Monday, September 30, 2024

Melissa Etheridge - VH-1 Storytellers, New York City, 11-10-1996

Even more "VH-1 Storytellers" episodes coming to you today. This time, it's singer-songwriter Melissa Etheridge.

This performance was done in solo acoustic format. That seemed to be pretty common in the first year or two of the TV show, but happened rarely after that. It took place about a year after the release of Etheridge's 1995 album "Your Little Secret." It sold two million copies, which is very good, but that still was a come down compared to her previous album, "Yes I Am," which sold six million.

Only two songs from that album were included here: "Nowhere to Go" and "All the Way to Heaven." She probably played more, but this was edited down from a longer concert.

Speaking of editing, once again I was faced with the problem of the first song starting midway through. I found a different version of "Bring Me Some Water" also done acoustic style from the same time period, and patched the two versions together. That's what that song has "[Edit]" in its title. But, as usual with this series, I did a lot of additional editing, especially with the applause at the ends of songs. And I boosted the lead vocals relative to the instruments on all the songs using the UVR5 audio editing program.

This album is 48 minutes long.

01 Bring Me Some Water [Edit] (Melissa Etheridge)
02 talk (Melissa Etheridge)
03 Watching You (Melissa Etheridge)
04 Come to My Window (Melissa Etheridge)
05 No Souvenirs (Melissa Etheridge)
06 talk (Melissa Etheridge)
07 Testify (Melissa Etheridge)
08 talk (Melissa Etheridge)
09 Yes I Am (Melissa Etheridge)
10 talk (Melissa Etheridge)
11 I'm the Only One (Melissa Etheridge)
12 talk (Melissa Etheridge)
13 Nowhere to Go (Melissa Etheridge)
14 talk (Melissa Etheridge)
15 All the Way to Heaven (Melissa Etheridge)

https://www.upload.ee/files/17184503/MELISSAE1996StrytllrsNwYrkC__11-10-1996_atse.zip.html

alternate:

https://pixeldrain.com/u/ySEDagwk

The cover photo comes from the City of Hope benefit concert at Universal Studios Hollywood in Universal City, California, in 1996. I've posted an album of that concert at this blog, by the way.

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