Belle And Sebastian's BBC Sessions

Matador Records has assembled 14 songs Belle And Sebastian recorded for Britain's BBC Radio from 1996 to 2001 and will release them as The BBC Sessions on Nov. 18.

A limited-edition double-disc version of the album will include a Dec. 21, 2001 concert recorded in Belfast, Ireland. The BBC Sessions will also be released as a double-vinyl album.

The 14 BBC songs include alternate versions of tracks from Belle And Sebastian's first three albums and associated EPs, and four bootlegged songs recorded for John Peel that have never before appeared on CD or vinyl: "The Magic Of A Kind Word," "Nothing In The Silence," "Shoot The Sexual Athlete" and "(My Girl’s Got) Miraculous Technique." Those four songs are the band's last recordings with Isobel Campbell before she left the group to pursue a solo career.

You can preview "The State I Am In" and "Like Dylan In The Movies" on Belle And Sebastian's website.

The Dublin gig features bassist/guitarist Bob Kildea, who replaced Stuart David, and includes covers of The Beatles' "Here Comes The Sun," Thin Lizzy's "The Boys Are Back In Town" and The Velvet Underground's "I'm Waiting For The Man."

Belle And Sebastian released their Tigermilk debut album in 1996. The Scottish band followed that with If You're Feeling Sinister, The Boy With The Arab Strap, Fold Your Hands Child, You Walk Like A Peasant and Dear Catastrophe Waitress. The band are now on hiatus and have announced no plans to record a follow-up to their last studio album, 2006's The Life Pursuit.

Here are the songs on The BBC Sessions:

Disc one — Radio Sessions:

"The State I Am In"
"Like Dylan In The Movies"
"Judy And The Dream Of Horses"
"The Stars Of Track And Field"
"I Could Be Dreaming"
"Seymour Stein"
"Lazy Line Painter Jane"
"Sleep The Clock Around"
"Slow Graffiti"
"Wrong Love" (later recorded as "The Wrong Girl")
"Shoot The Sexual Athlete"
"The Magic Of A Kind Word"
"Nothing In The Silence"
"(My Girl's Got) Miraculous Technique"

Disc two — Live In Belfast:

"Here Comes The Sun"
"There's Too Much Love"
"The Magic Of A Kind Word"
"Me And The Major"
"Wandering Alone"
"The Model"
"I'm Waiting For The Man"
"The Boy With The Arab Strap"
"The Wrong Girl"
"Dirty Dream #2"
"The Boys Are Back In Town"
"Legal Man"

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