Tom Jones - BBC Sessions, Volume 2: 1966-1967

Here's another album of Tom Jones at the BBC.

I don't have much to say this time that I didn't say for Volume 1. Like that, this is all unreleased material. This time, all but the first three songs come from actual BBC sessions. Those first three come from a concert in France that was broadcast on French TV (and can be found on YouTube). That fills in a couple of songs he surprisingly didn't play at the BBC, especially "What's New Pussycat."

Just like Volume 1, there are a bunch of songs where the BBC DJ talked over the starts and/or ends of the songs. But as I like to do, I used the audio editing program X-Minus to wipe the talking while keeping the underlying music.

As I mentioned last time, Jones originally was much more of a soul and rock singer. But then in late 1966, he had a huge number one hit in Britain with "Green, Green Grass of Home," and he sang a lot more ballads and other show biz-type stuff after that. One can see that transition here, with that song plus some other similar ones. But still, the vast majority of the songs are the soul and rock stuff that he loved the most.

This album is 45 minutes long.

01 Stop Breaking My Heart (Tom Jones)
02 Untrue Unfaithful (Tom Jones)
03 What's New Pussycat (Tom Jones)
04 Not Responsible [Edit] (Tom Jones)
05 Stupidity (Tom Jones)
06 Once There Was a Time (Tom Jones)
07 Sticks and Stones [Edit] (Tom Jones)
08 Summertime (Tom Jones)
09 Green, Green Grass of Home (Tom Jones)
10 Livin' Lovin' Wreck [Edit] (Tom Jones)
11 Shake [Edit] (Tom Jones)
12 He'll Have to Go [Edit] (Tom Jones)
13 Detroit City (Tom Jones)
14 I [Who Have Nothing] [Edit] (Tom Jones)
15 Barefootin' [Edit] (Tom Jones)
16 Do It Right [Edit] (Tom Jones)
17 Funny Familiar Forgotten Feelings (Tom Jones)

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The album cover photo shows him at a concert in 1966.