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Live BBC Session by this sadly overlooked and defunct UK Alternative/Pop band, recorded and released to celebrate the life of Radio DJ John Peel who was a huge fan of the band. Re-formed for this show. Hefner actually previously recorded five Peel sessions and four live concerts for his radio show. This recording also features special guests including members of Talulah Gosh and The Wedding Present. The album captures an exceptional performance of many rarely played songs live during the bands short career. 10 tracks. Belka.
Die-hard radio geeks already know this just from the title: Hefner's Maida Vale is a career-spanning compilation of the defunct band's BBC radio sessions. (Maida Vale, y'see, is the leafy northwest London suburb where BBC Radio 1's main studios are housed. However, '70s proggers This Heat still keep the prize for best titular use of this location, on their own set of BBC sessions, Made Available.) Unlike many bands who simply go through a halfhearted selection of their best-known songs for their radio sessions, Hefner tend to shy away from their best-known material here: "The Greedy Ugly People" (featuring Amelia Fletcher on harmony vocals) is the only single side in these ten songs, with most of the rest being fairly obscure album tracks like the yearning "The Greater London Radio" and "Don't Flake Out on Me." The album highlight is a sardonically spirited take on "The Day That Thatcher Dies," with a punchy faux-R&B horn section that sounds like it was lifted straight off a Style Council single. Although Maida Vale is, like all collections of BBC sessions, essentially a nice curio for fans rather than an essential release, it's a nice complement to 2006's other retrospective Hefner releases. ~ Stewart Mason
Uncut (p.98) - 3 stars out of 5 -- "This eight-song set, recorded live at Maida Vale in August 2000...suggests their memory should be cherished." Maida Vale Review
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