The Lilac Time - Live The Lilac Time
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CD - Mastered at Abbey Road by Miles Showell.
For this release, Stephen has penned extensive notes, sharing the origin story of every song on the record.
Artwork, once again, comes from James Gosling.
In the summer of 2007, an invitation to play the main stage at The Green Man festival in rural Wales saw The Lilac Time reconvene after a five year live hiatus.
Fresh from the release of the group’s eighth album Runout Groove, Stephen Duffy - flanked by Claire Duffy, Nick Duffy, Micky Harris, Melvin Duffy and Michael Giri - embarked on a string of warm-up dates, including the performance at the Griffin Theatre in Hereford which forms the basis of this release.
The audio of the concert was discovered 17 years later by Stephen as he was looking for the original tapes of 1999’s Looking For A Day In The Night album.
His original plan was to pull out a couple of live versions of songs from that record and add them to the Looking For A Day In The Night CD.
But as each song played into the next, he found himself seduced by the magic of the entire performance.
Anyone who finds themselves listening to this extraordinary moment in the band’s evolution may find themselves feeling the same way.
Featuring personnel from every era of The Lilac Time, a purposeful joie de vivre that envelopes the entire performance: from the dreamy high noon heat-haze of Trumpets From Montparnasse through to the rolling stock rattle of The Lost Girl In The Midnight Sun, an unapologetic dog whistle to every militant dreamer who still believes in society.
And, in between, a cache of Stephen Duffy’s greatest songs: among them Return To Yesterday, Driving Somewhere, A Day In The Night, The Silence and Bank Holiday Monday.
For this release, Stephen has penned extensive notes, sharing the origin story of every song on the record.
Artwork, once again, comes from James Gosling.
Mastered by Miles Showell at Abbey Road.
Track List
1. Trumpets From Montparnasse
2. A Day In The Night
3. Driving Somewhere
4. I Won't Die For You
5. The Girl Who Waves At Trains
6. Bank Holiday Monday
7. Return To Yesterday
8. The Silence
9. The Road To Happiness
10. The Lost Girl In The Midnight Sun
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