Melanie - Take Me Home - Live at the Troubadour 1969 - COMPACT DISCS [CD]

LP with DL and lyrics insert. Digipack CD. File under Indie. Acerbic yet winsome Scottish indiepoppers The Just Joans return with the dazzlingly maudlin collection of songs that hazily recall the past and contemplate the futility of the future. Follow-up to 2017's You Might Be Smiling Now... and contains the kind of melodies and mockery that led Uncut to class the band as the point at which InchStephin Merritt lies down with The Vaselines.Inch At the forefront remain the mischievous lyrics and heartfelt vocals of siblings David and Katie Pope, aided and abetted by Chris Elkin on lead guitar, Fraser Ford on bass guitar and Jason Sweeney on drums. Yet it is the recruitment of multi-instrumentalist Arion Xenos and guest appearance of Butcher Boy's Alison Eales to arrange strings that have helped elevate the band's music to new heights. Their progression is most noticeable on lead single InchDear Diary, I Died Again todayInch, a painfully beautiful admission of everyday anxiety and InchWhen Nietzsche CallsInch, the triumphant cry of a spurned lover revelling in the misery of their ex to a backdrop of trumpets and violins. The juxtaposition of the fragility shown in these tracks with the menace of InchWee Guys (Bobby's Got A Punctured Lung)Inch - an observation and understanding of the casual violence that once cast a shadow over the band's hometown - highlights The Just Joans' ability to seamlessly flip between sensitivity and danger, and sums up why Highway Queens described them as the Inchperfect Glasgow kiss.Inch The Private Memoirs and Confessions of the Just Joans is a veritable smorgasbord of misery, longing and unrequited love; stories of small town resentments, half-forgotten school friends, failing relationships and awkward workplace conversationsA1) Hey Ho, Let's Not Go A2) Who Does Susan Think She Is? A3) Wee Guys (Bobby's Got a Punctured Lung) A4) My Undying

A vintage concert performance from treasured singer/songwriter, Melanie, captured at New York's gorgeous cultural epicenter, Central Park! Like Simon & Garfunkel's own Central Park live album, Melanie pours her heart and soul out on this previously unreleased recording that includes her best loved songs InchLook What They've Done To My Song, Ma,Inch InchLay Down (Candles In The Rain),Inch InchPeace Will Come (According To Plan)Inch and more! Packaged with an 11Inch x 17.5Inch full color poster featuring informative liner notes written by Melanie's manager and music journalist, Dave Thompson!

Never before released studio outtakes and demos from the historic 1971 album Gather Me by folk legend Melanie! Gather Me was the album that launched Melanie's career into the stratosphere containing both the #1 Billboard chart hit InchBrand New KeyInch as well as such quintessential Melanie tracks as InchRing The Living BellInch (also a Top 40 hit), InchSomeday I'll Be A FarmerInch and more! Includes full liner notes by music journalist and Melanie's manager, Dave Thompson, all packaged in a gorgeous 6-panel digipak!