Jackson, guitarist David O'List, and drummer Ian Hague ori ...
*''The Complete BBC Sessions'' (1997) by
Argent In heraldry, argent () is the tincture of silver, and belongs to the class of light tinctures called "metals". It is very frequently depicted as white and usually considered interchangeable with it. In engravings and line drawings, regions to b ...
*''The BBC Sessions 1989–2001'' (2008) by
The Orb The Orb are an English electronic music group founded in 1988 by Alex Paterson and Jimmy Cauty. Known for their psychedelic sound, the Orb developed a cult following among clubbers "coming down" from drug-induced highs. Their influential ...
* ''BBC Sessions'' (1997) by
The Delgados The Delgados are a Scottish indie rock band formed in Glasgow in 1994. The band is composed of Alun Woodward (vocals, guitar), Emma Pollock (vocals, guitar), Stewart Henderson (bass guitar), and Paul Savage (drums). Biography The band was f ...
*'' Taking On the World: Deluxe Edition - Disc Three: BBC Sessions'', by Gun *'' BBC Sessions: 1964–1977'' (2001) by
The Kinks The Kinks were an English rock band formed in London in 1963 by brothers Ray Davies, Ray and Dave Davies, and Pete Quaife. They are regarded as one of the most influential rock bands of the 1960s. The band emerged during the height of British ...


Radio 1 Sessions

* ''The Radio One Sessions'' (Syd Barrett album), 2004 * ''Radio 1 Sessions'' (Big Country album), 1994 * ''The Radio One Sessions'' (Cowboy Junkies album), 2002 * ''The Radio One Sessions'' (The Damned album), 1996 * ''The Radio One Sessions'' (Elastica album), 2001 * ''Radio 1 Sessions'' (Generation X album) * ''Radio 1 Sessions'' (Inspiral Carpets album), 1996 * ''The Radio One Sessions'' (Stiff Little Fingers album)


BBC Recordings

* The BBC Recordings (Budgie album) *
The BBC Recordings (The Sound album) ''The BBC Recordings'' is a live album by English post-punk band the Sound, consisting of two sessions and two live recordings from 1980 to 1985 done for BBC radio. It was released in 2004 by Renascent. Background The first disc of ''The BBC ...
*'' Radiation (BBC Recordings 84–86)'', by Cabaret Voltaire


Other recordings

*'' BBC Radio 1 Live in Concert'', a series of albums by Windsong *'' BBC Live & In-Session'', a 2005
Motörhead Motörhead () were an English rock music, rock band formed in London in 1975 by bassist and lead vocalist Lemmy Kilmister, guitarist Larry Wallis and drummer Lucas Fox. Kilmister was the primary songwriter and only constant member. The band a ...
album * ''BBC Archives'' (album), a 2002
Iron Maiden Iron Maiden are an English Heavy metal music, heavy metal band formed in Leyton, East London, in 1975 by bassist and primary songwriter Steve Harris (musician), Steve Harris. Although fluid in the early years of the band, the line-up for most ...
album *'' BBC in Session'',
The La's The La's were an English rock band from Liverpool, originally active from 1983 until 1992. Fronted by singer, songwriter and guitarist Lee Mavers, the group are best known for their hit single " There She Goes". The band was formed by Mike ...
album *'' BBC Live'', a 2005
Violent Femmes Violent Femmes are an American folk punk band from Milwaukee, Milwaukee, Wisconsin. The band consists of founding members Gordon Gano (guitar, lead vocals) and Brian Ritchie (bass, backing vocals), joined by multi-instrumentalist Blaise Garza ( ...
album *'' Government Commissions: BBC Sessions 1996–2003'', a
Mogwai Mogwai () are a Scottish post-rock band, formed in 1995 in Glasgow. The band consists of Stuart Braithwaite (guitar, vocals), Barry Burns (guitar, piano, synthesizer, vocals), Dominic Aitchison (bass guitar), and Martin Bulloch (drums). Mogwa ...
album * ''Radio One'' (album), a 1988
Jimi Hendrix Experience James Marshall "Jimi" Hendrix (born Johnny Allen Hendrix; November 27, 1942September 18, 1970) was an American singer-songwriter and musician. He is widely regarded as one of the greatest and most influential guitarists of all time. Inducted ...
album *'' BBC Radio Sessions'', an album by
The Bluetones The Bluetones are an English indie rock band, formed in Hounslow, Greater London, in 1993. The band's members are Mark Morriss on vocals, Adam Devlin on guitar, Mark's brother Scott Morriss on bass guitar, and Eds Chesters on drums. A fift ...
*'' Something's Coming: The BBC Recordings 1969–1970'', a
Yes (band) Yes are an English progressive rock band formed in London in 1968. Comprising List of Yes band members, 20 full-time musicians over their career, their most notable members include lead singer Jon Anderson, bassist Chris Squire, guitarists Ste ...
album *
On Air On air or On Air may refer to: Music *On Air (The Yardbirds album), ''On Air'' (The Yardbirds album), 1991 *On Air (Alan Parsons album), ''On Air'' (Alan Parsons album), 1996 *On Air (John Fahey album), ''On Air'' (John Fahey album), 2004 *On Air ...
, a 2016
Queen Queen most commonly refers to: * Queen regnant, a female monarch of a kingdom * Queen consort, the wife of a reigning king * Queen (band), a British rock band Queen or QUEEN may also refer to: Monarchy * Queen dowager, the widow of a king * Q ...
album BBC Radio 1