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Mekons
New York on the Road 86-87
Genres: Alternative Rock, Pop, Rock

Track Listings (27) - Disc #1
1. Chicago Introduction
2. Big Zombie
3. Trouble Down South
4. My Body J.F.K Part I
5. Slightly South of the Border
6. The Story of Nothing
7. Tex Rico
8. Flitcraft at the Iron Horse
9. Moby Dick/Shallow Bourgeois Smile
10. Dadaist Rhetoric in Boston
11. Prince of Darkness W/ MICHELLE SHOCKED
12. My Body J.F.K. Part 2
13. Abernant 84/87
14. Tommy
15. San Francisco D.J./Audience Participation
16. I Can?t Find My Money
17. Robert and Steven in The Heartbreak Hotel
18. The Shape I?m In (The Band.
19. Hard To Be Human 20. Beaten and Broken at Garage D?or 21. Not Long Ago (Trad: arranged by Mekons.
20. My Body J.F.K Part 3
21. Shanty
22. My Body in Chicago
23. Revenge
24. Sophie
25. Chivalry
26. Where Were You? (Bonus Track)
27. Never Been In a Riot (Bonus Track)

CD Details

All Artists: Mekons
Title: New York on the Road 86-87
Members Wishing: 2
Total Copies: 0
Label: ROIR
Original Release Date: 12/5/2000
Re-Release Date: 11/21/2000
Album Type: Explicit Lyrics, Original recording remastered
Genres: Alternative Rock, Pop, Rock
Styles: Hardcore & Punk, Indie & Lo-Fi, New Wave & Post-Punk
Number of Discs: 1
SwapaCD Credits: 1
UPC: 053436826928

Synopsis

Album Description

Released by ROIR as cassette-only in 1987 under the title ?Mekons New York?, this completely remastered CD, with 2 bonus tracks, is a musical sound document of the Mekons 1986 ? 1987 road tour of the USA. This recording includes mostly live club date songs, ad libs, vaudeville sound-bytes and back of the van ribaldry and banter. ?New York? drew amazing plaudits from the press and fans.

CD Reviews

The tape is worn, the cd is new, I'm just not human anymore

jvgfanatic | Talent, OR United States | 01/31/2001

(5 out of 5 stars)

"I was jumping like a frog when I saw that the Mekons had released New York on CD. The tape is absolutely precious to me for the simple reason that so few Mekons albums allow you to see the band at it's *personal* best. This is live, grungy, dirty, distressed, far-from-the-studio stuff and beyond that it is honest as hell. Hear the audience, hear Jon's sarcasm, but most of all hear the absolute beauty that is the Mekons.This album probably won't be good introduction to the Mekons for your straight-laced geek friends, but if you know what to expect then by all means grab it. The Mekons have truly brought us to heaven and back. Screw it if I'm not a critic."

High energy and Low fidelity

Arise Therefore | Orange, MA United States | 10/07/2006

(4 out of 5 stars)

"I dislike this album for the same reason you might love it. Its sloppy drunk and lo-fi. It is indeed the wrong place to acquaint yourself with the Mekons. Not for the uninitiated.

The 20 bit remastering assures you that you're hearing all the limitations of the original recordings. You know, if you place a turd in a crystal vase, it's still a turd.

Most of the tracks sound like they were made on a cassette recorder placed on a table in the middle of the room.

I don't doubt this album is loved by some Mekon fans. It has a raw immediacy that is so intimate that you can feel the hangovers. One quality that I love about the Mekons is that they have fun and there is plenty of evidence of that on this disc.

If the "up all night drunken Britt" aspect of the Mekons appeals to you, this is for you. If you're like me and prefer the later studio offerings such as Curse of the Mekons and Journey to the End of Night, it might not be."