Cocteau Twins Live Rarities

00:00 Grail Overfloweth [played only a few times]
04:21 Song To The Siren [played only a few times]
07:23 Kookaburra [instrumental]
10:48 Persephone [only played a few times]
16:20 Ivo [only played a few times]
20:39 Pale Clouded White
26:19 Plain Tiger
30:47 Those Eyes, That Mouth [only played a few times]
34:54 Love's Easy Tears [Rare in that tour]
39:25 Sugar Hiccup [Rare in that tour]
43:12 I Wear Your Ring [Rare in that tour]
47:25 Lorelei [Rare in that tour]
51:16 Crushed [Rare in that tour]
55:10 A Kissed Out Red Floatboat [Very rare in that tour]
59:14 Aikea Guinea [Rare in that tour]
01:03:20 Serpentskirt
01:07:11 Lazy Calm [Rare in that tour]
01:10:42 Tishbite [played only a few times]
01:14:21 Blue Bell Knoll [Extended Version]

[@YannickFornacciari]

So good to hear Persephone & Those eyes, that mouth live 👌👌👌 so gorgeous..

[@adrianreeve71]

My favourite band of all time. John Peel introduced me to these legends way back in '82. Fortunate to have seen them live on so many occasions and still listen to their heavenly sounds now more than ever. Stimulating, uplifting and feel good tunes from eternal legends.

[@mithluinluis]

Lucky you! thank you for the comment.

[@pressureworks]

Same here, heard the first time he played them on his BBC WORLD Service show. Told many people about this great new French band. Lol.

[@dreamlifeds4412]

Those Eyes, That Mouth, what a wonderful version of my fav' CT song. Speechless

[@mithluinluis]

I didn’t know they played it until a few weeks ago 😍😍

[@dreamlifeds4412]

@@mithluinluis , I'm a huge C.T. fan since Aikea Guinea and saw them 3 times live (Brussels and USA). I have tons of material. And I already got some live versions of that song. But yours is memorable.

[@dreamlifeds4412]

I have to admit I rather listen to them than hearing them live (not seeing them) 'cause you always expect to hear the the different vocal layers Liz put on records and then you kinda disapointed not to get the layer that made you so emotional. I understand she had to make a choice but when you love the band at that point, you like any part of it. Easy on guitar, not by singing. Too bad. I still love them as on the first day, almost 40 years ago, and listen to them almost daily.

[@mithluinluis]

@@dreamlifeds4412 wow is there any chance to get some of those shows? Please email me at [e-mail] I’m always trying to make improvements on the recordings . I Listen to them live daily 🙌🏻

[@independentfilmandhealing]

My favorite band ever. I adore Liz. My only pet peeve is that during live performances in the 1990s she really started deviating from the vocal melody and performed in a more freestyle fashion. In some instances, i dont even recognize the song. Nonetheless, they're brilliant!

[@autecheee]

Their songs had layered vocals with so many effects which created the ‘melody’ on the recording….trying to reproduce this live and having Liz be the lone vocalist was difficult. From my memories of seeing them live I recall the mix of guitars overwhelmed her vocals. The 1994-1996 tours greatly improved their sound and they tended to stick to the song structures that were recorded (eg Aikea Guinea)

[@XxFcoJxX]

I do not enjoy that era too much... I strongly believe she wanted to leave the band, but felt overwhelmed because of the contracts and other stuff... so she tried to sabotage herself, but even so she was kinda admired... little before they broke up she sang too much better

[@thomheil]

I saw one of those '90s shows -- the only time I saw them live -- and was disappointed by all the weird vocal tricks she was doing. It's so good to hear earlier live recordings where her voice sounds this beautiful.

[@mithluinluis]

Playlist: 00:00 Grail Overfloweth 04:21 Song To The Siren 07:23 Kookaburra 10:48 Persephone 16:20 Ivo 20:39 Pale Clouded White 26:19 Plain Tiger 30:47 Those Eyes, That Mouth 34:54 Love's Easy Tears 39:25 Sugar Hiccup 43:12 I Wear Your Ring 47:25 Lorelei 51:16 Crushed 55:10 A Kissed Out Red Floatboat 59:14 Aikea Guinea 01:03:20 Serpentskirt 01:07:11 Lazy Calm 01:10:42 Tishbite 01:14:21 Blue Bell Knoll

[@islenk03]

Great way to start 2022. Thank you for uploading!

[@mithluinluis]

thank you very much!

[@MKMKMK1986]

Had a realy s$% day ... thaks for a great evening whit my favourite group, Amazing how thay come back at times when thay nearly messed up. ( that's because there the bessssst !!!!) ❤

[@zaradragonia9863]

I love Ivo. It's my absolute favourite. I can't listen to anything else after hearing that. It shits all over everything 😮

[@sashab450]

Thanks a lot for uploading this amazing material ❤

[@MKMKMK1986]

Yep she did like to mix the vocals up somtimes,that's because of us x punks imagination 😊

[@peterfrost547]

Oh Wow! Just stumbled on this - thanks

[@ChangShen]

Also wanted to say thank you for putting them into easily accessible chapters. I will be coming back to this many more times in the future!

[@andy2950]

The Plain Tiger version is not the usual one. On most occasions, Liz had a large delay on her vocals. I've got a load of live Cocteau Twins stuff on cassette, I must dig it out.

[@ChangShen]

Fantastic, thank you for all of these recordings.

[@pressureworks]

Very nice, fine quality compilation. Happy Memories.

[@njb1126]

Been listening to them most of today. Harriet is still my favorite vocalist (at least I can understand what she’s singing) but Liz fraser has a beautiful voice too.

[@zaradragonia9863]

Great find btw😂

[@MKMKMK1986]

Never heard sugar like that Before ,Beatifull, more like sugar mishap 😁

[@pressureworks]

Hope you have more Treasures from the early 4AD bands

[@stanislaschapel8643]

Great curation of the tracks, could you if you have them give us the venue, source of those tracks? I can recall some of them from various bootleg but I think it will be a great help to add it. Thanks again+++

[@mithluinluis]

You can freely ask for a song in specific! I can recall most of the shows

[@kolnidur_]

Song To The Siren, that's rare! Did they ever play Feet-like Fins?

[@mithluinluis]

They never played it live unfortunately!