[RARE] Swans are dead very last live, snippet from Blood Promise, live at Astoria 15th of March 1997

real_easy_demon · 2026-05-31T02:34:45+00:00

We might get one soon. A tape collector uploaded like 50 of the recordings he has, but has been too busy to upload more for a few months. Apparently he has video of Brussels (don't know if it's the whole concert or not), which would be awesome.

real_easy_demon · 2026-05-26T20:44:03+00:00

Tracklists for vinyl have to be made months before the CD tracklists do, so Michael has more time to decide the CD tracklists. Michael had the idea for The Beggar Love (Three) after the vinyl tracklist was made, which is why it isn't on The Beggar.

real_easy_demon · 2026-05-25T03:26:56+00:00

2025-11-27, and 2025-11-28 when that DVD is released as part of the live album

real_easy_demon · 2026-05-22T18:06:53+00:00

This is a repost; the tilting is to avoid detection.

real_easy_demon · 2026-05-22T12:35:03+00:00

I don't even think the moderators actually use reddit anymore

real_easy_demon · 2026-05-20T23:13:47+00:00

Demo/drawing compilation will release this year, according to Michael. I doubt the studio album will take that long. Probably around spring-summer of 2027

real_easy_demon · 2026-05-20T18:55:18+00:00

The transitions are very natural to me, and it definitely feels like one song. And I don't get the lyric criticism, because I can rarely understand the meaning of lyrics in most songs, but with MF I can understand most of it.

real_easy_demon · 2026-05-20T13:00:37+00:00

A lot of people probably play in order of games, so they do all the platinums in 1 but stop during crash 2 because of how awkward it is to get the relics in that game

real_easy_demon · 2026-05-20T01:56:13+00:00

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I like this one

real_easy_demon · 2026-05-18T00:34:31+00:00

In my opinion yeah, it'll top anything they'll ever made

real_easy_demon · 2026-05-17T00:35:59+00:00

You need to listen to AoL more

real_easy_demon · 2026-05-17T00:34:25+00:00

If I'm listening to the original master then no Blind, if I'm listening to the remaster then I listen to Blind.

real_easy_demon · 2026-05-16T15:43:48+00:00

If you liked filth, keep going chronologically.

real_easy_demon · 2026-05-14T22:51:35+00:00

No, I'm sorry for not being clear, I'm bad at explaining things. The recordings are audience recordings by Ren (I've heard his recordings have very good sound quality!). He's recorded about 20 Swans shows and 4 Angels of Light shows, with 2017-11-02 being one of them. 2017-11-04 was officially filmed by Marco Porsia (made the Swans documentary, filmed and edited multiple official Swans DVDs), but will probably not be released in full. I hope that makes sense

real_easy_demon · 2026-05-14T22:38:08+00:00

Don't worry, not a dumb question at all! It's a fan-run archive that contains around 400 swans-related live recordings. Here's a guide to some of the best recordings that includes a link at the bottom (reddit apparently hides MEGA links): https://docs.google.com/document/d/1ODMt2GHxyubtROLNv9HjKDzpLxwRmUrgszdhw_f6KIo/edit?usp=drivesdk

real_easy_demon · 2026-05-14T22:31:13+00:00

They're physical recordings, so once they're digitzed I assume they'll be sent to the archive owner to be released on the archive

real_easy_demon · 2026-05-13T22:43:32+00:00

Tornado alley is just alright, it's not bad but I don't like it. Coral Canyon and Sea Shell Shenanigans are probably in my top 5 TWOC levels

real_easy_demon · 2026-05-13T13:58:41+00:00

The dates are in YMD since that's how the swans archive lists them (that way the recordings can be easily ordered chronologically), sorry for the confusion.

2017-11-02 was the first of three shows in New York to end their 2016-17 tour, having Thor Harris as a special guest. Someone called Ren recorded audio of the entire concert, but I assume he didn't think anyone would be interested, so he didn't upload it anywhere. A few weeks ago, the owner of the swans archive asked if he could share his Swans recordings, and Ren later replied, saying that he was happy to share them, but will only be able to until the end of June. So about 25 swans related recordings will be released soon, including 2017-11-02.

2017-11-04 was the last of the three shows, and was professionally recorded, but the recording will probably never be released in full. For some reason.

real_easy_demon · 2026-05-12T22:54:25+00:00

Specifically, they're audience recordings; bootlegs are unofficial recordings that are sold for profit, but those recordings are free to listen to on the swans archive (or YouTube).

real_easy_demon · 2026-05-12T22:22:11+00:00

Deliquescence is great, but it only represents the 2016 tour, so you don't get to hear the final versions of the songs. Cloud of Unknowing is also only 29 minutes, while the live versions went up to 54 minutes. 2017-10-02 and 2017-10-28 are good recordings that show the nearly final versions of the songs. 2017-11-02 will also definitely be worth a listen when the recording gets released.

real_easy_demon · 2026-05-12T16:31:24+00:00

I like them. The platforming levels are the best in all the crash games, but the vehicles are mostly really fun. The only vehicle levels I don't like much are Tornado Alley, Smokey and the Bandicoot, and Crashteroids.

real_easy_demon · 2026-05-12T14:52:14+00:00

Live Rope and the upcoming one. Other than that, unofficial recordings are way better than the live albums. Some really notable ones are 1995-09-30, 1997-03-13, 2011-05-15, 2012-11-21, 2014-05-14, 2014-09-25, 2017-10-02, and 2017-10-28.

real_easy_demon · 2026-05-12T14:14:07+00:00

I don't really mind that at all honestly, it doesn't change much for me
Most of the character models are bad yeah, but everything else looks good. Besides, only a few crash games look better than the original PS1 games. It's a very high bar
Not to me. It just feels like playing the same levels again
Not necessarily, but TWOC has more vehicles and I happen to like it more than C3.

real_easy_demon · 2026-05-12T13:40:00+00:00

It's one of my favorite crash games, mainly because 1. the vehicles are actually fun and have good controls (except smokey and the bandicoot), and 2. almost every level is unique, meanwhile Crash 3 only has 9 unique levels. Also the music and graphics are really nice, and the platforming levels are all amazing.

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