
Another round of Sony Walkman picked tracks today. Not the first four that came up, I have to say, but because the first two songs by different artists were live tracks, I thought I’d follow that particular line of enquiry.
So, to start with, ‘Devil’s Roof’ by Throwing Muses. There’s plenty of official live material out there if you are so inclined (and plenty of bootlegs too at the likes of www.archive.org) but this version is taken from the first official Muses live release, ‘The Curse’. Released back in 1992 it documents a London show by the power trio line-up of Kristin Hersh, Dave Narcizo and Bernard Georges. It seems to be long deleted now but you can still get ‘The Curse’ here. More Kristin and TM live recordings here.
Throwing Muses – ‘Devil’s Roof’ from ‘The Curse’ [Download it]
Next up is a fantastic live version of ‘All I Want’ by Echo & The Bunnymen. Originally the closing track on the mighty ‘Heaven Up Here’ this is a much more wired version than the LP one. You can compare the two though quite easily since this version is taken from the 25th anniversary remastered ‘Heaven Up Here’ which is available at an extremely reasonable price here.
‘Echo & The Bunnymen – ‘All I Want’ (from ‘Heaven Up Here’ remastered) [Buy it]
Next up is a track you can’t buy since it’s taken from a bootleg. It’s by the Triffids from early 1984 and from a fantastic radio recording of less well known Triffids’ material (and covers). It’s a real treasure not least because it features two separate songs which ended up combined as ‘Field of Glass’. One is an early version of FOG but the other is called ‘Pleasure Slide’. And this is it.
The Triffids – ‘Pleasure Slide’ (from ‘Caught In The Act 3PBS FM’ bootleg)
The Triffids’ reissue programme is available here.
The final track is also Domino related since it comes from a live set by Pavement, given away if you signed up for their mailing list last year. The Pavement re-issue programme has been as lavish as the Triffids one and with loads of extra material these 2 CD sets are well worth investigating. ‘Stop Breathing’ was originally on the ‘Crooked Rain, Crooked Rain’. Enjoy. Buy the Pavement reissues here. Curiously I haven’t featured Pavement on here before, even though I have all the LPs. Fixed.
Pavement – ‘Stop Breathing’ (live) (from ‘Live at the Palace, Hollywood’)




