1972 - 1973 Judee Sill Disc 1 - 62.50 1 BBC Intro .20 72-March-23 VG+ 2 Jesus Was A Crossmaker 4.44 3 Lady-O 3.32 4 The Lamb Ran Away With The Crown 3.56 5 Enchanted Sky Machines 4.15 6 The Kiss 5.11 (written 7 days prior) 7 Down Where The Valleys Are Low 5.02 8 There's A Rugged Road 5.05 73-Feb-14 VG+ 9 The Phoenix 3.07 10 The Kiss 4.57 11 Down Where The Valleys Are Low 5.29 12 The Donor 1.31 13 Soldier Of The Heart 4.14 14 The Kiss 4.39 73-Feb-20 * E- 15 The Pearl 1.56 73-Feb-20 VG+ 16 The Kiss 4.46 Disc 2 - 67.40 1 The Vigilante 3.55 72-April VG 2 Lady-O 2.46 3 Jesus Was A Crossmaker 4.06 4 Enchanted Sky Machines 4.38 5 The Kiss 4.23 6 The Lamb Ran Away With The Crown 3.56 7 Lopin Along Through The Cosmos 3.44 8 Archetypal Man 4.08 9 My Man On Love 3.33 10 Enchanted Sky Machines 2.43 1971 ? VG+ 11 Jesus Was A Crossmaker 3.41 72-Mar-21 VG/VG+ 12 Enchanted Sky Machines 4.38 VG 13 Ridge Rider 4.36 KPFK-FM VG+ 14 Jesus Was A Crossmaker 3.49 15 Enchanted Sky Machines 4.00 16 Down Where The Valleys Are Low 5.39 17 Blackbird 3.17 VG/VG+ Venue info: 1971 ? : ? 72-March-21: The Old Grey Whistle Test - London, England 72-March-23: Paris Theater - London, England 72-April: In Concert BBC-TV - London, England 73-Feb-14: Radio One In Concert - London, England 73-Feb-20: The Old Grey Whistle Test - London, England KPFK-FM: Los Angeles, CA * from The Old Grey Whistle Test dvd Lineage: ? > MP3 (except *) > WAV I got all of these tracks (except *) from: http://www.webnoir.com/bob/music Notes about these recording that came from the website: Greetings, Judee Sill fan! This document will tell you a little bit about the MP3 files that are available in this directory for you. Those who are looking for the two commercially released Judee Sill albums will be pleased to hear that, for the present time at least, they are available from Rhino in a two-disk set called "Abracadabra", available at the moment only in the UK. However, you can pick it up for a reasonable price from Amazon.uk. (I think it's also available from Amazon's US site, but at a slightly higher price.) Those are certainly the best place to start an exploration of her music. Another album is now available which consists of rough demos she recorded a few years later for an album she never got to make. The copyright holders for that release have requested the removal of those files from this site, which is why you can no longer find them here. At the time I posted them, they were long-forgotten artifacts from a long-forgotten career, and no one much knew or cared about them. Perhaps due to the existence of this site, they've been given a chance at a wider audience, and for my part in that, I have nothing but pride. However, for at least the time being, I can still offer you these wonderful radio performances: Thanks to Klaas de Jong, we now (05-Apr-4) have a very nice complete stereo copy of the transcription disk of the almost half-hour concert she gave at the BBC. This was recorded on 72-March-2 at the Paris Theater in London, and originally broadcast on 72-April-1. (Thanks also to Brian Gari for his previous assistance.) 1 Jesus Was A Crossmaker 2 Lady-O 3 The Lamb Ran Away With The Crown 4 Enchanted Sky Machines 5 The Kiss 6 Down Where The Valleys Are Low Miscellaneous Other BBC Appearances, mostly thanks to Allan Allcott. The audio quality of these ranges from poor to very good. "In Concert" BBC-TV 72-April. Obviously, if anyone has actual videotape of this show (or better quality audio), I'd love to hear about it! This was recorded from a TV speaker using a microphone, and so the quality isn't terrific, but I fiddled with the EQ and it's not as bad as you'd expect. 7 The Vigilante 8 Lady-O 9 Jesus Was A Crossmaker 10 Enchanted Sky Machines 11 The Kiss 12 The Lamb Ran Away With The Crown 13 Lopin Along Through The Cosmos 14 Archetypal Man 15 My Man On Love "Radio One: In Concert". This seems to have been recorded on 73-Feb-14 and broadcast on 73-March-12. Thanks to Mike Parr for the upgrade (April 2005). 