Felt - Bristol, UK 1986 + Spanish TV 1985

Tropic Club

Bristol, UK

April 24, 1986

audience recording (sound quality: VG; although the sound is quite good, there’s too much intrusive audience chatter near the taper for my liking — but it’s one of the few full-set Felt recordings around)
   

01 Spanish House

The mysterious Lawrence, bathed in purple majesty...

02 The Day the Rain Came Down

03 Roman Litter

04 Fortune

05 Penelope Tree

06 Ballad of the Band

07 Sunlight Bathed the Golden Glow 

08 Primitive Painters

09 Outdoor Miner

10 Caspian Sea

11 Penelope Tree (reprise)
    

Live On Spanish TV

venue + city unknown

1985 (exact date unknown)

    
TV audio recording (sound quality: VG-; the vocals & instrumental sounds are clear enough, but rather tinny — perhaps the taper put his/her device in front of the TV to make the recording?)

       

12 Roman Litter

13 Ballad of the Band

14 The Stagnant Pool

15 Cathedral

16 Sunlight Bathed the Golden Glow 

17 Whirlpool Vision of Shame

*18 Mexican Bandits

 

*bonus track = Camden, UK 1987-04-23 (aud - unknown venue)

ROB SEZ: Here's one final post to wrap up the Felt series. HUGE THANKS to whatdoidonow, TMATMATMA and tsukko3 for sharing. One of the other posts sported some hidden bonus material. Did you find the buried treasure? Please enjoy.

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Felt - Oporto, Portugal 1988 (aud)

Teatro Rivoli
Oporto, Portugal
April 1, 1988

Dream Remaster by Colin 

audience recording (sound quality: VG-; there's distortion, but fairly decent instrumental separation + an extremely enthusiastic crowd)

Felt's Lawrence (rt.) & drummer Gary Ainge

01 The Old Man Down the Road
      (J. Fogerty cover)
02 Walking Under a Spell
      (Weather Prophets cover)
03 Grey Streets
04 I Will Die With My Head In Flames
05 Stained-Glass Windows In the Sky
06 She Lives by the Castle
07 Ape Hangers
08 Tuesday's Secret
09 How Spook Got Her Man
10 Don't Die On My Doorstep
11 Primitive Painters
12 Outdoor Miner (Wire cover)
13 Bitter End
14 The Final Resting of the Ark
15 Sapphire Mansions
16 The Old Man Down the Road [reprise]
17 Primitive Painters [reprise]


ROB SEZ: Here's another collaboration with Colin from the Dream Remaster blog. Colin did his best with iffy-sounding files, which came courtesy of ziggyswoon & DarkCircleRoom. When you hear the somewhat distorted sound, just know it was worse before Colin worked his magic — thank you, kind sir! Check out Colin's blog to hear more of his remastering work. There are precious few Felt bootlegs out there, so I wanted to share this one in the best-possible sound quality. For this gig in Portugal, Felt prepared its usual brief setlist, but was surprised when the promoter insisted they continue playing after just 30 minutes on stage. This explains the repetition of songs at the end of the show.
  
FLAC
  
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Learn more about Felt's music at Trouser Press, Wikipedia, 
AllMusic & this fab fan site

  

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.

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

Learn more about Felt's music at Trouser Press, Wikipedia, AllMusic & this fabulous fan site