Judee Sill's Live in London album (just released in the US and added to emusic this week) collects all of her 1972/1973 BBC sessions on one place. Bootlegs of these performances have been floating around the 'nets for awhile (grab them here while you can), but these versions are from the masters instead of off the air, so they're a lot cleaner sounding than the bootlegs.
The album has multiple performances of the same three or four songs ("Lady-O", "The Kiss", "Jesus Was a Cross Maker") , but each performance is slightly different, and they sound a lot less "Laurel Canyony" than the studio versions. Probably not the best introduction to Judee, but worth picking up, in either the old or new fashioned way.
Here's Judee Sill's live version of "Lady-O" (recorded at London's Paris Theatre in March 1972) and the Turtles' cover of the song from their Turtle Soup album (also available on emusic), plus a bonus youtube clip of Judee playing "The Kiss" on BBC's Old Grey Whistle Test in 1973.
Judee Sill - Lady-O (live at the BBC)
The Turtles - Lady-O (45 version)
Judee Sill - The Kiss (youtube video)
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