BBC In Concert

BBC In Concert

1971 14 Seasons 123 Episodes ⭐ 7.0

Intimate concerts for the new breed of singer-songwriter.

Intimate concerts for the new breed of singer-songwriter.

Seasons & Episodes

EP 1

Neil Young

A solo performance by Neil Young, recorded and broadcast in February 1971 at the BBC's television studio in the Shepherd

EP 2

Cat Stevens

Cat Stevens and his band recorded and broadcast live by BBC Television in November 1971.

EP 3

James Taylor

"In Concert" - 1971 - BBC series - 40 minutes

EP 4

James Taylor & Carole King

"In Concert" - 1971 - BBC series - 40 minutes JT appeared with Carole King, Danny Kortchmar, Lee Sklar, and Russ Kunkel.

EP 5

John Sebastian

John Sebastian is a kind, gentle man whose work overflows with love. Once with the Even Dozen Jug Band and Lovin' Spoonf

EP 6

Crosby & Nash

1970 footage of the duo performing soon after the demise of the supergroup Crosby, Stills, Nash and Young. Featuring bea

EP 10

Carole King

With her album 'Tapestry' topping the US charts for several weeks and the quantity of her songs being recorded by other

EP 12

Graham Parker and The Rumour

BBC2 joins the Radio 1 In Concert programme in a Simultaneous Broadcast for an hour's contemporary rock music. This week

EP 16

The Pentangle

In concert. BBC recording 20 June 1970. Train Song, Hunting Song, Light Flight, In Time, The House Carpenter, I've Got a

EP 19

Neil Diamond

Neil Diamond appears on a BBC In Concert taping during his 1971 German-UK tour. 1. Sweet Caroline; 2. Solitary Man;

EP 20

The Carpenters

most of the songs on the BBC Concert were performed live But "Ticket Tp Ride " and Burt Bacharach Medley were lip-sync

EP 1

The Eagles

Footage of Californian country rockers The Eagles from 1973, performing classic US hits such as Peaceful Easy Feeling, W

EP 2

Joni Mitchell

Joni Mitchell

EP 7

Chuck Berry

Chuck Berry

EP 1

John Sebastian

John Sebastian is a kind, gentle man whose work overflows with love. Once with the Even Dozen Jug Band and Lovin' Spoonf

EP 3

Elton John

Elton John performs some of his own material with lyrics by Bernie Taupin including Your Song, 60 Years On, The Greatest

EP 1

Donovan

Donovan with DANNY THOMPSON on bass

EP 1

David Gates

accompanied by STEVE GRAY , MARTIN KERSHAW BRIAN ODGES , DOUG WRIGHT THE STRINGS leader PATRICK HALLING

EP 1

The Kinks

The Kinks

EP 15

Bill Withers

Bill Withers

EP 1

The Hollies

The Hollies - BBC Television Theatre Golders Green, London - May 1969 01. Carrie Anne 02. Just Like A Woman 03. Medley O

EP 1

Joni Mitchell

The first in a series of concert performances by the new generation of performer-composers. Tonight Joni Mitchell 's rep

EP 2

John Sebastian

John Sebastian is a kind, gentle man whose work overflows with love. Once with the Even Dozen Jug Band and Lovin' Spoonf

EP 3

Elton John

Elton John performs some of his own material with lyrics by Bernie Taupin including Your Song, 60 Years On, The Greatest

EP 4

Bobbie Gentry

Bobbie Gentry sings a number of songs including her classic Ode to Billy Joe , a new single Fancy, Reflections, and Benj

EP 5

David Crosby And Graham Nash

sing Crosby, Stills and Nash

EP 6

James Taylor

This solo performance from James Taylor includes songs from his albums Sweet Baby James, Mud Slide Slim, and a selection

EP 7

Tony Joe White

EP 8

Randy Newman

EP 9

Mason Williams

Mason Williams with special guest Esther Ofarim who sings one of his best-known compositions Saturday Night at the World

EP 10

Alan Price

Alan Price with friends

EP 11

Mac Davis

Two of this year's hits were composed by Mac Davis. In the Ghetto, which Presley took to the top and Something's Burning

EP 12

Tom Paxton

EP 1

Donovan

Donovan with DANNY THOMPSON on bass

EP 2

Rod McKuen

One of the world's greatest song-writers in a programme of his songs with his guest Mr Kelly, GB Alyn Ainsworth and his

EP 3

Neil Young

Neil Young gave this solo performance in February 1971 at the BBC's television studio, Shepherd's Bush in London.His son

EP 4

Melanie Safka

Ten minutes with American singer and songwriter Melanie Safka

EP 5

Ray Stevens

Who is Ray Stevens ? That was the question Ray Stevens kept asking during his own show. He's a deceptively talented musi

EP 6

Guy Fletcher

Guy Fletcher and Doug Flett sing songs including Mary in the Market, With the Eyes of a Child, Over the Hills.

