One of my new favorite bands, Okkervil River has released a live album of cover songs called "Golden Opportunities Mixtapes" These songs, all but one original are all cover songs, were recorded while on tour "at various radio stations, concerts, and empty hotel stairwells" between 2006-2007 . Golden Opportunities Mixtape (songwriters in partntheses):
1 April Anne (John Phillips)
2 Simon Smith and the Amazing Dancing Bear (Randy Newman)
3 I Want to Know (Charles F. Olsen/Ed Sanders)
4 Do What You Gotta Do (Jimmy Webb)
5 I Can Here to Say I'm Going Away (Serge Gainsbourg)
6 The Blonde in the Bleachers (Joni Mitchell)
7 Antarctica Starts Here (John Cale)
8 Listening to Otis Redding at Home During Christmas (Will Sheff)
9 Solo (Sandy Denny)
You can download it for free (including digital artwork and liner notes) via Okkervil River's website.
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