ALBUMS THAT SHOULD EXIST | Aimee Mann - Acoustic Versions, Volume 3: 2008-2012 |

Still more from Paul over at ATSE . . . . . . . . . 

Fiona Apple Acoustic Versions Vol 3, ATSE here

Paul says:

It's been quite a while since I last posted an Aimee Mann acoustic album. But here's another one. This is the third out of four.

These are all alternate versions. Not all of them are solo acoustic, but they're more stripped down and usually without any drumming. All but one of the performances are unreleased. The one that has been released is "Freeway," from a various artists compilation album called "Live at KGSI." 

As for the unreleased ones, most of them are taken from concert bootlegs. However, the first two songs and the last two are from in-person radio station appearances. (That also was the case with "Freeway.") There are very, very few Aimee Mann soundboard or FM bootlegs, so some of these are from audience boots. But I did my best to maintain quality control with the sound quality. I also used some audio editing tricks (with UVR5 and MVSEP programs) to get rid of the crowd noise and improve the mix on some songs.

Note that all of the songs are Mann originals, generally from her most recent albums at the time of the recordings. But two of the songs, "Voices Carry" and "Coming Up Close," are from her time leading the band 'Til Tuesday in the late 1980s.

This album is 50 minutes long. 

01 31 Today 
02 Phoenix 
03 Red Vines 
04 Freeway 
05 The Great Beyond 
06 I Can't Get My Head Around It 
07 The Fall of the World's Own Optimist 
08 Voices Carry
09 Coming Up Close 
10 Driving Sideways 
11 One 
12 Slip and Roll 
13 Charmer

Aimee Mann - Bob Boylen’s Tiny Desk Concerts (NPR)

Set List

"Rollercoasters"

"You Never Loved Me"

"Goose Snow Cone"

"Patient Zero"

Musicians

Aimee Mann (vocals, guitar); Jonathan Coulton (guitar, vocals); Paul Bryan (bass, vocals); Jamie Edwards (piano, vocals)