Thursday, May 19, 2022

The Nice - BBC Sessions, Volume 3: 1969-1970

Here's the third and final album of the British band the Nice performing for the BBC.

The first two volumes mostly consisted of songs from an official album called "BBC Sessions." That's not the case at all here. The first two songs are unreleased, and not from the BBC. "She Belongs to Me" comes from a Norwegian TV show, and "Hang On to a Dream" is from the German TV show "Beat Club." In both cases, those are interesting cover versions the band did, but not on the BBC, so luckily I was able to find other TV versions with good sound quality.

The remaining songs are from BBC studio sessions, and are officially released. Tracks 3 through 5 come from the album "America - the BBC Sessions," and the last two are bonus tracks from the "Elegy" album.

The main figure in the band, Keith Emerson joined Emerson, Lake and Palmer when the Nice broke up in 1970. Emerson, Lake and Palmer went on to be a leading British prog rock band. One would think they would have been a prime candidate for BBC sessions or live shows, but I can't find any recordings of that. 

This album is 47 minutes long.

01 She Belongs to Me (Nice)
02 Hang On to a Dream (Nice)
03 St. Thomas [Edit] (Nice with Roy Harper) (Nice)
04 For Example [Edit] (Nice)
05 Five Bridges Suite (Nice)
06 Country Pie (Nice)
07 Pathetique [Symphony No. 6, 3rd Movement] (Nice)

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The cover photo shows the band in concert somewhere in 1969, after they went down to having just three members.

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