Mazzy Star - The Black Sessions, live Paris, 1993-10-26 - Professionally recorded, & best version I've yet heard:
http://www.filefactory.com/file/280pa1tp80sfMany thanks to Forum member "jamband" for sharing his CD recording.
This
appears to be an authorized release of the Paris radio station recording of 1993.The prior versions listed in the boots list are very inferior to this one & will be delisted & replaced with this one.
[Later update: Thanks go to Forum member dyerseve who brought it to my attention in another thread, the youtube links one, that although this Sangratte Records release appears authorized it's apparently actually a bootleg. Here's the link he provided with research on this:
http://www.discogs.com/label/65782-Sangatte-Records ]. But the most important thing is the sound quality's very good, better than versions I'd heard before. I've also upped the recording to youtube if people want to listen or preview it there. I'll paste the text that accompanies the uploaded file below:
Mazzy Star - The Black Sessions
Oct. 26, 1993
Session No. 38 recorded live at Studio 105, Paris, France
for a radio broadcast
Track Listing:
01 Mary Of Silence
02 Ghost Highway
03 She Hangs Brightly
04 Bells Ring
05 Halah
06 Blue Light
07 Ride It On
08 Into Dust
09 Give You My Lovin'
10 Blue Flower
11 Tonight That I Might See
12 Hair & Skin
13 Rock Section
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Again, thanks go to Forum member "jamband" (Mark) for kindly sharing a CDR copy of his original CD of the Sangatte Records release of The Black Sessions I believe he found at a not-cheap price on ebay. Now, a lossless FLAC audio file of the recording can be shared via the Forum boots list. The prior versions of The Black Sessions listed in the boots list were lacking in audio quality. I'd hoped a better version might turn up. Now, thanks to jamband, we can enjoy a good quality audio version of The Black Sessions.
In this file I've included jamband's photos, front & back, of the CD cover.
Some other info. on it includes: "Les Archives des Black Sessions 1991-2011 Maison de la Radio, Paris, France," & ..."Sangatte Records, SANG 039 CD...Made IN EU...MMXII," & a website:
http://www.blacksessions.webs.comThe Sangatte Records website gives this additional info. :
QUOTE: "What are The Black Sessions:
Black Sessions are performances of the live music broadcast on the French Radio station France Inter. These are recorded in front of a live audience and feature on a C'est Lenoir show. A French Radio DJ's name is Bernard Lenoir ("lenoir'' means "black" in English.
The first performance was in 1992 and since then many French and international artists have performed Black Sessions.
Bernard Lenoir:
Bernard Lenoir is a radio pioneer, a living legend, a discoverer of new talents in english, american and french rock/pop music. In the Black Sessions he invites groups that are for the most part relative beginners but who often go on to become references in the world of indie rock. Unlike the BBC’s Peel Sessions the bands play live, in one take and in front of an audience of 200 people.
The above sessions were released on a CD format as 'promotional releases' for mostly local radio DJ's in Europe and North America by Sangatte Records . The releases are in limited series of 2500.
For availability or/and an order please contact: ELANA Music Distribution,
elanamusic@gonmail.com "