Jeff Buckley
15 February 1995
Arte TV Studios, Paris, France

"Top Live" TV broadcast audio

Liberated Bootleg "Black Session/Velvet Jungle Session"

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01 Dream Brother
02 So Real
03 Last Goodbye
04 Mojo Pin
05 Grace
06 Eternal Life

TT: 0:37:57

Jeff Buckley - Guitars & Vocals
Michael Tighe - Guitars
Mick Grandahl - Bass
Matt Johnson - Drums

From Strasbourg, the band returned to Paris for a radio/TV session at Arte TV. This show has circulated for many years under number of different names/dates. It exists in both audio and video versions, with most of the audio sourced from the circulating roio "Black Session/Velvet Jungle Session", which may be a fan-creation, rather than a professional boot. That compilation is also the source of most circulating versions of the Bataclan show, as broadcast on French radio, and is the source of this upload as well.

The band recorded two sessions at Europe 1. First, a radio session which included interviews, for the Top Live Radio Show, then a filmed session for Arte TV's "Top Live" programme. The TV session was partially re-broadcast later on Paris Premiere's "Velvet Jungle" programme and elsewhere. The multiple shows, combined with the re-broadcasts, have led to continuing confusion over this set.

Having watched the video extensively, I can confidently say this audio was extracted from the TV broadcast; it is mono and compressed, but does not include the interview segments from the video. It cuts off just a few seconds before Jeff says a final "Good Night" at the end of the instrumental coda to "Eternal Life" The FM broadcast would presumably have been in stereo. This is NOT that. I received this on a trade CDr of the afore-mentioned compilation many years ago.

I'm uploading this for those who might wish only the audio without going to the trouble of extracting it for themselves. The video is a mist-have, and is coming next.

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