Live Seeds is the first official live Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds

Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds

Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds are an Australian alternative rock band, formed in Melbourne in 1983. The band is fronted by Nick Cave and has featured international personnel throughout their career.-Formation and early releases :...

 album, including the never-studio-recorded "Plain Gold Ring", a cover of a Nina Simone

Nina Simone

Eunice Kathleen Waymon , better known by her stage name Nina Simone , was an American singer, songwriter, pianist, arranger, and civil rights activist widely associated with jazz music...

 song. It was recorded live, at various concerts throughout Europe and Australia, during the touring stage after the release of Henry's Dream

Henry's Dream

Henry's Dream is the seventh album released by Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds, in spring 1992. There are possible references to John Berryman's series of poems The Dream Songs, which logs the dreams of the protagonist Henry. This album remains a big favourite amongst Bad Seeds fans, although Nick Cave...

in 1992-1993 and was intended to give the songs a raw feeling, as Nick Cave

Nick Cave

Nicholas Edward "Nick" Cave is an Australian musician, songwriter, author, screenwriter, and occasional film actor.He is best known for his work as a frontman of the critically acclaimed rock band Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds, established in 1984, a group known for its eclectic influences and...

 originally intended for that album before producing problems occurred.

Track listing

All tracks composed by Nick Cave; except where indicated

1. "The Mercy Seat" – 4:43 (Cave, Mick Harvey)
2. "Deanna" – 4:42
3. "The Ship Song
   The Ship Song
   "The Ship Song" is a song written by Nick Cave , originally performed by Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds on their 1990 The Good Son album. It was released by Mute Records as the first single from the album on 12 March 1990, as a CD single, 7" vinyl and a 12" vinyl release...
   
   " – 4:18
4. "Papa Won't Leave You, Henry" – 6:28
5. "Plain Gold Ring" – 5:03 (George Stone)
6. "John Finn's Wife" – 5:43
7. "Tupelo" – 6:05 (Cave, Barry Adamson
   Barry Adamson
   Barry Adamson is a British rock musician who has worked with rock bands such as Magazine, Visage, The Birthday Party, Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds, and the electronic musicians Pan sonic and Depeche Mode. Adamson created the seven-minute opus "Useless " remix for the latter band in 1997...
   
   , Mick Harvey)
8. "Brother, My Cup Is Empty" – 3:13
9. "The Weeping Song" – 3:59
10. "Jack the Ripper" – 3:49
11. "The Good Son" – 4:27
12. "From Her to Eternity" – 4:53 (Cave, Anita Lane
    Anita Lane
    Anita Lane is an Australian singer and songwriter who directly influenced the early 1980s European post-punk landscape.-Birthday Party:Lane was born in Melbourne, Australia in the late 1950s. Lane began singing and writing songs at age 16. She was a classmate with Rowland S. Howard who would...
    
    , Barry Adamson, Blixa Bargeld, Hugo Race
    Hugo Race
    Hugo Race is an Australian rock musician and record producer who has been based in Europe since 1989. He was a member of Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds, before forming The Wreckery with Nick Barker and Robin Casinader in the 1980s. He is currently a member of Hugo Race and the True Spirit.Race is...
    
    , Mick Harvey)
13. "New Morning" – 3:22

Personnel

• Nick Cave – vocals
• Blixa Bargeld
  Blixa Bargeld
  Blixa Bargeld is a composer, author, actor, singer, musician, performer and lecturer in a number of artistic fields...
  
   – guitar, backing vocals
• Mick Harvey
  Mick Harvey
  Michael John Harvey , is an Australian rock musician, composer, arranger and record producer. He is best known for his long-time collaboration with the singer and songwriter Nick Cave...
  
   – guitar, xylophone, backing vocals
• Martyn Casey – bass, backing vocals
• Conway Savage
  Conway Savage
  Conway Savage is an Australian rock musician best known as pianist/organist/backing vocalist for Nick Cave and The Bad Seeds....
  
   – piano, organ, backing vocals
• Thomas Wydler
  Thomas Wydler
  Thomas Wydler , is a Swiss musician best known for being a core member of Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds, of which he has been a drummer since 1985. Prior to joining them, he was a member of the experimental German band Die Haut. Wydler has been present on almost every Bad Seeds album, making his...
  
  – drums

Mixed at Atlantic Studios, Melbourne, Australia in January – February 1993