:: AUDIO

This page hosts rare or otherwise unavailable audio, mostly live recordings that aren't commercially available. The Mutton Birds' studio albums can be bought online from Marbecks, Smoke CDs and Real Groovy among others.

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:: New - Don McGlashan live

Direct from Don McGlashan, a live recording of "Queen's English" performed with the Auckland Chamber Orchestra, Chris O'Connor and John Segovia a few months ago. Don tells us, "It's based on the arrangement I did for the Mutton Birds' gig with the NZ National Symphony back in 99 - but I had to re-jig it for smaller orchestra."



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:: AUDIO ARCHIVE

The Mutton Birds
B-Sides & Rarities
Volume 3


01 Queen's English (Don and the Auckland Chamber Orchestra)
02 Straight To Your Head (12 Bar Club 01-02-98)
03 April (12 Bar Club 01-02-98)
04 Small Mercies (12 Bar Club 01-02-98)
05 The Green Lantern (12 Bar Club 01-02-98)
06 Big Fish (12 Bar Club 15-12-97)
07 The Heater (12 Bar Club 07-97)
08 Nature (with Wayne Mason, Bodega 05-03-98)
09 Andy (Wolverhampton 25-11-00)
10 Claude Rains (Wolverhampton 25-11-00)
11 White Valiant (Bodega 19-12-01)
12 Stay Hungry (Shepherd's Bush Empire 12-00)
13 Helicopter Pilot (Stoke 11-06-98)
14 Come Sunday (Stoke 11-06-98)
15 Nature (Don and Wayne Mason (acoustic)
16 Too Close To The Sun (live on Helter Skelter)
17 White Valiant (live on Helter Skelter)
18 In My Room (live on Helter Skelter)
19 Before The Breakthrough (live on Helter Skelter)
20 She's Been Talking (live on VH1)
21 Trouble With You (live on VH1)
22 Last Year's Shoes (Don and Tony live on Good Morning)

Note: The name 'B-Sides & Rarities' is a little misleading for this collection as it's all live (mostly audience) recordings, never officially released. All the available studio recordings were gathered together for the first two volumes of this series. This one does however feature some hard to find tracks, such as Come Sunday, Stay Hungry and Helicopter Pilot, Don's recent live recording of Queen's English with the Auckland Chamber Orchestra, the first ever public airing of Green Lantern (recorded at the 12 Bar Club in Feb '98), and some audio from live TV performances. The rest are mainly personal choices of particularly good live performances, some of which I've tweaked and removed some background hiss from.

The Mutton Birds
B-Sides & Rarities
Volume 2


01 Along the Boundary
02 Don't Fear The Reaper
03 You've Got The Eyes
04 While You Sleep (alt mix)
05 Pulled Along By Love (single)
06 Better Not Find You
07 As Close As This (single)
08 Pulled Along By Love (live acoustic)
09 The Falls (live acoustic)
10 The Girl With The X-Ray Eyes
11 No Telling When (instrumental)
12 Three Minutes (instrumental edit)
13 Straight To Your Head (live)
14 Trouble With You (live)
15 She's Been Talking (live)
16 While You Sleep (live)
17 As Close As This (live)
18 Ray (live)

01 from UK 'Come Around' single
02 from Aus 'Don't Fear The Reaper' single
3-4 out-takes from 'Envy Of Angels' sessions
5-6 from UK 'Pulled Along By Love' single
7-9 from UK 'AsCloseAsThis' single
10 from NZ 'The Underwater Melon Man' soundtrack album
11-12 from Don McGlashan's 'Instrumental Music' CD sampler
13-16 from BBC GLR Sessions (26th Jan 1998)
17-18 from BBC GLR Sessions (5th Feb 1999)




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(designed by Dave Thake)
The Mutton Birds
B-Sides & Rarities
Volume 1


