Lindisfarne
liveshows series
Across
The Border
Live at Glenrothes, Scotland - 30.3.2001
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CD-1 |
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| 1. | When Jones Gets Back to Town | 3:55 |
| 2. | Why can't I be satisfied | 4:38 |
| 3. | Chat | 0:50 |
| 4. | 100 Miles to Liverpool | 5:39 |
| 5. | Refugees | 4:55 |
| 6. | Chat | 1:41 |
| 7. | Marshall Riley's Army | 3:10 |
| 8. | Poor Old Ireland | 4:08 |
| 9 | Train in G Major | 5:58 |
| 10. | Working My Way Back Home | 5:03 |
| 11. | chat | 0:46 |
| 12. | Born At The Right Time | 4:11 |
| 13. | Meet Me On The Corner | 2:58 |
| 14. | Two Way Street | 3:11 |
| 15. | stat & lib intro | 1:04 |
| 16. | Statues and Liberties | 4:44 |
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total running time |
56:51 | |
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CD-2 |
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| 1. | Winter Song | 5:07 |
| 2. | chat | 0:47 |
| 3. | Can't do right for doing wrong | 4:19 |
| 4. | January Song | 5:14 |
| 5. | Unmarked Car | 8:32 |
| 6. | Lady Eleanor | 5:38 |
| 7. | Ghost in Blue Suede Shoes | 4:47 |
| 8. | chat | 2:00 |
| 9. | One Day | 5:34 |
| 10. | Road to Kingdom Come | 4:51 |
| 11. | chat | 0:55 |
| 12. | Jubilee Corner | 4:28 |
| 13. | Any Way The Wind Blows | 5:33 |
| 14. | Run For Home | 6:14 |
| 15. | Devil Of The North | 6:09 |
| 16. | Fog On The Tyne | 3:25 |
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total running time |
73:41 |
Recorded on the last day of their spring 2001 tour, at the Rothes Hall, Fife in Scotland, this double CD set captures the band in a state of "limbo". It was some three years since their last studio album, "Here Comes The Neighbourhood", and a year was still to pass before the release of "Promenade".
This was also the period when the band had been streamlined down to a five piece. With the departure (some nine months earlier) of Marty Craggs and his diverse range of musical instruments - gone now the saxophone, squeezebox, and flute; we were now left with a band more akin to the original Lindisfarne sound. The harmonica was still there, but as is evident from this recording, its playing was kept to a minimum as it had to be mastered by the remaining band members- and soon!
2001 also saw Rod and Dave taking a bigger share of the lead vocals. On disc one we have five tracks in succession divided between them - Rod singing "Refugees" is followed by Dave Hull-Denholm with "Marshall Riley's Army" and "Poor Old Ireland". Rod comes back with "Train In G Major", and also "Working My Way Back Home". Dave later concludes the first set with a great rendition of Alan Hull's "Statues & Liberties".
Disc two contains a menacing and extended "Unmarked Car"- over eight minutes; Billy taking care of the hecklers, and Rod , having done his homework for "Devil Of The North", mentions the devil putting the ball over the Cowdenbeath line.
For a disc that appears to be a true live show (i.e. not recorded from a media broadcast), the music quality is very good, although the dialogue quality does vary a little. Nice one for the collection.
Charles Orr