Sunday, December 19, 2021

Robyn Hitchcock - Acoustic Covers, Volume 13: 2014-2015

Yesterday, I posted a Robyn Hitchcock album ("Mossy Liquor - Acoustic Versions") that I thought I'd posted a long time ago, but accidentally missed. I found that because I was fixing the mp3 tags of all his previously posted albums while I was getting ready to post this album. Since it's ready, I'll post it too.

Over the years, Hitchcock has played a remarkable number of cover songs in concert. This is the 13th album in this series, and there's a bunch more to go after this one! As usual, they're all done solo acoustic style, and also as usual, every single performance is officially unreleased. Sometimes, I find songs from radio station appearances, but for this album all the songs come from concert bootlegs. The sound quality varies from song to song, but they're all worthy of inclusion, in my opinion.

Hitchcock has been consistent about who his favorite influences are: Bob Dylan, the Beatles, Syd Barrett, the Velvet Underground, Roxy Music, and so on. All the usual suspects are here, with the exception of any Beatles-related cover. 

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

01 New Age - Velvet Underground
02 Tower Song - Leonard Cohen
03 Seems So Long Ago, Nancy - Leonard Cohen
04 The Red Telephone - Love
05 Love Street - Doors
06 The Price of Love - Everly Brothers
07 Wichita Lineman - Glen Campbell
08 For the Turnstiles - Neil Young
09 All Tomorrow's Parties - Velvet Underground
10 Arnold Layne - Pink Floyd
11 I'll Be Your Mirror - Velvet Underground
12 To Turn You On - Roxy Music
13 Tiny Montgomery- Bob Dylan

And here's the usual song list:

01 New Age (Robyn Hitchcock)
02 Tower Song (Robyn Hitchcock)
03 Seems So Long Ago, Nancy (Robyn Hitchcock)
04 The Red Telephone (Robyn Hitchcock)
05 Love Street (Robyn Hitchcock)
06 The Price of Love (Robyn Hitchcock & Emma Swift)
07 Wichita Lineman (Robyn Hitchcock)
08 For the Turnstiles (Robyn Hitchcock)
09 All Tomorrow's Parties (Robyn Hitchcock)
10 Arnold Layne (Robyn Hitchcock)
11 I'll Be Your Mirror (Robyn Hitchcock)
12 To Turn You On (Robyn Hitchcock)
13 Tiny Montgomery [Acoustic with Drums Version] (Robyn Hitchcock)

This album is 46 minutes long.

https://www.upload.ee/files/15274626/RobynH_2014-2015_AcousticCoversVolume13_atse.zip.html

I've lost track of where the cover photo comes from, but I assume it's from 2014 or 2015. According to a commenter, it was taken at the Union Chapel in London.

3 comments:

  1. Pretty sure the photo is taken at the Union Chapel, London. If that's any use to you !
    Keep up the good work !!

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  2. Thanks for posting this and all other things Robyn. We have been so lucky that he has lived in the states for the past few years and played so many shows nearby, especially in the south.

    He's a treasure and such a joy to see in concert. Seeing one of his shows should be on everybody's bucket list.

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