Robyn Hitchcock - Three Kings, Clerkenwell, London, Britain, 8-8-2004 (The White Album) | Albums That Should Exist

 

Robyn Hitchcock - Three Kings, Clerkenwell, London, Britain, 8-8-2004 (The White Album)

Paul says: A few days ago, I posted a Robyn Hitchcock concert from 1996 that consisted entirely of songs Bob Dylan performed in a famous 1966 concert. That reminded me that I have some other albums of Hitchcock performing entire albums by others in concert that I haven't posted yet. I've been slow to post some of these because they come from audience bootlegs and the sound quality is merely good, not excellent. But with improving sound editing technology, there's a lot one can do. So I've fixed this one, and now it's good to go.

From 2003 until 2011, Hitchcock held a benefit concert most years at the small Three Kings club in London, and each time he performed one of his favorite albums by some other musical act, from start to finish. This, the second such concert, was his version of the classic "White Album" by the Beatles in 1968. Usually, he played some extra songs at the end of the concert. But since this was a double album, he just played every song from the White Album, in order, and nothing else.

Hitchcock was backed by a small band that included Kimberley Rew and Morris Windsor, two members of his 1970s band the Soft Boys. They were occasionally joined by others, for instance on "Revolution 9" (where backing tapes were also used).

I only have a limited number of editing techniques that I know, but they were pretty useful for this album. First, I ran every song through the MVSEP program to remove the crowd noise during songs, while keeping the cheering at the ends of songs. Then, I ran all the songs through MVSEP again, this time boosting the vocals relative to the instruments. I think these edits made a big difference. Now, this sounds more like a soundboard than an audience bootleg, though it still sounds far from pristine.  

This album is the hour and 48 minutes long. 

01 Back in the U.S.S.R. 
02 Dear Prudence
03 Glass Onion 
04 talk
05 Ob-La-Di, Ob-La-Da
06 talk 
07 Wild Honey Pie 
08 The Continuing Story of Bungalow Bill 
09 While My Guitar Gently Weeps 
10 talk 
11 Happiness Is a Warm Gun
12 talk
13 Martha My Dear 
14 I'm So Tired 
15 Blackbird
16 talk 
17 Piggies 
18 Rocky Raccoon 
19 talk 
20 Don't Pass Me By 
21 talk 
22 Why Don't We Do It in the Road
23 talk 
24 I Will 
25 talk 
26 Julia
27 Birthday 
28 Yer Blues
29 Mother Nature's Son 
30 talk 
31 Everybody's Got Something to Hide Except Me and My Monkey 
32 Sexy Sadie
33 talk 
34 Helter Skelter 
35 Long, Long, Long 
36 Revolution 1
37 talk 
38 Honey Pie 
39 Savoy Truffle 
40 talk 
41 Cry Baby Cry 
42 Revolution 9 
43 Good Night 
44 talk