EP 7

Labi Siffre

Labi Siffre sings songs including ' Make my day,' ' Rocking chair,' ' Thank your lucky stars.'

EP 8

Gallagher And Lyle

EP 9

Neil Diamond

Neil Diamond performs 1. Sweet Caroline 2. Solitary Man 3. Cracklin' Rosie 4. Done Too Soon 5. A Modern Day Version of L

EP 10

The Pentangle

Train Song, Hunting Song, Light Flight, In Time, The House Carpenter, I've Got a Feeling

EP 11

Carole King

With her album 'Tapestry' topping the US charts for several weeks and the quantity of her songs being recorded by other

EP 12

James Taylor and Carole King

Accompanied by RUSS KUNKEL , LEE SKLAR and JO MAMA Songs including Close Your Eyes, Long Ago and Far Away, Rainy Day Man

EP 13

Laura Nyro

Laura Nyro makes her first appearance on British TV and sings her own songs including ' Buy and sell,' ' Stoned soul pic

EP 14

Cat Stevens

accompanied by ALUN DAVIES (guitar) LARRY STEELE (bass)

EP 15

Lesley Duncan

Accompanied by ELTON JOHN , TONI CAMPO, RAY COOPER , JIMMY HOROWITZ CHRIS KARAN , KEVIN PEEK, CHRIS SPEDDING , SUNNY WEE

EP 16

Jimmy Webb

including his own compositions 'All my love,' ' By the time I get to Phoenix,' ' Didn'we?,' ' MacArthur Park,' and ' Wic

EP 17

Gilbert O'Sullivan

singing some of his own compositions, including: Mr Moody's Garden ; Susan Van Heusen ; January Git; We Will; Bye Bye.

EP 1

Nilsson

Harry Nilsson sings, plays and dreams a fantasy concert of his own making, with extracts from The Point.

EP 2

Melanie

singing her own compositions including "Close to It All", "Tuning My Guitar", "Nickel Song", "Beautiful People", "Peace

EP 3

David Gates

accompanied by Steve Gray, Martin Kershaw, Brian Odges, Doug Wright, The Strings, leader Patrick Halling.

EP 4

Gordon Lightfoot - part 1

accompanied by Red Shea, Richard Haynes - sings Summer Side of Life, Saturday Clothes, That's What You Get for Loving Me

EP 5

Ralph McTell

Accompanied by Steve Bennett. Ragtime guitarist turned singer-writer, McTell is best-known for The Streets of London.

EP 6

Gordon Lightfoot - part 2

Accompanied by Red Shea, Richard Haynes. Including: Me and Bobby McGee, Minstrel of the Dawn and Canadian Pacific Trilog

EP 7

Chuck Berry

Legendary rock 'n' roller Chuck Berry performed at the BBC Television Theatre in 1972. "Johnny B Goode", "Roll Over Beet

EP 8

Donovan

Donovan sings his hits, including : 01. Jennifer Juniper, 02. There Is A Mountain, 03. Catch The Wind, 04. The Ordinary

EP 9

Paul Williams

includes his own versions of the hits he wrote for the Carpenters ('We've Only Just Begun,' 'Rainy Days and Mondays') an

EP 10

Stephen Stills and Manassas

The veteran of such influential groups as Buffalo Springfield and Crosby, Stills, Nash and Young now fronts his own band

EP 11

Linda Lewis

including 'Lark,' 'It's the Frame,' 'Feeling Feeling' and 'Little Indians' from her second LP.

