On This Day 02/08/2009 The Lightning Seeds

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On this day, 2 August 2009, rock band The Lightning Seeds played Cardiff’s Big Weekend.

Also playing on the day were, The Zutons, Camera Obscura, The Leisure Society, Ebony Bones! Stevie Appleton and Absent Elk.

Formed in Liverpool in 1989 by Ian Broudie (vocals, guitar, producer), formerly of the bands Big in Japan, Care, and Original Mirrors.

Originally a studio-based solo project for Broudie, the Lightning Seeds expanded into a touring band following Jollification (1994).

The group experienced commercial success throughout the 1990s and are well known for their single "Three Lions", a collaboration with David Baddiel and Frank Skinner which reached No. 1 in the UK in 1996, with re-worked versions also reaching the top spot in both 1998 and 2018.

SETLIST

Marvellous

"Lucky You"

"You Showed Me"

"I Still Feel the Same"

"All I Do"

"The Life of Riley"

Pure

"Sugar Coated Iceberg"

On This Day 17/01/1974 Beck, Bogert & Appice

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On this day, 17th January 1974, rock super group, Beck,Bogert & Appice played Cardiff’s Top Rank.

Formed by legendary British guitarist Jeff Beck, evolving from the Jeff Beck Group. It included bassist Tim Bogert and drummer Carmine Appice, Americans who had played together in Vanilla Fudge and Cactus.

The band had the previous year released their only album, the self-titled Beck, Bogert & Appice.

The album contains Beck's version of the song "Superstition" which was written by Stevie Wonder. Beck had appeared on Wonder's original recording of the song in 1972.

Beck, Bogert & Appice was released in both conventional 2-channel stereo and 4-channel quadraphonic versions. This was the band's only studio album, as Beck's departure forced a sudden dissolution in 1974.

Recording sessions for a second studio album began in January 1974.

On May 18, 1974, New Musical Express wrote "Rumours concerning an imminent split in BBA, which have been rife for several weeks, were confirmed by bassist Tim Bogert". Melody Maker also reported the breakup of the band at that time.

The band dissolved before the completion of a second studio album.