16 There's A Rugged Road 17 The Phoenix 18 The Kiss 19 Down Where The Valleys Are Low 20 The Donor 21 Soldier Of The Heart "The Old Grey Whistle Test" 1972 (again, TV recorded w/ a microphone) 22 Jesus Was A Crossmaker 23 Enchanted Sky Machines And two more songs from a 1973 "Old Grey Whistle Test" performance, one of which (The Kiss) is commercially available on DVD in some countries. 24 The Pearl 25 The Kiss Finally, here are four songs from a KPFK-FM radio appearance here in LA: 26 Ridge Rider 27 Jesus Was A Crossmaker 28 Enchanted Sky Machines 29 Down Where The Valleys Are Low And as a little bonus, from a private recording made in a friend's home, a song that should be familiar to all: 30 Blackbird Finally, here's something newly unearthed (as of January 2007) that is very cool. Robbie Leff writes: Hi Bob - I've been going through my ancient reel-to-reel tapes and my eyes bugged out when I saw this one song listed on a tape box. This was originally recorded on one of those old handheld portable cassette decks, the kind that sold for around $29.95 with a tiny little mic that was probably worth about a dollar, so the sound isn't spectacular but it ain't too horrible either. Apparently I transferred it to reel-to-reel tape soon after the concert. Here it is: 31 Enchanted Sky Machines Thanks so much for sharing this, Robbie! ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- I hope you all enjoy these with my compliments. I've gotten quite a bit of email asking me my involvement with Judee Sill and her music, and here's the story. Back in 1991, I had the idea of putting together a one-hour radio documentary about her for NPR, which I eventually abandoned. Many people have asked me why I abandoned it, and here's the short answer: The more investigation I did, the more I realized that the best memorial possible to Judee Sill is her songs. It's a life that's frustrating to learn about in many ways, characterized by many strokes of just plain stupid bad luck, with some foolish decisions and carelessness thrown in for good measure. So, I think it's probably better left undone. She wrote some amazing songs, and let's enjoy them and leave it at that. If anyone out there has any other rare recordings of Judee Sill (or cleaner copies of these), I'd love to hear them and add them to this repository. Please email me at the address below. My intent for this site is to share this stuff for free with her fans all over the world. However, for those with slow modems or those w/o CD burners, I can burn CDs of these tracks and will be happy to do it for anyone who asks. The two-disk set is $20, and postage to anywhere in the world is a flat $5. If you're interested in this, write to me at claster@ca.rr.com. Another persistent question is regarding "Tulips From Amsterdam," which is listed as a third album for Judee Sill in many databases and books. There is no primary evidence that such an album ever existed. When I was doing my research, not only was I repeatedly told by those who knew and worked with her that they'd never heard of a third album by any name, but that if such an album did exist, they'd have known about it. I always believed that this bit of misinformation started with the All-Music Guide, but have recently discovered that it predates their existence, and appeared in a book called "New Rock Record" by Terry Hounsome, published in 1981, and is still listed in a database he continues to compile and sell. I have contacted Mr. Hounsome, and here is his response: "I have had the record reported to me by a user so I assume that they are correct. It is difficult. I have been told several times that records do not exist and in some cases i have them in my collection. I am just not too sure about this one. I have taken the record out of the database ready for the next version or update. I can not see who sent it without going through hundreds of files and letter so maybe it is better to forget it." Obviously, in the unlikely event that anyone has any evidence that there ever really was such an album, I'd love to hear about it. Until then, I'll continue to maintain that it's either a clerical error or a prank. On a completely unrelated bit of self-promotion, if you'd like to download or listen to my radio shows, check them out here. I hope you like them! Enjoy, Bob Claster claster@ca.rr.com