BBC Sessions (Saxon album)

BBC Sessions / Live at Reading Festival '86
Live album by Saxon
Released 3 November 1998
Recorded 1980, 1982, 1986
Genre Heavy metal
Length 67:56
Label EMI
Producer Tony Wilson
Saxon chronology

Donnington: The Live Tracks
(1997)		 BBC Sessions / Live at Reading Festival '86
(1998)		 Metalhead
(1999)
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BBC Sessions / Live at Reading Festival '86 is a live compilation album by the British heavy metal band Saxon. It was recorded live in studio by the famous British record producer Tony Wilson for the BBC Radio 1 shows of the early 80s and at the 1986 Reading Festival, where Saxon were the headliners.

Track listing

Friday Rock Show 2/15/80

No. Title Length
1. "Backs to the Wall"   3:18
2. "Stallions of the Highway"   2:47
3. "Motorcycle Man"   3:47
4. "Still Fit to Boogie"   2:45
5. "747 (Strangers in the Night)"   5:01

Studio B15 Live 5/25/82

No. Title Length
1. "20,000 Ft."   3:18
2. "Dallas 1 PM"   6:00
3. "The Eagle Has Landed"   7:24

Reading Festival / Friday Rock Show 6/26/86

No. Title Length
1. "Power and the Glory"   7:06
2. "Never Surrender"   4:01
3. "Rock the Nations"   5:10
4. "Wheels of Steel"   6:07
5. "Waiting for the Night"   4:39
6. "Strong Arm of the Law"   6:25

NB The Reading Festival recording is misdated, Saxon headlining the Saturday night, 23 August 1986. The recording here is also incomplete, BBC Radio having broadcast:

No. Title Length
1. "Power and the Glory"    
2. "Never Surrender"    
3. "The Eagle Has Landed"    
4. "Rock the Nations"    
5. "747 (Strangers in the Night)"    
6. "20,000 Ft."    
7. "Wheels of Steel"    
8. "Waiting for the Night"    
9. "Strong Arm of the Law"    

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Production

References

  1. ↑ Kennedy, Patrick. "Saxon BBC Sessions". Allmusic. Rovi Corporation. Retrieved 2011-06-24.