Rare Songs -Cançons Rares- era el terme que utilitzava www.twoshakesofalambstail.com [~greg] per nombrar una col·lecció de cançons i improvisacions en directe. El 2005 vaig copiar els mp3 i transcripcions que proporcionaven, per si un dia perdéssim l'accés. Ara les transcripcions originals són accessibles a Wayback Machine, o per aquesta pàgina.
Actualment Heck Of A Guy - The Other Leonard Cohen site ens ofereix gratis una altra bona col·lecció amb el nom de "Other - Another Songs of LC".
Però, què és una Rare Songs Rare Live Song? o Other Song of LC? Quins criteris de qualificació va definir algú? Suposo que són cançons no publicades, primeres versions, improvisacions, variacions significatives, etc. De vegades no són cançons, per exemple alguna presentació o xerrada. Leonard Cohen evoluciona molt la seva obra, trobem canvis importants de lletres (les noves versions de Hallelujah són molt conegudes i no són Rare) i canvis musicals (The Butcher 1976, sense grans variacions en la lletra, és un Rare indispensable). Al final, la selecció és personal. Per la meva col·lecció he respectat gairebé totes les que he trobat amb aquestes denominacions i, també, he afegit alguna més.
Es tracta d'una extensió no comercialitzada de l'obra de Leonard Cohen obtinguda i col·leccionada pels seus seguidors, especialment interessats per conèixer la seva obra i evolució. Cal saber que freqüentment la qualitat del so és dolent.
No podem fer negoci amb aquest material, la distribució ha de ser lliure, mentre l'autor no ho hagi publicat o manifesti la seva oposició. Tinguem en compte que podria no estar satisfet amb algunes coses, ja va mostrar la seva disconformitat amb els outtakes publicats com bonus en les reedicions de 2007.
Trobareu enllaços a algunes transcripcions, moltes de twoshakesofalambstail. Les transcripcions són molt importants per a mi degut a la meva dificultat per entendre l'anglès, especialment en cançons poc conegudes. També hi ha alguna traducció al català.
Un exemple de Rare Song especialment interesant és StoreRoom outtake de Songs of Leonard Cohen publicat com bonus el 2007 (no és de lliure distribució) i que Leonard va cantar en el tour de 1976. És una col·lecció d'estrofes intercanviables que parlen del mateix concepte.
Blessed Is the Memory |
or (The Memory of) Everybodys Child |
Store Room |
1967 outtake bonus SoLC 2007 (t) |
The Stranger Song |
1967 Live Once More With Julie Felix BBC PRIME (y) |
Hey, That's no Way To Say Goodbye |
1967 Live Once More With Julie Felix BBC PRIME, Julie Felix, Leonard Cohen (y) |
Like a Bird |
1968 Apr. production David Crosby; early Bird on the Wire bonus SfR 2007 (t) |
Nothing to One |
1968 Apr. production David Crosby; early You know Who I Am bonus SfR 2007 (t) |
There Is No Reason Why You Should Remember Me |
1968 unreleased BBC Sept. 7 (s) (o) |
Celebration |
Poem - (When You Kneel Below Me) |
Sing Another Song Boys |
1970 Frankfurt, May 6 (s) |
The Partisan |
1970 Frankfurt, May 6 (s) |
Regina |
1970 TV Paris May 13 (s) (b) |
Les Propriétaires de la Révolution |
Speech in French intro Bird on the Wire |
For No Reason At All |
Improvisation - 1970 Aix-En-Provence, Aug. 2 (b) |
Diamonds in the Mine |
1970 Wight, Aug. 31 - with the first verse They Gave Me Some Money (t) |
Dress Rehearsal Rag |
1971 early version bonus SoLH 2007 (t) |
As Time Goes By |
by Herman Hupfield 1931 |
Chelsea Hotel |
by Leonard Cohen and Ron Cornelius. |
Kevin Barry |
Traditional Irish |
Banks Of Marble |
by Pete Seeger |
I'm The Man Who Wrote Suzanne |
Improvisation - 1972 Manchester, Mar. 20 (s) |
I Don't Know Why I'm Scared Tonight |
Improvisation - 1972 Frankfurt Apr. 6 (b) |
I Passed The High Buildings |
Improvisation - 1972 Frankfurt Apr. 6 (b) |
I'm Trying To Break Free Myself |
