Shack - Liverpool, UK 2006

Liverpool Academy

Liverpool, UK

May 12, 2006

  

web stream capture via Livegigsonline 

  

sound quality: VG to VG+ (audio equivalent of a nice audience recording; vocals are somewhat distant at times)

01 crowd, intro

Shack live in Bristol, UK 2003 (photos by X Hits the Spot)

02 Black and White 

03 Pull Together

04 Miles Apart

05 Cup of Tea

06 Streets of Kenny 

07 X Hits the Spot

08 On the Terrace

09 I Know You Well

10 Tie Me Down

11 Butterfly

12 Miles Away

13 Meant to Be

14 crowd, welcoming Shack

     back to the stage

15 [unidentified]

16 Comedy

17 Neighbours

18 Queen Matilda

ROB SEZ: I had wanted to close out this month's run of Shack & Michael Head posts with something a bit more spectacular, but I think this will suffice. It's a hometown gig that's got plenty of energy and features a horn section on several songs. I only wish the recording by the (now-defunct) Livegigsonline was sharper, with vocals more to the fore. That said, this is one of the very few full-length Shack shows I know of, and Shack / Michael Head fans will probably eat it up. BIG-TIME THANKS to Shacknet, my source for this share. (If anyone can identify the title of song #15 — or has a different full-length Shack recording to share, please leave a comment.)

MP3@320 (lossy source; no FLAC this time)

Michael Head & Shack - Demos, Rare & Live

Michael Head & Shack
demos, rare & live mega post
1990-2012 
via shacknet.co.uk

* 2 SEPARATE DOWNLOADS *

  
FM & web stream captures (sound quality range: VG- to VG+)

  

• Shack - Radio Clyde Session 1990 - 4 songs

• Shack - BBC Radio 1 Session May 1999 - 4 songs

• Shack - BBC Radio 6 Session Sept. 2003 - 3 songs

• Shack - BBC Radio 2 Session Sept. 2003 - 3 songs

• Pale Fountains - BBC Radio Merseyside Session Jan. 2008 - 2 songs

• MH & Red Elastic Band - BBC Radio Merseyside Session Sept. 2008 - 2 songs

• MH & Red Elastic Band - BBC Radio Merseyside Session Feb. 2012 - 2 songs

  

MP3@VAR (varying bit rates, 128 - 320 kbps)

ROB SEZ: I've admired Michael ("Mick") Head's music, usually partnering with his brother John, since their days in the fabulous alt-pop/rock group Shack. I'm especially fond of Head's Nick-Drake-esque Michael Head & The Strands project. A couple of years ago, I collected all the Head-related rarities I could find, including some from the Shacknet.co.uk site. But the latter now appears to be gone or inaccessible. So here they are for those who might enjoy them: in-session live tracks plus interviews. BIG THANKS to Gary Foreman & all at Shacknet for sharing.
  
Michael Head & The Strands

Michael Head - lost in the music, 2016

Demos & Alternate Takes
c. 1993-1995
  
soundboard recordings (quality: VG to VG+)
  
01 Glynys & Jaqui 

02 The Prize

03 And Luna

04 Fontilan

05 X Hits the Spot

06 Poor Jill

07 Wanda

08 Hockens Hey

09 It's Harvest Time

10 Poor Jill 2

11 Queen Matilda

12 The Prize (der der)

13 Glynys & Jaqui

14 Green Velvet Jacket (B-side) 

15 Queen Matilda (Alt. Take 3) 

16 Queen Matilda (Alt. Take 4) 

17 Queen Matilda (Demo) 

18 Something Like You (Live 1998)

19 (mystery bonus track)

MP3@192 (best available bit rate)
   

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