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Twists and Turns
(bootleg CD)

Doberman 228/229/230
(Released November 1999)

Disc One:

  1. Boogie Woogie Country Girl (vocal by Geraint Watkins) (3:18)
  2. Ain't That Loving You Baby (3:34)
  3. Moondance (5:21)
  4. In The Afternoon / Joe Turner Sings / Don't You Make Me High / Sex Machine (8:54)
  5. Back On Top (4:14)
  6. Goin' Down Geneva / Brand New Cadillac (4:22)
  7. In The Midnight (5:14)
  8. Philosphers Stone (7:09)
  9. Don't Worry About A Thing / Be Bob A Lula (5:17)
  10. Vanlose Stairway / Trans Euro Train (5:36)
  11. Precious Time (3:26)
  12. Tupelo Honey (4:28)
  13. Satisfied (4:38)
  14. The Healing Game (5:43)
    Total time: (71:14)

Disc Two:
  1. Lonely Avenue (7:33)
  2. Who Can I Turn To? (4:29)
  3. High Summer (4:52)
  4. That's Life (4:42)
  5. Just Like A Woman (5:38)
  6. Orangefield (3:34)
  7. Ain't Nothin' You Can Do (4:02)
  8. I'm Gonna Move To The Outskirts Of Town (4:49)
  9. New Biography (5:36)
  10. When The Leaves Come Falling Down (6:09)
  11. And The Healing Has Begun (8:43)
  12. Help Me / Green Onions (7:28)
    Total time: (67:35)

Disc Three:
  1. See Me Through / Soldier Of Fortune / Thank You Falletenme Bemicelf Agin / Burning Ground (14:22)
  2. Sack-A-Woe (5:54)
  3. How Long Has This Been Going On? (4:22)
  4. Centerpiece (5:24)
  5. My Lagan Love (5:38)
  6. Northern Muse (Solid Ground) (4:25)
  7. Into The Mystic (4:11)
  8. Jackie Wilson Said (3:37)
  9. Reminds Me Of You (5:40)
  10. Georgia (6:50)
  11. Gloria (6:07)
  12. audience noise (:41)
    Total time: (67:11)

Notes:
This is reported to be "a new 3 CD-R set from Doberman Records, that will contain BOTH complete sets from the shows in Ross-on-Wye on August 21, 1999, plus bonus tracks from shows in Chester July 24, 1999 and Edinburgh August 4, 1999. Usual high quality audience recordings, with improved quality, professionally printed packaging."

Review:
This is a typical good Doberman Digital Audience Tape recording (they appear at their best in outdoor venues). Not their very best but still awfully good ...very occasional slight distortion in the highs. Van in VERY good vocal form. Great horns throughout and lovely piano, also. Humorously, VM and the band lose their way on one number and the song breaks down ... on "Moondance," of all things ... you wouldn't think it possible at this point. A higher number of slow songs than usual (which VM himself mentions). A lovely "In The Midnight." It occurs to me on the basis of one listen on the run that between this and the 1999 Hay-On-Wye shows, a live version of the Back On Top album would be a wonderful thing ... the songs seem to have all grown through performance.

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