Improvisation - 1972 Frankfurt Apr. 6 (s) (b) |
The Broken Lip |
Improvisation - 1972 Frankfurt, Apr. 6 (s) (b) |
We Shall Not Be Moved |
Traditional 1931 |
Bird On The Wire |
Live French introduction, differences with 1972 Paris, Apr. 18 (s) (1973 Live Songs) |
Song To The Machines / I Love Spending The Night With Two Girls |
Improvisation - 1972 Tel Aviv, Apr. 19 (o) (b) |
Improvisation, speech with Audience |
Improvisation - 1972 probably ¿? (s) |
Seems So Long Ago, Nancy |
1972 Live ¿? (s) |
Lover, lover, lover |
1973 Lyrics of fighting with ‘brothers’ in Yom Kippur War |
Je veux vivre tout seul |
Bird on the Wire part in French adaption Serge Lama 1971 |
Beloved Comrade |
by Lewis Allan and Fred Katz 1945 |
Dona Nobis Pacem |
Unknown compositor |
Mr. Cohen Must Be Going |
Short improvisation by Graeme Allwright |
Un Az Der Rebbe Singt |
Traditional Hebrew |
Un Az Der Rebbe Elimelech |
Traditional Hebrew |
Beauty Salon |
1975 Songs for Rebecca unreleased early Don't Go Home With Your Hard On-> DoaLM 1977 |
Came So Far for Beauty |
1975 Songs for Rebecca unreleased -> RS 1979 |
Guerrero |
by Leonard Cohen - John Lissauer |
I Guess It's Time |
1975 Songs for Rebecca unreleased early The Smokey Life -> RS 1979 |
The Traitor Song |
1975 Songs for Rebecca unreleased early The Traitor -> RS 1979 |
Misty Blue |
1975 Pennsylvania, Nov. 23 (s) (b) |
Hey, That's No Way To Say Goodbye |
1976 Gen. PBS TV concert, duet Judy Collins and Leonard Cohen (y) |
Suzanne |
1976 Gen. PBS TV concert, duet Judy Collins and Leonard Cohen (y) |
Do I Have To Dance All Night |
1976 tour Dublin, May 11 (b); Paris, June 6 (b) (s) |
The Butcher |
1975 Toronto, Jan. 31 (o); 1976 Dublin, May 11 (b) (s) |
Die Gedanken Sind Frei |
by Heinrich Hoffmann von Fallersleben 1815 (trad. German sXIX) |
You Are My Sunshine |
by J. Davis, C. Mitchell 1940 |
Iodine |
1979 Frankfurt, Nov. 1st (s) (b) |
Red River Valley |
Traditional American S.XIX |
I Tried To You |
1979 Boon, Dec. 3 (s); 1985 Vienna, Jul. 6 (o) |
There Is A War |
1979 Bonn, Dec. 3 (s) |
Thirsty For The Kiss |
early Heart With No Companion -> VP 1985 |
Billy Sunday |
The Blues By The Jews |
I Ride An Old Paint |
Am. western song, arranged and adapted by: Fred Hellerman |
Drinking Rum and Coca Cola |
Lord Invader and Lionel Belasco (final take of I Ride An Old Paint) |
Streets Of Laredo |
or Cowboy's Lament, from the English folk song The Unfortunate Rake |
Silent Night |
by Joseph Mohr - 1816 |
Solidarity forever YouTube |
by Ralph Chaplin in 1915 |
Another Saturday Night |
by Sam Cooke |
The Music Crept By Us / Dance Dance Dance |
(Poem) / Improvisation - 1980 Amsterdam, Oct. 30 (b) |
To Love Somebody |
by B. & R. Gibb 1967 (Bee Gees) |
Tennessee Waltz |
by R.Stewart, P. King, additional verse: Cohen - by Ann Murray/Patti Page ¿? |
Ballad of the Absent Mare |
1985 Jul. 6 Vienna sound check (forgetting lyrics) (o) |
Cant Help Falling In Love With You |
by G. Weiss, H. Peretti. L. Creatore 1962 film "Blue Hawaii" |
Whither Thou Goest |
From The Book Of Ruth |
Tower Of Song |
1989 Feb. 13, Sunday Night Live with David Sanborn (s) |
Who By Fire |
1989 Feb. 13, Sunday Night Live with Sonny Rollins and Was Not Was (s) |
(Chiquita) Banana Song |
1991 Much Music TV Toronto, Oct. 25, with Irving Layton (o) |
A Thousand Kisses Deep 1996 |
1996 Mount Baldy, Armelle Brusq’s documentary, Spring 96 (o) |
Book Of Longing |
2006 June 24, Interview KCRW California (o) (y) |
Puppets |
2006 June 24, Interview KCRW California (o) (y) |
Never Got To Love You |
Duet Anjani Leonard |
Lullaby |
2009 Texas, Apr. 3 (b) (y); Oakland, Apr. 13 (b) (y); |
The Darkness |
2009 Venice, Aug. 3 soundcheck (b y); Nashville, Nov. 5 (y), St. Louis Fox, Nov. 7 (y); Las Vegas, Nov. 12 (o) (y); 2010 Sligo, Ireland, Jul. 31 (y) |
