Tracy Chapman

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She lives (lived?) by my kids preschool so I'd see her cruising by every once in a while...

on foot, not in a...

fast car.

citation needed (Steve Shasta), Friday, 16 February 2024 15:34 (two months ago) link

https://i.postimg.cc/Sxj7WsnT/tracy.jpg

clemenza, Friday, 16 February 2024 15:36 (two months ago) link

Lol at that sandwiching

Beyond Goo and Evol (President Keyes), Saturday, 17 February 2024 00:35 (two months ago) link

two weeks pass...

I kind of wish the rest of her debut was as starkly produced. The a cappella "Behind the Wall" is also great, but the full-band arrangements for songs like "Mountains o' Things" and "For My Lover" kind of dilute the impact.

It finally occurred to me that her tour supporting her debut was probably what I was hoping for and sure enough there are plenty of bootlegs out there including several soundboard recordings.

In terms of sound quality, this one isn't the best - a cassette dub of a soundboard recording, from the looks of it, it wasn't bootlegged at the correct speed & pitch and this YouTube upload comes from an attempt to correct that. I'm posting here because the second song is unfamiliar and couldn't be identified. The uploader refers to it as "If I Ask You." Is this one of Chapman's unreleased originals or is it a cover?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UbFt0MOVHCQ

birdistheword, Tuesday, 5 March 2024 18:59 (one month ago) link

(It's at 03:23 - for some reason, I wasn't able to post a site-generated link that went to that spot.)

birdistheword, Tuesday, 5 March 2024 19:02 (one month ago) link

July 1988 shows in Montreux and Philly seem to be the best in terms of audio. Should be easy to find out there in lossless form.

birdistheword, Tuesday, 5 March 2024 19:33 (one month ago) link


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