ABC Music (album)

ABC Music: The Radio 1 Sessions, released in October 2002, is a compilation by post-rock band Stereolab of BBC Radio 1 sessions recorded from July 1991 to August 2001. It includes appearances in John Peel and Mark Radcliffe's shows and it is a CD-only release.

Track listing

CD 1

1. "Super-Electric" Ã¢Â€Â“ 4:48 (Peel, 30/7/1991)
2. "Changer" Ã¢Â€Â“ 4:11
3. "Doubt" Ã¢Â€Â“ 2:41
4. "Difficult Fourth Title" Ã¢Â€Â“ 4:45
5. "Laissez Faire" Ã¢Â€Â“ 3:57 (Peel, 28/6/1992)
6. "Revox" Ã¢Â€Â“ 3:12
7. "Peng 33" Ã¢Â€Â“ 2:57
8. "John Cage Bubblegum" Ã¢Â€Â“ 2:56
9. "Wow and Flutter" Ã¢Â€Â“ 2:54 (Peel, 28/9/1993)
10. "Anemie" Ã¢Â€Â“ 4:41
11. "Moogie Wonderland" Ã¢Â€Â“ 2:34
12. "Heavy Denim" Ã¢Â€Â“ 3:09
13. "French Disko" Ã¢Â€Â“ 3:12 (Radcliffe, 13/12/1993)
14. "Wow and Flutter" Ã¢Â€Â“ 2:56
15. "Golden Ball" Ã¢Â€Â“ 5:45
16. "Lo Boob Oscillator" Ã¢Â€Â“ 4:33
17. "Check and Double Check" Ã¢Â€Â“ 2:51 (Radcliffe, 22/11/1994)
18. "Working Title (The Pram Song)" Ã¢Â€Â“ 4:13

"Difficult Fourth Title" is the song eventually named "Contact" (from Super-Electric and then Switched On). "Working Title (The Pram Song)" is an early version of "Seeperbold" from Aluminum Tunes.

CD 2

1. "International Colouring Contest" Ã¢Â€Â“ 3:42
2. "Anamorphose" Ã¢Â€Â“ 7:27
3. "Metronomic Underground" Ã¢Â€Â“ 10:14 (Peel, 15/2/1996)
4. "Brigitte" Ã¢Â€Â“ 5:50
5. "Spinal Column" Ã¢Â€Â“ 3:31
6. "Tomorrow Is Already Here" Ã¢Â€Â“ 4:43
7. "Les Yper-Sound" Ã¢Â€Â“ 6:00 (Evening Session, 26/2/1996)
8. "Heavenly Van Halen" Ã¢Â€Â“ 3:09
9. "Cybele's Reverie" Ã¢Â€Â“ 3:59
10. "Slow Fast Hazel" Ã¢Â€Â“ 4:07
11. "Nothing to Do With Me" Ã¢Â€Â“ 4:01 (Peel, 19/9/2001)
12. "Double Rocker" Ã¢Â€Â“ 5:33
13. "Baby Lulu" Ã¢Â€Â“ 5:03
14. "Naught More Terrific Than Man" Ã¢Â€Â“ 3:56

"Heavenly Van Halen" is an early version of "Pinball" from the Fluorescences EP.

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