The Kitchen Tapes (The Raincoats)
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The Kitchen Tapes, released in 1983
, was the only live album by The Raincoats
. The album features a recording of a performance in New York City
from December 1982. It was originally released on cassette only but reissued in 1995 and 1998 on CD.
1983 in music
This is a list of notable events in music that took place in the year 1983.-January-April:*January – ZTT Records is founded.*January 8 – The UK singles chart is tabulated from this week forward by The Gallup Organization...
, was the only live album by The Raincoats
The Raincoats
The Raincoats are a British post-punk band. Ana da Silva and Gina Birch formed the group in 1977 while they were students at Hornsey College of Art, London, England.-Career:...
. The album features a recording of a performance in New York City
New York City
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from December 1982. It was originally released on cassette only but reissued in 1995 and 1998 on CD.
Track listing
- "No One's Little Girl"
- "Balloonacy"
- "Oh Oh La La La"
- "Only Loved at Night"
- "I Saw a Hill"
- "Mouth of a Story"
- "The Body"
- "Shouting Out Loud"
- "Rainstorm"
- "Dance of Hopping Mad"
- "Animal Rhapsody"
- "Puberty Song"
- "No Side to Fall In"
- "Honey Mad Woman"
Personnel
- Vicki Aspinall - vocals, piano, violin
- Gina BirchGina BirchGina Birch is an English musician and film-maker, probably best known as a founding member of The Raincoats.Born in Nottingham where she attended Nottingham High School for Girls, Birch formed The Hangovers and released an album, Slow Dirty Tears, in 1998. In 2002 and 2007 she performed live at...
- vocals, bass, guitar - Ana Da SilvaAna da SilvaAna da Silva is a founding member of The Raincoats. In approximately 1984 she provided backing vocals on The Go-Betweens' "Bachelor Kisses". In February 2005, she released a solo album The Lighthouse on Chicks on Speed Records. Stuart Moxham of the Young Marble Giants collaborated on one of the...
- vocals, guitar, percussion - Richard Dudanski - drums, percussion
- Paddy O'Connell - bass, guitar, saxophone
- Derek Goddard - drums, percussion
- Greil MarcusGreil MarcusGreil Marcus is an American author, music journalist and cultural critic. He is notable for producing scholarly and literary essays that place rock music in a much broader framework of culture and politics than is customary in pop music journalism.-Life and career:Marcus was born in San Francisco...
- liner notes