David Gates (Bread) - BBC in Concert, London, Britain, 7-1971

I'm continuing to prioritize posting BBC concerts from the early 1970s, so here's another one. This is rather odd, because it features David Gates, the main singer and songwriter for the soft rock band Bread, at a time when he hadn't started a solo career yet. In fact, Bread was just hitting it big when this was recorded. Apparently what happened was that the BBC TV show "In Concert" was focusing on songwriters at the time, so only Gates was invited to play, not all of Bread.

Whatever the reason, it's an interesting look at the songs of Bread being done in a different way. It's mostly a solo show, with Gates playing on guitar or piano depending on the song, but a full band joins in for a couple of songs, and there's some strings on other songs. 

This was broadcast in February 1972, but apparently it was recorded in July 1971. At that time, Bread had three hit singles, "If," "It Don't Matter to Me," and "Make It with You." He played those three here, plus "Baby I'm-a Want You" and "Diary," which would be hits later. The other songs come from Bread albums, except for "Change of Heart" which wouldn't appear on a Bread album until 1977.

This album is 32 minutes long.

01 It Don't Matter to Me (David Gates)
02 talk (David Gates)
03 Look at Me (David Gates)
04 talk (David Gates)
05 The Other Side of Life (David Gates)
06 talk (David Gates)
07 She Was My Lady (David Gates)
08 talk (David Gates)
09 He's a Good Lad (David Gates)
10 Change of Heart (David Gates)
11 talk (David Gates)
12 Make It with You (David Gates)
13 Diary (David Gates)
14 talk (David Gates)
15 Baby I'm-a Want You (David Gates)
16 talk (David Gates)
17 If (David Gates)

https://www.upload.ee/files/15275830/BreaGates_1971_BBConcertLondonBritain__7-1971_atse.zip.html

The cover photo is a screenshot taken from this exact concert.