Joe Cocker - BBC Sessions, Volume 3: In Concert, Hammersmith Odeon, London, Britain, 4-27-1986

I already posted two volumes of Joe Cocker at the BBC in the late 1960s and early 1970s. I thought I was done with that. But I recently discovered he performed a full concert for the BBC in 1986, so here's a third volume.

Joe Cocker always had a talented, unique voice. But after the 1960s, he had a hard time getting the best out of his studio recordings. He often fell into the trap of using then current production techniques that didn't date well for his style later. That was definitely the case in 1986 when this album was recorded. He was promoting his album "Cocker." I read the reviews of this album at rateyourmusic.com, and people said it had some good songs, including the hit "You Can Leave Your Hat On," but it suffered badly from typical mid-1980s production excesses. The good news is, that material does much better in a live context, where meddling "hip" producers don't have a say.

The sound quality is very good. There were virtually no comments by Cocker between songs. I don't know if that's how it really was or if the BBC edited it down. There were a couple of times between songs when a DJ talked over the crowd noise, but I edited those out.

This concert is an hour an nine minutes long.

01 A Girl like You (Joe Cocker)
02 You Can Leave Your Hat On (Joe Cocker)
03 Don't Drink the Water (Joe Cocker)
04 Heart of the Matter (Joe Cocker)
05 Feelin' Alright (Joe Cocker)
06 Civilized Man (Joe Cocker)
07 Living without Your Love (Joe Cocker)
08 Heaven (Joe Cocker)
09 Shelter Me (Joe Cocker)
10 Watching the River Flow (Joe Cocker)
11 High Time We Went (Joe Cocker)
12 Seven Days (Joe Cocker)
13 With a Little Help from My Friends (Joe Cocker)

https://www.upload.ee/files/15126952/JoeC_1986_BBSessionsVolume3InConcertHmmersmithOdeon__4-27-1986_atse.zip.html

The cover photo was taken at an unknown 1986 concert.