Brinsley Schwarz - BBC Sessions, Volume 7: 1973-1975

Over the last week or so, I've posted a complete overhaul of the music the British band Brinsley Schwarz performed for the BBC. Previously, I'd posted three such albums. Now, I've posted seven. This is the seventh and last. So if you downloaded the earlier three albums I made, I recommend you delete them and replace them with these albums. Not only are they more complete, but the sound quality is often improved as well.

Like Volumes One and Five in this revamped series, this is a collection of studio sessions. The first two songs are from an appearance on the BBC TV show "Old Grey Whistle Test" in 1973. Tracks 3 through 5 are from a BBC session in 1974. Tracks 6 through 9 are from another 1974 BBC session. Tracks 10 through 13 are from a BBC session in early 1975.

"Hooked on Love" has been released on an "Old Grey Whistle Test" compilation. Tracks 6 through 13 have been released on either "Cruel to Be Kind" or "What IS So Funny about Peace, Love and Understanding," the two official BBC albums. That leaves four songs that remain unreleased. A couple of songs have "[Edit]" in their titles due to BBC DJs talking over the music. As usual, I fixed that with the help of the MVSEP audio editing program.

Note that I was going to post a few songs from the band's appearance on the German TV show "Rockpalast" in 1975. But it turns out the entire performance was officially released in 2025 under the title "Live at Rockpalast." So you should check that out if you're a fan of the band. It was one of their last concerts before they broke up.

This album is 43 minutes long.

01 Surrender to the Rhythm (Brinsley Schwarz)
02 Hooked on Love (Brinsley Schwarz)
03 [What's So Funny 'Bout] Peace, Love and Understanding [Edit] (Brinsley Schwarz)
04 You Ain't Living Till You're Loving (Brinsley Schwarz)
05 The Ugly Things [Edit] (Brinsley Schwarz)
06 Ju Ju Man (Brinsley Schwarz)
07 Small Town, Big City (Brinsley Schwarz)
08 I Got the Real Thing (Brinsley Schwarz)
09 [What's So Funny 'Bout] Peace, Love and Understanding (Brinsley Schwarz)
10 Everybody (Brinsley Schwarz)
11 We Can Mess Around [Mess with Love] (Brinsley Schwarz)
12 Cruel to Be Kind (Brinsley Schwarz)
13 Give Me Back My Love (Brinsley Schwarz)

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alternate:

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I don't know when or where the cover photo was taken. But I found very, very few good color photos of the band, and I thought this one of the band members with their wives and children was a nice one.