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Live at the National Theatre

by My Friend The Chocolate Cake

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1.
A Slow Storm Brews (Live) 05:28
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2.
Talk About Love (Live) 03:15
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3.
Sirens (Live) 05:53
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4.
Vandorlo (Live) 03:15
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5.
A Midlife's Tale (Live) 03:25
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6.
Your Ship Has Gone (Live) 03:12
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7.
My Friend The Chocolate Cake (Live) 03:51
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8.
A Song From Under The Floorboards (Live) 03:59
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9.
Salt (Live) 05:22
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10.
Can't Find Love (Live) 04:02
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11.
Good Luck (Live) 03:45
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12.
Cello Song For Charlie (Live) 03:29
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13.
I've Got A Plan (Live) 03:10
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14.
The Romp (Live) 05:55
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15.
Throwing It Away (Live) 03:59
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16.
The Slow Way To Go Down (Live) 04:49
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17.
Czardas (Live) 03:50
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18.
The Old Years (Live) 06:11
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My Friend The Chocolate Cake's first live album, Live at the National Theatre, was recorded at the National Theatre in Melbourne on Saturday 26th October 1996, the album features highlights from the band's first three albums, and a cracking cover of Magazine's "A Song From Under The Floorboards."

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released November 1, 1997

MY FRIEND THE CHOCOLATE CAKE ARE:
David Bridie: piano, vocals
Helen Mountfort: cello, harmonies
Hope Csutoros: violin
David Abuiso: double bass, accordion
Andrew Richardson: guitar, harmonies
Andrew Carswell: mandolin, tin whistle, harmonica
Greg Patten: drums


Live at the National Theatre was recorded at the National Theatre, in Melbourne on Saturday 26th October 1996.

The live recording was made by the ABC, produced by Paul Petran and engineered by Brendan O'Neill.

Taken from the live mix by Stuart McPhee.

Post recording mixes:
Final remixes of all tracks were by Simon Polinsk at Periscope Studios, Melbourne except tracks 3, 12, 14 by Brendan O'Neill, ABC Studios, Melbourne

All songs published by Mushroom Music,
except “A Song From Under The Floorboards” EMI/Virgin Music.

Thanks to: Warren Costello, Elle Mackay, Denise D'Sylva, Vanessa Yates, Andrew Meadows and all from Mushroom Records; Meryl Gross, Paul Petran and Brendan O'Neill from the ABC; our crew on the night, the inimitable Stuart McPhee, the doctor Ben Shapiro, Rob Craw for the guest appearance, Jeffrey Farmer, family and pets.

Design: Deborah Ladd
All photos taken from the video filmed at The National Theatre by Michael Williams.

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My Friend The Chocolate Cake Melbourne, Australia

Their name alone should have ensured a quiet life. No one dreamed of ARIA awards, two years of sold-out Edinburgh Festival dates or the kind of ageless and eternally devoted audience. Somewhere within the unlikely union of kitchen sink piano tales, vivid chamber orchestration and hell-raising instrumental shenanigans, the Melbourne band has carved out a 20 year, seven album history. ... more

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