Songs For Insane Times : Anthology 1969-1980 (EU)

構成数 : 4枚
合計収録時間 : 04:41:52
Audio Remasterer: Peter Mew. Liner Note Author: Mark Powell. Photographer: Barry Plummer. Five years on from the peerless remastering of Kevin Ayers' core (Harvest label) catalog, Songs for Insane Times dips into much the same bag of tricks for a four-CD anthology that truly does reflect upon everything that made his earliest albums such a timeless joy. Traversing a decade's worth of releases from the delightful debut Joy of a Toy on, the three discs that carry Ayers through to 1980's That's What You Get Babe are an almost peerless gathering; key album cuts are joined by the string of 45s that he so typically omitted from the long-players, and if there's a disappointing lack of unreleased cuts here, that's only because the remasters cleaned them up long ago. Two discs take listeners through the very best of Ayers, up to and including 1974's Confessions of Dr. Dream and Other Stories (the accompanying "After the Show" single opens disc three); the third wraps up the lesser but still enjoyable late-'70s output; and while one can bemoan the absence of anything from the so-crucial June 1, 1974 live album, disc four makes up for that with a full 1973 concert, unreleased in any form until now. Indeed, shop around for the best price and Songs for Insane Times is worth buying simply for the live show, which captures Ayers and his then current 747 band carving exquisitely sharp edges through "Stranger in Blue Suede Shoes," "Shouting in a Bucket Blues," and "Caribbean Moon" (among others), before devoting no less than 25 minutes to maniacal jams through "We Did It Again" and "Why Are We Sleeping?" Perfection! Returning to the studio sides, a few fan favorites have probably slipped through the netting (no "Everybody's Sometime...Blues," "Falling in Love Again," or the 45-rpm version of "Lady Rachel," to name but three). But "Girl on a Swing," "May I?," "Song from the Bottom of a Well," "Decadence," and the full "Confessions of Doctor Dream" suite are here, and anybody who professes themselves indisposed toward Sweet Deceiver and its late-'70s successors might well revise their opinion by the time "Where Do the Stars End?" wraps up disc three. ~ Dave Thompson
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CD1:
1. Town Feeling 2. Song for Insane Times 3. Girl on a Swing 4. The Lady Rachel 5. Stop This Train (Again Doing it) 6. Eleanor’s Cake (Which Ate Her)
Taken from the album "Joy of a Toy"- Released as Harvest SHVL 763 in December 1969
7. Religious Experience (Singing a Song in the Morning)
Featuring Syd Barrett – Recorded at Abbey Road on 28th November 1969
8. Soon Soon Soon
Recorded at Abbey Road in Sep 1969. Featured as part of the “Odd Ditties” compilation - Released as in Feb 1976
9. Rheinhardt and Geraldine / Colores Para Delores 10. May I? 11. Clarence in Wonderland 12. The Oyster and the Flying Fish 13. Shooting at the Moon
Taken from the album "Shooting at the Moon" - Released as Harvest SHSP 4005 in October 1970
14. Butterfly Dance (A-side of single - Released as Harvest HAR 5027 in October 1970) 15. Gemini Child
Recorded at Abbey Road studios in June 1970. Featured as part of the “Odd Ditties” compilation - Released as Harvest Heritage SHSM 2005 in February 1976
16. There is Loving / Among Us / There is Loving 17. Whatevershebringswesing
Taken from the album "Whatevershebringswesing" - Released as Harvest SHVL 800 in January 1972

CD2:
1. Stranger in Blue Suede Shoes (first mix) 2. Song from the Bottom of a Well
Taken from the album "Whatevershebringswesing"
3. Stars (B-side of single - Released as Harvest HAR 5042 in August 1971) 4. Decadence 5. Oh! Wot a Dream 6. Don’t Let it Get You Down 7. Interview
Taken from the album "Bananamour" - Released as Harvest SHVL 807 in May 1973
8. Caribbean Moon (A-side of single - Released as Harvest HAR 5071 in April 1973)9. The Up Song (A-side of single - Released as Island WIP 6194 in 1974) 10. The Confessions of Doctor Dream: Irreversible Neural Damage 11. It Begins with a Blessing / Once I Awakened / But it Ends with a Curse 12. See You Later 13. Ballbearing Blues
Taken from the album "The Confessions