Track 23 from the Cloudland Blue Quartet LP "GLAM!"
Recorded during February and March 2023, as demos for his band Capital Models, re songs they might cover or, in a few cases, already do, Cloudland Blue Quartet has pulled together 35 performances from those sessions for this Record Store Day special limited time release, most have never been heard before while a few have been featured on his weekly Eclectic Selection podcasts on Mixcloud.
Every song is a first take, vocal-wise - indeed David had never sung many of these songs prior to the performances released here. For those reasons, you will undoubtedly spot fluffs and errors from the very off (e.g. a miscue in "Your Song", the shocking end section of "Quicksand") as he makes his way through the catalogues of David Bowie (11), The Velvet Underground (5), Lou Reed (4), Bryan Ferry (3), The Sweet (2), Elton John (2), T Rex (2), Roxy Music (2), Cockney Rebel (2), Alice Cooper (1) and Mott the Hoople (1).
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released April 22, 2023
Recorded at Crispycat, Edinburgh UK, 8, 10, 15, 17, 23, 24, 28 February, 4, 7, 12, 14, 15, 22, 30 March 2023
A quartet in name only, initially influenced by Fripp & Eno's "No Pussyfooting" and The Velvet Underground's debut,
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