BABYSHAMBLES SESSIONS
Recorded by: The Libertines
The 'Babyshambles Sessions' is a set of songs recorded by The Libertines while in New York. The singer and guitarist Carl Barât left before completion of the tapes, which were intended for the second album. Bassist John Hassall also lent a hand, playing the bassline on one song, "The Man Who Would Be King". It is thought that Barat played drums on some tracks. Doherty then gave the tapes to Helen Hsu, a fan, at the Chelsea Hotel in New York. She, at his request (a fact he later denied), made the tracks available to the band's fans over the internet. A 3-CD set of these sessions can also often be found for sale on internet auction sites. Several of the tracks that feature on the sessions were later recorded and included on The Libertines' second studio album. A few were also later recorded for Babyshambles ''Down in Albion'', and their most recent ''The Blinding EP''.
Track listing:[1]
CD 1:
#"Babyshambles" (Take 1)
#"Road to Ruin"
#"Babyshambles" (Take 2)
#"Don't Look Back into the Sun" (Version 1)
#"What Katie Did"
#"Don't Look Back into the Sun" (Version 2)
#"Last Post on the Bugle"
#"Side of the Road"
#"Back From the Dead"
#"The Man Who Would Be King"
#"I Got Sweets"
#"All at Sea" (Take 1)
#"All at Sea" (Take 2)
#"Do You Know Me (I Don't Think So)"
#"Campaign of Hate"
#"Love Reign O'er Me / Bilo Song"
#"In Love With a Feeling" (Version 1)
#Instrumental
#"In Love With a Feeling" (Version 2)
#"I Love You (But You're Green)"
#"That Bowery Song"
CD 2:
#"Albion"
#"Albion" (Intro)
#"Albion" (sans Biggles)
#"France" (Take 1)
#"France" (Take 2)
#"France" (Take 3)
#"The Good Old Day" (Acoustic)
#"Skag & Bone Man" (Acoustic)
#Instrumental
#Instrumental
#"Oh Pigman Where Art Thou?"
#"What a Waster" (Acoustic, vocals by Adam Green)
#"Who's Got the Crack" (The Moldy Peaches cover)
#Medley:
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★ "Back From the Dead"
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★ "Jeanne" (The Smiths cover)
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★ "Bollywood"
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★ "Dilly Boys"
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★ "Black Boy Lane"
#Medley:
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★ "Love Reign Over Me"
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★ "Through the Looking Glass"
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★ "Callin' All" (The La's cover)
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★ "Son of a Gun" (The La's cover)
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★ "Deep Pile Dreams" (Ian Brown cover)
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★ "The Ha Ha Wall"
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★ "I Love You (But You're Green)"
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★ "Don't Be Shy"
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★ "Time for Heroes"
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★ "Well I Wonder" (The Smiths cover)
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★ "Rubber Ring" (The Smiths cover)
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★ "Everyday Is Like Sunday" (Morrissey cover}
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★ "Albion" (instrumental)
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★ "Everyday Is Like Sunday" (Morrissey cover)
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★ "Shooting Star"
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★ "Unchained Melody" (The La's cover)
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★ "Huckleberry Grove" (Ocean Colour Scene cover)
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★ "What a Waster"
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★ "Ballad of Grimaldi"
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★ "Road to Ruin"
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★ "Delaney"
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★ "The Blinding"
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★ "Back From the Dead"
CD3:
#"Playing around with a Piano" (aka "Back From the Dead")
#"I Got Sweets"
#The Coral Medley:
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★ "Dreaming of You" (The Coral cover)
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★ "New Love Grows on Trees"
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★ "I Remember When" (The Coral cover)
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★ "You're My Waterloo"
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★ "Untitled 304"