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2002 compilation album by Generation X
Radio 1 Sessions is a compilation of studio recordings made for
BBC Radio One by the
pop punk band
Generation X between 1977 and 1979.
[1] Three separate
John Peel sessions are featured,
[2] along with a cover version of
Johnny Kidd and the Pirates "
Shakin' All Over ", recorded for
David Jensen 's early evening show.
[3]
All tracks are written by
Billy Idol and
Tony James except where noted
Title Writer(s) 1. "Day By Day" 2:27 2. "Listen!" 3:15 3. "Youth Youth Youth" 4:01 4. "Your Generation" 3:16 5. "From the Heart" 2:29 6. "Rock On" (Wrongly credited in the CD booklet to Idol / James.)
Gary Glitter ,
Mike Leander 2:34 7. "Gimme Some Truth" 2:24 8. "No No No" 1:48 9. "
Shakin' All Over " (Gus Robinson is uncredited in the CD booklet.)
Johnny Kidd , Gus Robinson 2:47 10. "Paradise West" 5:23 11. "Love Like Fire" 2:52 12. "Night of the Cadillacs" 3:11 13. "English Dream" 4:38
Notes
Tracks 1 − 4 recorded 12 April 1977 for John Peel.
[4]
Tracks 5 − 8 recorded 12 July 1977 for John Peel.
[5]
Track 9 recorded 12 June 1978 for David Jensen - "King Rocker" and "One Hundred Punks" were also recorded, but they no longer exist in the
BBC vault.
[6]
Tracks 10 − 13 recorded 15 January 1979 for John Peel.
[7]
Generation X
Studio albums Compilation albums Live albums