Radio 1 Sessions is a compilation of live recordings by British band Inspiral Carpets

Inspiral Carpets

Inspiral Carpets are an alternative rock band from Oldham in Greater Manchester, England formed by Graham Lambert and Stephen Holt in 1983. The band is named after a clothing shop on their Oldham estate...

, for various shows on BBC Radio 1

BBC Radio 1

BBC Radio 1 is a British national radio station operated by the British Broadcasting Corporation which also broadcasts internationally, specialising in current popular music and chart hits throughout the day. Radio 1 provides alternative genres after 7:00pm including electronic dance, hip hop, rock...

. It was released on Strange Fruit Records in May 1999. Various tracks on the album had already been released before, but this was the first collection of the band's output for the radio station.

The first four tracks were originally released on 12" and CD in 1991 through Strange Fruit (SFPS 072). Tracks 14-17 were released with the limited edition version of Devil Hopping

Devil Hopping

Devil Hopping is the fourth studio album from British indie band Inspiral Carpets, released in 1994 via Mute Records. The single version of "I Want You" features vocals by Mark E...

in 1994.

CD: Strange Fruit / SFRSCD082 (UK)

1. "Out Of Time" (2:00)
2. "Directing Traffic" (2:20)
3. "Keep The Circle Around" (3:20)
4. "Gimme Shelter" (3:20)
5. "Sun Don't Shine" (3:32)
6. "She Comes In The Fall" (5:04)
7. "Song For A Family" (2:55)
8. "This Is How It Feels" (2:56)
9. "Beast Inside" (4:35)
10. "Smoking Her Clothes" (3:48)
11. "Two Worlds Collide" (4:32)
12. "Sleep Well Tonight" (5:01)
13. "Butterfly" (3:07)
14. "Saturn 5" (3:52)
15. "The Way The Light Falls" (4:37)
16. "Party In The Sky" (3:41)
17. "I Want You" (3:02)
18. "Born Yesterday" (4:37)
19. "Cobra" (2:00)
20. "I Don't Want To Go Blind" (4:22)
21. "Paranoid" (3:33)

• Tracks 1 to 4 recorded for the John Peel
  John Peel
  John Robert Parker Ravenscroft, OBE , known professionally as John Peel, was an English disc jockey, radio presenter, record producer and journalist. He was the longest-serving of the original BBC Radio 1 DJs, broadcasting regularly from 1967 until his death in 2004...
  
   Show 26 March 1989.
• Tracks 5 to 8 recorded for the John Peel Show 17 August 1989.
• Track 9 recorded for the John Peel Show 20 May 1990.
• Tracks 10 to 13 recorded for the Evening Session 29 February 1992.
• Tracks 14 to 17 recorded for the Evening Session 8 December 1993.
• Tracks 18 to 21 recorded for the Mark Radcliffe
  Mark Radcliffe
  Mark Radcliffe is an English broadcaster who has worked in various roles for the BBC since the 1980s and remains one of Britain's most recognised DJs. He is currently a presenter on BBC Radio 2 and BBC 6 Music, where he hosts an afternoon show five times a week alongside Stuart Maconie, called...
  
  Show 13 June 1994.