Chris Farlowe - BBC Sessions, Volume 3: In Concert, London, Britain, 1-17-1976

Here's the third and I believe final album of British singer Chris Farlowe performing for the BBC. This one is a short concert.

Let's review Farlowe's music career to make sense of this concert. He had his biggest success with a series of singles in the 1960s, especially "Out of Time," which hit Number One in the British singles chart in 1966. But in the late 1960s, musical styles changed, and his soul-influenced style lost popularity. He switched gears, becoming the lead singer to the jazz rock band Colosseum in 1970, and then when they broke it, he began the lead singer for the rock band Atomic Rooster in 1972 and 1973. But the band lost their record contract and slowly unraveled, finally breaking up in 1975. (They would reform a couple of years later, but without Farlowe.)

So at the time of this concert, Farlowe was back to having a solo career, one that generally returned to a soulful style. He put out a live album in 1975, "Chris Farlowe Band Live." However, his career went through some tough times after that. He wouldn't put out another album until 1985. From 1994 onwards, he would mainly stay busy with Colosseum reunions.

The contents of this album would eventually get officially released in the 1990s, as the album "BBC in Concert."

This album is 40 minutes long.

01 We're Gonna Make It (Chris Farlowe)
02 Only Woman Bleed (Chris Farlowe)
03 Peace of Mind (Chris Farlowe)
04 Baby What's Wrong [With You] (Chris Farlowe)
05 talk (Chris Farlowe)
06 Handbags and Gladrags (Chris Farlowe)
07 You Haven't Done Nothin' (Chris Farlowe)
08 It Ain't No Use (Chris Farlowe)
09 After Midnight (Chris Farlowe)

https://pixeldrain.com/u/8dNJJa9H

alternate:

https://bestfile.io/en/rkn4T6eud9lvDWD/file

I don't know much about the cover photo except that it's "circa 1975."

Chris Farlowe - BBC Sessions, Volume 2: 1966-1969

A couple of months ago, I posted "Volume 1" of Chris Farlowe's BBC sessions. Then I promptly forgot to post "Volume 2." Luckily, I stumbled across him in my music collection today and remembered. This is more of the same, all BBC studio sessions from the 1960s.

Farlowe was one of those rare 1960s British singers who had some of the soulfulness in his voice of Black American soul singers. This made him very popular around 1965 and 1966, when Britain had kind of a soul music boom. But styles drastically changed in 1967 with the rise of psychedelic music. Farlowe did have one Top Forty hit in 1967 with "Handbags and Gladrags." (Rod Stewart would later have success with that song too.) But after that, the hits dried up.

However, while the careers of other British singers like him petered out entirely, Farlowe would manage to reinvent himself. He would join the band Colosseum in 1970. Its mix of jazz, rock, and blues suited his style. But they would break up in 1971. He then would join the band Atomic Rooster for a couple of years. This BBC collection only concerns itself with his solo music. But I plan on posting a "Volume 3" for when he solo career resumed in the mid-1970s.

Just like with "Volume 1," all the songs here are officially released on the album "Live at the BBC." The one exception is "Knock On Wood" done with Julie Driscoll, Brian Auger & the Trinity, which is taken from a TV show. However, once again 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.

This album is 40 minutes long.

01 North, South, East and West (Chris Farlowe)
02 I Can't Get You Out of My Mind [Edit] (Chris Farlowe)
03 My Way of Giving (Chris Farlowe)
04 What Becomes of the Broken Hearted [Edit] (Chris Farlowe)
05 Paint It, Black (Chris Farlowe)
06 Yesterday's Papers (Chris Farlowe)
07 I Just Don't Know What to Do with Myself [Edit] (Chris Farlowe)
08 Summertime [Edit] (Chris Farlowe)
09 Moanin' (Chris Farlowe)
10 Reason to Believe [Edit] (Chris Farlowe)
11 Do What You Gotta Do [Edit] (Chris Farlowe)
12 Knock on Wood (Chris Farlowe & Julie Driscoll, Brian Auger & the Trinity)
13 Gemini [Edit] (Chris Farlowe)
14 Dawn [Edit] (Chris Farlowe)
15 That's Why [Edit] (Chris Farlowe)

https://pixeldrain.com/u/M2oswYyK

alternate:

https://bestfile.io/en/lmQW1I4j648wq7V/file

The cover photo was taken in November 1966. I don't know anything more than that.

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)

https://pixeldrain.com/u/oqXF2mvY

alternate:

https://bestfile.io/en/0IHIGhsoVx78BHN/file

The cover photo is probably from 1965 or 1966.