Chris Von Sneidern - The Uncollected CvS (+ Flying Color)

The Uncollected CvS
unreleased & rare tracks

1981 – 2013

mostly soundboard recordings (quality range VG to Ex-; the first 10 of these are streams from CvS master recordings; the others are FM captures, soundboards or vinyl rips)

Never heard of Chris Von Sneidern? Me neither.
But I found out he played with Flying Color & heard some of his stuff...
Then I said, 'Who IS this guy, and why haven't I heard of him before?!?'

01 Halfway There

02 Tree Fort

03 Feline

04 Never Again, My Love (1998 recording)

05 It's Time to Go

06 Blue Moon (Big Star cover)

07 Fight Song

08 Rock n Roll - Hey Ron

09 Patina Soul

10 Grow Up and Start Having Fun

11 Hippy Hippy Shake (U-Turns live session 1981)

12 Doctor (live at The Birdhouse, 2010)

13 Annalisa (live at The Birdhouse, 2010)

14 Look My Way (Flying Color B-side, 1985 – no CvS)

15 Take It for a Ride (rare Flying Color track with CvS)

As usual, I’ve put additional info in the comment tags for each track. Chris Von Sneidern sings and plays nearly all instruments on tracks 1-10 & 12-13. Exceptions & other musical info about tracks 1-11 — including absorbing essays about the songs — can be found at the Song of the Week page at Chris’s web site.

REPERCUSSION: Gene Holder recorded (most of) and mixed CvS' 1997 album Wood + Wire.

MP3@256 (includes the following bonus set):

Chris Von Sneidern & friends 

Joe Strummer Tribute &

Strummerville Foundation benefit
Bottom of the Hill
San Francisco, CA
Aug. 25, 2012

soundboard recording (quality VG++)

01 Tight Is Tight
02 Rudie Can't Fail
03 Spanish Bombs

04 band intros
05 Groovy Times
06 The Card Cheat
07 Train In Vain (Stand By Me)

CvS & Friends:

Chris Von Sneidern – vocals & guitar
Prairie Prince - drums
Marlon Daranciang - guitar and backing vocals
Ed Daranciang - bass
Johnny Blair - keyboards

THANKS to GilW for sharing


 

Learn more about the music of CvS at his web site or at AllMusic. There's a recent documentary called Why Isn't CvS Famous? that's worth watching...