The Housemartins were regular visitors to the BBC's Maida Vale studios, recording 7 sessions as well as having their Glastonbury and Nottingham concerts broadcast, containing most of the material recorded for the BBC from the beginning, up until the end of the band's brief but brilliant career. While most of the tracks included are session versions recorded for various BBC radio shows, the disc also features a number of cuts from the band's performances in Nottingham and at the 1986 Glastonbury festival as broadcast on the BBC. Enjoy!
1. Drop Down Dead - John Peel 21/07/85
2. Flag Day - John Peel 21/07/85
3. Stand At Ease - John Peel 21/07/85
4. Reverends Revenge - Janice Long 6/11/85
5. Shelter - Saturday Live 04/01/86
6. People Get Ready - Saturday Live 04/01/86
7. Over There - John Peel 06/04/86
8. Caravan Of Love - John Peel 06/04/86
9. Happy Hour - John Peel 03/06/86
10. Heaven Help Us All - John Peel 03/06/86
11. Pickin' The Blues (Peel Show Theme Tune) - John Peel 03/06/8
12. Mercy - Janice Long 11/12/86
13. So Glad - Janice Long 11/12/86
14. He Brought Me Out - Janice Long 11/12/86
15. Sunday Isn't Sunday - John Peel 03/11/87
16. Build - John Peel 03/11/87
17. We're Not Deep - Glastonbury 29/11/86
18. Me And The Farmer - Glastonbury 29/11/86
19. The People Who Grinned Themselves To Death - Nottingham Concert 30/09/87
20. The Light Is Always Green - Nottingham Concert 30/09/87
21. The World's On Fire - Nottingham Concert 30/09/87
22. We're Not Going Back - Nottingham Concert 30/09/87
23. Johannesburg - Nottingham Concert 30/09/87
24. Five Get Over Excited - Nottingham Concert 30/09/87
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