ABC Music: The Radio 1 Sessions, released in October 2002, is a compilation by post-rock band Stereolab of BBC Radio 1 sessions recorded from July 1991 to August 2001. It includes appearances in John Peel and Mark Radcliffe's shows and it is a CD-only release.

Track listing

CD 1 "Super-Electric" – 4:48 (Peel, 30/7/1991) "Changer" – 4:11 "Doubt" – 2:41 "Difficult Fourth Title" – 4:45 "Laissez Faire" – 3:57 (Peel, 28/6/1992) "Revox" – 3:12 "Peng 33" – 2:57 "John Cage Bubblegum" – 2:56 "Wow and Flutter" – 2:54 (Peel, 28/9/1993) "Anemie" – 4:41 "Moogie Wonderland" – 2:34 "Heavy Denim" – 3:09 "French Disko" – 3:12 (Radcliffe, 13/12/1993) "Wow and Flutter" – 2:56 "Golden Ball" – 5:45 "Lo Boob Oscillator" – 4:33 "Check and Double Check" – 2:51 (Radcliffe, 22/11/1994) "Working Title (The Pram Song)" – 4:13

"Difficult Fourth Title" is the song eventually named "Contact" (from Super-Electric and then Switched On). "Working Title (The Pram Song)" is an early version of "Seeperbold" from Aluminum Tunes.

CD 2 "International Colouring Contest" – 3:42 "Anamorphose" – 7:27 "Metronomic Underground" – 10:14 (Peel, 15/2/1996) "Brigitte" – 5:50 "Spinal Column" – 3:31 "Tomorrow Is Already Here" – 4:43 "Les Yper-Sound" – 6:00 (Evening Session, 26/2/1996) "Heavenly Van Halen" – 3:09 "Cybele's Reverie" – 3:59 "Slow Fast Hazel" – 4:07 "Nothing to Do with Me" – 4:01 (Peel, 19/9/2001) "Double Rocker" – 5:33 "Baby Lulu" – 5:03 "Naught More Terrific Than Man" – 3:56

"Heavenly Van Halen" is an early version of "Pinball" from the Fluorescences EP.

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