The French Collection, by Legendary Pink Dots

The French Collection

by Legendary Pink Dots

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1.	Sandwich Abuse 02:48	info	download
2.	A Crack In Melancholy Time 06:46		download
3.	On Another Shore 05:00		download
4.	Greengang 07:34		download
5.	Siren 06:10		download
6.	Fifteen Flies In The Marmalade 03:37		download
7.	Nine Shades To The Circle 17:22		download
8.	Premonition 13 10:27		download
9.	Crumbs On The Carpet 05:10		download
10.	Neon Gladiators 07:11		download
11.	Madame Guillotine 06:21		download
12.	Hotel Z 06:51		download
13.	Bella Donna 03:48		download
14.	Tower 2 04:21		download
15.	Crushed Velvet 07:31		download
16.	Love In A Plain Brown Envelope 04:52		download
17.	Aarzhklahh Olgevezh 06:23		download
18.	Encore Une Fois 07:26		download
19.	Breakday 04:17		download
20.	Lisa's Party 04:49		download
21.	Space Captain 11:23		download
22.	Evolution 09:22		download

about

It started with a dusty box of DAT tapes. Perhaps it was years since anyone had listened to them despite the tantalising labels,"Paris #1", "Paris #2","Paris #3”... Indeed it was Paris where the Dots played their first residency in 1992. However , these tapes were a document of the Dots' one and only 3-nighter from the 10th to the 12th of March 1994 at the delightful Theatre Passage du Nord Ouest. For this special occasion, HOURS of material were prepared and delivered in the certainty that quite possibly the same 300 or so people would turn up each night. Backing up that theory was the traditional shout of "champignons" from a mystery member of the audience on each of those nights. That clarion call actually began in Montreal a few years earlier, and we STILL hear it whenever we play in that city. It was ambitious. Sometimes the band was a little shaky but songs were played that were never heard again on a stage. Even so, some of the best shows happened outside Paris. In Marseilles for instance at Espace Julien a few nights later. A big venue and a surprising large turnout for another French city that The Dots simply fell for. What you hear on this collection is all from that 1994 tour culled from shows in the French capital, Marseilles and Toulouse (alas, nobody remembers the name of that venue). Even so, the Dots' French connection goes back to 1985 when they played in Strasbourg at Le Bandit. After playing in more sedatory venues in The Netherlands and Switzerland, this introduction to a French audience literally stunned every member of the band. Basically the crowd listened in complete silence as the notes were played, and would erupt like Vesuvius at the conclusion of a song. That show lasted for well over 2 hours. We still love France. The landscape, the culture and most of all, the people. We’ll be back.

credits

released 10 October 2010
Line-up for these shows was:
The Silverman- keyboards, devices
Niels Van Hoorn- saxophones, flute, steiner electronic wind instrument
Martijn de Kleer- guitar ,bass, drums
Ryan Moore- bass, drums
Raymond Steeg- The sound
Edward Ka-Spel- voice, keyboard
Raymond collated the material and then edited and mastered it in July 2010 with assistance from The Silverman.