KCRW Sounds Eclectic: The Covers Project [LIVE] [LIMITED COLLECTOR'S EDITION]

Various Artists (Author), Girls in Hawaii (Author), Sia (Author), Damien Rice (Author), The Magic Numbers (Author), Nikka Costa (Author), Dido (Author), Paul Weller (Author), Rufus Wainwright (Author), Chris Stills (Author), R.E.M. (Performer), Gary Jules (Performer), The Flaming Lips (Performer), Robert Plant (Performer), Missy Higgins (Performer), M. Ward (Performer), kd lang (Performer)

Product Details

• Audio CD
• Original Release Date: 2007
• Number of Discs: 1
• Format: Live, Limited Collector's Edition
• Label: Hear Music
• ASIN: B000OTR5WI
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• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #14,088 in Music (See Bestsellers in Music)

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Product Description

The collection features covers from the Flaming Lips (doing Radiohead's "Knives Out"), R.E.M. (John Hartford's "Gentle on My Mind"; made famous by Glen Campbell), M. Ward (David Bowie's "Let's Dance"), Rufus Wainwright and Chris Stills (Neil Young's "Harvest"), Robert Plant (Led Zeppelin's "Black Dog"), Paul Weller (Rose Royce's "Wishing on a Star"; made famous by Junior Walker), Damien Rice (Radiohead's "Creep"), Gary Jules (Tears for Fears' "Mad World"), and more, all originally performed live in the KCRW studio for Nic Harcourt's "Morning Becomes Eclectic" program. Well...except for the Lips, who took on Radiohead's "Knives Out" in their tour bus on the way to the studio. kd lang also covers Leonard Cohen's "Hallelujah".