Dead Can Dance, 2005 European Tour Highlights

I was fairly bummed when I found out that I had missed my chance to pick up one of the 2-disc sets chronicling Dead Can Dance’s recent 2005 European tour. I’ve been a Dead Can Dance fan years, and would’ve loved to have picked up one of these deluxe, officially-sanctioned “bootlegs” (here’s an MP3 to show why). But only a limited quality were being made, and they sold out rather quickly.

Fortunately, however, it looks like there were quite a few people with a predicament like mine, and they were pretty vocal about it. Upon hearing this great outcry, the folks at The Show were kind enough to put together a “highlight” disc featuring some of the best performances from the tour. Just take a look at this tracklisting:

Disc One

  1. Nierika
  2. Saffron
  3. The Ubiquitous Mr. Lovegrove
  4. The Love That Cannot Be
  5. The Lotus Eaters
  6. Crescent
  7. Minus Sanctus
  8. Saltarello
  9. The Wind That Shakes The Barley
  10. How Fortunate The Man with None

Disc Two

  1. Dreams Made Flesh
  2. I Can See Now
  3. American Dreaming
  4. Sanvean
  5. Rakim
  6. Black Sun
  7. Salems Lot
  8. Yulunga
  9. Severance
  10. Hymn For The Fallen

The release will set you back 30 Euros (or roughly $36). No word yet as to whether or not The Show will be releasing recordings of Dead Can Dance’s upcoming North American tour (that Chicago date is awfully tempting, I must say). They do have a mailing list that you can sign up for to receive the latest updates, which is how I found out about this glorious second chance.

It should be noted that The Show is also doing something similar for the Pixies’ 2005 North American Tour. For more info, click here.

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