Belle & Sebastian - Live Cover Versions, Volume 1: 1999-2001

In the early 2000s especially, the band Belle and Sebastian did many cover songs in concert, often just performing each song a single time. There are many dozens of these on bootlegs, but most don't sound very good because they're taken from rough audience bootlegs. However, I found enough that had quality sound to fill up two normal-sized albums.

Unfortunately, not many of these songs come from really great sounding sources. Only the last three songs here are officially released, from a compilation of BBC performances. Some of the others come from soundboard boots, but most come from audience boots. But I used my audio editing skills to improve the sound quality enough to make these sound acceptable for inclusion. As you can see, the first six songs have "[Edit]" in their titles. For all of those, I made significant edits to improve the sound quality with audio editing programs like X-Minus. For instance, I often removed crowd noise from songs, especially loud shouts or coughs, and I frequently fixed the balance because the lead vocals were often too low in the mix.

Here are the original artists for each song:

01 The Kids Are Alright - Who
02 Time of the Season - Zombies
03 Alone Again Or - Love
04 Creeque Alley - Mamas and the Papas
05 Everyday People - Sly and the Family Stone
06 Don't Fear the Reaper - Blue Oyster Cult
07 A Minha Menina - Os Mutantes
08 In a Nutshell - Orange Juice
09 Here Comes the Sun - Beatles
10 I'm Waiting for the Man - Velvet Underground
11 The Boys Are Back in Town - Thin Lizzy

And here's the usual song list:

01 The Kids Are Alright [Edit] (Belle & Sebastian)
02 Time of the Season [Edit] (Belle & Sebastian)
03 Alone Again Or [Edit] (Belle & Sebastian)
04 Creeque Alley [Edit] (Belle & Sebastian)
05 Everyday People [Edit] (Belle & Sebastian)
06 Don't Fear the Reaper [Edit] (Belle & Sebastian)
07 A Minha Menina (Belle & Sebastian)
08 In a Nutshell (Belle & Sebastian)
09 Here Comes the Sun (Belle & Sebastian)
10 I'm Waiting for the Man (Belle & Sebastian)
11 The Boys Are Back in Town (Belle & Sebastian)

This album is 40 minutes long.

https://www.upload.ee/files/15602205/BellenS_1999-2001_LivCoverVersionsVolume__atse.zip.html

I wanted to use a photo of the entire Belle and Sebastian band playing in concert in the time period of this album. Unfortunately, there are so many band members spread across the stage that I couldn't find any good ones. But I did find a good one of band leader Stuart Murdoch (from Rotterdam in 2002), so I used that.