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John Prine - At The BBC - 1973

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This is John Prine performing live for BBC Radio One, back in 1973 at the BBC Radio Theatre in London. Source: One of BBC Radio 1's, 'In Concert' series from this era, originally recorded 'off air'. Sound Quality: FM stereo, good clean quality. Genre: Country, Folk, Protest, significant influence for recent Americana. Set: Full BBC performance. Set List: 01 Spanish Pipe dream 02 Illegal Smile 03 Donald and Lydia 04 Sam Stone 05 Pretty Good 06 Rocky Mountain 07 Hello In There 08 Everybody Needs Somebody Links: Official stuff is pretty average, probably best represented by 'official' fan site HERE . Comments: Back in 1972, Atlantic records released the album 'sampler' The New Age Of Atlantic', a phenomenal album that introduced many 'rock' fans to John Prine and others (check HERE for more album details). John Prine's inclusion was the song 'Sam Stone' which put concisely by 'Wikipedia' can be interpreted a