 Around the BBC collects all of the known radio session recordings that Grapefruit made for the BBC in 1968 and 1969. These BBC radio session recordings - in which several songs were generally cut in a single four-hour session with minimal overdubbing - provide a previously of unheard side of Grapefruit. Most of the 1968 studio recordings that were issued by RCA and Stateside Records can be found on Grapefruit's "Around Grapefruit" LP that was issued in early 1969. But due to some unsympathetic remixing and overdubbing by producer Terry Melcher during the compilation of the album, the versions found on "Around Grapefruit" were not representative of the group's true sound. Around the BBC lets you hear Grapefruit as nature intended, offering stripped down, high-energy versions of the singles Dear Delilah, Elevator, C'Mon Marianne, Round Going Round and more. But best of all, Around the BBC contains several tracks that were never officially recorded or commercially issued by Grapefruit. Highlights include the George Alexander compositions Somebody's Turning On the People, Breaking Up A Dream and Trying to Make It To Monday, all prime early 1968 Grapefruit, which could have easily found a home on the "Around Grapefruit" LP. RPM's Grapefruit Around the BBC provides an alternative look at a group that had so much more to offer than simply being known as 'the band formed and backed by the Beatles'. Breaking Up A Dream / Dear Delilah / Trying To Make It To Monday / Elevator / Say You Don't Mind / Somebody's Turning On The People / C'mon Marianne / Interview / Someday Soon / Interview / Round Going Round / To Love Somebody / Deep Water / Thunder & Lightning
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