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ops, forgot about:
SOAP CREEK SALOON, AUSTIN TX – JUNE 7, 1984
LIVE SET KUT-FM – AUSTIN, TX – MARCH 30, 1986
both really wonderful. those 2 were really hard to find. i hope it helps. it’d be awesome to have stuff like that preserved and remastered.
i don’t think it helps, but if the idea is to include some live versions of songs here are 7 bootlegs i like a lot from that era:
Live- Austin TX, KUT-FM, 1981 (best live version of “abandoned”, no contest)
Live- Los Angeles VA, KPFK-FM Folkscene, 1985 (IJWTSYSB)
Los Angeles CA, KPFK-FM Broadcast, 1989
San Francisco CA, Slim’s, 1989
Auckland New Zealand, The Gluepot, 1989
Los Angeles CA, KPFK-FM Broadcast, 1989
Live- Santa Monica CA, McCabes Guitar Shop, 1991 (there’s some stuff from SoW here)
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i hope to see “song for a jewelry maker”, “all i want” and “wild and blue” there. and what about the CBS demos from 1986?
5 most exciting singer-songwriters in america:
lw, sam phillips, iris dement, neko case, gillian welch.
sometimes i wonder about my resolutely awesome taste in music… 😀
no, no, not as BADASS. this one has a very dated (in the best sense possible, she was shooting for something out of the 60s) feel to it. M&B seems fresher (even being 19 years older).
i confess i rather like, maybe prefer, sam phillips at her most low-key (basically every single album of hers after the slightly underwhelming, so-very-loud OMNIPOP, esp. A BOOT AND A SHOE), but i hold a very special place in my heart for THE INDESCRIBABLE WOW (my favorite) and M&B. the woman can write explosive pop songs and heart-tugging ballads (and, better yet, heart-tugging pop songs and explosive ballads).
and i’m REALLY impressed with neko’s new album. closer to FURNACE ROOM LULLABY + FOX CONFESSOR (her best, imo) than MIDDLE CYCLONE. narratives that feel more personal (FRL, FC) than imaginary (MC). “nearly midnight, honolulu” through to nico’s cover (“afraid”): 4 of the best tracks of the year. ‘honolulu’ may be the loveliest thing she ever created after ‘star witness’.
now that i finally got around to it, neko case’s new album is amazing. go for it: http://www.twentyfourbit.com/2013/08/stream-neko-case-new-album/
this is wonderful, tom. the new album feels like a natural follow-up to her “long play” project and also a departure. she wanted to imprint something of a jukebox feel to the songs, and she nailed it. not a rotten apple in that basket.
by the way, neko case’s new album is streaming since yesterday. haven’t listened to it yet, but i already love it.
you’re too good to me! 🙂
i remember looking for that song a few years ago. grooveshark really became the place for b-sides, demos et al., huh?
i liked it a lot. thanks.
World Without Tears in vinyl (bonus tracks)
btw, i’d love to listen to “Buick Blues (Version One” . . . . . . .
a quick heads-up: that crossroads program with lucinda and costello is on youtube in its entirety. essential viewing.
not only i think this is my favorite song of the decade (ok 7 more years to go, but…), i also think this performance is extremely gorgeous. i love her face when she resumes singing. watch it.
this BLUE video is extremely moving. what a beautiful recording!
right now, i’ll skip work and watch the other videos. pity that my very favorite LW songs are absent.
