fave sessions

[Keith Hawley]

one session that sticks in my mind was the one where The Smiths played "How
Soon Is Now?" for the first time - which seemed like such an
out-of-character song, a radical departure, adventurous exploration of
sound... (i THINK the others that night were "William" "Rusholme Ruffians"
and ???)

Years later, I remember them doing a fantastically wonderful motorheadish
version of "London," the memory of which the record never quite lived up
to......


The early P J Harvey stuff was astonishing. And from the same era (early
90s) i remember an great sesh from Cud (!) whose albums were terribly
bland, and a band called Terminal Hoedown (possibly on the same night?).

I've always enjoyed Half Man Half Biscuit and Ivor Cutler sessions.... but
i find The Fall so patchy i could never get excited about theirs.

Wedding Present Sessions always seemed much better than their records,
puzzlingly. The Magic Of Radio Perhaps, or Rosy Tinted Nostalgia...

I'm not nearly as obsessive as some at recording stuff so most of these i
haven't had the chance to compare properly...


anyone know anything about Terminal Hoedown??


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