ARTiST: The Saints
ALBUM: Live at Pig City 2007
BiTRATE: 221kbps avg
QUALiTY: EAC Secure Mode / LAME 3.97 Final / -V2 --vbr-new / 44.100Khz
LABEL:
GENRE: Alt. Rock
SiZE: 108.34 megs
PLAYTiME: 1h 05min 14sec total
RiP DATE: 2009-02-20
STORE DATE: 2009-03-02
Track List:
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01. Swing For The Crime 4:46
02. The Perfect day 2:53
03. Chameleon 5:05
04. No Time 3:30
05. A Minor Aversion 7:09
06. (I'm) Stranded 4:07
07. All Times Through Paradise 4:32
08. The Prisoner 6:56
09. Know Your Product 4:47
10. Messing With The Kid 7:54
11. Nights In Venice 7:29
12. River Deep Mountain High 6:06
Release Notes:
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The Saints could have only come from Brisbane. Formed in 1974 and releasing "I'm
Stranded" in 1976, on their own label, The Saints had a real Punk attitude.
Banned in Brisbane, they became "overnight" sensations of the English press and
EMI quickly signed them. In 1978, after 3 classic albums, it was all over.
On July 14th 2007, 6,000 people celebrated the band and their legacy in a
concert called "Pig City - Brisbane's Historic Soundtrack". The show came about
after author Andrew Stafford was approached to transform his book on the history
of Brisbane music, Pig City, into a festival. Stafford says the set lived up to
lofty expectations. "They ripped into Swing for the Crime, and like most of the
people in the place, I just couldn't believe it was happening," he said. "When
they hit the horn solo, I died. And went to heaven". Chris Bailey, Ed Kuepper
and Ivor Hay walked on stage to thunderous applause as a thank you and the band
repaid the faith with a set that nailed your head to the back wall. This was not
a nostalgia show, this was a band playing at the peak of their powers and
showing what made them so relevant and so inspiring to a world of bands from The
Go-betweens to Birthday Party to The Hives. From the first strains of "Swing For
The Crime", through "I'm Stranded", "Know Your Product", "Messing With The Kid"
and finishing off with their unique version of "River Deep Mountain High, this
was the Saints fulfilling their promise in front of an adoring crowd.
As Ivor Hay said "We had unfinished business and Pig City was the way to do it".
Also included on this historic release is Chris Bailey's remarkable ability to
give some of the funniest intro's recorded (listen especially to the intro for
"I'm Stranded").
This is the perfect companion piece to the EMI box set released "All Times
Through Paradise".