EP 12

David Buskin

Best known for his song writing, Buskin includes numbers written for Mary Travers - among them 'Morning Glory' and 'Woma

EP 13

3 Dog Night

3 Dog Night-three lead singers, four powerful instrumentalists - are big business in the USA: usually using rearranged s

EP 14

Kris Kristofferson

The ex-Rhodes Scholar who brought a new approach to Nashville includes 'Help me make it through the night,' 'Me and Bobb

EP 15

Judee Sill

The sweet-voiced 'soldier of the heart' includes her songs 'Jesus was a Cross-maker,' 'Enchanted Sky Machines' and 'The

EP 16

Georgia Brown

Georgia Brown tackles a wide range of songs, from a Cockney medley to the Soul of 'Ain't no sunshine,' from Jacques Brel

EP 1

The Dubliners

Not so much a folk group - more a 'happening'. The Dubliners offer a selection which includes Shoals of Herring and Whis

EP 2

John Denver

with Richard Kniss (bass), Mike Taylor (guitar). John Denver, who got his big break when he replaced the leader of the C

EP 3

Bonnie Koloc

Some folk, blues and jazz from the American singer/composer with songs such as 'Black Water' and 'Hey Jude.'

EP 4

The Mahavishnu Orchestra

A 30 minute abridged version of the 1972 Sounds for Saturday broadcast, the Mahavishnu Orchestra performs instrumental p

EP 5

Plainsong

Ian Matthews, ex-Fairport Convention and Southern Comfort, leads the soft-rock group through their Amelia Earhart saga a

EP 6

John Prine

In his short career, Prine has impressed as a song-writer of great potential. His work has been recorded by the likes of

EP 7

Buddy Rich and his Orchestra

Saxophones Pat Labarbera, Brian Grivna, Jimmy Mosher, Don Englert, Joe Calo Trombones Bruce Paulson, Tony Dimaggio, Joh

EP 8

Don McLean

Don McLean served his song-writing apprenticeship during the time he spent on veteran folk-singer Pete Seeger's wind-pow

EP 9

The Kinks

The Kinks Kronikle brought up to date, from the raucous 'You Really Got Me' to the brass band revival of 'The Village Gr

EP 10

Richie Havens

The dynamic Havens strums his way through 'High flying bird,' Graham Nash's 'Teach the children' and Paul Simon's 'Old F

EP 11

The Eagles

The Eagles' sound is California, a sweet blend of sophisticated country music that is the 70s equivalent of the sounds p

EP 12

Steeleye Span

Traditional folk music, supplied at 240 volts by our most recent transatlantic musical export Maddy Prior (vocals), Tim

EP 13

Martin Mull

'It's so hard to say "au revoir". Let's just say "hors d'oeuvres".' Say hello to Martin - he's fun.

EP 14

John Williams

with Dudley Moore, Charlotte Nassim, Esmail Msheikh, Tim Walker, Rob Babbington, Chris Karan, Derek Grossmith, Roy Willo

EP 15

America

Gerry Beckley, Dewey Bunnell, Dan Peek. With Dave Attwood, Dave Dickie

EP 16

Al Green

Larry Lee, lead guitar; Aaron Purdie, drums; Daryl Thomas, trumpet; Edward Folk, conga/percussion; William McBroom, bass

EP 1

Richie Havens - Part 1

The first of a new series of concert performances by contemporary artists with EMILE LATIMER (congas) ERIC OXENDINE (bas

EP 2

Leo Sayer

In Concert with The Pop-Arts Quartet

EP 3

The Pointer Sisters

In Concert with Gaylord Birch (drums) John Neumann (bass) Thomas Salisbury (piano)

EP 4

David Clayton-Thomas

In Concert with Edward Lanny Hartley (piano)

EP 5

Peter Skellern

EP 6

Billy Preston

In Concert with The God Squad HUBERT HEARD (keyboard) KENNY lupper (keyboard) MANUEL KELLorGH (drums) from The Music Cen

EP 7

Petula Clark - part 1

from the Royal Albert Hall in London Part 1 of a two-part programme in which Petula sings to a capacity audience songs

EP 8

Petula Clark - part 2

from the Royal Albert Hall in London Part 2 of a two-part programme accompanied by FRANK OWENS AND THE ORCHESTRA Vocal

EP 9

Jimmy Cliff

EP 10

CCS

JOHN CAMERON'S all-star group of session musicians, featuring ALEXIS KORNER and PETER THORUP

EP 11

Focus

JAN AKKERMAN (lead guitar) THIJS VAN LEER (organ, flute, vocals) BURT REITER (bass guitar) COLIN ALLEN (drums)

