Swedish Radio Sessions

Swedish Radio Sessions Artist: The Nice
Category: Music


Average customer rating: 4.5 out of 5 stars
Format: Import
Media: Audio CD
Number Of Discs: 1
EAN: 5050159134922
ASIN: B00005QTC1


Release Date: 2001-10-26

Swedish Radio Sessions


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Tracks:

  1. She Belongs to Me [#] - The Nice, The Nice
  2. Flower King of Flies [#]
  3. Sombrero Sam [#]
  4. You Keep Me Hangin' On [#]
  5. Thoughts of Emerlist Davjack [#]
  6. Rondo [#]

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  1. BBC Sessions
  2. Vivacitas: Live at Glasgow 2002
  3. Elegy
  4. Here Come the Nice: The Immediate Anthology 3 CD Set
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Album Description

6 Previously unreleased 1967 tracks including 'She Belongs To Me', 'Flower King Of Flies', 'Sombrero Sam', 'You Keep Me Hanging On', ' The Thoughts of Emerlist Davjack' & 'Rondo'. 2001.

Album Details

Features previously unissued recordings.

Customer Reviews:

4 out of 5 stars The Nice - 'Swedish Radio Sessions' (Castle).......2006-12-08

Six previously unreleased 'versions' of tunes from The Nice's repertoire.Liked every track here,rather it be their covers,Bob Dylan's "She Belongs To Me" or Vanilla Fudge's hit "You Keep Me Hanging On",as well as "Flower King Of Flies" and the outstanding performance of the twelve - minute progressive gem "Rondo". Sound quality is very good, so is the price. Be you a new fan, a completist or just someone who has nothing to do BUT seek out such 'keeper' compilations to add to your already extensive collection, 'Swedish Radio Sessions' is a should-have.

4 out of 5 stars --.......2003-09-13

Excluding their dreadful reading of 'You Keep Me Hanging On', this is the most consistent set of Nice material to be released. Being that it was recorded before the release of their first album, the only evidence of their subsequent classical leanings show up in the form of Keith Emerson's playing, not in their song structures. Even Emo's flamboyance is usually witnessed in short bursts at this stage rather than in extended solos. This is not a negative observation, for the group sounds more like, well, a group.

In this performance, the Nice sound a good deal like the Soft Machine did at the same point in their career when Kevin Ayers and Daevid Allen were in the band, especially during 'Sombrero Sam'. They wear jazz on their sleeve more than anything else here. 'The Thoughts of Emerlist Davjack' and 'Flower King of Flies' are heard here without their studio over-production, and they give a better account of themselves - especially 'Flower King of Flies'. This performance also builds further evidence in the case for Lee Jackson being the poorest vocalist to ever front a band that released five albums and crossed the Atlantic. The guy does deserve some real credit though for having the courage to go up on a stage for years in front of thousands of strangers with that voice. At the same time, credit should be given to the producers of their studio albums for making his voice sound passable. But nobody's ever listened to the Nice to hear Jackson's voice.

If for nothing else, this release is worth having for it contains four songs that have never been heard in a live setting before, and two of those were never even recorded in the studio. 'She Belongs to Me' is better here than anywhere else because of O'List's guitar, and this 'Rondo' is their best because it's more hypnotic.

5 out of 5 stars Fantastic find.......2002-09-20

One of the Nice's two best albums. This is a radio show done just before Nice's first album was released. The group is the full quartet of Keith Emerson, David O'List, Lee Jackson and Brian Davison. The album is 41 minutes long and the sound quality is very good. There are extensive liner notes.

The group is more into jazz and rock at this time and hasn't yet gone off into art rock. The music is very lively and very edgy.

In the earlier versions of the Nice, David O'List is the real leader. There are great, searing guitar solos. There is fantastic interplay between guitar and organ.

The best thing on the album is the Charles Lloyd composition, Sombrero Sam. The version of Rondo here is the best on record. It has a very hard edge. I also like You Keep Me Hanging On, although the liner notes complain that it sounds too much like the Vanilla Fudge. The only "bad" track would be Thoughts Of Emerlist Davjack, which features horrendous singing from each of the members of the group.

The only Nice album I like better than this one is Elegy. The piano solo on Hang On To A Dream is the best thing Keith Emerson has ever done.

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