Sandie Shaw - BBC Sessions (1965-1970)

Recently, a commenter suggested that I create a BBC album of British singer Sandie Shaw. Turns out I already had one ready to go, so here it is. And by the way, thanks for the suggestion.

Sandie Shaw (real name Sandra Goodrich) was one of the most popular female singers in Britain in the 1960s. Shortly after leaving high school, she was working in a factory when she took part in a local talent show and was spotted by singer Adam Faith, who connected her to his management. She was given a record contract, and also the stage name "Sandie Shaw." Her first single failed to chart. But her second one was a cover of the Bacharach-David song "(There's) Always Something There to Remind Me." It went all the way to Number One in Britain in 1964. Many more hit singles followed, including two more Number Ones, "Long Live Love" in 1965 and "Puppet on a String" in 1967.

However, styles were changing, and her hits petered out towards the end of the 1960s. In the early 1970s, she retired from being a pop singer entirely. Instead, she wrote children's books and acted in plays. At one point, she even became a waitress. However, she revived her music career in the early 1980s, mostly thanks to Morrissey and Johnny Marr of the band the Smiths, who were big fans. She had a Top 40 British hit in 1984 with a Smiths song "Hand in Glove." Later on, she changed careers yet again and became a professional psychotherapist, while still sometimes doing musical things. In 2017, she was given the M.B.E. by the queen for her music career. She is still alive and 78 years old as I write this in 2025.

Here's her Wikipedia entry if you want to know more:

Sandie Shaw - Wikipedia 

This album consists entirely of unreleased BBC recordings. But was survived is frustratingly incomplete. She only took part in three BBC sessions for the "Top of the Pops" radio show, twice in 1965, and once in 1970. Those make up tracks 1 through 5 and 20 through 23. I'm sure she did other BBC radio shows, but either they weren't recorded or I don't have access to them. Everything else here is from BBC TV shows. Tracks 6 through 9 are from the "Rolf Harris Show" in 1967. Track 10 is from the "Cilla" show in 1968, starring Cilla Black. Then Shaw had her own BBC show in 1968, called "The Sandie Shaw Supplement." Unfortunately though, most of the show's six episodes appear to be lost. Only all of one episode and part of another survive. So those surviving bits make up tracks 11 through 18. Track 19 is from a 1969 BBC TV special.

Tracks 6 through 10 were performed in front of a cheering studio audience. So I used the MVSEP program to wipe out the crowd noise, helping those tracks fit in with the rest. Also, a few songs have the problem of BBC DJs talking over the music, especially the "Top of the Pops" ones. So I used the UVR5 audio editing program to get rid of the talking, as I usually do, on the songs with "[Edit]" in their names.

Luckily, most of Shaw's biggest hits are here, even if they are out of chronological order a bit. Most notably, "(There's) Always Something There to Remind Me" was a huge hit in 1964, but the version we have here is from 1969. There's also two versions of "Girl Don't Come," one from 1965 and the other from 1968.

A few of the songs here were not officially released by her, mostly the ones from her TV show: "Get Away," "Trains and Boats and Planes," "Do You Know the Way to San Jose," and "Day Tripper - Ticket to Ride." 

This album is an hour long.

01 Girl Don't Come (Sandie Shaw)
02 I'll Stop at Nothing (Sandie Shaw)
03 You Can't Blame Him [Edit] (Sandie Shaw)
04 I've Heard about Him (Sandie Shaw)
05 Long Live Love (Sandie Shaw)
06 I'll Cry Myself to Sleep (Sandie Shaw)
07 Had a Dream Last Night (Sandie Shaw)
08 Puppet on a String (Sandie Shaw)
09 Ask Any Woman (Sandie Shaw)
10 Words (Sandie Shaw)
11 Get Away (Sandie Shaw)
12 Trains and Boats and Planes (Sandie Shaw)
13 [Get Your Kicks On] Route 66 (Sandie Shaw)
14 Do You Know the Way to San Jose (Sandie Shaw)
15 Day Tripper - Ticket to Ride (Sandie Shaw)
16 Homeward Bound (Sandie Shaw & John Walker)
17 Girl Don't Come (Sandie Shaw)
18 One Note Samba (Sandie Shaw)
19 Always Something There to Remind Me [Edit] (Sandie Shaw)
20 Coconut Grove [Edit] (Sandie Shaw)
21 Reviewing the Situation [Edit] (Sandie Shaw)
22 Love Me Do [Edit] (Sandie Shaw)
23 By Tomorrow (Sandie Shaw)

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The cover photo is from 1967.