“The live CDs of the four albums – that was a pretty
cool idea. I listened to that stuff on headphones and
there are some scorching performances in there –
hearing the songs from Hoboken New Jersey on Halloween
1998 took me straight back to being in the back of a
very hot room on a very cold night!
The version of For Seeking Heat is insane! The band is
totally on the edge at 110mph and sounds like it’s
gonna careen off at any moment – I’ve heard more
solid, steady versions of this song but for sheer
visceral excitement this takes the proverbial
digestive.
I know that some of the stuff isn’t too great
recording quality-wise but the only actual glitch I
spotted was on Harry & Maggie, fairly early on in the
first verse, where there’s a chunk of a few seconds
missing – hopefully that wasn’t on the original
recording…”
