I also intend to start a YouTube channel and post some unreleased albums there, so at least I'll have a known second home on the Internet in case this one suddenly goes down. I hope to post more about that very soon.
So, with that in mind, here's something that I believe is completely unreleased. It's also high time I post something from American singer-songwriter Suzanne Vega. So far, the only music I've posted from her is a Songwriter's Circle episode in which she was one of the three featured artists.
This concert goes way back to the beginning of her recorded music career it took place just a few months after the release of her debut album, simply entitled "Suzanne Vega." It's a lot longer than that album, so it has many songs that were unreleased by her at the time, including some of her best known songs, such as "Tom's Diner," "Luka," and "Left of Center."
This album is an hour and 12 minutes long.
01 talk (Suzanne Vega)
02 Tom's Diner (Suzanne Vega)
03 talk (Suzanne Vega)
04 Some Journey (Suzanne Vega)
05 Small Blue Thing (Suzanne Vega)
06 Cracking (Suzanne Vega)
07 talk (Suzanne Vega)
08 Undertow (Suzanne Vega)
09 talk (Suzanne Vega)
10 The Queen and the Soldier (Suzanne Vega)
11 Knight Moves (Suzanne Vega)
12 talk (Suzanne Vega)
13 Gypsy (Suzanne Vega)
14 talk (Suzanne Vega)
15 Calypso (Suzanne Vega)
16 Straight Lines (Suzanne Vega)
17 Freeze Tag (Suzanne Vega)
18 talk (Suzanne Vega)
19 Luka (Suzanne Vega)
20 talk (Suzanne Vega)
21 Left of Center (Suzanne Vega)
22 Marlene on the Wall (Suzanne Vega)
23 talk (Suzanne Vega)
24 Neighbourhood Girls (Suzanne Vega)
25 talk (Suzanne Vega)
26 Black Widow Station (Suzanne Vega)
27 talk (Suzanne Vega)
28 The Rent Song (Suzanne Vega)
The cover is one of only a few photos of Vega I could find that are definitely from 1985. This one was taken backstage at a concert in San Francisco in July 1985.
One of my favorite artists!
ReplyDeleteWere there no other BBC sessions to make further volumes?
ReplyDeleteAlso suggestions there are two 1984 concerts from March and May at Northampton; There are the demos before the first album; and finally there are 13 tracks from Coop fast Folk magazine.