Peter, Paul & Mary - BBC in Concert: Tonight in Person, London, Britain, 10-4-1965

A few weeks back, a commenter (Sax and Guitar) at this blog said they'd seen a Peter, Paul and Mary BBC concert on YouTube, and it would be a good idea to post the music for it here. I found that video and discovered that it was from back when they were in their prime, and the sound quality is excellent. So here it is.

Chances are, you've heard of the folk trio Peter, Paul and Mary to some degree. But if you haven't, here's the Wikipedia page on them:

Peter, Paul and Mary - Wikipedia 

In 1965, Peter, Paul and Mary were at or near their peak in popularity. But folk music was rapidly getting overtaken by folk-rock that year. Just one year later, musical trends would change drastically, and then change even more drastically in 1967, the year of psychedelia. So this was a great time for a BBC concert.

I don't know much about it, but it seems there was a BBC TV show called "Tonight in Person" that focused on folk music and ran from 1963 to 1967. If anyone has any music from the other shows in this series, please let me know. The show was only half an hour long. This is the combination of two back-to-back episodes, obviously taken from the same concert. The date I've used, October 4, 1965, is actually the date of the first episode. It must have been recorded some time before that, then edited down, but I'm going with this date (for now) since I don't know the actual date of the concert (or the exact location).

It's a solid concert, with no sonic flaws. Peter, Paul and Mary released live albums before this and after this, but there isn't one from around this time period.

This album is 58 minutes long.

01 When the Ship Comes In (Peter, Paul & Mary)
02 talk (Peter, Paul & Mary)
03 The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face (Peter, Paul & Mary)
04 talk (Peter, Paul & Mary)
05 San Francisco Bay Blues (Peter, Paul & Mary)
06 For Lovin' Me (Peter, Paul & Mary)
07 Jesus Met the Woman (Peter, Paul & Mary)
08 Early Morning Rain (Peter, Paul & Mary)
09 talk (Peter, Paul & Mary)
10 Children Go Where I Send Thee (Peter, Paul & Mary)
11 talk (Peter, Paul & Mary)
12 The Whole Wide World Around (Peter, Paul & Mary)
13 Early in the Morning (Peter, Paul & Mary)
14 The Times They Are a-Changin' (Peter, Paul & Mary)
15 talk (Peter, Paul & Mary)
16 Hangman (Peter, Paul & Mary)
17 talk (Peter, Paul & Mary)
18 In My Dreams (Peter, Paul & Mary)
19 Puff, the Magic Dragon (Peter, Paul & Mary)
20 Rising of the Moon (Peter, Paul & Mary)
21 Great Day (Peter, Paul & Mary)
22 talk (Peter, Paul & Mary)
23 Blowin' in the Wind (Peter, Paul & Mary)
24 If I Had My Way (Peter, Paul & Mary)

https://www.upload.ee/files/15252841/PeterPaulnM_1965_BBinConcrtTonightinPersnLondnBritain__10-4-1965_atse.zip.html

I could have gone with a black and white screenshot from this exact concert. But I decided instead to use a color photo from "circa 1965" at an unknown date and location.