At the BBC is a live box set containing three CDs and a DVD by alternative rock band Siouxsie and the Banshees, released in June 2009 by record label Universal International.
The physical version is sold out; the boxset is hence only available on audio streaming and media services such as Amazon Prime Music, iTunes, Spotify and Deezer.
Content
At the BBC consists of four discs containing 84 digitally remastered tracks of BBC sessions, live concert tracks and TV performances recorded between 1977 and 1991 split across three CDs and a DVD, as well has a hard-back book.
The DVD featured several live sessions filmed for The Old Grey Whistle Test and Oxford Road Show, and for the first time, a previously-unreleased concert filmed in Warwick in March 1981, prior to their Juju album, with John McGeoch on guitar. Robert Smith was also featured on guitar on nine songs, including a TV session in 1979 and all the TV appearances from November 1982 through March 1984.
Reception
Mojo wrote:
Track listing
Disc one
"Love in a Void" (John Peel 29/11/77) "Mirage" (John Peel 29/11/77) "Metal Postcard" (John Peel 29/11/77) "Suburban Relapse" (John Peel 29/11/77) "Hong Kong Garden" (John Peel 6/2/78) "Overground" (John Peel 6/2/78) "Carcass" (John Peel 6/2/78) "Helter Skelter" (John Peel 6/2/78) "Placebo Effect" (John Peel 9/4/79) "Playground Twist" (John Peel 9/4/79) "Regal Zone" (John Peel 9/4/79) "Poppy Day" (John Peel 9/4/79) "Halloween" (John Peel 10/2/81) "Voodoo Dolly" (John Peel 10/2/81) "But Not Them" (John Peel 10/2/81) "Into The Light" (John Peel 10/2/81) "Arabian Knights" (Richard Skinner Show – Recorded 4.6.81. Transmitted 16.6.81) "Red Over White" (Richard Skinner Show – Recorded 4.6.81. Transmitted 16.6.81) "Headcut" (Richard Skinner Show – Recorded 4.6.81. Transmitted 16.6.81) "Supernatural Thing" (Richard Skinner Show – Recorded 4.6.81. Transmitted 16.6.81)
Disc two
"Coal Mind" (Kid Jensen Show Recorded 13.5.82. Transmitted 24.5.82.) "Green Fingers" (Kid Jensen Show – Recorded 13.5.82. Transmitted 24.5.82.) "Painted Bird" (Kid Jensen Show – Recorded 13.5.82. Transmitted 24.5.82.) "Cascade" (Kid Jensen Show – Recorded 13.5.82. Transmitted 24.5.82.) "Candyman" (John Peel 10/2/86) "Cannons" (John Peel 10/2/86) "Land's End" (John Peel 10/2/86) "Shooting Sun" (Janice Long Show – Recorded 11.1.87. Transmitted 2.2.87.) "Song from the Edge Of The World" (Janice Long Show – Recorded 11.1.87. Transmitted 2.2.87.) "Little Johnny Jewel" (Janice Long Show – Recorded 11.1.87. Transmitted 2.2.87.) "Something Blue" (Janice Long Show – Recorded 11.1.87. Transmitted 2.2.87.) "Green Fingers" (Apollo Theatre, Oxford in Concert – Recorded 14.11.85. Transmitted 10.3.86.) "Bring Me the Head of the Preacher Man" (Apollo Theatre, Oxford in Concert – Recorded 14.11.85. Transmitted 10.3.86.) "Sweetest Chill" (Apollo Theatre, Oxford in Concert – Recorded 14.11.85. Transmitted 10.3.86.) "Cannons" (Apollo Theatre, Oxford in Concert – Recorded 14.11.85. Transmitted 10.3.86.) "Melt!" (Apollo Theatre, Oxford in Concert – Recorded 14.11.85. Transmitted 10.3.86.) "Candyman" (Apollo Theatre, Oxford in Concert – Recorded 14.11.85. Transmitted 10.3.86.) "Land's End" (Apollo Theatre, Oxford in Concert – Recorded 14.11.85. Transmitted 10.3.86.)