Chris Farlowe - BBC Sessions, Volume 1: 1965-1966

British singer Chris Farlowe is a pretty obscure musical act for me, an American. But he's much better known in Britain, where he had a handful of hits, including "Out of Time," which reached Number One in the British singles charts in 1966. So here's the first of three BBC albums I have for him. This one consists entirely of BBC studio sessions.

Around 1964 and 1965, the British public was discovering soul music for the first time. Prior to then, most soul hits in the U.S. didn't get distributed in Europe. Suddenly, there was a big demand in Britain, for singers would could sing truly soulfully, but talented singers in that style such as Steve Winwood were few and far between. But Chris Farlowe could do soul convincingly. As a result, in early 1965, he was signed to Immediate Records, which was mainly steered by Andrew Loog Oldham, the producer and manager of the Rolling Stones at the time. Over the next couple of years, Farlowe was given some songs written by the Rolling Stones that they felt didn't fit their rocking style. That included "Out of Time," which Mick Jagger and Keith Richards specifically wrote for Farlowe.

Farlowe's popularity declined around 1967, when the British public's fascination with soul music was largely replaced by psychedelic music. However, Farlowe kept reinventing himself. Although he didn't write many songs, his soulful voice remained in demand. He was the lead singer of the jazz rock band Colosseum in 1970 and 1971. Then he was the lead singer of the rock band Atomic Rooster in 1972 and 1973. Since then, he's alternated between a solo career and Colosseum reunions.

Here's his Wikipedia page:

Chris Farlowe - Wikipedia

All the songs here are officially released on the album "Live at the BBC." However, I've made changes, to focus on the music. I removed the many short interview tracks from that album. I also removed all the instances of BBC DJs talking over the music, of which there were many. Those are all the songs with "[Edit]" in their titles.

On this album, Farlowe largely performed soul songs, including daring to sing songs associated with Otis Redding and James Brown. However, he also did three songs written by the Rolling Stones: "Think," "Out of Time," and "Ride On Baby."

This album is 36 minutes long.

01 Watcha Gonna Do Baby [Edit] (Chris Farlowe)
02 The Fool (Chris Farlowe)
03 Rockin' Pneumonia and the Boogie Woogie Flu [Edit] (Chris Farlowe)
04 Think (Chris Farlowe)
05 Don't Just Look at Me [Edit] (Chris Farlowe)
06 Mr. Pitiful (Chris Farlowe)
07 Out of Time [Edit] (Chris Farlowe)
08 It's a Man's, Man's, Man's World [Edit] (Chris Farlowe)
09 I Got You [I Feel Good] (Chris Farlowe)
10 We're Doing Fine (Chris Farlowe)
11 Ride On Baby (Chris Farlowe)
12 Headlines (Chris Farlowe)
13 Bread [Edit] (Chris Farlowe)

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The cover photo is probably from 1965 or 1966.