Are there any plans for a Mercury Rev live album?
There seems to be a good chance of it. In an August ’99 chat, Grasshopper said, “We may release some live recordings at some point. We tape every show.” And in 2002, James Shaw, the band’s sound engineer said, “I wouldn’t hold your breath, but somewhere over the rainbow… Every show is not necessarily “professionally recorded”, though all the shows are recorded with some rare exceptions due to technical reasons. I record all the shows from the sound desk with some microphones on the audience mixed in, but these recordings are rarely good enough for a “pro” live album. Though some of these recordings have showed up on the web site and on the B-Sides of the Dark Is Rising UK and EU singles/DVD. Once in a blue moon the show is multi-tracked, and a collection of these is slowly building, to see the light of day.
