John Denver - BBC Sessions, Volume 1: Sight and Sound, Golders Green Hippodrome, London, Britain, 1-18-1973

Here's another BBC clean-up, with yet more renumbering. I had already posted two BBC concerts by John Denver. Then I discovered this one, from 1973. So those two are getting renamed to make room for this.

Actually, I may have come across this quite a while ago, but I dismissed it due to sound quality issues. But my audio editing skills have improved since then (mainly because the technology keeps getting better), so I decided to give this another shot. It still doesn't sound great, but I think it's a worthy listen.

As I've mentioned many times, the reason I keep focusing on posting BBC material is largely because of the typical high sound quality. I'm guessing this is a partial exception because the name "Sight and Sound" indicates this was an early episode of a BBC TV series, as opposed to a radio show. It's probable someone recorded this off their TV, which inevitably results in a loss of sound quality. However, I did some things to improve it. The most notable effect, I think, was from bringing up the volume of the lead vocals in relation to the instruments, using UVR5.

Note that, also in 1973, Denver hosted a six part TV series. I haven't gotten around to trying to find all the episodes of that, and doing something with it. If anyone has that and wants to send it to me, that would be a big help.

Oh, by the way, here are the links to the two renamed BBC concerts of his that come after this one:

https://albumsthatshouldexist.blogspot.com/2022/07/john-denver-bbc-concert-john-denver-in.html

https://albumsthatshouldexist.blogspot.com/2021/03/john-denver-his-guitar-and-his-music.html

This unreleased album is 46 minutes long.

01 Starwood in Aspen (John Denver)
02 talk (John Denver)
03 Carolina in My Mind (John Denver)
04 Leaving on a Jet Plane (John Denver)
05 talk (John Denver)
06 The Eagle and the Hawk (John Denver)
07 Rocky Mountain High (John Denver)
08 Catch Another Butterfly (John Denver)
09 The Box (John Denver)
10 Jimmy Newman (John Denver)
11 talk (John Denver)
12 Goodbye Again (John Denver)
13 It's a Sin to Tell a Lie (John Denver)
14 talk (John Denver)
15 Poems, Prayers and Promises (John Denver)
16 Take Me Home, Country Roads (John Denver)

https://pixeldrain.com/u/EaNTFxW1

alternate:

https://bestfile.io/pjZ2zvbV5An6ykm/file

The cover photo is from an episode of the 1973 John Denver BBC TV show series I mentioned above.