This "Blue"

I should add however that there are tons of live recordings from her entire career, going back before Ramblin’ –in fact today I just found a whole box of cassette tapes of mostly live recordings in her equipment storage space.

Wow! Here’s hoping some of these see the light of day eventually.

I’m not an expert on what circulates unofficially, but I know I’ve found and downloaded only a couple pre-1988 recordings…both of which were radio show appearances if I remember correctly. One of which is the recording that made me fall in love with All I Want; it’s a lovely solo acoustic rendition.

Anything pre-Ramblin’ would be a rare treasure indeed.

Perfection…..

Now where is the tour DVD ???

btw…I still stand by my original view, that it is the CD version with pictures added by the youtuber…

@tntracy wrote:

$%*@&#! DANG! 👿

Hoping to verify if “This Blue” was the in-studio recording from the “In Touch With Lucinda Williams’ Essence” CD, I had a copy on eBay in my sights, having bid the starting price of $9.99 on it. As of yesterday afternoon, mere hours before the auction ended, it had only 22 views, at least half of which were mine over the last 4 or 5 days checking to see if anyone else had bid on it. No one had. Schweeeet!

Then, 1 hour before the end of the auction, someone bested my max bid, raising it to $16. I had to leave for class at school before the auction ended, so I crossed my fingers, entered a max bid of $24.50 (more than i really wanted to spend), and left for school. I lost, the winner paying $25… 🙁 😥 👿

Tom

Found this from the Austin Chronicle, June 1,2001 re: ” In Touch With Lucinda Williams”.

On the Jody Denberg side of things, listen for an interview with Lucinda Williams titled “In Touch With Lucinda Williams’ Essence” during the KGSR Sunday Night News, 8-10pm. This interview, a nationally distributed promotional disc recorded in Austin last month, will be heard across the country this weekend as many stations are giving away copies of Williams’ new album Essence before it hits stores June 2. The disc includes a live version of “Blue,” recorded at KGSR during South by Southwest 2001, which will also be featured on this year’s Broadcasts comp, with who else but Ms. Lucinda on the cover… — Raoul Hernandez, Andy Langer
Anyone have friends at KGSR to obtain this?

lwj

@LWjetta wrote:

Had a little more research fun.

The You Tube version of Blue appears to have indeed come from KGSR FM and is from Broadcasts Volume 9.
Listen to it below.

http://www.tunesbag.com/music/Lucinda+Williams/164793-107-1-kgsr-broadcasts-volume-9-disc-2/1658131-blue.html

lwj

Excellent find, LWJ!!! It would make sense that KGSR would use the same “in studio live” track from the interview disc on their compilation CD. I’ve also tried to bid on this “Broadcasts” Volume 9 CD on eBay when it has appeared for the version of “Blue” on it, not thinking they are the same performance. However, like the interview CD, all the KGSR “Broadcasts” CDs were limited edition and are out of print (except for the most recent – I believe this is an ongoing series). Therefore, they also tend to sell in the neighborhood of $30, something I have not yet been willing to spend.

This seems to “solve” the mystery, but I am not 100% convinced. Interestingly, this link you found, LWJ, simply links in the very same YouTube video that started this! So, while it is purporting to be the same track as off of the KGSR CD, one cannot be certain.

Also, I Googled on “KGSR Broadcasts Volume 9”, and found this last.fm page for the CD. I got excited when I saw there was a “play” button by “Blue”, but it links to another last.fm page where the Essence studio track is played!!! (Witness the 3:53 playing time – another good find, LWJ. Plus, it even says it is from Essence!).

So, while I believe that KGSR is the source of this version of “Blue”, I propose that we do not have undeniable proof. That will take a copy of one of these two CDs, I believe.

Interesting stuff (if you are a “Lu Geek” like me, anyway! 😉 ).

Tom

P.S. Dr. W.O., I respectfully disagree with your assertion that this is the same performance as on Essence. 🙂 Try playing just the first 10 seconds or so from both versions. The guitar work is unmistakenly different, IMHO. For example, at 6 seconds in on the “YouTube” version, there is a little “flourish” that is definitely missing from the released version…

P.S.S. If anyone has $450 in spare “change” (I know I don’t!), that is the starting bid for this 16 volume, 32 CD complete set of the “Broadcasts” series (to date)…

I just found what would appear be the transcript of the KGSR interview on the In Touch With Lucinda Williams’ Essence KGSR CD. At least, it is an interview about Essence that claims to be from 2001 (when the disc was released) on KGSR…

Tom

Great detective work LWj, more than happy to concede on which version it is.

Now Tom O how about that tour DVD ?? to enable us to re-live again and agani.

Just for Drunken Angel, Dr. W and Tntracy inorder to keep this thread rolling until the “final answer” on the shortened version of “Blue” is known-Thought you might like this one.Lucinda & Elvis Costello @ CMT Crossroads in June, 2001 just days after Essence was released.

http://listen.grooveshark.com/#/song/Lucinda_williams_and_elvis_costello_blue_live_on_cmt_crossroads_6_11_01_mp3/9029573

Tnt, I strongly agree with your comments on using a credit card-especially to a Russian web-site. I get a little nervous giving my credit card # to Ticketmaster. ( but what other choice do you have to catch a great concert ? )

lwj

@LWjetta wrote:

Lucinda & Elvis Costello @ CMT Crossroads in June, 2001 just days after Essence was released.

Sorry wrong date
It was November 5, 2001 and was the first live show for the CMT Crossroads series.

See the photo below

http://www.satchmo.com/nolavl/lucinda5.html

lwj