Live at the BBC (Bobbie Gentry album)

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Live at the BBC
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Live album by
ReleasedApril 21, 2018
Recorded1968–1969
Studio BBC Television Centre (White City, London)
Genre Country
Length36:07
Label Capitol, Universal
Producer Stanley Dorfman · Bobbie Gentry
Bobbie Gentry chronology
Patchwork
(1971)
Live at the BBC
(2018)
The Girl from Chickasaw County: The Complete Capitol Masters
(2018)

Live at the BBC is a live album by American singer-songwriter Bobbie Gentry. It was released on April 21, 2018, by Capitol Records and Universal Music Catalogue for Record Store Day 2018. [1] [2] The album features recordings from the first two seasons of Gentry's BBC television series, Bobbie Gentry. [3] [4]

Contents

As a Record Store Day exclusive, the album was limited to 1,200 copies. In Europe the LP featured a download code for a digital copy of the album. [1]

The tracks featured on this album are included on the 2018 compilation, The Girl from Chickasaw County: The Complete Capitol Masters , along with 14 additional recordings from all three seasons of the television series. [5]

Track listing

All tracks are written by Bobbie Gentry, except where noted.

Side one
No.TitleEpisodeLength
1."Mississippi Delta"Series 1, Episode 4 (aired August 3, 1968)3:04
2."Papa, Won't You Let Me Go to Town with You?"Series 1, Episode 4 (aired August 3, 1968)2:52
3."I Saw an Angel Die"Series 1, Episode 4 (aired August 3, 1968)2:30
4."Ode to Billie Joe"Series 1, Episode 4 (aired August 3, 1968)4:48
5."Mornin' Glory"Series 1, Episode 3 (aired July 27, 1968)3:15
6."Ace Insurance Man"Series 1, Episode 5 (aired August 10, 1968)3:44
Side two
No.TitleEpisodeLength
1."Niki Hoeky" / "Barefootin'" (Jim Ford, Lolly Vegas, Pat Vegas, Robert Parker)Series 1, Episode 5 (aired August 10, 1968)3:42
2."Penduli Pendulum"Series 1, Episode 5 (aired August 10, 1968)2:05
3."Recollection"Series 2, Episode 5 (aired July 16, 1969)2:14
4."Sweet Peony"Series 2, Episode 5 (aired July 16, 1969)1:58
5."Refractions"Series 2, Episode 5 (aired July 16, 1969)2:29
6."Greyhound Goin' Somewhere" (Bill Dorsey, Michael Martin Murphey)Series 2, Episode 5 (aired July 16, 1969)2:30

Personnel

Adapted from the album liner notes.

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