Horslips / At The BBC

Horslips at the BBC is a forthcoming CD box set that comprises live performances, BBC TV footage and rare archival material.

The band emerged in the early 1970s, forging their ‘Celtic Rock’ sound, drawing from Irish traditional music and British/American rock. This new box set comprises 4CDs and a DVD starting in the early 1970s and including performances from the 2010s when the band were active again.

CD 1 includes performances from Radio 1’s In Concert, The Old Grey Whistle Test, Radio 1’s Sounds of the 70’s, 2nd House (BBC 2) and Radio 1’s John Peel Show

CD 2 largely focuses on a 1979 In Concert performance for Radio 1, but adds an unplugged ‘comeback’ session from 2010 and a BBC Northern Ireland performance of ‘Sideways To The Sun’ from 2019.

CD 3 showcases a 2011 performance with the Ulster Orchestra at Belfast’s Waterfront Hall, in a previously unreleased BBC Radio Ulster ‘broadcast mix’.

CD 4 offers 1979 ‘working mixes’ of the album Short Stories, Tall Tales, recorded at Dublin’s Windmill Lane. Apparently recently discovered, these illustrate a band in transition, shifting from the US FM rock to a spikier, sharper British New Wave sound.

The final disc is a DVD that brings together clips from The Old Grey Whistle Test, 1974 documentary material and fan footage of two songs from the 2011 Waterfront Hall concert (synced to the official BBC audio).

This set comes as a hardcover book package with notes by Mark Cunningham, BBC producer Jeff Griffin and Colin Harper. Mastering comes courtesy of Eroc in Germany and band associate Cormac O’Kane who mastered 2023’s massive More Than You Can Chew box.

Horslips at the BBC will be released on 30 May 2025, via Madfish.