Feels So Good |
New Song or The Other Blues Song |
Born in Chains |
post Taken Out of Egypt 1988 |
My Oh My |
2010 Ghent, soundcheck partial, Aug. 22 (y) |
Save the Last Dance For Me |
by Doc Pomus and Mort Shuman 1960 |
Le Manic |
by Georges Dor "La Complainte de La Manic" 1966 |
Never Gave Nobody Trouble |
Soundcheck, Odense, King’s Garden, Aug. 17, 2013, Official release 2015: Can't Forget (t) |
I've got a little secret |
2013 O2 Arena Dublin, Sep. 12 (y); Amsterdam, Sept. 20 (y) |
Choices |
by Curtis, Yates and Lyons 1997, covered by George Jones 1999 |
Stages |
Show, Sydney, Opera House - Dec 2, 2013 and Soundcheck, Hamburg, O2 World - July 14, 2013
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Happens To The Heart |
Poema, publicat a leonardcohenforum.com al 25 d'agost 2016, Leonard Cohen 24 de juny 2016 |
Fonts:
(s) StoreRoom: www.twoshakesofalambstail.com/storeroom
(b) Bootlegs: bootlegs collection
(o) The Other - Another - Leonard Cohen Album Heck Of A Guy
(y) YouTube
(t) Bonus tracks 2007 or official discography ©
Agraïments:
The Jewels in Your Shoulder |
1967 outtake SoLC |
Your Father Has Fallen |
1967 |
Come on, Marianne |
1967 early So Long, Marianne -> SoLC 1967 |
A Case of You |
1967 (to Joni Mitchell) |
Nine Years Old |
1967 early Story of Isaac -> SfaR 1969 |
Just Two People (or Anyone Can See) |
1967 outtake SoLC |
In the Middle of the Night |
1967 outtake SoLC |
The Sun Is My Song |
1967 outtake SoLC |
Beach of Idios |
1967 outtake SoLC |
Nobody Calls You But Me |
1967 outtake SoLC |
Love Is the Item |
1967 outtake SoLC |
Nancy, Where Have You Been Sleeping |
1967 outtake SoLC |
Splinters |
1967 outtake SoLC |
Lady Midnight |
1968 Apr. production David Crosby |
Baby I've Seen You |
1969 outtake SfaR |
Your private name |
1969 outtake SfaR |
Breakdown |
1969 outtake SfaR |
Paper-Thin Hotel |
1975 Songs for Rebecca -> DoaLM 1977 |
Nylon and Silk |
1985 outtake VP |
Anthem |
1985 outtake VP -> TheF 1992 |
If You Could See What's Coming Next |
1989 early The Future -> TheF 1992 |
Waiting for the Miracle |
1988 outtake ImYM -> TheF 1992 |
The Street |
2001 Written with Anjani |
Puppets |
2011 Written with Sharon Robinson |
The Captain |
2011 Written with Sharon Robinson |
Treaty |
You Know Who I Am |
1968 BBC London, Aug. 11; Aug. 31 |
Bird On the Wire |
1968 BBC London, Aug. 11; Aug. 31 |
Story of Isaac |
1968 BBC Aug. 31 |
Dress Rehearsal Rag |
1968 BBC London, Aug. 11; Sept. 7 |
Joan Of Arc |
1969 Frankfurt, May 6; 1970 Royal Albert Hall, May 10; Aix-En-Provence, Aug. 2 |
Diamonds In The Mine |
1969 Frankfurt, May 6; 1970 Royal Albert Hall, May 10; Aix-En-Provence, Aug. 2; Wight, Aug. 31 |
Famous Blue Raincoat |
1969 Frankfurt, May 6; 1970 Royal Albert Hall, May 10; Wight, Aug. 31 |
Sing Another Song, Boys |
1969 Frankfurt, May 6; 1970 Royal Albert Hall, May 10; Wight, Aug. 31 |
Please Don't Pass Me By |
1969 Frankfurt, May 6; 1970 Royal Albert Hall, May 10 - Live Songs |
Avalanche |
1970 Royal Albert Hall, May 10 |
Priest |
Enregistrada per Judy Collins (Wildflowers 1967) |
God is Alive, Magic is Afoot |
Buffy Sainte-Marie, adaptació d'un fragment de Bells Perdedors. |
Bells |
Escrita 1967, pre Take This Longing (per Nico, LC New Skin For The Old Ceremony 1974) |
Song of Bernadette |
Escrita per Leonard Cohen i Jennifer Warnes a l'octubre 1979 o en gira 1972 (AMp237 ¿?) |
Fire |
Lletra Leonard Cohen, musica Lewis Furey (Soundtrack de Night Magic, France 1985) |
Way Down Deep |
Escrita per Leonard Cohen i Jennifer Warnes |
It Just Feels |
Escrita per Leonard Cohen i David A Stewart |
Lucky |
Escrita per Leonard Cohen i Sharon Robinson, dècada del 1980 |
Summertime |
Escrita per Leonard Cohen i Sharon Robinson
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