It's A Living Thing [Themes 2]

Second part in the 'Themes' series and this time it's 'animal' songs. Again there's a few tracks I'm familiar with but there's a bit more music that is new to me. Once again I've not played the selection yet so could be good, could be bad.

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01 Andrew Thomas - A Dream of a Spider

02 Antony & The Johnsons - One Dove

03 Dirty Projectors - Two Doves

04 Jason Lytle - Ghost Of My Old Dog

05 The Doors - Peace Frog

06 Gene Vincent - Cat Man

07 Broken Records - Wolves

08 Four Tet & Burial - Moth

09 Department Of Eagles - The Curious Butterfly Realizes He Is Beautiful

10 Shellac - Squirrel song

11 Cheveu - Like a Deer in the Headlights

12 The Wind Whistles - Bats In Flight

13 The Wave Pictures - Bumble Bee

14 James Yorkston - Tortoise Regrets Hare

15 Autopilot is for Lovers - Whale Belly

16 Black Golden Bull - Buffalo Waltz

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Magnetophone : The Man Who ate The Man

Released on 4AD Records in 2005 'The Man Who Ate The Man' was Birmingham 'electronic' duo Magnetophone's second album released. The 13 tracks on the album include collaborations with King Creosote, James Yorkston, HMS Ginafore, Kim Deal and Kelley Deal.

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MySpace + Wikipedia + 4AD + Buy + Interview

James Yorkston : Live Dates + Rare Track

Here are some live dates taken from the James Yorkston website. Have a look below and see if the great man is coming to a venue near you while listening to the brilliant 'The Lang Toun'. All 12 minutes 4 seconds of it. This track was originally included on 'The Fence Sampler #3' and was later released as a 10 inch single on Domino Records in 2002. Both formats have long been deleted.

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Download The_Lang_Toun here.

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Live dates 2009:

11 May 2009
Perth Concert Hall
Perth - With Band
13 May 2009
Carnegie Hall
Dunfermline - With Band
14 May 2009
The Rep Theatre
Dundee - With Band
15 May 2009
The Lemon Tree
Aberdeen - With Band
16 May 2009
Eden Court
Inverness - With Band
17 May 2009
Buccleuch Centre
Langholm - With Band
19 May 2009
Picture House
Edinburgh - With Band
20 May 2009
Eastgate Theatre
Peebles - With Band
21 May 2009
The Tolbooth
Stirling - With Band
22 May 2009
ABC2
Glasgow - With Band
5 Jun 2009
Brewery Arts Centre
Kendal - With Band
11 Jun 2009
Sage
Gateshead - with Robin Guthrie
27 June 2009
The Outsider Festival
Inverness - With Band
1 Aug 2009
Field Day
London - With Band

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James Yorkston & The Athletes : Steady As She Goes [Promo CD]

Released in 2006 on Domino Records this single was taken from the album 'The Year Of The Leopard'.

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Tracklist :

01 Steady As She Goes

02 Summer Song [Dolphin Boy Remix]

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Buy 'The_Year_Of_The_Leopard' here!!!

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Listen to more James Yorkston at Domino_Records

James Yorkston & The Athletes : Surf Song [Promo CD]

This was the 2nd single released from the 'Just Beyond The River' album. Released in 2005 on Domino Records the single features an exclusive version of 'Song to The Siren'.

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Tracklist :

01 Surf Song

02 Song To The Siren

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Buy 'Just_Beyond_The_River' here!!!

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Wikipedia

James Yorkston & The Athletes : St. Patrick [EP]

I've been listening to James Yorkston a lot recently and this EP seems to be getting played more than any of his other stuff. Apart from the title track which featured on the album 'Moving Up Country' the rest of the tracks on this release are unavailable anywhere else (according to his website). This EP was released in 2002 on Domino Records.
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Tracklist :
01 St. Patrick
02 St. Patrick [Vitus Mix]
03 Catching Eyes
04 Blue Madonnas
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Song To The Siren

It's often said that a cover version of a song is never as good as the original. In most instances I would agree with this sentiment but not when it comes to 'Song To The Siren'. Originally recorded by Tim Buckley for his 1970 album 'Starsailor' the song has been covered by artistes as diverse as Pat Boone and Robert Plant. However the outstanding version of the song was released in 1983 by the 4AD Records 'supergroup' calling themselves 'This Mortal Coil'. The track featuring Liz Fraser of The Cocteau Twins on vocals was released as a single and also appeared on the 1984 album 'It'll End In Tears'. Make up your own mind about which version is the best by clicking on the links below. Also included are another 3 versions, all bringing something different to the song. Which one is your favourite?

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Tim_Buckley [Buy 'Starsailor' album]
This_Mortal_Coil [Buy 'It'll End In Tears' album]
James_Yorkston [Buy 'Surf Song' single]
Engineers [Buy 'Dream Brother - The Songs of Tim + Jeff Buckley' album]
The_Czars [Buy 'Sing A Song For You - A Tribute To Tim Buckley' album]

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