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BBC Classic Tracks
(bootleg CD)

Westwood One Radio Networks
(May 3, 1993))

  1. Gloria (BBC, March 1965) (4:47), song itself (2:38)
    Track has commercials for Chiclets and Dentyne chewing gum
  2. Here Comes the Night (BBC, 1965) (4:45), song itself (2:43)
    Track has commercials for Alka Seltzer and Dentyne
  3. One More Time (BBC, June 1965) (4:56), song itself (2:51)
    Track has commercials for Chiclets and Dentyne
  4. Bright Side of the Road (Glastonbury Festival, 1987) (5:47), song itself (3:35)
    Track has commercials for TGI Fridays and Chiclets
  5. Dweller on the Threshold (Glastonbury Festival, 1987) (5:38), song itself (3:43)
    Track has commercials for Dentyne and Alka Seltzer
    Total time: (26:22)

Notes from Ron Wyly:
This is a radio show produced by Westwood One Radio Networks, dated the week of May 3, 1993. It appears to be a collection of five "spots" of about five minutes each, designed to be played one per day for five days. As one of the tracks says: "A week-long tribute to The Man".

The host of the show is Richard Skinner. Each spot has a rare, complete Van Morrison performance, beginning with a 15-second intro by Skinner, then 1 minute of commercials, then Skinner's intro to the particular song, then the song, then a closing remark by Skinner. The first three tracks (featuring Van Morrison with Them) are songs recorded for the BBC (I assume live in the studio) in 1965; the last two are performances from the Glastonbury Festival in 1987.

Skinner states that Them did two BBC sessions in 1965 (in March and June), from which tracks 1-3 above came. He also identifies the band personnel for those sessions:

    Billy Harrison - guitar
    Jackie McAuley - keyboards
    Alan Henderson - bass
    Ronnie Millings - drums
    Van Morrison - vocals

The disc is in just a thin paper sleeve which looks to be a generic sort of thing. It simply has the Westwood One logo on it along with their address & phone: Westwood One Radio Networks, 9540 Washington Boulevard, Culver City, CA 90232, 213-840-4244.

The disc itself doesn't have a particular label or product code number, since it was a radio program not for commercial release. The disc itself simply says "BBC Classic Tracks, The Week of May 3, 1993, Westwood One Radio Networks, ©1993 ©BBC 1993"

Van-L list member Drawboy notes that: the imprint on my copy says "Westwood One for the week of June 24, 1991", rather than the May '93 imprint mentioned by Ron Wyly. The commercials on my copy are also different, with a rather humorous spot for Schweppes (sp?) tonic water by John Cleese repeated before each track.

Art Siegel notes that: "the cover scan shown here is from a bootleg. The real thing doesn't have a cover."

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