Jackie Leven
Record sleeve: Live Or Die — Live in Bremen 1999 & 2004

Jackie Leven

Live Or Die — Live in Bremen 1999 & 2004

2024 · Live album

Format
4 CD
Label
MIG Music
Catalogue number
MIG 02922
Recorded
CD 1–2: Club Moments, Bremen, 27 May 1999. CD 3–4: Radio Bremen broadcasting hall, 29 March 2004.
Released
26 April 2024

Listen to the album

The digital edition has 25 songs, without the ten spoken “ad lib” interludes of the CD set.

Track listing

CD 1

  1. Intro3:04
  2. Stranger On The SquareLive Bremen 1999 · Munich Blues · Kiel 2003 5:06
  3. ad lib: Jackie Talking About Football (Soccer)2:12
  4. Call Mother A Lonely FieldLive London, 12 Bar Club · London 1998 · Bremen 1999 · Bergen 2003 · Rockpalast 2004 · Bremen 2004 · Essen 2009 4:33
  5. ad lib: Jackie Talking About Andy White (Irish Singer)4:23
  6. Looking For LoveLive London 1998 · Bremen 1999 · Munich Blues · Kiel 2000 8:38
  7. The Crazy SongLive Bremen 1999 · Bergen 2003 · Vienna 2010 5:02
  8. Jim O´WindygatesLive Bremen 1999 · Kiel 2003 · Cropredy 2004 · Jackie Leven Said · Manchester 2009 8:45
  9. I Saw My Love Walk into CloudsLive Bremen 1999 · Munich Blues · Kiel 2003 4:10

CD 2

  1. Marble City BarLive London, 12 Bar Club · Bremen 1999 · Deep in the Heart of Nowhere · Kiel 2003 7:09
  2. Universal Blue – Poortoun 10:41
  3. ad lib: Jackie Talking About City Life3:08
  4. Single FatherLive Bremen 1999 · Munich Blues · Taratata (TV) · Bath 2000 · London 2000 · Deep in the Heart of Nowhere · Bremen 2004 · London, Borderline · Bakkeveen 2008 5:13
  5. ad lib: Jackie Talking About His Son Simon3:06
  6. Men In PrisonLive Bremen 1999 · Bergen 2003 4:42
  7. ad lib: Jackie Talking About St. Kitts & Nevis6:39
  8. Gylen-GylenLive Bremen 1999 8:47

CD 3

  1. Single FatherLive Bremen 1999 · Munich Blues · Taratata (TV) · Bath 2000 · London 2000 · Deep in the Heart of Nowhere · Bremen 2004 · London, Borderline · Bakkeveen 2008 6:36
  2. ad lib: Butterfly2:01
  3. My PhilosophyLive Only the Ocean Can Forgive · Rockpalast 2004 · Bremen 2004 6:57
  4. FlyLive Bremen 2004 5:13
  5. ad lib: Alvis Green4:27
  6. Alvis GreenLive Bremen 2004 4:29
  7. ad lib: Glen Matlock is drinking…1:54
  8. Empty In Soho SquareLive Rockpalast 2004 · Bremen 2004 7:12
  9. A Little Voice In SpaceLive Rockpalast 2004 · Bremen 2004 · Manchester 2009 8:49
  10. Classic Northern DiversionsLive Only the Ocean Can Forgive · Bergen 2003 · Rockpalast 2004 · Bremen 2004 · Glasgow 2011 10:36

CD 4

  1. ad lib: Little Brown Box6:12
  2. Little Brown BoxLive Bremen 2004 4:10
  3. PoortounLive London, 12 Bar Club · London 1998 · Trowbridge 1999 · Bergen 2003 · Rockpalast 2004 · Bremen 2004 · Cropredy 2004 · Trowbridge 2008 7:27
  4. ad lib: Certain German Places1:58
  5. Exit WoundLive Otley · Rockpalast 2004 · Bremen 2004 · Cropredy 2004 · Jackie Leven Said · Solingen 2005 9:19
  6. Call Mother A Lonely FieldLive London, 12 Bar Club · London 1998 · Bremen 1999 · Bergen 2003 · Rockpalast 2004 · Bremen 2004 · Essen 2009 7:27
  7. Tied-Up HouseLive Bremen 2004 8:35
  8. Live Or DieLive Rockpalast 2004 · Bremen 2004 4:09

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In the press

  • 7 May 2024 · Musikreviews.de · Reviews

    Jackie Leven: Live Or Die – Live in Bremen, 1999 & 2004

    Very personal, rapturous review by editor-in-chief Thoralf Koß of the 4-CD box (MIG, 26 April 2024) with a 1999 solo concert and the 2004 concert with Michael Cosgrave in the Radio Bremen Sendesaal. The text begins with three quotations: a comment under the theArtsDesk obituary (with the closing line of “Main Travelled Roads”), the Tagesspiegel obituary of 17 November 2011 and the musikreviews comments of 2011, including Jochen König's criticism of the FAZ obituary. Koß praises Leven as one of the most likeable and honest musicians ever, compares him with Bob Dylan, Frank Zappa, Elvis Presley and above all Scott Walker, describes his “tramp outfit” and his refusal to give encores (“only idiots like Robbie Williams”). He praises the guitar playing, voice and sound quality. In a postscript he tells of a lengthy conversation with Leven at the Beatpol in Dresden about 15 years earlier and a signed CD “For Peace Comes Dropping Slow”. Tone: hymn, highest praise.

  • 7 July 2024 · RockTimes · Reviews

    Jackie Leven / Live Or Die (Live In Bremen 1999 & 2004) – 4CD-Box-Review

    Positive review of the MIG box: CD 1–2 solo from the Bremen club Moments (1999), CD 3–4 with Michael Cosgrave (2004).

Musicians & credits

Keyboards (CD 3–4)
Michael Cosgrave

Sources for this edition