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Live at A Concert Against AIDS in 1989

Tracy Chapman’s live performance at A Concert Against AIDS on May 27, 1989 is now available as an audio streaming online on Concert Vault (you’d need to register to be able to listen to it):

Highlights of this set include penetrating solo acoustic versions of “Fast Car” and “Talking ‘Bout A Revolution,” but also superb stripped down renditions of lesser known material, such as “Mountains O’ Things,” a vivid portrait of material obsession.

Two songs that would be included on Chapman’s sophomore album, Crossroads, are also featured. “Subcity” and “All That You Have Is Your Soul” prove that Chapman had much more to offer beyond her debut efforts.

Sound quality is excellent and please listen to interludes in particular, in the first one, Tracy talks about the reason why she’s performing to fight against AIDS. And in the second one, she dedicates the songs she’s gonna play to… her dog Ginger (and explains why)

The performance includes 12 tracks, its lenght: 50,19 minutes

01. Introduction
02. Why?
03. She’s Got Her Ticket
04. For My Lover
05. Interlude
06. Subcity
07. For You
08. Moutains O’Things
09. Fast Car
10. Interlude
11. All That You Have Is Your Soul
12. Talkin’Bout A Revolution

Website: Concert Vault

More about this concert on the dedicated page

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• Tracy Chapman @ the amfAR’s 10th Annual Gala in San Francisco
• Live at Buenos Aires on the Amnesty International Human Rights tour in 1988
• Audio interview + Acoustic songs for BBC – The Strand