Big Star Third - Live in London 2012 with Ray Davies

LOSSLESS REPOST

  
Barbican Hall, Barbican Centre

London, UK

May 28, 2012

    
audience recording (VG++; very clear house sound, transferred from master tape)

  

Ray Davies takes the mic while Chris plays & directs, London, May 2012
photo by nick hider via Flickr

REPERCUSSION: Chris Stamey played bass and collaborated in other ways with Alex Chilton in the late 1970s. From 2010 to 2018, Chris organized and led live performances of Big Star’s Third. Mitch Easter was one of the players in the core ensemble. [Go to the page at this blog to discover the many connections between Alex, Chris and The dB's].
  
MASSIVE THANKS to Pike1957 for recording, mastering and sharing this historic show. Pike1957 says, "This recording captures a fully-orchestrated performance of Big Star's legendary third album (aka Sister Lovers) and other gems from the band’s timeless catalogue, featuring Charles Cleaver, Mitch Easter (Let’s Active), Jody Stephens (Big Star), Chris Stamey (The dB’s), and Ken Stringfellow (The Posies, Big Star). Special guests: Jon Auer (The Posies, Big Star), Norman Blake (Teenage Fanclub), John Bramwell (I Am Kloot), Sharon Van Etten, Skylar Gudasz, Brett Harris, Django Haskins (The Old Ceremony), Robyn Hitchcock, Ira Kaplan (Yo La Tengo), Sondre Lerche, Mike Mills (R.E.M.), Alexis Taylor (Hot Chip), and others."

  
SETLIST (lead vocalists for each song noted in parens): 
  
Part I

01 - intro

02 - Nature Boy (John Bramwell)

03 - announcement

04 - Kizza Me (Mitch Easter)

05 - O Dana (Ira Kaplan)

06 - For You (Jody Stephens)

07 - Nightime (Alexis Taylor)

08 - Jesus Christ (Mike Mills)

09 - Big Black Car (Jon Auer)

10 - Take Care (Ira Kaplan)

11 - Stroke It Noel (Norman Blake)

12 - Femme Fatale (Sondre Lerche)

13 - Downs (Robyn Hitchcock) [Mike Mills on basketball!]

14 - Dream Lover (Sharon Van Etten)

15 - announcement

16 - Blue Moon (Jody Stephens)

17 - Holocaust (Django Haskins)

18 - You Can't Have Me (Sharon Van Etten)

19 - Kanga Roo (Brett Harris)

21 - Thank You Friends (Jody, Jon, Ken Stringfellow & others)

Part II

22 - intro

23 - I'm In Love With a Girl (Sondre Lerche)

24 - Thirteen (Skylar Gudasz, Brett Harris & more)

25 - Give Me Another Chance (Norman Blake)

26 - I Am the Cosmos [Chris Bell cover] (Jon Auer)

27 - There Was a Light (Ken Stringfellow)

28 - You And Your Sister (Brett Harris)

29 - Daisy Glaze (Ken Stringfellow)

30 - The EMI Song (Smile With Me) (Ira Kaplan)

31 - The Ballad of El Goodo (Sondre Lerche)

32 - September Gurls (Mike Mills)

33 - Ray Davies intro

34 - Til the End of the Day [Kinks cover] (Ray Davies)

35 - Ray Davies chat

36 - The Letter (Ray Davies)

37 - audience

encore:

38 - Back of a Car (Jon Auer)

  
FLAC  
  
MP3@320
Part I

Part 2

That's Mitch Easter, second from left
photo by The Guardian

The Guardian published an excellent, in-depth preview of the show, quoting Chris, Mitch and many others involved in the project. Recommended, and it's HERE. Also a great Q&A with Chris about Alex Chilton from Uncut is HERE at the Big Star Third site.    

Enjoy 3 pro-shot videos by Creato Destructo from a  Big Star Third Live performance in 2010 Kanga Roo
  

Holocaust

Big Black Car (link to Vimeo)