Having recently forked for the ridiculously beautiful This Mortal Coil boxset (beautiful except for the price, actually) I've been reminded what a wonderful thing This Mortal Coil was. A combination of exquisite covers and original material, TMC leads the listener to some great albums from Gene Clark, Big Star, The Byrds, Chris Bell and, more recently, Gary Ogan and Bill Lamb.
It's inspired me to collect together some of the This Mortal Coil original versions into a mix. And quite a mix it is too.
Melancholy Country, psychedlic-tinged Folk Rock, decimated post-Powerpop melancholy and New Wave. All these were put through the TMC mixer and assimilated into Ivo Watts-Russell's vision (with the help of John Fryer and a cast of diverse musicians, of course). As a consequence, it's sometimes quite a shock to hear the originals which can be somewhat less ethereral. All these songs are beautiful though.
Enjoy.
'This Mortal Coil Original Versions - A Mixtape' tracklist:
1. Song To The Siren / Tim Buckley
2. Alone On Piano / Colin Newman
3. The Jeweller / Pearls Before Swine
4. I Am The Cosmos / Chris Bell
5. Strength Of Strings / Gene Clark
6. Drugs / Talking Heads
7. You And Your Sister / Chris Bell
8. With Tomorrow / Gene Clark
9. I Must Have Been Blind / Tim Buckley
10. Holocaust / Big Star
11. Kangaroo / Big Star
12. Til I Gain Control Again / Emmylou Harris
13. I Come And Stand At Every Door / The Byrds
14. Help Me Lift You Up / Mary Margaret O'Hara
15. Morning Glory / Tim Buckley
16. I Wanna Live / Gary Ogan & Bill Lamb
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