Honeybus - BBC Sessions, Volume 2: 1969-1973

This is the second of two albums of the British band Honeybus at the BBC. It's the last Honeybus post I plan to make, unless some more music comes to light.

As I've asserted previously, Honeybus is an underrated band. I think much of that had to do with the fact that they were only allowed to release one studio album (in 1970) while the band was still together. Due to their small amount of studio recordings, and a total lack of any live albums or bootlegs, their BBC studio sessions play a big part in their remaining musical legacy. An official BBC album was finally released in 2023, and all of the songs here come from that.

The sound quality is generally excellent, though there is some variability. However, five songs, the ones with "[Edit]" in their titles, suffered the usual problem in that era of BBC DJs talking over the music. Also as usual, I used the UVR5 audio editing program to wipe the talking and keep the underlying music.

Some songs were only ever recorded for the BBC. In those cases, I've put the same performances on the stray album collections and this BBC collection. I figure it's good to have all the BBC stuff together, despite some duplication. The band broke up in 1973, so that's when this album comes to an end.

There are two bonus tracks. One, "Under the Silent Tree," is a nice original that was delegated to bonus track status due to poor sound quality. The other, "Walking Aphrodisiac," sounds much better. But it's a bonus track because Honeybus played two versions of the song for the BBC at different dates. But they're different enough that the second one is at least worth bonus track status.

This album is 55 minutes long, not including the two bonus tracks.

01 My Suzanne (Honeybus)
02 Too Long [Edit] (Honeybus)
03 Fresher than the Sweetness in Water (Honeybus)
04 Walking Aphrodisiac (Honeybus)
05 You Live Good Life [Edit] (Honeybus)
06 Melinda [Edit] (Honeybus)
07 Follow the Plan (Honeybus)
08 Ceilings No. 2 (Honeybus)
09 Story (Honeybus)
10 Broken Wings (Honeybus)
11 Go Away [Edit] (Honeybus)
12 She's a Lady [Edit] (Honeybus)
13 Lady's Not for Burning (Honeybus)
14 I Can't Say It but I Can Sing It (Honeybus)
15 Big Ship (Honeybus)
16 Writing on the Wall (Honeybus)
17 For You (Honeybus)
18 Be Thou by My Side (Honeybus)

Under the Silent Tree (Honeybus)
Walking Aphrodisiac [1970 Version] [Edit] (Honeybus) 

https://www.upload.ee/files/15635039/Honeybs_1969-1973_BBSessionsVolum2_atse.zip.html

The cover photo is supposed to be from the band's second phase, in the early 1970s, but I don't know the details.