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Talk Is Cheap
(bootleg CD)

Doberman 257/258/259
(Release date mid-September 2000)

Disc One:

  1. Goin' Home (3:33)
  2. Tore Down A La Rimbaud (3:26)
  3. Naked In The Jungle (5:49)
  4. How Long Has This Been Going On? (4:39)
  5. Baby Please Don't Go (2:14)
  6. Out Of Time (lead vocal by Chris Farlowe) (4:19)
  7. Brown Eyed Girl (3:25)
  8. Goin' Down Geneva / Brand New Cadillac (4:17)
  9. Bring It On Home To Me (with Chris Farlowe) (3:30)
  10. Precious Time / Let The Good Times Roll (3:42)
  11. One Irish Rover (4:56)
  12. Bright Side Of The Road (4:20)
  13. Philosophers Stone / Oh Didn't He Ramble (7:23)
  14. Fast Train (6:19)
  15. Stand By Me (With Chris Farlowe) (6:01)
  16. In The Afternoon / Joe Turner Sings / Don't You Make Me High / Sex Machine (9:17)
    Total time: (77:12)

Disc Two:
  1. False starts (1:03)
  2. It's All Over Now, Baby Blue (with Chris Farlowe) (4:21)
  3. It's All In The Game / You Know What They're Writing About (9:30)
  4. The Healing Game / Unchained Melody (6:22)
  5. See Me Through / Soldier Of Fortune / Thankyou Fallentinme Bimicelf Agin (with Chris Farlowe) (10:46)

    Bonus Tracks
    Oxford, February 9, 2000
  6. Here Comes The Night (3:40)
  7. Days Like This Oxford 10/2/00 (2:57)
  8. Hardnose The Highway (4:02)
  9. Midnight Special York 26/2/00 (2:30)
  10. Outskirts Of Town (with Lonnie Donegan) (4:29)
  11. Lonesome Road (3:20)
  12. When Will I Ever Learn To Live In God (5:12)
  13. Northern Muse (Solid Ground) / Auld Lang Syne (4:02)
  14. I Can't Stop Loving You (5:47)
  15. I Got A Woman (with Chris Farlowe) (3:40)

    Birmingham, March 14, 2000
  16. Goodnight Irene (3:42)
    Total time: (75:25)

Disc Three:
    Manchester, March 17, 2000
  1. You're The One I Adore (with Bobby Bland) (3:54)

    Brighton, March 20, 2000
  2. I've Been Working (3:47)
  3. Ain't That Loving You Baby (with Bobby Bland) (4:17)
  4. Ain't Nothing You Can Do (with Bobby Bland) (3:20)
  5. I Believe To My Soul (3:58)

    Blackpool, April 20, 2000
  6. Dead Or Alive (4:41)

    Cheltenham 27/4/00 early show
  7. Is You Is Or Is You Ain't (Ma' Baby?) (3:40)
  8. See My Baby Tonight (3:03)
  9. Who Can I Turn To? (4:47)
  10. Don't Worry About A Thing (2:39)

    Cheltenham, April 27, 2000 late show
  11. Train Kept A Rollin' (3:42)

    Newcastle, May 4, 2000
  12. Don't Start Crying Now (2:29)
  13. High Summer (5:07)
  14. Alabamy Bound (3:05)

    Newcastle, May 5, 2000
  15. Golden Autumn Day (6:12)
  16. The Ballad Of Jesse James (3:15)
  17. Muleskinner Blues (4:40)
  18. Something You Got (with Chris Farlowe) (3:44)
  19. Talk Is Cheap (4:27)
    Total time: (74:49)

Disc One and tracks 1-4 on Disc Two were recorded at Llandudno, North Wales, on April 21, 2000.

Musicians:
Van Morrison: lead vocals, harmonica
Johnny Scott: guitars, vocals
Richie Buckley: saxophone, vocals
Matt Holland: trumpet, flugelhorn, vocals
Robin Aspland: piano
Geraint Watkins: organ, vocals
David Hayes: electric and upright bass
Bobby Irwin: drums, percussion

Guests:
Chris Barber: trombine (tracks recorded in Llandudno and Blackpool)
Chris Farlowe: vocals (where noted)
Lonnie Donegan: vocals and acoustic guitar (Disc Two Track 10)
Bobby Bland: vocals (where noted)
Candy Dulfer: saxophone (Disc Three Tracks 2-5)

Notes:
A new 3CD-R set from Doberman Records, that will contain an overview of the shows in the February to May 2000 period in the UK. It contains one complete set, from Llandudno (a small town in North Wales!) on April 21, 2000, plus pretty much all of the more impressive and/or interesting songs performed elsewhere in this period. Among the highlights are two new and as yet unreleased original songs ("Fast Train" and "Talk Is Cheap"), and several covers that have not been performed in public in living memory! The source tapes are [reported to be], as usual, high quality digital audience recordings.

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