01 Your Window (original)
02 Giant Friend (original)
03 A Thing Well Made (live)
04 She's Like A City (live)
05 Ngaire (acoustic)
06 A Man and a Woman
07 Anchor Me (remix edit)
08 Nature (live)
09 Anchor Me (live)
10 The Heater (live)
11 In My Room (live)
12 April (live)
13 Another Morning (live)
14 When The Wind Comes Round (live)
15 Dominion Road (live)
16 Big Fish (slow version)
17 Answerphone (Don on vocal)

1-2 from NZ 'The Mutton Birds' album
3-4 from NZ 'Nature' single
5 from NZ 'Anchor Me' single
6 from NZ 'The Heater' single
7 from UK 'Anchor Me' single
8 from NZ 'Solid Pyrite Hits' compilation
9-15 from NZ-only 'Envy Of Angels' bonus disc
16-17 from NZ 'Come Around' single




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(designed by Dave Thake)
The Mutton Birds
Interviews

Don McGlashan - National Radio (1994)
Don McGlashan - National Radio (1998)
Don McGlashan - National Radio (2002)
Don McGlashan - NZ TV (1992)
Don McGlashan - Rain, Steam & Speed Promo CD Interview
Mutton Birds - NZ TV (1994)
David Long - Musical Chairs (2002)


The Mutton Birds
@ Bodega
5th March 1998


01 Dominion Road
02 Esther
03 April
04 While You Sleep
05 Ten Feet Tall
06 A Thing Well Made
07 Wellington
08 Straight To Your Head
09 Small Mercies
10 Trouble With You
11 Like This Train
12 Come Around
13 The Heater
14 Not To Take Sides
15 Along The Boundary
16 Anchor Me
17 Inside My Skin
18 White Valiant
19 Nature (with Wayne Mason)

NOTE: Envy Of Angels opened the set, but the recording was flawed.


The Mutton Birds
@ Bodega
19th December 2001


01 Envy Of Angels
02 Like This Train
03 Straight To Your Head
04 A Thing Well Made
05 She's Been Talking
06 Trouble With You
07 Wellington
08 Small Mercies
09 Along the Boundary
10 White Valiant
11 Dominion Road
12 Anchor Me
13 Winning Numbers
14 The Heater
15 Last Year's Shoes
16 Queen's English


Don McGlashan
@ Dans Palais
28th February 2002


01 Tomorrow Night
02 Ngaire
03 Passenger 26
04 Andy
05 Lebanon Tennessee
06 Don't Fight It Marsha
07 Small Mercies
08 Envy Of Angels
09 This Is London
10 Jackie's Song
11 While You Sleep
12 Last Year's Shoes
13 Claire
14 Trouble With You
15 Claude Rains
16 Miracle Sun
17 Dominion Road
18 Anchor Me
19 Pulled Along By Love


The Mutton Birds
@ Wolverhampton
25th November 2000


01 Small Mercies
02 Straight To Your Head
03 Envy Of Angels
04 As Close As This
05 She's Been Talking
06 Like This Train
07 A Thing Well Made
08 Last Year's Shoes
09 Wellington
10 Winning Numbers
11 Andy
12 Claude Rains
13 Queen's English






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(designed by Mike Blackwood)


The Mutton Birds
@ BBC Wales
January 1999


01 Intro
02 Come Around
03 Chat
04 As Close As This
05 Chat
06 Dominion Road
07 Chat
08 A Thing Well Made
09 Chat
10 Ray
11 Anchor Me







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(designed by Mike Blackwood)


The Mutton Birds
@ Sound Republic
13th January 1999


01 As Close As This
02 Dominion Road
03 Small Mercies
04 Last Year's Shoes
05 Ray
06 Pulled Along By Love
07 Winning Numbers
08 Your Window
09 A Thing Well Made
10 Anchor Me
11 In My Room





Click to download artwork
(designed by Mike Blackwood)

The Mutton Birds
@ Ronnie Scott's
26th January 1999


01 Dominion Road
02 Small Mercies
03 The Falls
04 Last Year's Shoes
05 Ray
06 Pulled Along By Love
07 Winning Numbers
08 Your Window