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The Special Garage Concerts
Live album by
Cardiacs
Released24 September 2005 (2005-09-24)
Recorded17–19 October 2003
Venue The Garage ( London)
Length
  • 121:56 (in total)
  • 61:22 (Vol. 1)
  • 60:34 (Vol. 2)
LabelAlphabet Business Concern
Cardiacs chronology
Greatest Hits
(2002) 		The Special Garage Concerts
(2005) 		The Seaside: Original Edition
(2015)

The Special Garage Concerts [a] is a live double album by English rock band Cardiacs. It was recorded at The Garage in London over three nights in the autumn of 2003. [4] The album revamps nearly all of Cardiacs' material prior to A Little Man and a House and the Whole World Window (1988). [5] The two volumes were originally released seperately on CD in 2005, and collected in a single edition in 2014. [6]

Background and recording

It was announced on the Cardiacs website that the band would only be playing songs from before 1983 at their forthcoming concerts, suggesting that they were hard at rehearsal and that the gigs would be recorded and issued on two "special" CD albums. [7] Prior to the shows, guitarist Jon Poole left Cardiacs due to a tight schedule with the Wildhearts. He was replaced by Kavus Torabi, a former guitar technician of the band from the months before Sing to God (1996). [6]

Songs

Release

Critical reception

The Special Garage Concerts received praise from music critics. Reviewing the concerts in Perfect Sound Forever, Martijn Voorvelt denied that it was "a regressive or dated event", writing that "the songs were injected with new life and meaning" and commending the encore performance of "Dirty Boy" from Sing to God (1996). [8] In Prog, Biffy Clyro live guitarist Mike Vennart included the live renditions of "Let Alone My Platic Doll" and "A Game for Bertie's Party" in his list of the 10 best Cardiacs songs, [9] Dom Lawson of Classic Rock called The Special Garage Concerts a "sonically dazzling live set" and named it essential listening for Cardiacs completists. [4]

Some Fairytales from the Rotten Shed

Some Fairytales from the Rotten Shed
Directed by Tim Smith
Produced byTim Smith
Starring
Edited by
Music byCardiacs
Production
company
Alphabet Business Concern
Distributed byThe Consultant's Memorabilia Collection
Release date
7 September 2017
LanguageEnglish

Track listing

Volume 1

All tracks are written by Tim Smith, except where noted

No.TitleLength
1."Gibber and Twitch"4:12
2."Scratching Crawling Scrawling"1:03
3."As Cold as Can Be in an English Sea"7:03
4."It's a Lovely Day" (T. Smith, Mark Cawthra, Colvin Mayers, Sarah Smith)3:16
5."A Wooden Fish on Wheels"3:08
6."Ice a Spot and a Dot on the Dog"3:36
7."Aukamakic"1:24
8."Gloomy News"2:01
9."Gina Lollabridgida"3:33
10."Leaf Scrapings"1:21
11."Rock Around the Clock" (Mayers)2:03
12."Pip as Uncle Dick but Peter Spoiled It" (words by Cawthra)4:21
13."Let Alone My Plastic Doll"4:23
14."Hope Day"6:29
15."A Balloon for Bertie's Party"8:56
16."My Trade Mark"4:33
Total length:61:22

Volume 2

No.TitleLength
1."The Obvious Identity"2:33
2."Hello Mr Sparrow" (T. Smith, S. Smith)4:30
3." A Bus for a Bus on the Bus"3:55
4."Dinnertime is at Home (Not Here)"5:18
5."Pilf"3:51
6."An Ant" (words by an actual Ant)1:49
7."Hello Mr Minnow"4:44
8."A Cake for Bertie's Party" (words by Mick Pugh)3:10
9."Food on the Wall"1:14
10."Hopeless" (Cawthra)2:46
11."Dead Mouse"4:04
12."To Go Off and Things" (words by Cawthra)2:14
13."Visiting Hours"4:57
14."RES"6:08
15."A Game for Bertie's Party" (T. Smith, Cawthra)6:44
16."Icky Qualms"2:57
Total length:60:34

Personnel

Credits adapted from the liner notes of The Special Garage Concerts. [1]

Cardiacs

Production

Notes

  1. ^ Original CD releases feature the longer title The Special Garage Concerts London Autumn 2003, [1] [2] as well as the back cover of the double CD. [3]

References

  1. ^ a b The Special Garage Concerts London Autumn 2003 Vol I (CD liner notes). Cardiacs. Alphabet Business Concern. 2005. ALPH CD030.{{ cite AV media notes}}: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) ( link)
  2. ^ a b The Special Garage Concerts London Autumn 2003 Vol II (CD liner notes). Cardiacs. Alphabet Business Concern. 2005. ALPH CD031.{{ cite AV media notes}}: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) ( link)
  3. ^ "The Special Garage Concerts: Volumes I and II: Double CD". The Consultant's Memorabilia Collection. Retrieved 19 October 2022.
  4. ^ a b Lawson, Dom (2 March 2021). "Cardiacs' best albums - a buyers guide". Classic Rock. Retrieved 9 October 2022.
  5. ^ Reed, Nick (20 May 2014). "Once In A Lifetime: On Land And In The Sea By Cardiacs Revisited". The Quietus. Retrieved 9 October 2022.
  6. ^ a b Sgrignoli, Marco (20 July 2022). "Cardiacs - biografia, recensioni, streaming, discografia, foto". Ondarock [ it] (in Italian). Retrieved 9 October 2022.
  7. ^ Bell 2011, p. 21.
  8. ^ Voorvelt, Martijn (April 2004). "Cardiacs at the Garage: it's history". Perfect Sound Forever. Archived from the original on 15 December 2010. Retrieved 19 October 2022.
  9. ^ Vennart, Mike (18 July 2015). "The 10 best Cardiacs songs". Prog. Retrieved 9 October 2022.

Sources

External links

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