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I have a bootleg recording on a tape I bought way back in 1986 which is a live recording of the cocteau twins in London in 1984. There is an instrumental track on the recording which is absolutely brilliant, however the recording is very bad, but It is still clear at the same time.
This recording does not feature on any EP, Album, or vinyl, or compilation.
Can any one help to let me know what this could be. Boggled me for years.
PS. It is not Rococo!
While I am hear, has any one ever heard the Cover of Strange Fruit (Nina Simone, Billie Holliday, Siouxsie) the Cocteaux made around 1982/3
It came on the unreleasied dreams bootleg picture disc. It's totally wonderful.
This recording does not feature on any EP, Album, or vinyl, or compilation.
Can any one help to let me know what this could be. Boggled me for years.
PS. It is not Rococo!
While I am hear, has any one ever heard the Cover of Strange Fruit (Nina Simone, Billie Holliday, Siouxsie) the Cocteaux made around 1982/3
It came on the unreleasied dreams bootleg picture disc. It's totally wonderful.
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Re: UNKNOWN COCTEAU SONG REVEALED!
Wed, October 5, 2005 - 8:58 PMHave no idea what the unknown song in question is.
However, their cover of Strange Fruit is featured on their BBC sessions 2-disc set (which I highly, highly recommend) and I thought it was amazing- just another example of the strong jazz influence in their music. -
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Re: UNKNOWN COCTEAU SONG REVEALED!
Thu, October 6, 2005 - 12:08 AM"...just another example of the strong jazz influence in their music."
Thats funny you say jazz, becaue I think they were so very far from jazz alltogether. The rythyms were never too complex but always heavily layered. Even though it's a blues-ish track they have turned it into a darkened and melancholic gothic lullaby.
yeh I forgot it was on The BBC sessions Cd. I never did get that as I had all the John Peel sesssion stuff on cassette which I bought from a shop many years ago. It's as rough as guts but I like the sound of sentimentality. :) -
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Re: UNKNOWN COCTEAU SONG REVEALED!
Thu, October 6, 2005 - 11:57 AMWell, that was a goof on my part- what I meant to say was the strong jazz influence on Liz's vocals. In my opinion, you can really hear the jazz/blues/soul influence in a lot of her vocals ("Persephone" off of Treasure comes immediately to mind).
I was born in 1985, so I never got to see them live. :( I try to pick up any live/radio stuff of theirs I can find to sort of compensate for that experience I'll sadly probably never have.
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who's the male voice in Hazel on BBC Sessions?
Fri, October 7, 2005 - 12:31 AMSpeaking of the BBC Sessions CDs, does anyone know who the man is doing the background "To the outsiiiiiiide!" on the Hazel (Jan '83) track (which I happen to be listening to right now). This is the only CT song I've ever heard that has a clear male voice in it.
Those BBC Sessions CDs, by the way, are very worth the listen; I didn't even know they existed until I ran across them in the library here in Portland. I don't much care for most of the later sessions, but some of the early ones (especially Pepper-Tree (Sep. '84), and cuts of stuff off Garlands) are phenomenal.
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Re: who's the male voice in Hazel on BBC Sessions?
Tue, October 11, 2005 - 12:29 AMhey
That is Gordon Sharp you are thinking of. He sung with a band called Cindytalk who made very strange records in the early 80s. He also sung on This Mortal Coil's first album "It'll end in tears" on a song called 'Kangaroo'. There is even a video for it. Beuatiful stuff. Simon Raymonde played bass on it.
Re: BBC sessions. the garlands stuff was by far the bets. i like the tape recorder/mono sound of those recordings.
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Re: UNKNOWN COCTEAU SONG REVEALED!
Thu, October 6, 2005 - 12:01 PMit's from "live in london 1986" (which is a horrid bootleg btw).....and the instrumental track is one from the moon and the melodies. -
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Re: UNKNOWN COCTEAU SONG REVEALED!
Tue, October 11, 2005 - 12:31 AMMMMmm, I seem to disagree on that. There is nothing like it on that album.
Which song on Moon are you thinking of?
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