SLADE Live At The BBC (Deleted & out of print 2009 UK 36-track digitally remastered 2-CD set - Think of BBC1's Top of the Pops at its 15 million viewing peak during the early '70s and a mental image of Slade - stomping, smiling, shining Bacofoil bright - israrely very far away. But the band's relationship with BBC Radio was not always as joyous or as uncomplicated. 'Jimmy Young said he'd never heard such a row in all his life,' remembers Jim Lea, the group'sbassist and musical powerhouse. 'Tony Blackburn machine-gunned our first hit live on air. Ed Stewart said we'd never make it. Tommy Vance hated our guts to begin with. John Peel was always suspicious of us. And Noel Edmonds used to call us 'Never,' as in 'Slade? Never!' The era documented here, 1969 to 1972, witnessed Slade's transformation from a self-confessed travelling rock 'n' soul jukebox into the nation's favourite glam rock combo. And just as it had helped to break The Beatles and many other bands, the BBC played a vital supporting role in Slade's rise to the top. Compiled and produced with the help of the group, this fantastic collection of rare and largely unissued material fleshes that out by presenting not only the studio Slade and the in-concert Slade, but the pre-fame Slade; a tight, hard-hitting combo that cut its teeth on a range of soul, psychedelic, pop and rock covers, while making tentative and highly successful inroads into writing their own material. Housed in a fold-out digipak picture sleeve complete with a 24-page picture booklet containing previously unseen photographs plus a comprehensive overview and track-by-track notes by Mojo's Mark Paytress featuring extensive comments from the band).