DESCRIPTION:

Sealed double LP set of Patti Smith recorded live (for a radio broadcast) in 1996. Her performances are always fiery, passionate and inspired, of course this is the case here. Includes a cover of When Doves Cry by Prince, one of the unexpected treats here. More about it and a full track list below. The shipping bits refer to CD's (mostly what I sell) but I'll just keep them the same (media mail US for $4, $9.50 Canada, overseas $22.50). 

about (and track listing) 

By early 1996, Patti Smith had only released one new album since 1982's Wave, her fourth record, 14 years before. Prior to Wave's release, Smith had separated from long-time partner Allen Lanier, and met Fred Sonic Smith, former guitar player for Detroit's MC5 and his own Sonic's Rendezvous Band. Fred adored poetry as much as Patti did and Wave's 'Dancing Barefoot' and 'Frederick' were both dedicated to him. The running joke at the time was that she married Fred only because she would not have to change her name. They had a son, Jackson (b. 1982), who would go on to marry The White Stripes' drummer Meg White in 2009, and a daughter, Jesse (b. 1987). Through most of the 1980s Patti Smith was in semi-retirement from music, living with her family north of Detroit in St. Clair Shores, Michigan. In June 1988, she released the album Dream of Life, which included the song 'People Have the Power'. Fred Smith died on 4th November, 1994, of a heart attack. Shortly afterward, Patti faced the unexpected death of her brother Todd. When Jackson turned 14, Smith decided to move back to New York. After the impact of these deaths, her friends Michael Stipe of R.E.M. and Allen Ginsberg (whom she had known since her early years in NYC) urged her to go back out on the road. She toured briefly with Bob Dylan in December 1995 (chronicled in a book of photographs by Stipe). In 1996, Smith worked with long-time colleagues to record Gone Again, featuring 'About a Boy', a tribute to Kurt Cobain. That same year she collaborated with Stipe on 'E-Bow the Letter', a song on R.E.M.'s New Adventures in Hi-Fi, which she has also performed live with the band. After the release of Gone Again, Patti went out on tour, starting her jaunt in Europe, and she performed at the Markthalle in Hamburg, Germany on 1st August '96, where the set featured on this was recorded, via an FM Broadcast which was simulcast and transmitted across a number of US stations.

Tracklist A1Wing4:51A2People Have The Power3:50A3Dancing Baredoot6:22A4Summer Cannibals4:07B1Wicked Messenger5:47B2Ghost Dancer4:53B3Rodondo Beach4:10B4The Crystal Ship4:04C1When Doves Cry11:02C2Wild Leaves4:12D1People Have The Power (Spoken)2:40D2Gone Again3:58D3Because The Night3:31D4Privilege Set Me Free3:50D5Till Victory3:30

CONDITION:

Sealed, new, not a promo. 

SHIPPING (including combined shipping rates):

US is $4.00 for one CD, $1 each additional CD purchased within a 7 day span. About 20 cd's in a priority box is $12.

Canada and Mexico: $9.50 for the first CD and $2.25 for each additional CD sent at the same time. A priority box of about 25 (give or take, I'll fit as many as I can in) cd's will be $42.

UK, Germany, Australia, Thailand, Japan, New Zealand: $22.50 for the first CD and $3.50 for EACH additional CD shipped at the same time. A priority mail box that can fit around 30 CD's (give or take) will be $59.99

Thanks so much, and enjoy!