The Uncut Countdown Tape

Veronica's Countdown, 22 May 1989, Dutch TV

(Pikachu Records, PR 001/2)

Disc 1: 61:33 min.
1. Party Party jam 5:20
2. How Many People take 1 5:05
3. How Many People ad lib 0:29
4. How Many People jam 2:38
5. How Many People take 2 4:41
6. My Brave Face take 1 3:34
7. My Brave Face riffs 1:03
8. Jam   3:18
9. Jam   2:01
10. My Brave Face take 2 3:38
11. How Many People ad lib 3:52
12. "Rockin' In Amsterdam" jam 10:24
13. "Rockin' In Amsterdam" reprise 1:57
14. How Many People take 3 7:40
15. How Many People take 4 5:53

Disc 2: 28:06 min.
1. Batman Theme jam 2:43
2. What'd I Say jam 1:02
3. interview   12:19
4. My Brave Face take 3 7:01
5. My Brave Face take 4 5:01

The source for this CD set is the uncut video tape made by the director of Veronica's Count Down. Count Down was a program on Dutch TV featuring top-40 artists, playbacking but sometimes playing live or rather miming along with versions of their hits performed especially for the show. For a long time this 'director's cut' remained behind closed doors but somehow it showed up and did the rounds amongst collectors. A small part of this material was booted before on CDs like 'Return To Pepperland' (Love Records), first as a CDR, later as a 'pressed' CD but never before a complete tape was transferred to compact disc. The sound quality of this set blows away previous releases.

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