{"id":496,"date":"2011-04-22T05:56:21","date_gmt":"2011-04-22T10:56:21","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.musoscribe.com\/?p=496"},"modified":"2011-04-22T05:56:21","modified_gmt":"2011-04-22T10:56:21","slug":"bootleg-bin-teenage-fanclub-live-at-the-13th-note-walex-chilton-04-08-93","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/blog.musoscribe.com\/index.php\/2011\/04\/22\/bootleg-bin-teenage-fanclub-live-at-the-13th-note-walex-chilton-04-08-93\/","title":{"rendered":"Bootleg Bin: Teenage Fanclub &#8211; Live at the 13th Note w\/Alex Chilton 04-08-93"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.musoscribe.com\/images\/alex_chilton_and_tfc.jpg\" align=\"right\" height=\"225\" hspace=\"10\" vspace=\"10\" width=\"225\" \/>Here&#8217;s a recipe for success. Take an American 70s cult icon, one  notorious for erratic performances, and add a healthy dose of one  Scottish revivalist pop band that mixes equal parts noise, distortion  and ethereal harmonies. What do you get? Well, you could get a  trainwreck. But in this case you get <strong>Alex Chilton<\/strong>, former frontman of  60s poppers <strong>The Box Tops<\/strong>, and (more importantly) leader of  mega-influential-but-didn&#8217;t sell 70s legends <strong>Big Star<\/strong>, onstage this  night with <strong>Teenage Fanclub<\/strong>.  Recorded and broadcast for the Scottish BBC, this 1993 set is really a  Chilton showcase. The Fannies know their <a href=\"http:\/\/blog.musoscribe.com\/?p=29\">Big Star<\/a>, and run through great  tracks like &#8220;September Gurls&#8221; and Chilton&#8217;s &#8220;Free Again&#8221; with relish.  In doing so they make a good case for serving as the new Big Star, but  in the end Chilton chose another group of 60s pop fanatics (<a href=\"http:\/\/blog.musoscribe.com\/?p=313\"><strong>The Posies<\/strong><\/a>)  for that role.<\/p>\n<p>Chilton (who sadly <a href=\"http:\/\/blog.musoscribe.com\/?p=188\">passed away in 2010<\/a>) is at the peak of his powers this night, and actually seems to  be enjoying himself (not a given when speaking of Chilton performances,  it must be noted). Ad the guys in TFC seem about to bust for all the fun  they&#8217;re having, freed for the evening from purveying their own ace  tunes.<\/p>\n<p>The set is all over the map stylewise &#8212; covering everything from the  Joe Meek production &#8220;Telstar&#8221; to early Frank Zappa &#8212; and that&#8217;s a good  thing. Meanwhile, as a neat bonus, &#8220;The Alex Chilton Trio&#8221; comes back  onstage and plays a half-dozen cocktail-jazz and retropop numbers in the  style of Chilton&#8217;s then-current release, <em>Clich\u00e9s<\/em>. An eclectic  set from an artist known far and wide for his eclecticism. All in all, a  transcendent set. Note: there circulates a wonderful set of unreleased  studio sessions with Alex and TFC that is well worthwhile, but it&#8217;s  impossibly rare. <em>This <\/em>live set, however, can be found fairly easily if  one knows where to look.<\/p>\n<p align=\"center\">\u00a0 <a href=\"http:\/\/www.twitter.com\/the_musoscribe\" class=\"body\">Follow  \u201cthe_musoscribe\u201d on <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/musoscribe.com\/images\/icon_twitter_small.jpg\" valign=\"middle\" border=\"0\" height=\"18\" hspace=\"1\" vspace=\"0\" width=\"18\" \/>  Twitter<\/a> and get notified<\/p>\n<p align=\"center\">when new features, reviews and essays are published.<\/p>\n<p align=\"center\">  DISCLOSURE OF MATERIAL CONNECTION:<\/p>\n<p align=\"center\"><a href=\"http:\/\/cmp.ly\/0\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/musoscribe.com\/images\/cmply_0.png\" alt=\"I have not received any compensation for writing this content and I have no material connection to the brands, topics and\/or products that are mentioned herein.\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Here&#8217;s a recipe for success. 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