Black, Frank
Black Sessions-live In Paris
This is a real warehouse discovery - a limited quantity of this rare double vinyl release from 1995. At that time Frank Black was at the peak of his post PIXIES solo success and the previous years "Teenager of the Year" album and world tour has long been accepted as one of his best. The "LES BLACK SESSIONS" was a regular radio show hosted by Bernard Lenoirs - the French John Peel - and this albums contains the entire 19 song live set recorded in Paris for that show that covers three sides of this release, the final side being "THE KITCHEN TAPES", a small selection of demos recorded by Frank and Pixies guitarist Joey Santiago. The album was originally available only as a CD in plain black plastic box direct from Virgin France, while her in the UK Franks label , 4AD, decided not to release the album. At that point small Scottish based indie label Anoise Annoys stepped in and took on the project under licence and the CD hit the independent charts, peaking at number 6. Due to demand a small pressing of 1500 vinyl albums was also produced and it is a few cartons of those that have been discovered in storage recently. The set list was culled from Franks self titled debut album plus the aforementioned "Teenager of the Year" but also featured previews of songs that would appear on the "Men in Black" album a year later. The band line up was - FRANK BLACK - guitars / vocals, LYLE WORKMAN - lead guitar / backing vocals, ERIC DREW FELDMAN - bass / backing vocals, NICK VINCENT - drums / backing vocals TRACKLISTING TWO SPACES / (I want to live on an) ABSTRACT PLAIN / HEADACHE / OLD BLACK DAWNING / SUPERABOUND / CALISTAN / THE VANISHING SPACE / SIR ROCKABY / BIG RED / THE JACQUES TATI / ODDBALL / MEN IN BLACK / CZAR / FREEDOM ROCK / (Whatever happened to) PONG / THALASOCRACY / WHITE NOISE MAKER / LOS ANGELES / HANDY MAN. Bonus tracks - "The Kitchen Tapes" - MODERN AGE / JUMPING BEANS