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Release Date: 2021-01-29Label: Chute Records
25 years since Spare Snare’s first John Peel Session for the BBC, it seems timely to collate everything the band have done for the Corporation and put it in a little clamshell box.The box features 42 tracks, all previously unavailable, including 2 jingles never broadcast.
Covering three John Peel Sessions, two Marc Riley Sessions, numerous BBC Radio Scotland Sessions and a track for Aled Jones!
Spare Snare being the only band to record for both Peel and Jones.
There was always a hope the BBC Sessions would be released, and so you’ll find only two duplicate songs out of the 42 tracks, foresight is a wonderful thing.
This is a in depth overview of a band, in a different guise to their own recordings, having the opportunity to experiment, or stick to a tight broadcast ‘live on air’ schedule or just generally have some fun, you get it all here.
Jan Burnett, the main man behind the band co ordinated this release with the BBC and compiled the tracks, sourcing from the BBC directly or from personal tapes.
All the tracks have been remastered specifically for this release.
Accompanying the three CD’s is a full colour 36 page booklet featuring photographs from the sessions.
The artwork is a nod to the BBC’s Study Series of albums from the late 1960’s, early 1970’s.
Each soundwave on the sleeves relate to the relevant discs. The John Peel Sessions sleeve has a soundwave featuring John introducing the first play of a Spare Snare record on his programme.
522 were manufactured.