Songs For Insane Times - An Anthology 1969-1980
by Ayers, Kevin
Artist:
Kevin Ayers
Label:
EMI
Catalog#:
521 5570
Format:
CD
Country:
United Kingdom
Released:
2008
| Tracklist | |||
| 1-01 | Town Feeling | 4:51 | |
| 1-02 | Song For Insane Times | 4:01 | |
| 1-03 | Girl On A Swing | 2:49 | |
| 1-04 | The Lady Rachel | 5:17 | |
| 1-05 | Stop This Train (Again Doing It) | 6:05 | |
| 1-06 | Eleanor's Cake (Which Ate Her) | 2:53 | |
| 1-07 | Religious Experience (Singing A Song In The Morning) | 4:44 | |
| Notes: |
Guitar - Syd Barrett |
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| 1-08 | Soon Soon Soon | 3:20 | |
| 1-09 | Rheinhardt & Geraldine / Colores Para Delores | 5:38 | |
| 1-10 | May I? | 3:59 | |
| 1-11 | Clarence In Wonderland | 2:06 | |
| 1-12 | The Oyster And The Flying Fish | 2:37 | |
| 1-13 | Shooting At The Moon | 5:47 | |
| 1-14 | Butterfly Dance | 3:43 | |
| 1-15 | Gemini Child | 3:14 | |
| 1-16 | Stars | 3:30 | |
| 1-17 | There Is Loving / Among Us / There Is Loving | 7:21 | |
| Notes: |
Written-By - David Bedford |
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| 2-01 | Stranger In Blue Suede Shoes | 3:19 | |
| 2-02 | Song From The Bottom Of A Well | 4:35 | |
| 2-03 | Oh My | 2:57 | |
| 2-04 | Margaret | 3:17 | |
| 2-05 | Whatevershebringswesing | 8:10 | |
| 2-06 | Decadence | 8:04 | |
| 2-07 | Oh! Wot A Dream | 2:48 | |
| 2-08 | Don't Let It Get You Down | 3:58 | |
| 2-09 | Interview | 4:43 | |
| 2-10 | Caribbean Moon | 3:01 | |
| 2-11 | The Up Song | 3:15 | |
| 2-12 | The Confessions Of Doctor Dream: Irreversible Neural Damage | 6:43 | |
| 2-13 | It Begins With A Blessing / Once I Awakened / But It Ends With A Curse | 8:16 | |
| 2-14 | See You Later | 4:38 | |
| 2-15 | Ballbearing Blues | 0:55 | |
| 3-01 | After The Show | 2:35 | |
| 3-02 | Thank You Very Much | 3:00 | |
| 3-03 | Obervations | 4:21 | |
| 3-04 | Toujours La Voyage | 7:57 | |
| 3-05 | Diminished But Not Finished | 1:55 | |
| 3-06 | Farewell Again (Another Dawn) | 3:13 | |
| 3-07 | Yes I Do | 3:12 | |
| 3-08 | Love's Gonna Turn You Round | 4:51 | |
| 3-09 | Ballad Of Mr. Snake | 2:06 | |
| 3-10 | Blue | 6:26 | |
| 3-11 | Ballad Of A Salesman Who Sold Himself | 4:31 | |
| 3-12 | A View From The Mountain | 6:16 | |
| 3-13 | Beware Of The Dog II | 5:58 | |
| 3-14 | Hat Song | 1:14 | |
| 3-15 | Money, Money, Money | 3:11 | |
| 3-16 | Super Salesman | 5:03 | |
| 3-17 | Where Do The Stars End? | 3:01 | |
| 4-01 | Banana Introduction | 3:08 | |
| 4-02 | Stranger In Blue Suede Shoes | 3:57 | |
| 4-03 | Interview | 7:50 | |
| 4-04 | Whatevershebringswesing | 7:23 | |
| 4-05 | Oh! Wot A Dream | 3:47 | |
| 4-06 | Shouting In A Bucket Blues | 5:16 | |
| 4-07 | Caribbean Moon | 3:34 | |
| 4-08 | Don't Let It Get You Down | 4:46 | |
| 4-09 | We Did It Again | 11:23 | |
| 4-10 | Why Are We Sleeping? | 16:05 | |
| Notes: |
Written-By - Kevin Ayers |
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| 4-11 | After The Show | 3:30 | |
Credits
Artwork By - Phil Smee
Compiled By - Mark Powell
Engineer - John Leckie
Mastered By, Edited By - Peter Mew
Mixed By - Ben Wiseman
Mixed By - Mark Powell
Producer [Compilation] - Mark Powell
Remastered By - Peter Mew
Written-By - Kevin Ayers
Notes
4 CD jewel case compilation comprising works from 1969 to 1980 (the Harvest label recordings).
Tracks 1-01 - 1-06: from the album "Joy Of A Toy", released as Harvest SHVL 763 in December 1969.
Track 1-07: recorded and mixed 18th December 1969, take 103, featuring Syd Barrett. Recorded at Abbey Road Studios on 28 November 1969
Track 1-08: recorded at Abbey Road Studios, September 1969
Tracks 1-09 to 1-1-13: takem from "Shooting At The Moon", released as Harvest SHSP 4005 in October 1970
Track 1-14: A-side of single - released as Harvest HAR 5027, in October 1970
Track 1-15: recorded at Abbey Road Studios, June 1970
Track 1-16: B-side of single, recorded July 1971. Released as Harvest HAR 5042, in August 1971
Track 1-17: taken from "Whatevershebringswesing", released as Harvest SHVL 800, January 1972.
Track 2-01: Early mix, 9 July 1971
Tracks 2-02 - 2-05: taken from "Whatevershebringswesing", released as Harvest SHVL 800, in January 1972
Tracks 2-06 - 2-09: taken from "Bananamour", released as Harvest SHVL 807, May 1973
Track 2-10: A-side of single. Released as Harvest HAR 5071, April 1973
Track 2-11: A-side of single. Released as Island WIP 6194, 1974
Tracks 2-12 - 2-15: taken from "The Confessions Of Dr. Dream And Other Stories", released as Island ILPS 9263, 1974
Tracks 3-01 and 3-02: A & B sides of single. Released as Island WIP 6201 in 1974
Tracks 3-03 - 3-06: taken from "Sweet Deceiver", released as Island ILPS 9322 in 1975
Tracks 3-07 - 3-10: taken from "Yes We Have No Mananas" released as Harvest SHSP 4057 in August 1976
Tracks 3-11 - 3-14: taken from "Rainbow Takeaway" released as Harvest SHSP 4085 in April 1978
Tracks 3-15 - 3-17: taken from "That's What You Got, Babe" released as Harvest SHSP 4106 in March 1980.
Disc 4 subtitled "After The Show - Live At The Queen Elizabeth Hall 1973".
All tracks recorded at the Queen Elizabeth Hall, London on 25 May 1973 and previously unreleased.