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Tracklisting

At The BBC Horslips /

• 4CD+DVD box set
  • CD 1: 1974
    1. DJ Alan Black intro (Radio 1 in Concert 9/2/74) [00:59]
    2. Setanta (Radio 1 in Concert 9/2/74) [02:17]
    3. Maeve’s Court (Radio 1 in Concert 9/2/74) [01:39]
    4. Charolais (Radio 1 in Concert 9/2/74) [04:06]
    5. The March (Radio 1 in Concert 9/2/74) [01:14]
    6. You Can’t Fool the Beast (Radio 1 in Concert 9/2/74) [05:19]
    7. The Clergy`s Lamentation (Radio 1 in Concert 9/2/74) [03:50]
    8. More Than You Can Chew (Radio 1 in Concert 9/2/74) [03:32]
    9. DJ Alan Black announcement (Radio 1 in Concert 9/2/74) [00:28]
    10. Ferdia`s Song (Radio 1 in Concert 9/2/74) [03:27]
    11. Gae Bolga (Radio 1 in Concert 9/2/74) [00:23]
    12. Dearg Doom (Radio 1 in Concert 9/2/74) [04:13]
    13. Faster Than the Hound (Old Grey whistle test (BBC2) 17/2/74) [05:39]
    14. Dearg Doom (Old Grey whistle test (BBC2) 17/2 74) [03:04]
    15. Ferdia’s Song (Radio 1 Sounds of the 70s 4/3/74) [03:32]
    16. More Than You Can Chew (Radio 1 Sounds of the 70s 4/3/74) [03:46]
    17. Charolais (2nd House (BBC2) 4/5/74) [03:35]
    18. Maeve’s Court (2nd House (BBC2) 4/5/74) [01:29]
    19. Dearg Doom (2nd House (BBC2) 4/5/74) [02:40]
    20. Furniture (Radio 1 Sounds of the 70s 24/9/73) [04:53]
    21. The Clergy`s Lamentation (Radio 1 Sounds of the 70s 24/9/73) [04:14]
    22. An Bratach Ban (Radio 1 John Peel Show 16/10/73) [02:25]
    23. Dearg Doom (Radio 1 John Peel Show 16/10/73) [02:45]
    24. Knockeen-Free (Radio 1 John Peel Show 16/10/73) [01:44]
    25. The Silver Spear (Radio 1 John Peel Show 19/2/74) [01:59]
  • CD 2: 1979-2019
    1. DJ Alan Black intro / The Man Who Built America (Radio 1 In Concert 24/2/79) [04:13]
    2. The Power and the Glory (Radio 1 In Concert 24/2/79) [03:57]
    3. Trouble (With a Capital `T`) (Radio 1 In Concert 24/2/79) [03:31]
    4. Loneliness (Radio 1 In Concert 24/2/79) [05:01]
    5. Sword of Light (Radio 1 In Concert 24/2/79) [06:07]
    6. Warm Sweet Breath of Love (Radio 1 In Concert 24/2/79) [03:58]
    7. Dearg Doom (Radio 1 In Concert 24/2/79) [05:53]
    8. Presenter intro (BBC NI, 2010) [00:45]
    9. Trouble (With a Capital `T`) (BBC NI, 2010) [02:30]
    10. Green Star Liner (BBC NI, 2010) [02:17]
    11. Sideways to the Sun (BBC NI, 2019) [05:06]
    12. Documentary including band interviews (Radio Ulster 20/3/10) [27:10]
  • CD 3: Belfast 2011
    1. DJ John Toal intro / band intro (Belfast (BBC Radio Ulster 17/3/11)) [03:02]
    2. Daybreak (Belfast (BBC Radio Ulster 17/3/11)) [02:56]
    3. The Power and the Glory (Belfast (BBC Radio Ulster 17/3/11)) [04:14]
    4. Fantasia (My Lagan Love) (Belfast (BBC Radio Ulster 17/3/11)) [03:05]
    5. Drive The Cold Winter Away (Belfast (BBC Radio Ulster 17/3/11)) [02:22]
    6. Ride to Hell (Belfast (BBC Radio Ulster 17/3/11)) [02:58]
    7. Sideways to the Sun (Belfast (BBC Radio Ulster 17/3/11)) [04:42]
    8. Dusk (Belfast (BBC Radio Ulster 17/3/11)) [00:44]
    9. Sword of Light (Belfast (BBC Radio Ulster 17/3/11)) [05:22]
    10. John Toal first half putro (Belfast (BBC Radio Ulster 17/3/11)) [00:29]
    11. John Toal 2nd half intro / band intro (Belfast (BBC Radio Ulster 17/3/11)) [01:38]
    12. Setanta (Belfast (BBC Radio Ulster 17/3/11)) [01:43]
    13. Maeve’s Court (Belfast (BBC Radio Ulster 17/3/11)) [01:54]
    14. Charolais (Belfast (BBC Radio Ulster 17/3/11)) [04:15]
    15. More Than You Can Chew (Belfast (BBC Radio Ulster 17/3/11)) [03:21]
    16. March Into Trouble (Belfast (BBC Radio Ulster 17/3/11)) [01:52]
    17. Trouble (With a Capital `T`) (Belfast (BBC Radio Ulster 17/3/11)) [03:41]
    18. Dearg Doom (Belfast (BBC Radio Ulster 17/3/11)) [06:34]
    19. DJ + band interview (Belfast (BBC Radio Ulster 17/3/11)) [01:21]
    20. Rescue Me [inc. Barry outro] (Belfast (BBC Radio Ulster 17/3/11)) [03:52]
    21. Ghosts (Belfast (BBC Radio Ulster 17/3/11)) [03:45]
    22. King of the Fairies (Belfast (BBC Radio Ulster 17/3/11)) [04:54]
    23. Barry Devlin intro (Belfast (BBC Radio Ulster 17/3/11)) [00:40]
    24. I`ll Be Waiting (+ outro thanks) (Belfast (BBC Radio Ulster 17/3/11)) [08:20]
  • CD 4: Windmill Lane 1979
    1. Summer’s Most Wanted Girl (Windmill Lane 6/9/79) [03:35]
    2. Mail Order [AKA Amazing Offer] (Windmill Lane 6/9/79) [03:15]
    3. Back In My Arms (Windmill Lane 6/9/79) [04:39]
    4. Rescue Me (Windmill Lane 6/9/79) [03:40]
    5. Soap Opera (Windmill Lane 6/9/79) [03:28]
    6. Hotel Inexpensive [AKA Law on the Run] (Windmill Lane 6/9/79) [02:51]
    7. Guests of the Nation (Windmill Lane 6/9/79) [03:34]
    8. The Life You Save (Windmill Lane 6/9/79) [03:29]
    9. Ricochet Man (Windmill Lane 6/9/79) [03:37]
    10. Unapproved Road (Windmill Lane 6/9/79) [03:45]
  • DVD
    1. Dearg Doom (video) [03:14]
    2. Faster Than the Hound (video) [05:49]
    3. Charloais (video) [03:33]
    4. Maeve’s Court (video) [01:28]
    5. Dearg Doom + documentary content (video) [02:47]
    6. The Man Who Built America (promo video + presenter Annie Nightingale intro) (video) [03:58]
    7. Trouble (With a Capital `T`) + interview (video) [04:35]
    8. Green Star Liner + intro (video) [03:17]
    9. Sideways to the Sun + interview (video) [06:18]
    10. I’ll Be Waiting (Ulster Hall, 17/3/11) (video) [07:49]
    11. Trouble with a Capital T (Ulster Hall, 17/3/11) (video) [03:39]