EP 12

Pan's People

Louise Clarke, Cherry Gillespie, Babs Lord, Ruth Pearson, Dee Dee Wilde

EP 13

Ronnie Lane

In Concert with Slim Chance featuring Benny Gallagher and Graham Lyle and JIMMY JEWELL , BILLY LIVSEY BRUCE ROWLAND , CH

EP 14

Paul Williams

PAUL WILLIAMS has now become one of the hottest properties in the music business having written hits for people such as

EP 15

Bill Withers

with RAY JACKSON (piano) BENORCE BLACKMAN (electric guitar) MELVIN DUNLAP (bass) FRED CASEY (drums)

EP 16

Ravi Shankar

In Concert with ALLA RAKHA (tabla)

EP 17

Johnny Mercer

with The Harry Roche Constellation.

EP 18

Stomu Yamash'ta's East Wind

STOMU YAMASH'TA (percussion) HISAKO YAMASH'TA (violin) HUGH HOPPER (bass guitar) BRIAN GASCOIGNE (keyboard) BERNIE HOLL

EP 19

Sonny Terry and Brownie McGhee

The careers of SONNY TERRY and BROWNIE MCGHEE both started on street corners, in churches, clubs back in the 20s and 30s

EP 20

Judy Collins

During her recent British tour Judy Collins taped one of her few TV appearances including hits like' Both Sides Now' and

EP 21

10CC

Kevin Godley, Lol Creme, Graham Gouldman, Eric Stewart and Paul Burgess. A chance to see this Manchester group perform t

EP 22

Rufus Thomas

Rufus ' Funky Chicken ' Thomas flies in from Memphis to make a rare TV appearance in England.

EP 23

Sailor

On 4 September 1974, Sailor made their first TV appearance to promote their debut album "Sailor" as they perform songs f

EP 1

David Essex

Singing tracks from his recent album Stardust

EP 2

The National Youth Jazz Orchestra

A great big band sound from a group of young up-and-coming musicians.

EP 3

Swingle II

In Concert under their musical director and arranger WARD SWINGLE

EP 4

The Kiki Dee Band

Some tracks from their recent album, including "Step by step", "You need help" and "I've got the music in me".

EP 5

Labi Siffre

In Concert

EP 6

The Baker Gurvitz Army

GINGER BAKER (drums/vocals) ADRIAN GURVITZ (guitar/vocals) PAUL GURVITZ (bass guitar/vocals) PETER LEMER (keyboards) M

EP 7

Alan Price

Singer/Pianist: Alan Price Arranged and conducted by: Derek Wadsworth Sound: Larry Goodson Lighting: Bill Millar

EP 8

Labelle

An exciting trio from America make their first appearance on British TV.

EP 9

Charley Pride

With the Pridesmen.

EP 10

Lynsey De Paul

In Concert Musical director TONY HYMAS Sound LEN SHOREY Lighting BRIAN CLEMETT Designer PETER KINDRED Producer JOHNN

EP 11

Humphrey Lyttelton

BRUCE TURNER (alto-clarinet) KATHY STOBART (tenor/baritone) MICK PYNE (piano) DAVE GREEN (bass) TONY MANN (drums)

EP 12

Ralph McTell

Sound MICHAEL MCCARTHY Lighting DEREK SLEE Designer PETER KINDRED Producer JOHNNIE STEWART

EP 13

Oscar Peterson

In Concert Sound PETER ROSE Lighting MIKE JEFFERIES Designer PETER KINDRED Producer JOHNNIE STEWART

EP 14

Anne Murray

In Concert accompanied by RICHARD Sound RICHARD CHAMBERLAIN Lighting JOHN GREEN Designer STUART WALKER Producer JOHNN

EP 15

Neil Sedaka

Orchestra directed by DEL NEWMAN Sound ADRIAN BISHOP-LAGGETr Lighting SAM BARCLAY Designer PETER KINDRED Director BRI

EP 16

The Pointer Sisters

GAYLORD BIRCH (drums) JOHN NEUMANN (bass) THOMAS SALISBURY (piano) Designer JOHN HURST Producer STANLEY DORFMAN

EP 17

Johnny Mercer

with the Harry Roche Constellation. Contributors Singer: Johnny Mercer Musicians: The Harry Roche Constellation De

EP 18

Judy Collins

Designer KENNETH LAWSON Producer NICK HUNTER (Manchester) (Judy Collins appears by arrangement with Robert Patterson )

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