World Trade Center Benefit 2001

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cory rayborn murray street is a potent album and hearing some of its keystone tracks here in embryonic versions is fascinating, especially as some turn into long-form jams. Favorite track: Sympathy For The Strawberry (Live).

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1.	Intro (Live) 02:55	buy track
2.	Sympathy For The Strawberry (Live) 07:23	buy track
3.	Disconnection Notice (Live) 06:02	buy track
4.	Rain On Tin (Live) 08:32	buy track
5.	Karenology (Live) 07:35	buy track
6.	Empty Page (Live) 04:43	buy track
7.	NYC Ghosts & Flowers (Live) 10:07	buy track
8.	Schizophrenia (Live) 05:11	buy track
9.	White Kross (Live) 03:56	buy track
10.	Drunken Butterfly (Live) 04:50	buy track
11.	Brother James (Live) 03:37	buy track
12.	Burning Spear (Live) 04:21	buy track

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Some brief notes: Thurston Kim and I all lived downtown, and our studio on Murray Street was downtown. In fact pieces of one of the engines landed on the roof of our studio building, that's how close we were. The events of 9/11 were traumatic for so many, and too close for comfort for some of us. Many people were doing heroic work around the clock in the aftermath. This benefit show at The Bowery Ballroom was literally put together in a weeks time, shortly after we regained access to the studio and our gear. The show was in benefit for Central American workers killed in World Trade Center attacks and featured the following performers, in addition to SY: Tom Verlaine band, Paul Flaherty/Chris Corsano duo, Eileen Myles-Kim-Jim-DJ Olive quartet, Cat Power and a set by DJ Olive. Five new songs that we'd been working on - that later appeared on the Murray Street album - were debuted at this show in nascent forms.
--LR

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released October 7, 2001

Original front-of-house sound and recorded by Aaron Mullan.
EQ/Edit by Jeremy Lemos.
Front cover by Lee - edit from SY video photographed by Chris Habib.

Thanks to John Loughney

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