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Track Listings
| 1. Big Gay Heart |
| 2. Great Big No |
| 3. Paid To Smile |
| 4. It s About Time |
| 5. Style |
| 6. I ll Do It Anyway |
| 7. Rest Assured |
| 8. You Can Take It With You (prt.2) |
| 9. Down About It |
| 10. Into Your Arms |
| 11. Superhero |
| 12. And So The Story Goes |
| 13. Being Around |
| 14. You Can Take It With You (prt.1) |
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CD Description
Hello you !! The record you hold in your hands ( or clicked on with your mouse ) represents the fulfillment of a little dream I had a long time ago, or for a long time . Or is it a long dream I had a long time ago for a short while - or was it a big dream I've had for a long time . Well , anyway I've always wanted to make an " Album " for 53 dollars - Walkman 50 , tape 3 bucks . Oh to record live to cassette , master it and put it out ... I have finally done it ! I recorded this here biscuit in and around either December '92, or Feb '93 . I remember it was a sunday night in Bondi - the night the "Car Enthusiasts come out . I had just returned to Australia - my home away from home- from our first Japanese tour . Life was good . I made this tape for our Aussie agent of that time , Stephen Pavlovic . I am forever grateful to this man for introducing me to Australia and a grand gang of australians! This LP documents a lovely lull in the action. a Sunday night into morning to collect myself and my songs . The songs that would be on our next album . some of these never made it and the "Into Your Arms " I did here is better than the one on the album ( i like it anyway ) So sit back, snort some no doze and listen for the tunes, the sea ,the tape hiss ( ahhh ) , the cars , the birds the trucks , and the killer motorcycle at the end of being around !! Wherever you live I'll be back there soon , inshallah !!!. Until then let's all make the most of the tail-end of sex with furniture -Yours ever faithfully Evan G Dando.
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New 2011 issue of previously unreleased 'live to cassette' recordings from Sydney, made between 1992 & 1993.
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4 of 4 people found the following review helpful
Format:Audio CD
Fans of Evan Dando's outstanding, country-tinged rock haven't had much to go on recently. Lemonheads last released an album of original songs six years ago, so no-one's in the mood to be fussy. Even so, we might have expected more than some ragged, unfinished demos of tracks from 1993's Come On Feel album, recorded in a hotel room. Dando warbles into a Walkman, accompanied by an acoustic guitar, passing traffic, neighbouring voices and so much noise it's impossible to imagine the source tape has been cleaned up.
Even for Lemonheads completists, listening to this can't be any more rewarding than trudging through the acoustic demos packaged into the expanded release of It's A Shame About Ray. Perhaps there was a case for re-releasing Come On Feel - an album of strong songs originally mastered a little thin - and including some of the hotel tracks for good measure. But asking people to pay outright for an excavated tape of muddy, half-finished demos is a little insulting. Beneath the tape hiss is the sound of barrels being scraped.
Whether or not Dando ever makes another proper record, his reputation as a writer of energetic, brilliantly melodic pop is secure. Releasing sonically-challenged bootlegs adds nothing to it.
Even for Lemonheads completists, listening to this can't be any more rewarding than trudging through the acoustic demos packaged into the expanded release of It's A Shame About Ray. Perhaps there was a case for re-releasing Come On Feel - an album of strong songs originally mastered a little thin - and including some of the hotel tracks for good measure. But asking people to pay outright for an excavated tape of muddy, half-finished demos is a little insulting. Beneath the tape hiss is the sound of barrels being scraped.
Whether or not Dando ever makes another proper record, his reputation as a writer of energetic, brilliantly melodic pop is secure. Releasing sonically-challenged bootlegs adds nothing to it.
1 of 1 people found the following review helpful
Format:Audio CD
Talk about drawing it out. Why doesn't Dando just tell the truth: "I've always to sell a load of demos to make a quick buck rather than have to create anything new and convince the great unwashed that I'm selling them a concept album". Throughout Dando's career he has repackaged the same thing in different ways and the trend continues with Hotel Sessions. Don't get me wrong, I love all things Lo-fi, however the material being paraded here is the kind of "filler" I'd expect on a 20th anniversary album reissue or some other rip off.
I used to be a Lemonheads/Dando fan. I've now just had enough!
I used to be a Lemonheads/Dando fan. I've now just had enough!
1 of 2 people found the following review helpful
Format:Audio CD
What a lifeless, souless waste of time this is. It really is appallingly bad....I dislike it that much I'm not even going to give it away.
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whats not to love
oh come on for just shy of eight quid which isn't exactly a fortune you get a bootleg we would have paid 2 if not 3 times that price for 10/15 years ago enjoy it dont kill it
Published 3 months ago by P. Mason
Sorry but this is really great!
OK so I am review number three. And OK I am a massive Lemonheads fan.
But I have to disagree with the other two reviews so far. This is a great CD. Read more
But I have to disagree with the other two reviews so far. This is a great CD. Read more
Published 4 months ago by TheLace
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