The Mutton Birds - 2012 Radio Sessions

Wellington, NZ & London, UK

Radio Sessions

January & October 2012

FM recordings (sound quality Ex-; excellent FM captures with only a handful of very minor glitches)

BIG KIWI THANKS to Spence and his collaborators at areligionofakind.co.uk for sharing these (and a lot of other great stuff for fans of Mutton Birds, et al). Check out Spence's site if you like what you hear.
 

ROB SEZ: The Mutton Birds are one of the all-time great, but nearly unknown, alt-pop groups on the face of the planet. In fact, I’ll make a second bold claim: if you like even a few of the artists featured at this blog, chances are very good you will be delighted to discover The Mutton Birds. The New Zealand-based group made a courageous go of it in the 1990s before disbanding in 2002. Fans like me were thrilled to hear they recently reformed to play some live shows and issue a great live album (Free Range, released in 2012).

On a recent long car ride filled with Mutton Birds listening, my teenage daughter said to me (as we puzzled over the group’s relative lack of success), “It must’ve been their name, Dad, ‘cuz their music is amazing.”

01 Dominion Road

02 Anchor Me

03 While You Sleep

04 Dominion Road

05 While You Sleep

06 A Thing Well Made

07 Envy of Angels

08 Friday I'm In Love (Cure cover)

Tracks 1-3 = New Zealand National Radio, 2012-01-27

Tracks 4-6, BBC 6Music, Gideon Coe, 2012-10-25

Tracks 7-8 = BBC Radio 2, Dermot O'Leary, 2012-10-27
  

The Mutton Birds:

Alan Gregg – bass, vocals 

David Long - guitar

Ross Burge - drums 

Don McGlashan – vocals, guitar, euphonium 

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