In the nineties, TV Smith (more here), formerly of The Adverts (more HERE), finally struck out on his own. On the advice of Attila the Stockbroker, TV took up his acoustic guitar and began life as an insurrectionary troubadour. The result was the folky-but-fearsome March of the Giants album (just re-released on Easy Action). To document this phase of TV's march from obscurity to semi-obscurity, here's a good sounding audience bootleg of a 1993 solo gig.
Friday 1st October 1993
Stevenage - KWNN
1 Atlantic Tunnel
2 Immortal Rich
3 Haves And Have-nots
4 Can't Pay, Won't Pay
5 The Day We Caught The Big Fish
6 We Want The Road
7 Gather Your Things And Go
8 March Of The Giants
9 Lion And The Lamb
10 Runaway Train Driver
11 Borderline Encore
12 Gary Gilmore's Eyes
MRML Readers give us your take on solo TV and tell us if you want to hear more!
Thanx for all the TV Smith and please keep it coming. Id never heard of the guy, probably due to my adverts-allergy, and am really enjoying his solo stuff. Actually, it's absolutely brilliant! At times it sounds like john foxx and dead kennedys had a get together and this is what crawled out of their backstage-digs 9months later. At times... ;)
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Your thoughts on TV's solo work would be most encouraging!!!
https://rapidshare.com/files/2219605627/TV%20S%20_%20KWNN%2093.rar
This is so fantastic - all the TV...! Thanks.
ReplyDeleteKeep you eyes open - more TV coming...
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ReplyDeleteI ordered 'Lucky Us: ...' on October 1.It arrived on October 5.From the UK to Western Canada in good time.I will listen on Monday.
Doug
I need to buy some new TV stuff myself...
Deletemore tv smith, more adverts, thanks so much for all this
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and thanks for all your comments which have kept this series alive!
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ReplyDeleteThanx for all the TV Smith and please keep it coming.
ReplyDeleteId never heard of the guy, probably due to my adverts-allergy, and am really enjoying his solo stuff.
Actually, it's absolutely brilliant!
At times it sounds like john foxx and dead kennedys had a get together and this is what crawled out of their backstage-digs 9months later.
At times... ;)
Thanx.
Brilliant indeed as is your description of Smith's voice!
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