Continuing with more cool female vocalists, here's singer-songwriter Suzanne Vega, who also came to prominence in the mid-1980's, with folk-inspired songs such as 'Luka', 'Marlena on the Wall', 'Left of Center', and 'Tom's Diner'. Suzanne was born in Santa Monica, CA, but her family moved to New York City when she was a small child. She began performing at Greenwich Village clubs while attending Barnard College in NYC. In 1984 she received a major label recording contract, and her first album, Suzanne Vega, which featured primarily just acoustic guitar and vocals, was released in 1985 to much critical acclaim. Her 2nd album, Solitude Standing (1987), which featured songs with fuller arrangements, garnered commercial as well as critical success, due to the International hit single 'Luka' which was written from the point of view of an abused child. Vega's third album, Days of Open Hands (1990) continued in the folk style of the first two albums. But, subsequent albums would delve into other musical styles and sounds, beginning with 99.9 F Degrees (1992), which embraced a harder-edged, more electronic, experimental sound. The show featured here today is from 1990, a very good soundboard recording of a full-length show from Luxembourg that features songs from throughout her first 3 albums.
Tracklist:
01 Rusted Pipe
02 Tired Of Sleeping
03 Straight Lines
04 Ironbound / Fancy Poultry
05 Marlene On The Wall
06 Some Journey
07 Room Off The Street
08 Freeze Tag
09 Neighborhood Girls
10.Gypsy
11 Wallaby Song (a capella)
12 Those Whole Girls (Run In Grace)
13 Pilgrimage
14 Luka
15 Institution Green
16 Left Of Center
17 Solitude Standing / band intros
18 Book Of Dreams
19 Men In A War
20 The Queen And The Soldier
21 Tom's Diner
22 Wooden Horse
Musicians:
Suzanne Vega - vocals, guitar
Marc Shulman - guitar
Anton Sanko - keyboards
Mike Visceglia - bass
Frank Vilardi - drums
mp3 - Suzanne Vega_1990-12-15_Luxembourg_Mp3.rar
FLAC - Suzanne Vega_1990-12-15_Luxembourg_FLAC.rar
4 comments:
Thanks!
Wonderful stuff BBKron! Great quality and really worth having, Thanks! Have posted links and so on over at my own little blog page
Nice!
"Tired of Sleeping" is a favorite.
Marvelous quality recording. Mostly appreciated,
Derek from Paris,
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