Monday, July 11, 2022

John Denver: BBC Concert: John Denver In Person, Talk of the Town, London, Britain, 4-14-1976

American folk singer John Denver did perform for the BBC TV show "In Concert" in 1973. I couldn't find the audio for that - if anyone has it, please let me know. Also in 1973, he hosted a series of six variety shows for the BBC. But I did find this one, a BBC TV show he did in 1976.

Denver was extremely successful in the early to mid-1970s, but that dropped sharply after 1976. As an example, he had nine Top Twenty hits in the US from 1971 to 1976, but none after that. So this is an ideal time for a concert recording. It does a good job serving as a best of, missing only a couple of key hits like "Rocky Mountain High" and "Back Home Again."

This concert is mostly acoustic, but he had other instruments backing him up on some songs, including strings sometimes. The recording quality is excellent, and there's a lot of enthusiastic banter between songs.

Because this wasn't done for the half hour long "In Concert" TV show, it wasn't subject to that short time restriction. But I'd still bet it's only part of a full concert, because it's only 49 minutes long.

01 talk (John Denver)
02 Starwood in Aspen (John Denver)
03 talk (John Denver)
04 Mother Nature's Son (John Denver)
05 Sunshine on My Shoulder (John Denver)
06 talk (John Denver)
07 Spirit (John Denver)
08 talk (John Denver)
09 Fly Away (John Denver)
10 talk (John Denver)
11 Grandma's Feather Bed (John Denver)
12 Thank God I'm a Country Boy (John Denver)
13 talk (John Denver)
14 Leaving on a Jet Plane (John Denver)
15 talk (John Denver)
16 Calypso (John Denver)
17 talk (John Denver)
18 Annie's Song (John Denver)
19 Take Me Home, Country Roads (John Denver)
20 talk (John Denver)
21 This Old Guitar (John Denver)

https://www.upload.ee/files/15288556/JohnDnv_1976_BBConcrtInPersnTalkoftheTwnLondnBritain__4-14-1976_atse.zip.html

The cover photo is a screenshot from a YouTube video of this exact concert.

1 comment:

  1. John Denver... first concert I went to with my girlfiend (since 40 years my wife) in Amsterdam, Jaap Eden Hall 1979. Thanks for this upload

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