The Original Bee, Bee And Gee (But No Bee Gees, If You Know What I Mean)

One of the highlights in a year of great albums has been the debut by Butler, Blake & Grant.

Their debut as a trio perhaps, but these are legends in their own right: 

Bernard Butler, Suede, McAlmont & Butler, über producer

Norman Blake, Teenage Fanclub, BMX Bandits

James Grant, Love And Money, Friends Again

...as well as numerous solo ventures and collaborations over the decades.

I'll come back to Butler, Blake & Grant as a recording and performing threesome another time. Today's selection plucks four gems from each artist's extensive catalogue to present 47 minutes of deep cuts and should-have-been smash hits.

What a talented trio. And lovely blokes, too. But that's a story for another time.

1) Let's Go Away: Bernard Butler (1999)

2) Groovy Good Luck Friend (Janice Long Session): BMX Bandits (1986)

3) Winter '89: Love And Money (1989)

4) A Change Of Heart (Single Version): Bernard Butler (1998)

5) God Knows It's True: Teenage Fanclub (1990)

6) State Of Art (The Spiral Tribe Edition): Friends Again (1995)

7) The Patron Saint Of The Lost Cause (Album Version): Catherine Anne Davies & Bernard Butler (2020)

8) Baby Lee: Teenage Fanclub (2010)

9) Hubcap To Blue Town: Love And Money (1991)

10) My Dark Star: Suede (1994)

11) Golden Shower: The Boy Hairdressers (1987)

12) Wanderlust II: Love And Money (1988)

1986: Janice Long Session, BBC Radio 1, 8th June 1986: 2

1987: Golden Shower EP: 11

1988: Halleluiah Man EP: 12

1990: God Knows It's True EP: 5

1991: Winter EP: 3

1991: Wishing Waters EP: 9

1994: Stay Together EP: 10

1995: Spiral Tribe Volume 1: 6

1998: A Change Of Heart EP: 4

1999: Friends And Lovers: 1

2010: Shadows: 8

2020: In Memory Of My Feelings: 7

The Original Bee, Bee And Gee (But No Bee Gees, If You Know What I Mean) (47:15) (Mega)