Double LP! First Time On Vinyl!
Restored & Remastered From Original Tapes!
Big Star recorded their second album, Radio City, as a trio, after the departure of founding member Chris Bell. When it came time to tour, original bassist Andy Hummel decided to return to school to pursue his engineering education. With this departure, Alex Chilton and Jody Stephens recruited fellow Memphis native John Lightman to take over on bass duties, and the band readied their live set. That set is on display as Big Star recorded a radio session at Ultrasonic Studios in New York for broadcast on the citys preeminent WLIR. Nearly two decades later, those recordings were issued as Live in 1992. Omnivore Recordings is proud to reintroduce those recordings, restored and remastered from the original tapes, as Live On WLIR on double LP. The 15 track set features material from the bands two releases, as well as a cover of Motel Blues by Loudon Wainwright III (which originally appeared on his classic 1971 sophomore release, Album II). With new, updated liner notes from Memphis writer/filmmaker, Robert Gordon (who won a Grammy® for his essay in 2010s Big Star boxed set Keep An Eye On The Sky) and an interview with John Lightman by Chris Bell biographer Rich Tupica (There Was A Light: The Cosmic History Of Big Star Founder Chris Bell), Live On WLIR enters the Big Star canon in the form it deserves. Because, you know, you get what you deserve.
Features:
• Double LP
• Originally recorded and broadcast in 1974
• Restored and remastered from the original tapes
• First time on vinyl
• Cut by Jeff Powell at Take Out Vinyl in Memphis
• Gatefold jacket
• New liner notes by Robert Gordon & Chris Bell biographer Rich Tupica
• Liners include a new interview with bassist John Lightman
Selections:
Side One:
1. September Gurls
2. Way Out West
3. Mod Lang
4. Don't Lie To Me
Side Two:
1. O My Soul
2. Interview
3. The Ballad Of El Goodo
4. Thirteen
Side Three:
1. I'm In Love With A Girl
2. Motel Blues
3. In The Street
4. You Get What You Deserve
Side Four:
1. Daisy Glaze
2. Back Of A Car
3. She's A Mover
Restored & Remastered From Original Tapes!
Big Star recorded their second album, Radio City, as a trio, after the departure of founding member Chris Bell. When it came time to tour, original bassist Andy Hummel decided to return to school to pursue his engineering education. With this departure, Alex Chilton and Jody Stephens recruited fellow Memphis native John Lightman to take over on bass duties, and the band readied their live set. That set is on display as Big Star recorded a radio session at Ultrasonic Studios in New York for broadcast on the citys preeminent WLIR. Nearly two decades later, those recordings were issued as Live in 1992. Omnivore Recordings is proud to reintroduce those recordings, restored and remastered from the original tapes, as Live On WLIR on double LP. The 15 track set features material from the bands two releases, as well as a cover of Motel Blues by Loudon Wainwright III (which originally appeared on his classic 1971 sophomore release, Album II). With new, updated liner notes from Memphis writer/filmmaker, Robert Gordon (who won a Grammy® for his essay in 2010s Big Star boxed set Keep An Eye On The Sky) and an interview with John Lightman by Chris Bell biographer Rich Tupica (There Was A Light: The Cosmic History Of Big Star Founder Chris Bell), Live On WLIR enters the Big Star canon in the form it deserves. Because, you know, you get what you deserve.
Features:
• Double LP
• Originally recorded and broadcast in 1974
• Restored and remastered from the original tapes
• First time on vinyl
• Cut by Jeff Powell at Take Out Vinyl in Memphis
• Gatefold jacket
• New liner notes by Robert Gordon & Chris Bell biographer Rich Tupica
• Liners include a new interview with bassist John Lightman
Selections:
Side One:
1. September Gurls
2. Way Out West
3. Mod Lang
4. Don't Lie To Me
Side Two:
1. O My Soul
2. Interview
3. The Ballad Of El Goodo
4. Thirteen
Side Three:
1. I'm In Love With A Girl
2. Motel Blues
3. In The Street
4. You Get What You Deserve
Side Four:
1. Daisy Glaze
2. Back Of A Car
3. She's A Mover
