Felt - Final Gig 1989 + BBC Sessions

Burburries
Birmingham, England 
Dec. 19, 1989

audience recording (sound quality: VG to VG+)

01 Declaration

02 Bottoming Out
      (Lou Reed cover)
03 All the People I Like Are
     Those That Are Dead
04 Budgie Jacket
05 New Day Dawning
06 Riding on the Equator
07 Roman Litter
08 Red Indians
09 Fortune
10 The Final Resting
     of the Ark
11 Primitive Painters
12 She Lives by the Castle
13 Penelope Tree
14 Ballad of the Band

Live at the BBC

Janice Long & Andy Kershaw sessions 

1984 & 1986

 

FM captures (sound quality: VG+)

         

01 Dismantled King Is Off the Throne

02 Roman Litter

03 Vasco da Gama

04 Crystal Ball

05 Ballad of the Band

06 The Day the Rain Came Down

07 Caspian See

08 I Didn't Mean to Hurt You

      (end cut, fades out)

09 When the Dawn 

     Starts Creeping In

10 Sapphire Mansions

11 Rain of Crystal Spires

12 All the People I Like Are Those That Are Dead

13 Why Did You Have to Cry (London 1985)
                

TRACK NOTES
01-04 = Janice Long Session 1984-09-30

05-08 = Janice Long Session 1986-02-12

09-12 = Andy Kershaw Session 1986-09-11 

13 = (bonus track) Boston Arms, London, UK 
       1984-04-12 (audience recording)

ROB SEZ: FELT! Where have you been hiding all these years? How did I miss you when I was enjoying similar British bands like Lloyd Cole & The Commotions in the 1980s? Band founder / lead singer / chief songwriter "Lawrence" channels Tom Verlaine & Lou Reed (and at times a male Patti Smith) in the vocal department and, to some extent, in his guitar stylings. The sound of early-period Felt is dominated by Maurice Deebank — a very talented Johnny Marr-esque guitarist, who quit the band in 1985. Later-era Felt leans more heavily on the keyboard prowess of Martin Duffy (later of Primal Scream). The curious are encouraged to find one of the readily-available compilations like Absolute Classic Masterpieces or Stains On a Decade. Unfortunately, the full-length albums are hard to find at reasonable prices except as digital downloads.

MP3@320
(all sources were lossy; no FLAC share this time)
 

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