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[Nick Lee]

>> >What does everyone think of Space Bandits?  No one has
>> >brought that one up yet.  And does anyone know what
>> >became of Bridget?
>
>        She was at the Whirlwind gig in Bath last year, wasn't she?

That's right, she did an improvised piece followed by a recital of Black Elk
Speaks (without any drum backing!  It was while Richard ran off to get a
drink).

>> I liked Bridget's vocals, never heard her live, though.
>
>        Well, I haven't got any studio stuff with her one, because when I
>asked Carl Anderson about _Space Bandits_ many years ago, his opinion was
>that though a large number of songs on it have been absolutely blistering
>live, the actual album was in all ways pants. The _California Brainstorm_
>versions of `TV Suicide' and `Images' are both good, I think, particularly
>the former, and `Out of the Shadows' is incredible. The version of `Wings'
>Bedouin have been performing this last two years is marvellous. You'd


Unusually for me, I thought that the studio version of Images was far
better.  I generally find that I'll prefer live versions of songs, but in
this Bridgets vocals were much stronger on the studio version and it had the
added advantage of Simon's violin (something it never got live, so far as I
know).

Nick