Live at the Enmore Theatre
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Live at the Enmore Theatre (1999) is a live EP by The Tea Party
and the band's only live release. The EP was released through Australian radio station Triple J
in a limited quantity of 100. Recorded live at the Enmore Theatre
, Sydney on 7 October 1999, during the band's tour for Triptych, the EP features performances of songs from the album. A string quintet performs with the band on "The Messenger
".
The Tea Party
The Tea Party is a Canadian rock band with blues, progressive rock, Indian and Middle Eastern influences, dubbed "Moroccan roll" by the media. Active throughout the 1990s up until 2005 when the band broke up, The Tea Party released eight albums on EMI Music Canada, selling 1.6 million records...
and the band's only live release. The EP was released through Australian radio station Triple J
Triple J
triple j is a nationally networked Australian radio station intended to appeal to listeners between the ages of 18 and 30. The government-funded station is a division of the Australian Broadcasting Corporation...
in a limited quantity of 100. Recorded live at the Enmore Theatre
Enmore Theatre
The Enmore Theatre is a theatre and entertainment venue in Sydney. It is located on Enmore Road in the suburb of Enmore, south-west of the adjoining suburb, Newtown. It is a medium-sized venue...
, Sydney on 7 October 1999, during the band's tour for Triptych, the EP features performances of songs from the album. A string quintet performs with the band on "The Messenger
The Messenger (song)
"The Messenger" is a song by Canadian songwriter Daniel Lanois. It is the first track of his album For the Beauty of Wynona.The song was covered by Canadian rock band The Tea Party and was released as a promotional single in Canada. The music video was shot in Toronto, under the direction of George...
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Track listing
- "Heaven Coming DownHeaven Coming Down"Heaven Coming Down" is a song by Canadian rock band The Tea Party. It a rock composition of heavy drums, chiming 12-string Rickenbacker guitar with bass and keyboard accompaniment. The music video was shot in Toronto....
" - "Underground"
- "GoneGone (The Tea Party song)"Gone" is a song by Canadian rock band The Tea Party. It was released as a promotional single in Canada before being withdrawn."Gone" is an acoustic composition featuring a string quartet. The alternative mix features a more complex drum track with Jeff Burrows' distinctive booming drums....
" - "The MessengerThe Messenger (song)"The Messenger" is a song by Canadian songwriter Daniel Lanois. It is the first track of his album For the Beauty of Wynona.The song was covered by Canadian rock band The Tea Party and was released as a promotional single in Canada. The music video was shot in Toronto, under the direction of George...
" (Daniel LanoisDaniel LanoisDaniel Lanois born September 19, 1951 in Hull, Quebec) is a Canadian record producer, guitarist, vocalist, and songwriter. He has released a number of albums of his own work and has produced albums for a wide variety of artists, including Bob Dylan, Neil Young, Peter Gabriel, Emmylou Harris, Willie...
cover) - "Halcyon Days"
Personnel
- The Tea Party:
- Jeff BurrowsJeff BurrowsJeffrey John Burrows is the drummer and percussionist for Canadian rock band Crash Karma, and formerly for The Tea Party....
- drumsDrum kitA drum kit is a collection of drums, cymbals and often other percussion instruments, such as cowbells, wood blocks, triangles, chimes, or tambourines, arranged for convenient playing by a single person ....
and percussionPercussion instrumentA percussion instrument is any object which produces a sound when hit with an implement or when it is shaken, rubbed, scraped, or otherwise acted upon in a way that sets the object into vibration... - Stuart ChatwoodStuart ChatwoodStuart Chatwood, is a Canadian musician, best known as the bass guitar and keyboard player for the rock band The Tea Party. The Tea Party are known for fusing together musical styles of both the Eastern and Western worlds, in what they call "Moroccan roll"...
- Bass guitarBass guitarThe bass guitar is a stringed instrument played primarily with the fingers or thumb , or by using a pick....
, bass pedalsBass pedalsBass pedals are an electronic musical instrument with foot-operated pedal keyboard with a range of one or more octaves. The earliest bass pedals from the 1970s consisted of a pedalboard and analog synthesizer tone generation circuitry packaged together as a unit...
, keyboardsKeyboard instrumentA keyboard instrument is a musical instrument which is played using a musical keyboard. The most common of these is the piano. Other widely used keyboard instruments include organs of various types as well as other mechanical, electromechanical and electronic instruments... - Jeff MartinJeff Martin (Canadian musician)Jeffrey Scott Martin is a Canadian guitarist and singer-songwriter best known for fronting the rock band The Tea Party. Martin began his career as a solo artist in October 2005, when The Tea Party disbanded....
- vocalsSingingSinging is the act of producing musical sounds with the voice, and augments regular speech by the use of both tonality and rhythm. One who sings is called a singer or vocalist. Singers perform music known as songs that can be sung either with or without accompaniment by musical instruments...
, acousticAcoustic guitarAn acoustic guitar is a guitar that uses only an acoustic sound board. The air in this cavity resonates with the vibrational modes of the string and at low frequencies, which depend on the size of the box, the chamber acts like a Helmholtz resonator, increasing or decreasing the volume of the sound...
and electricElectric guitarAn electric guitar is a guitar that uses the principle of direct electromagnetic induction to convert vibrations of its metal strings into electric audio signals. The signal generated by an electric guitar is too weak to drive a loudspeaker, so it is amplified before sending it to a loudspeaker...
guitarGuitarThe guitar is a plucked string instrument, usually played with fingers or a pick. The guitar consists of a body with a rigid neck to which the strings, generally six in number, are attached. Guitars are traditionally constructed of various woods and strung with animal gut or, more recently, with...
s, oudOudThe oud is a pear-shaped stringed instrument commonly used in North African and Middle Eastern music. The modern oud and the European lute both descend from a common ancestor via diverging paths...
- Jeff Burrows
- String quintet:
- Rob John - ViolinViolinThe violin is a string instrument, usually with four strings tuned in perfect fifths. It is the smallest, highest-pitched member of the violin family of string instruments, which includes the viola and cello....
- Adrian Bendt - Violin
- Jane Brownlee - ViolaViolaThe viola is a bowed string instrument. It is the middle voice of the violin family, between the violin and the cello.- Form :The viola is similar in material and construction to the violin. A full-size viola's body is between and longer than the body of a full-size violin , with an average...
- Heather Shaw - CelloCelloThe cello is a bowed string instrument with four strings tuned in perfect fifths. It is a member of the violin family of musical instruments, which also includes the violin, viola, and double bass. Old forms of the instrument in the Baroque era are baryton and viol .A person who plays a cello is...
- Rachel Wheally - Cello
- Rob John - Violin
- The Sound on Stage Mobile Audio:
- David Cafe - Engineer
- Phil Gange - Assistant Engineer
- Penny Connolly-Coates - Assistant Engineer
- Steve Kennedy - Assistant Engineer
- Metropolis Audio, South Melbourne:
- Jeff Martin - Mixer
- Timmy Johnson - Assistant Mixer