The Miller's Tale: A Tom Verlaine Anthology is a 1996 double-CD

Double album

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 compilation album

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 by Tom Verlaine

Tom Verlaine

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. It chronicles his solo career and his career with Television

Television (band)

Television was an American rock band, formed in New York City in 1973. They are best known for the album Marquee Moon and widely regarded as one of the founders of "punk" and New Wave music. Television was part of the early 1970s New York underground rock scene, along with bands like the Patti...

 on one CD (including several obscurities) and the other CD is an edited live performance from London

London

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 in 1982.

Track overview

The first CD covers the period of the three Television albums, Verlaine's solo work and also contains a selection of previously unreleased songs that were allegedly shelved after being submitted for release in 1986. These tracks were recorded in London

London

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, and includes "Your Finest Hour", "O Foolish Heart", "Anna", "Sixteen Tulips", "Call Me The", and "Lindi-Lu".

The second CD is an edited release of a 1982 concert in London

London

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 featuring Jimmy Ripp

Jimmy Ripp

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 on guitar

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, Jay Dee Daugherty

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 on drum

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s, Fred Smith

Fred Smith (bassist)

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 on bass

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 and Tom Verlaine

Tom Verlaine

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 on vocals

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 and guitar

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. This performance is notable for an extended jam in "Always" that differs considerably from the recorded version.

Track listing

CD1 live at The Venue, Victoria, London

Victoria, London

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, June 9, 1982 *

1. "Kingdom Come" (3:51)
2. "Souvenir from a Dream" (4:30)
3. "Clear It Away" (4:51)
4. "Always" (9:05)
5. "Postcard from Waterloo" (3:20)
6. "Penetration" (5:09)
7. "Breakin' in my Heart" (8:14)
8. "Marquee Moon" (13:31)
9. "Days on the Mountain" (10:30)
10. "Prove It" (5:53)

CD2 Compilation of Television and Verlaine solo tracks

1. "Venus" (3:49)
2. "Glory" (3:08)
3. "The Grip of Love" (3:55)
4. "Without a Word" (3:16)
5. "Words from the Front" (6:40)
6. "Let Go The Mansion" (3:10)
7. "Lindi-Lu" (3:43)
8. "O Foolish Heart" (4:28)
9. "Five Miles of You" (5:36)
10. "Your Finest Hour" (2:27)
11. "Anna" (5:07)
12. "Sixteen Tulips" (4:55)
13. "Call Me The" (3:35)
14. "At 4 a.m." (3:29)
15. "Stalingrad" (3:32)
16. "Call Mr. Lee" (4:14)
17. "No Glamour For Willi" (4:56)
18. "The Revolution" (3:09)

• Date of June 3 in liner notes is wrong. My ticket stub from this concert says June 9.