Wednesday, March 18, 2020

Robyn Hitchcock - Acoustic Covers, Volume 3: 1996-1998

Recently, I did some more digging and found many more acoustic cover versions that Robyn Hitchcock has done over the years. As a result, I'm redoing all the albums in his "Acoustic Covers" series. I found so many new songs that I've been able to make some new albums. Here is one.

Note that most of the songs here were on the previous versions of these albums. But I've added three songs to this album: "Clear Spot," "The End," and "Billy 1." Plus, since I've found some extra songs for the two chronologically earlier albums in this series, I've moved some of the songs from the previous album onto this one. Basically, everything is reorganized, and the best thing to do is re-download all the albums. You can tell if the album in the series is updated if it has a volume number in the title, since I didn't have such numbers up until now.

In terms of content, every song on this album has been officially unreleased. They all come from concert bootlegs. As a result, the sound quality is variable. A couple of songs, such as "Steel and Glass," sound a bit rough. But overall, the sound is pretty good.

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

01 Steel and Glass - John Lennon
02 Clear Spot - Captain Beefheart
03 The End - Doors
04 Waterloo Sunset - Kinks
05 I'm Set Free - Velvet Underground
06 You Won't See Me - Beatles
07 Billy 1 - Bob Dylan
08 Astronomy Domine - Pink Floyd
09 Silver Dagger - traditional / Joan Baez
10 Blue Jay Way - Beatles
11 Electrolyte - R.E.M.
12 Rainy Day Women No. 12 and 35 - Bob Dylan

And here's the song list:

01 Steel and Glass (Robyn Hitchcock)
02 Clear Spot (Robyn Hitchcock)
03 The End (Robyn Hitchcock)
04 Waterloo Sunset (Robyn Hitchcock)
05 I'm Set Free (Robyn Hitchcock)
06 You Won't See Me (Robyn Hitchcock with Dear Janes)
07 Billy 1 (Robyn Hitchcock)
08 Astronomy Domine (Robyn Hitchcock)
09 Silver Dagger (Robyn Hitchcock)
10 Blue Jay Way (Robyn Hitchcock)
11 Electrolyte (Robyn Hitchcock)
12 Rainy Day Women No. 12 and 35 (Robyn Hitchcock)

This album is 49 minutes long.

https://www.upload.ee/files/15272161/RobynH_1996-1998_AcousticCoversVolume3_atse.zip.html

The cover art photo comes from a 1996 concert.

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