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Joaquin Villaverde's Collection

Porcupine Tree   11/12/2002

XM Studios, Washington, DC
Source XM Broadcast
Media FLAC   1 disc
Notes "XM radio" is digital satellite radio available to subscribers in the
USA. On 12 Nov. 2002, Porcupine Tree recorded a session at the brand-
new XM performance studios in Washington DC. Steven Wilson then took
the live recording back to his own studio, No Man's Land in Hemel
Hempstead, UK, for remixing, but without adding overdubs. The
results were broadcast.

This copy was recorded directly to hard disk in WAV format and
burned to CD-R - it's near-studio quality. The sibilants seem to
have been enhanced slightly by the broadcast compression algorhythm -
but if that's my only complaint, you get some idea of how good it is
overall.

There are two sets, which were broadcast a week apart. The first is
electric; the full band performing much the same set as their support
slots with 'Yes'. Excerpts of an interview with SW are included in 4
segments between music tracks. The tracklist:

12/11/02 Performance 1, XM Studios, Washington DC. USA
Digital Radio A+ 58
Remixed by SW at No-Man's Land, Dec. 2002, without overdubs.
Electric Set; full band. B.cast on 'XM Live', Jan. 2003.

1: Intro
2: Interview
3: Blackest Eyes
4: Sound of Muzak
5: Interview
6: Gravity Eyelids
7: Wedding Nails
8: Interview
9: Heartattack In A Layby
10: Even Less
11: Slave Called Shiver
12: Interview
13: Strip The Soul
14: Tinto Brass
15: Outro

The second broadcast, a week later, was acoustic - just SW & John
Wesley playing three songs (two are acoustic versions of 'In
Absentia' tracks), interspersed by the same interview as before, but
in full. The music was recorded on an earlier visit, though the interview
itself is introduced as being from November.

27/07/02 XM Studios, Washington DC. USA
Digital Radio A+ 18
Acoustic set; SW & Wes. B.cast on 'XM Cafe', Jan. 2003.

1: Interview
2: Pure Narcotic
3: The Sound Of Muzak
4: Interview
5: Prodigal

Both broadcasts will be circulated on one 80 min CD-R.
Trades Allowed Yes
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