Complete Peel Sessions [Import]

Mercury Rev | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (November 10, 2009)
• Number of Discs: 2
• Format: Import
• Label: 101 DISTRIBUTION
• ASIN: B002Q4E21G
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #96,583 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

Disc: 1

1. Frittering (August 27, 1991)

2. Coney Island Cyclone (August 27, 1991)

3. Syringe Mouth (August 27, 1991)

4. Chasin' A Bee (August 27, 1991_

5. Trickledown (July 12 1993)

6. Downs Are Feminine Balloons (July 12, 1993)

7. Boys Peel Out (July 12, 1993)

8. Everlasting Arm (July 2, 1995

9. I Only Have Eyes For You (July 2, 1995)

10. Racing The Tide (July 2, 1995)

See all 11 tracks on this disc

Disc: 2

1. I Don't Wanna Be A Soldier Mama I Don't Wanna Die (May 5, 1999)

2. The Funny Bird/Tonite It Shows (May 5, 1999)

3. Observatory Crest (May 5, 1999)

4. Tides Of The Moon (November 15, 2001)

5. Little Rhymes (November 15,2001)

6. Spider And Flies (November 15, 2001)

7. Planet Caravan (November 15, 2009)

8. Gymnopedies 3 (November 15, 2009)

9. Hercules (November 15, 2009)

Editorial Reviews

2009 two CD collection from the American Alt-Rock band containing all the Peel Sessions recorded between 1991 and 2001. The band treated a session for John Peel as one of the most important things they'd ever done. The band spent over 20 hours on their first session, creating unique versions of four tracks. 'Frittering' and 'Chasin' A Bee' stand out as highlights from this session, both are fantastic reworks of the original songs. 1993 and 1995 saw the band record two more sessions for John which included a cover of 'I Only Have Eyes For You'. In 1999, the band returned to promote Deserter's Songs, recording a 10 minute version of 'The Funny Bird/Tonite It Shows' alongside covers of Lennon and Beefheart songs. The band recorded what turned out to be their final session for John in 2001. It included a cover of Black Sabbath's 'Planet Caravan' alongside six other live versions of tracks from All Is Dream. 20 tracks. Universal.

Customer Reviews

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5.0 out of 5 stars Good Chronological Overview, September 20, 2011

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If you are coming at this CD release as a novice, then fine, don't let me put you off because it contains a lot of great music. It does however span a diverse set of songs from a band that evolved quickly and irrevocably towards more establishment indie sounds. The early sessions from 1991 are more experimental in nature than later tracks such as "Spiders and Flies" but there is still some melodic harvest there with radio friendly songs like "Frittering". The later sessions have the gems "Funny Bird" and Tonight it Shows" from Deserter Songs segued together for convenience rather than fluency or compatability. Unfortunately for fans of that seminal album there is no "Holes" or "Goddess on a Highway", a pity really. On that subject and as an aside, if you can track down a live version of "Holes" that appeared on a "Uncut" Magazine disc back in 2002 and which was lifted from a live performance on the Jools Holland show, then the version is a classic reading.
For fans of Mercury Rev and of leftfield indie generally, this release is highly recommended.