I was quite excited to spot this one. A sampler of music from the great 4AD label. It took me a wee while to find out some more information around this one but I eventually found out that it was a CD from Uncut magazine from November 1998. There is a stellar cast on the 19 songs as you can see above or in a bit more detail courtesy of Discogs
The first one that jumped out at me was former Throwing Muses and Belly singer, songwriter and guitarist Tanya Donelly with Lantern a song from her 1997 debut solo album Lovesongs for Underdogs
Then along came This Mortal Coil with You & Your Sister which is essentially a beautiful duet between Tanya and Kim Deal.
I then wanted to feature Saints by The Breeders a band in which both Tanya and Kim appeared.
However my burning software never got any further than 60% probably because the CD is not in particularly good condition. Given that it was in the same shop as Mind Bomb which was in a similar condition it is highly likely that they were both handed in by the same person.
Obviously I didn't want to let you all down so I obtained a copy of Saints from an alternative source. Don't say I'm not good to you.
That TMC track is gorgeous. Two of my favourite musicians.
ReplyDeleteTheRobster's not wrong, that version of 'You & Your Sister' really is rather lovely.
ReplyDeleteTanya could write great catchy pop riffs esp with Belly. Once saw her circa 93/94 at one of the Sheffield Uni venues though when she was in The Breeders and they were headlining, god they were ramshackle and terrible that night - even managed to ruin their best song, Cannonball. All in all probably the worst gig I've been to.The support act (I'm struggling to remember who they were) had had a minor hit with a track that featured in a top film of the time. They were pretty poor and I hated the track they were feted for anyway. As I say, my worst gig experience ever. At least she redeemed herself with Belly
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