The Scattered Songs Collection

simonmoorehead · Post by **simonmoorehead** » Mon Jan 08, 2007 2:15 am

its a fantastic song waiting to happen - Lennie please record it!

some of the stuff mentioned in the links
i'd love to hear eg chelsea hotel no1 - esp after the debate on its aurhorship
simon

tomsakic · Post by **tomsakic** » Mon Jan 08, 2007 12:32 pm

simonmoorehead wrote:i'd love to hear eg chelsea hotel no1 - esp after the debate on its aurhorship

Last link I quoted has it in three versions.

http://www.twoshakesofalambstail.com/st ... otel_1.mp3

YankovicGretzky · Post by **YankovicGretzky** » Mon Jan 08, 2007 3:12 pm

UPDATED!

Yankovic · Post by **Yankovic** » Wed Jan 17, 2007 3:19 am

UPDATED!

Yankovic · Post by **Yankovic** » Wed Jan 17, 2007 4:40 am

UPDATED!

Yankovic · Post by **Yankovic** » Thu Jan 18, 2007 12:40 am

Here is the actual list:

http://www.leonardcohenfiles.com/guest.html

Davido · Post by **Davido** » Thu Jan 18, 2007 3:53 am

Hi Yankovic,
I thought you might be interested: A so-called Leonard Cohen 'promo'has appeared for sale on ebay from time to time comprising the following tracks:
1. There's No Reason
2. Democracy
3. Never Any Good
4. Elvis' Rolls Royce
5. Eclipse
6. Born To Lose
7. Silent All These Years (w. Tori Amos)
8. The Great Event

tomsakic · Post by **tomsakic** » Thu Jan 18, 2007 11:32 am

This is of course fake "promo".

I was thinking to mention Eclipse, that's Leonard's appearance on Charles Mingus tribute CD produced by Hal Willner. Leonard only whispers in the background on the track.

"Weird Nightmare - Meditations on Mingus" (1992)
A tribute album, with many guest artists, to the memory of Charles Mingus. Cohen reads the poem "Chill of death" with Mingus's music in the back/foreground. This strange and exacting album has been produced by Hal Willner. Columbia CK 52739.

http://www.leonardcohenfiles.com/poems3.html

There's No Reason is improvisation from BBC Sessions in 1968, it's on bootleg Leonard Cohen at the Beeb.

I bumped few times on that Tori Amos track, but I never heard that LC appears on it (I don't have it on various "rare" CDs I received over the years, and nobody ever mentioned it.). I'd like to be illuminated about that track, finally.

It's on The Files: http://www.leonardcohenfiles.com/poems3.html - More Poetry on Records section.

Poem (1993/1994)
A recent version of the poem "Poem" was recorded on December 3, 1993 for KCRW-FM and was included in the compilation album "Rare On Air, Volume One" (Mammoth MR0074-2, released in 1994).

Cohen's poem is used as the prelude to the live songs on this album, featuring several artist from Tori Amos (Silent All These Years) to David Wilcox (Chet Baker's Unsung Swan Song)

Of course, "Poem" is widely circulated on all Cohen "rare" CDs so I don't think he sings with Tori Amos.

Following the logic of this fake promo, democracy is probably the recitation with musical background, from 1996 United States of Poetry. It's also available on Master Poems and various "rare" compilaitons circulation around. It's online at the official site: http://www.worldofpoetry.org/usop/dream6.htm

tomsakic · Post by **tomsakic** » Thu Jan 18, 2007 11:49 am

Well, according to many online sources, Leonard indeed appeared on live version of Tori's hit single for that KCRW compilation.

Yankovic · Post by **Yankovic** » Fri Jan 19, 2007 11:03 pm

Live performances and previously unreleased songs don't count for the type of CD that I am talking about.

Is Chill of Death something that Leonard wrote? Was it written specifically for this Mingus project? Did Mingus write it? Where is it from originally?

lizzytysh · Post by **lizzytysh** » Fri Jan 19, 2007 11:05 pm

My understanding is that Chill of Death was written by Mingus, and recited by Leonard in a tribute to Charlie. It's quite chilling in itself, isn't it... he captured the proper tone and timbre in his voice for it.

It's just hard to leave us, isn't it Roy

.

~ Lizzy

Yankovic · Post by **Yankovic** » Mon Jan 22, 2007 6:26 pm

UPDATED!

neo · Post by **neo** » Tue Feb 06, 2007 10:33 pm

Hi,

Does anybody have a good quality mp3 of this song?

Thank you very much

Gabriel

Robin · Post by **Robin** » Sat Feb 10, 2007 2:40 am

Leonard never recorded Priests. He states in an interview that the song was outside his vocal range so he was happy to give it to Judy Collins. I do not remember which interview it was.

But talking of interviews, and this is relevant to this thread, does anyone remember an interview that Leonard gave for UK music paper Sounds in the early 1970s? I would like to read that again. I remember Leonard talking about a batch of great songs that he wrote in a log cabin somewhere but subsequently lost.

linmag · Post by **linmag** » Sat Feb 10, 2007 3:00 am

I would like to see 'Whither thou goest, I will go' on a compilation album. I know Leonard didn't exactly write the words, but could he lay claim to the tune? In any case, there are recordings of some beautiful renditions of it around. I'm sure one of them would be good enough quality to go on a CD.

The Scattered Songs Collection

still waiting for him to record snow is falling!

Re: still waiting for him to record snow is falling!

Do I Have To Dance All Night