Sunday, December 15, 2024

Labelle - BBC In Concert, London, Britain, 3-8-1975

Here is a short BBC concert by the 1970s funk rock group Labelle, best known for their smash hit "Lady Marmalade."

Over the past few years, I've posted lots of BBC albums in general. A portion of those come from an early BBC TV show called "In Concert." This is confusing, because the BBC has tended to call all kinds of both radio and TV shows "In Concert." But these tend to be short, about half an hour. I've also used the same distinctive font, with big and colorful lettering, which imitates the ones from the show. 

Anyway, I thought I'd posted all the episodes I could find from this show, but I recently came across a couple more, including this one. Let's hope still others will eventually emerge, because there are many more by good musical acts that I don't have.

The band Labelle existed from 1971 to 1976. The main lead singer was Patti LaBelle. Her two backing singers in the band, Nona Hendryx and Sarah Dash, had backed her since 1962. Most of the songs performed by Labelle were written by Hendryx.  Patti LaBelle would go on to have many hits in the 1980s and 1990s. Labelle's biggest hit by far was "Lady Marmalade," which hit Number One on the U.S. singles chart in 1974.

Here's the band's Wikipedia page if you want to know more:

Labelle - Wikipedia

By the way, the date I have for this concert is the broadcast date. I don't know the recording date, which is the one I prefer to use. If you know, let me know so I can fix it.

This album is 29 minutes long.

01 Space Children (Labelle)
02 Are You Lonely (Labelle)
03 [Can I Speak to You Before You Go To] Hollywood (Labelle)
04 You Turn Me On (Labelle)
05 Lady Marmalade (Labelle)
06 What Can I Do for You (Labelle) 

https://pixeldrain.com/u/swyP31fN

alternate:

https://bestfile.io/nzyaNgoF8Qc8IkV/file

The cover photo is from this exact concert. From left to right, that's Patti LaBelle, Nona Hendryx, and Sarah Dash.

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