KT Tunstall - PBS Soundstage, WTTW Studios, Chicago, IL, USA 2006 | Albums That Should Exist

 KT Tunstall - PBS Soundstage, WTTW Studios, Chicago, IL, 5-6-2006

Paul Says: Here's another episode of the excellent "PBS Soundstage" TV show. This one stars singer-songwriter KT Tunstall.

Tunstall had a massive debut album in 2004. "Eye to the Telescope" sold nearly five million copies worldwide. So her popularity was still soaring at the time of this concert in 2006. Her next album wouldn't be released until 2007, so this mostly consists of songs from that debut album. 

Unfortunately, the popularity of her debut wasn't sustained. But I think she's put out quality music all along.

The music here is unreleased. The sound quality is excellent. 

This album is 54 minutes long. 

01 talk 
02 Other Side of the World 
03 talk 
04 Miniature Disasters 
05 Under the Weather 
06 Another Place to Fall 
07 Universe and U 
08 talk
09 Black Horse and the Cherry Tree 
10 talk 
11 Hollywood Hills 
12 Heal Over 
13 talk 
14 Suddenly I See 

We LOVE KT! quality vid from that year below . . . . . . 

Chris Evans (DJ etc) introduces KT Tunstall at the Brit Awards 2006

Tori Amos - PBS Soundstage Chicago USA 2003 | Albums That Should Exist,

 Tori Amos - PBS Soundstage, WTTW Studios, Chicago, IL, 5-2-2003

Paul says: Here's an episode of the great "PBS Soundstage" TV show, starring Tori Amos.

Amos had most of her commercial success in the 1990s and early 2000s. All five of her 1990s albums reached Platinum status (sales of a million or more) is the U.S. Her last Gold status album (sales of half a million or more) was in 2002, with "Scarlet's Walk," the album she was touring to support at the time of this concert. Also, if you look at the crowd-sourced ratings of her albums at rateyourmusic.com, her albums through "Scarlet's Walk" are her most highly rated ones. So this was a good time for a Soundstage episode from her.

The music here is unreleased. The sound quality is excellent. 

This album is 59 minutes long. 

01 A Sorta Fairytale 
02 Bliss 
03 Horses 
04 talk 
05 Black-Dove [January] 
06 Wednesday
07 China 
08 Jackie's Strength 
09 Taxi Ride 
10 Precious Things 
11 Cornflake Girl 
12 Tombigbee 

We like our Tori too! 

ALBUMS THAT SHOULD EXIST : World Party - Chicago 2006

World Party - Park West, Chicago, IL, 8-22-2006

Paul says : (To). .  all intents and purposes, the British band World Party was Karl Wallinger. Not only did he write all the band's songs and sing lead on all of them, he often produced the albums and played most of the other instruments on some of them. Sadly, he died earlier this month, on March 11, 2024, at the age of 66, due to a stroke. 

I didn't hear the news at first, but then I noticed a surge in World Party bootlegs at bootleg sharing sites, and I figured it out. A couple of years ago, I had a hard time finding even a single World Party bootleg. But in the wake of his death, a bunch were posted. I wanted to post something new to mark Wallinger's passing, so I looked at all the concerts I hadn't posted yet, and decided this was the best one. It came after most of his albums were released, so it serves as a de facto best of. He was backed by an excellent band, and gave a solid importance. But probably the most important factor of all is sound quality, and this is a fantastic soundboard. If you were to get just one live World Party recording, this would probably be the best one to choose.

Because this is a excellent soundboard boot, I didn't have to do much tinkering at all. But I did boost the volume of the vocals for the banter between songs, and sometimes I boosted the cheering after the songs.

This album is an hour and 28 minutes long.

01 talk 
02 Put the Message in the Box 
03 talk
04 Is It like Today
05 What Does It Mean Now
06 talk 
07 When the Rainbow Comes 
08 talk 
09 Best Place I've Ever Been 
10 I Thought You Were a Spy 
11 talk
12 She's the One
13 Love Street 
14 talk 
15 Who Are You 
16 Here Comes the Future
17 talk 
18 Vanity Fair 
19 Thank You World 
20 talk
21 Sweet Soul Dream 
22 Is It Too Late 
23 talk 
24 Way Down Now 
25 It Is Time
26 talk
27 Ship of Fools 
28 talk