The Radio One Sessions is a compilation of BBC Radio One sessions recorded by Britpop group Elastica. The album is notable for the appearance of several songs not included on any other Elastica release.

Track listing

"Annie" (Donna Matthews) – 1:15

"Spastica" (Justine Frischmann) – 2:34

"Line Up" (Frischmann) – 3:12

"Vaseline" (Frischmann) – 1:20

"Brighton Rock" (Frischmann, Elastica) – 1:56

"In The City" (Frischmann) – 1:31

"Waking Up" (Burnell, Cornwell, Duffy, Frischmann, Greenfield) – 3:17

"Four Wheeling" (Car Song) (Frischmann) – 2:26

"Hold Me Now" (Matthews) – 2:26

"Ba Ba Ba" (Frischmann) – 2:33

"All For Gloria" (Traditional) – 3:02

"I Wanna Be a King of Orient Aah" (Traditional) – 2:05

"Rockunroll" (Frischmann) – 2:14

"2:1" (Matthews) – 2:29

"I Want You" (Frischmann) – 4:05

"Only Human" (Gilbert, Robert Gotobed, Lewis, Matthews, Newman) – 3:24

"A Love Like Ours" (Matthews) – 2:27

"KB" (Frischmann, Nagle, Smith) – 3:13

"Da Da Da" (Kralle Krawinkel, Stephan Remmler) – 3:41

"Generator" (Frischmann) – 1:47

"Your Arse My Place" (Frischmann) – 1:46

The releases omits 10 tracks recorded by the band for BBC Radio 1, in many cases because they were already present from another session. "Rockunroll" (1993.09.18) Peel Session *previously released as a b-side to Line Up "2:1" (1994.03.16) Evening Session *previously released as a b-side to Stutter "Connection" (1994.03.16) Evening Session *previously released on Evening Session Priority Tunes compilation album. "Never Here" (1994.06.14) Peel Session "Father Christmas" (1994.12.06) Peel Session (unreleased song) "Blue" (1994.12.06) Peel Session "Gloria" (1995.03.28) Radcliffe Session "Car Song" (1995.03.28) Radcliffe Session "The Other Side" (1996.07.10) Evening Session (unreleased song) "Mad Dog" (1999.09.22) Peel Session

The Radio One Sessions (Elastica album)

Recording details

Tracks 1-5 recorded for John Peel, 18 September 1993

Tracks 6-7 recorded for the Evening Session, 16 March 1994

Tracks 8-10 recorded for John Peel, 14 June 1994

Tracks 11-12 recorded for John Peel, 6 December 1994

Tracks 13-14 recorded for Mark Radcliffe, 28 March 1995

Tracks 15-17 recorded for the Evening Session, 10 July 1996

Tracks 18-21 recorded for John Peel, 22 September 1999

Personnel

Miti Adhikari – producer

James Birtwistle – producer

Dave Bush – keyboards, programming

Sheila Chipperfield – bass

Tim Durham – producer

Nick Fountain – engineer

Justine Frischmann – guitar, vocals

Nick Gomm – producer

Steve Gullick – photography, inlay photography

Annie Holland – bass

Paul Jones – guitar

Fred Kay – engineer

Steve Lamacq – liner notes

Donna Matthews – guitar, backing vocals

Mew – keyboards, backing vocals

Lis Roberts – producer

Andy Rogers – engineer

Lisa Softley – engineer

George W. Thomas – engineer

Justin Welch – drums, voices

Tony Worthington – engineer

References

Elastica albums

BBC Radio recordings

2001 live albums

2001 compilation albums

E1 Music compilation albums

E1 Music live albums

The Radio One Sessions (Elastica album)