Melanie on BBC4 - did anybody else see it
Posted by: Guido Fawkes on 12 May 2006
I was lucky. Only just happened to learn it was on and shot downstairs to see a recording of Melanie's 1972 concert for the BBC. It was just her and her guitar and she sung Close To It All, Tuning My Guitar, Nickel Song, Beautiful People, Look What They've Done To My Song Ma and Peace Will Come According to Plan.
She always was my favourite American Singer/Songwriter (along with Paul Simon, Tom Rapp and Jonathan Richmann) and this concert reminded me of what a true star she was (and indeed still is).
Unfortunately, I do not have a complete set of her albums and I don't think they are all available on CD. When I was at school, a good friend, recorded her first six albums for me, but the tapes have long since perished. I have Affectionately, Candles in the Rain, Good Book and Gather Me on CD. Though they could have done more work on the remasters and why oh why has Candles in the Rain only got the short version of Lay Down on it - the seven minute masterpiece Melanie wrote and performed with the Edwin Hawkin Singers.
Why have Garden In the City, Stoneground Word and Madrugada not been re-released.
Perhaps one day - yes I liked Bob Dylan and Joni Mitchell, but I always preferred Melanie and seeing this concert again reminded me why.
In nostalgic mood (especially as it followed an evening of listening to Alice Cooper), Rotf
She always was my favourite American Singer/Songwriter (along with Paul Simon, Tom Rapp and Jonathan Richmann) and this concert reminded me of what a true star she was (and indeed still is).
Unfortunately, I do not have a complete set of her albums and I don't think they are all available on CD. When I was at school, a good friend, recorded her first six albums for me, but the tapes have long since perished. I have Affectionately, Candles in the Rain, Good Book and Gather Me on CD. Though they could have done more work on the remasters and why oh why has Candles in the Rain only got the short version of Lay Down on it - the seven minute masterpiece Melanie wrote and performed with the Edwin Hawkin Singers.
Why have Garden In the City, Stoneground Word and Madrugada not been re-released.
Perhaps one day - yes I liked Bob Dylan and Joni Mitchell, but I always preferred Melanie and seeing this concert again reminded me why.
In nostalgic mood (especially as it followed an evening of listening to Alice Cooper), Rotf
Melanie in 2003