UB40 - BBC Sessions, Volume 1: 1979-1983

A couple of days ago, I posted a UB40 BBC concert from 1985. At first, I called this "BBC Sessions, Volume 3." But then, after just a few hours, I saw a commenter talk about a 1980 BBC concert by the band that I'd missed. I went to go find it, and stumbled upon more early material. So I immediately changed that 1985 concert to "Volume 5." Now I'm getting around to fill in the missing two early volumes. This first one contains just BBC studio sessions.

The British reggae band UB40 was formed in late 1978. They quickly found success. By the end of 1979, they did their first BBC studio session, for famed BBC DJ John Peel. That session makes up the first three songs. The next two are from 1980 session. The four after that are from a 1981 session. The four after that are from a 1982 session. Finally, the last three are from a 1983. I couldn't find any more BBC studio sessions after that.

All but five of the performances here have been officially released. They come from various deluxe editions of the studio albums of that era. The exceptions are the four 1982 songs from an unreleased John Peel session (tracks 10 to 13), plus track 15, from a 1983 session. For some reason two other songs from that session got released, but that one got overlooked.

This album is an hour and seven minutes long.

01 Food for Thought (UB40)
02 25 Percent [Instrumental] (UB40)
03 King (UB40)
04 I Think It’s Going to Rain Today (UB40)
05 My Way of Thinking (UB40)
06 One in Ten (UB40)
07 Present Arms (UB40)
08 Silent Witness (UB40)
09 Sardonicus (UB40)
10 I Won't Close My Eyes (UB40)
11 Love Is All Is All Right (UB40)
12 Folitician (UB40)
13 Prince Baldhead Meets Gymslip and the School Girls at the Chemist (UB40)
14 Red Red Wine (UB40)
15 Nkomo-a-Go-Go [Instrumental] (UB40)
16 Please Don't Make Me Cry (UB40)

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The cover photo of the band was taken somewhere in Germany in 1982.