LEONARD COHEN
London, England - (Paris Theatre),
BBC-TV "Leonard Cohen sings Leonard Cohen"
Summer 1968


68/08/31 Broadcast:
1. You Know Who I Am
2. Bird On The Wire
3. The Stranger Song - solo
4. So Long, Marianne
5. The Master Song

68/09/07 Broadcast:
6. There's No Reason Why You Should Remember Me (improvisation)
7. Sisters Of Mercy
8. Teachers
9. Dress Rehearsal Rag
10. Suzanne - solo
11. Hey, That's No Way To Say Goodbye
12. Story Of Isaac
13. One Of Us Cannot Be Wrong

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(3 known source recordings)


[lc680831-1] / [lc680907-1]

source: pro-shot video (television broadcast)
length: 64 minutes (complete)
details: this video is not in circulation and was supposedly erased.


[lc680831-2] / [lc680907-2]
source: television broadcast (audio recorded probably on a reel)
length: 62 minutes (complete)
details: I'd say it's the source used for the bootleg CD At The Beeb, see 2A. Circulates as Reel(?)(M) > REEL(x) > DAT(1) > CDR. Inferior quality to source 3. Includes "One of Us Cannot Be Wrong".


[lc680831-2A] / [lc680907-2A]
length:
59 minutes (incomplete)
details: missing "One of Us Cannot Be Wrong" from september 7 broadcast. Bootleg CD At The Beeb (©1992 Yellow Cat Records, Luxembourg, YC 018), sourced from unknown generation tapes.

DISC 1 - (59:11)
1. You Know Who I Am (3:54)
2. Bird On The Wire (4:33)
3. The Stranger Song (6:38)
4. So Long Marianne (8:12)
5. The Master Song (7:41)
6. There's No Reason Why You Should Remember Me (2:12)
7. Sisters Of Mercy (4:05)
8. Teachers (4:09)
9. Dress Rehearsal Rag (6:25)
10. Suzanne (3:46)
11. Hey, That's No Way To Say Goodbye (3:51)
12. Story Of Isaac (3:45)


[lc680831-3] / [lc680907-3]
source: television broadcast (BBC tape)
length:
64 minutes (complete)
details: 13/13 songs available since 2001 from 2nd gen. cassette (from BBC videotape master?), much better than source 2.

DISC 1 - (63:48)
1. You Know Who I Am (3:33)
2. Bird On The Wire (4:38)
3. The Stranger Song (6:17)
4. So Long Marianne (7:57)
5. The Master Song (7:37)
6. [BBC Outro] (0:05)
7. [BBC Intro] (0:09)
8. There's No Reason Why You Should Remember Me (2:08)
9. Sisters Of Mercy (3:57)
10. Teachers (3:56)
11. Dress Rehearsal Rag (6:05)
12. Suzanne (3:51)
13. Hey, That's No Way To Say Goodbye (4:10)
14. Story Of Isaac (3:58)
15. One Of Us Cannot Be Wrong (5:21)


[lc680831-3A] / [lc680907-3A]

length:
64 minutes (complete)
details: JWB remaster.


comments: this concert is only circulating in audio format, video being presumably erased. The date of the recording session is unknown (somewhere in the summer of 1968).

Unique known live performance of "Teachers". Oldest known live performance of "Sisters of Mercy", "Story of Isaac" & "One of Us Cannot Be Wrong".


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