Re: Cathy Demos CD?

[Robb McCaffree <nsrjm@nursepo.medctr.ucla.edu>]

Scott Raile wrote:

> 
> Would someone be kind enough to post a detailed review of "TWW Live"? I
> saw it in a store the other day and was underwhelmed by the details
> provided on the cover.  Where are these songs from? (I mean, I *know*
> where "The Wedding List" is from....but "Wow"?). How's the sound
> quality? In a word, is it worth buying?
> 
> Thanks,
> Scott


	The quality is not great -- but some of the tracks are 
must-haves. "Wow" is from her "Hammersmith show, as are four (I 
think) other tracks on this CD. Of those, "James and the Cold 
Gun" is the full-length version (the one on the legitimate 
"Hammersmith" CD has been edited). "Moments of Pleasure" is only 
sort-of-live, as Kate lip-synched this on a UK TV show (Aspel?).

	"Under The Ivy" and "Breathing" are intimate tracks with 
Kate sitting at the piano only, while RuTH and "Let It Be" are 
from the Amnesty International Concert, and "The Wedding List" 
(which is missing a line where the original source tape, I 
guess, got messed up) is from the Prince's Trust Benefit.

	"Don't Give Up" is from a Peter Gabriel concert where 
Kate showed up as the surprise guest. When she steps up to sing 
the chorus, the crowd goes absolutely wild. Unfortunately, this 
track was recorded from the audience, so the quality is not 
particularly good. Still, it's a rush just to hear some guy in 
the audience say, "No way!"

	WH, "Them Heavy People" and TMwtCihE are all from 
"American TV shows" as the cover states...so my guess is SNL 
circa 1979. But I didn't think she performed WH on that show.

	And "The Long And Winding Road" and "She's Leaving Home" 
are two much-too-short covers of the Beatles' songs from a 
Japanese TV show.

	Suffice it to say -- if you have TTI and the L-H 
collection on videotape, you already have most of stuff on this 
CD...you just don't have it on CD. I recommend it for "Under The 
Ivy" alone.

	Robb