Robyn Hitchcock - Acoustic Covers, Volume 5: 2000-2004

Here's the fifth of my album collections of acoustic covers done by Robyn Hitchcock, the vast majority played live. He's played a million covers, so there are a lot more albums like this one on the way.

It's not too hard to guess that the three biggest musical influences on Hitchcock have been the Beatles, Bob Dylan, and Syd Barrett of Pink Floyd. So it's fitting that he does four songs by the Beatles, three by Barrett, and two by Dylan.

None of the performances on this album have been officially released, though two of them come from a DVD about Syd Barrett. Yet the sound quality is generally quite good.

For the first song, a version of "I Am the Walrus" by Hitchcock and Grant Lee Phillips, there's some crowd noise because the two of them are having a fun lark with the song, which gets a lot of audience response. It's similar with "Stayin' Alive," which is another jokey lark (including some improvised lyrics).

Here's a list of the original artists for each song:

01 I Am the Walrus - Beatles
02 Across the Universe - Beatles
03 Think for Yourself - Beatles
04 All that Money Wants - Psychedelic Furs
05 Born in Time - Bob Dylan
06 Pledging My Time - Bob Dylan
07 Honky Tonkin' - Hank Williams
08 Dominoes - Syd Barrett
09 It Is Obvious - Syd Barrett
10 Neon Meate Dream of an Octafish [Recitation Version] - Captain Beefheart
11 The Main Thing - Roxy Music
12 She Said, She Said - Beatles
13 Tarotplane - Captain Beefheart
14 Stayin' Alive - Bee Gees
15 Some Kinda Love - Velvet Underground
16 The Ocean - Velvet Underground / Lou Reed
17 Baby Lemonade - Syd Barrett

Here's the song list:

01 I Am the Walrus (Robyn Hitchcock & Grant Lee Phillips)
02 Across the Universe (Robyn Hitchcock & Grant Lee Phillips)
03 Think for Yourself (Robyn Hitchcock)
04 All that Money Wants (Robyn Hitchcock)
05 Born in Time (Robyn Hitchcock)
06 Pledging My Time (Robyn Hitchcock)
07 Honky Tonkin' (Robyn Hitchcock with Jon Brion, Grant Lee Phillips)
08 Dominoes (Robyn Hitchcock)
09 It Is Obvious (Robyn Hitchcock)
10 Neon Meate Dream of an Octafish [Recitation Version] (Robyn Hitchcock)
11 The Main Thing (Robyn Hitchcock)
12 She Said, She Said (Robyn Hitchcock)
13 Tarotplane (Robyn Hitchcock)
14 Stayin' Alive (Robyn Hitchcock)
15 Some Kinda Love (Robyn Hitchcock)
16 The Ocean (Robyn Hitchcock)
17 Baby Lemonade (Robyn Hitchcock)

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For the album cover, I wanted to use a photo of Hitchcock with an acoustic guitar at some point in the years 2000 to 2004. But I couldn't find any good ones that were definitely from that time. I found one from 2006. I guess that's close enough for horseshoes.