geofmcm and I have been having a bit of a discussion about this album ever since I posted it, in particular about the inclusion of the track 'Tom's Diner'. Although it was recorded in 1984, over two years before it made its appearance on the 1987 album 'Solitude Standing', the arrangement for the studio version was pretty much the same as the 1984 recording, and so it didn't really sit well among the other tracks, which were either completely unreleased, or in a different version to their studio counterparts. I had originally only included it to make up the running time to around 40 minutes, so I was never that worried about whether it stayed or went. As luck would have it, visitor Lukas messaged to say that he had another live recording from Vega from 1982, and when I failed to find any mention of it online he kindly sent me a copy of it. It needed some work to make it listenable, and to fit in with the other tracks, but it now sounds much better, and so I've slotted it in as track 6, in place of 'Tom's Diner'. This now makes the album a collection of songs unheard in this form, either completely unreleased or acoustic versions of later band recordings, and although 'Left On Centre' stretches the timeline a fraction for it inclusion, it never made it to one of Vega's studio albums so I'm standing by my decision to include it. Soukseek and Mega updated.
Track listing
01 The Boulevardiers
02 Gypsy
03 Calypso
04 The Rent Song
05 Silver Lady
06 Don't Tell Me
07 Black Widow Station
08 The Marching Dream
09 Just Friends
10 Daniella
11 Left Of Centre
12 Playing
Thanks to Lukas for supplying 'Don't Tell Me'.
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