Rare on Air 2: Kcrw Performances [Live]

KCRW Rare On Air (Series) | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (August 22, 1995)
• Original Release Date: August 18, 1995
• Number of Discs: 1
• Format: Live
• Label: Mammoth / Pgd
• ASIN: B000004AX0
• In-Print Editions: MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #89,854 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

1. Sugar Water - Cibo Matto

2. Palomine - Bettie Serveert

3. Sweet Ride - Tanya Donelly

4. Everybody Can Change - Vic Chesnutt

5. Mystery Girl - World Party

6. The City Sleeps - MC 900 Ft. Jesus

7. Just Like This Train - Joni Mitchell

8. Cajun Moon - J.J. Cale

9. I've Had It - Aimee Mann

10. Beautiful Friend - Sebadoh

11. Sunday - The Cranberries

12. Opening - Philip Glass

13. Famous Blue Raincoat - Lloyd Cole

14. Late For The Sky - Jackson Browne

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

10 of 11 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Just listen to hear the true value of public radio., October 13, 1998

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Andy Osler ([e-mail]) (Guildford, United Kingdom.) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Rare on Air 2: Kcrw Performances (Audio CD)

A wonderful collection of songs from all kinds of artists, the Rare on Air series demonstrates the breadth of music on offer on KCRW's Morning Becomes Eclectic Show. For me the highlight is "The City Sleeps" by MC 900ft Jesus, a slowly burning groove beneath a tale of metropolitan arson. But hip-hop is just one facet of Rare on Air Volume 2 - from Joni Mitchell's 90's folk to Cibo Matto's trippy pop, the whole series shows the true value of public broadcasting. Commercial broadcasters just don't (or won't), showcase such a wide variety of musical styles. Without commerce as their raison d'etre, stations such as KCRW can afford to broaden the horizons of their listenership, and that's why a CD like Rare on Air should be part of any open-minded music fans collection.

I hope you'll enjoy it as much as I do!

5 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Broaden your horizons, December 13, 2000

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D. A. Hosek (Santa Monica, CA USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Rare on Air 2: Kcrw Performances (Audio CD)

Why do I love compilations like this? Because I find myself listening to--and enjoying--music I would never have listened to otherwise. Who'd've guessed that a rocker like me would ever like MC 900 Ft Jesus? Cibo Mato, I've not entirely warmed to, although I understand why it's so loved.

Lovers of music, incidentally, should visit kcrw.org where you can listen to their music programming 24/7. As eclectic as this disc is, it just glances on how truly adventurous kcrw is as a radio station. How I miss living in Los Angeles.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars warm and human, May 6, 2002

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Eric Juhn "gadjodilo" (Chicago, IL United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Rare on Air 2: Kcrw Performances (Audio CD)

Warm, sweet, human, and raw. An end-to-end listening will put you in a contemplative, positive mood. This is not background music - it deserves your undivided attention, but it does not demand it of you; it is extremely easy on the ears and mind.

This compilation does not attempt to combine an inordinate number of musical genres, which, in my opinion, is a common problem with so-called "eclectic" collections. Rather, this is a coherent selection of artists and performances that blend well with one another.

A beautifully transparent production. Even the two triphop selections sound uncommonly clean and live.