Volume 5 in this series was a concert from early 1997. Not much had changed in the year and a half since that one except that Vega had just released a greatest hits album the month before the concert, called "Tried and True: The Best of Suzanne Vega." That had a couple of new songs on it, and she performed one of them here, "Book and Cover." Otherwise, she generally played her best known songs from her previous albums.
I had to do a little bit of cleaning up. For instance, there were a couple of songs where the audience applause got suddenly cut off at the end. For instance, I added some extra cheering at the end of the last song, since it ended after only a couple of seconds. But other than that, this unreleased recording sounds very good.
Vega didn't talk much between songs, except she had a long story before the song "Gypsy."
I'm surprised that I haven't been able to find any BBC concerts by her since 1998. But she's about to release a new album for the first time in a long time in a week from now (I write this in late April 2025). So hopefully she'll go on tour and get more exposure soon.
This album is 54 minutes long.
01 Marlene on the Wall (Suzanne Vega)
02 Small Blue Thing (Suzanne Vega)
03 Caramel (Suzanne Vega)
04 When Heroes Go Down (Suzanne Vega)
05 Rock in This Pocket (Suzanne Vega)
06 Stockings (Suzanne Vega)
07 Neighbourhood Girls (Suzanne Vega)
08 talk (Suzanne Vega)
09 Gypsy (Suzanne Vega)
10 Bad Wisdom (Suzanne Vega)
11 Some Journey (Suzanne Vega)
12 Undertow (Suzanne Vega)
13 Book and Cover (Suzanne Vega)
14 talk (Suzanne Vega)
15 Luka (Suzanne Vega)
16 talk (Suzanne Vega)
17 Tom's Diner (Suzanne Vega)
https://pixeldrain.com/u/Rz13M7Hz
alternate:
https://bestfile.io/en/9RQVZ2RFAo5MZd2/file
The cover photo is from a concert at the Empire in London at some point in 1998.
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