Farewell: Live from the Universal Amphitheatre, Halloween 1995 is a double live album and home video release by American new wave band Oingo Boingo, documenting their final concerts and ending on Halloween night of 1995. The band played a series of five nights,[1] ending on Halloween night by playing more than 44 songs during a 4-hour set that went past midnight.[2] As with all of their live shows, the setlist included songs from across the band's large discography, many of which were given new arrangements.
Several of the tracks on the CD release were culled from recordings from previous nights in the same tour, meaning the performances occasionally differ between formats. "Just Another Day" and "Nothing to Fear (But Fear Itself)" were included as bonus tracks on the double cassette release.
Farewell is also notable for its inclusion of live performances of several previously unreleased songs, namely "Burn Me Up", "Water", "Piggies" and "Clowns of Death".
Cassette version includes "Just Another Day" as track 5.
Home videoEdit
A home video of Farewell was released on VHS, concurrently with the double album, in 1996. The video release featured additional performances that were not included on the CD release: a "Tender Lumplings" video introduction introduces the show; "Nothing to Fear (But Fear Itself)" is played between "I Am the Walrus" and "Piggies"; and "Just Another Day" is played between "Change" and "Stay". Conversely, the performance of "Whole Day Off" from the CD release does not appear on the video release. Additionally, the video release has "Ain't This the Life" positioned between "On the Outside" and "Wild Sex (In the Working Class)", which also differs from the CD version. A half-hour retrospective documentary was also included in the tape set, as well as the promotional music videos for "Little Girls" and "Insanity".
The 1999 compilation album Anthology contained the "Tender Lumplings" intro from the video release, as well as extra concert dialogue on "Insects", "We Close Our Eyes" and "Whole Day Off" that was omitted from the double album.
The concert video was re-released on DVD on September 18, 2001, as a two-disc set. All the bonus features from the VHS release were included on the second disc, although the two music videos were hidden Easter eggs on the DVD.[note 1] Both discs also included animated menus and a hidden discography slideshow.[note 2]
^Actually, the Easter eggs aren't the music videos themselves, which are hidden in the main DVD 2 menu, but the hidden function of navigating to them from the DVD player remote.[3]
^Discography slideshow is a kind of "Easter egg" that can be accessed by pressing the button → on the remote control.[3]
^Iwasaki, Scott (April 26, 1996). "Boingo Closes Career with a Fitting 'Farewell...'". Deseret News. Retrieved November 29, 2021.
^Hochman, Steve (November 2, 1995). "Oingo Boingo Bids Warm and Emotional Farewell". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved November 29, 2021.
^ abHenkel, Guido (11 October 2001). "Oingo Boingo – Farewell". www.dvdreview.com. Retrieved 7 December 2021.
^Farewell: Live From The Universal Amphitheatre (liner notes). Oingo Boingo. A&M Records. 1996. 31454 0504 2. Retrieved November 30, 2021.{{cite AV media notes}}: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link)
External linksEdit
Farewell: Live From The Universal Amphitheatre at Discogs (list of audio releases)
Farewell: Live From The Universal Amphitheatre at Discogs (list of video releases)
Review by Tom Schulte on AllMusic
September 02, 2023
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Farewell Live from the Universal Amphitheatre Halloween 1995 is a double live album and home video release by American new wave band Oingo Boingo documenting their final concerts and ending on Halloween night of 1995 The band played a series of five nights 1 ending on Halloween night by playing more than 44 songs during a 4 hour set that went past midnight 2 As with all of their live shows the setlist included songs from across the band s large discography many of which were given new arrangements FarewellLive album by Oingo BoingoReleased1996 1996 RecordedOctober 31 November 1 1995VenueUniversal Amphitheatre Los AngelesLength145 52LabelA amp MProducerDanny Elfman Steve Bartek John AvilaOingo Boingo chronologyBoingo 1994 Farewell 1996 Several of the tracks on the CD release were culled from recordings from previous nights in the same tour meaning the performances occasionally differ between formats Just Another Day and Nothing to Fear But Fear Itself were included as bonus tracks on the double cassette release Farewell is also notable for its inclusion of live performances of several previously unreleased songs namely Burn Me Up Water Piggies and Clowns of Death Contents 1 Track listing 2 Home video 3 Personnel 4 Notes 5 References 6 External linksTrack listing EditAll tracks are written by Danny Elfman except I Am the Walrus by John Lennon and Paul McCartneyDisc oneNo TitleOriginal releaseLength1 Insanity Boingo 1994 7 372 Little Girls Only a Lad 1981 3 553 Cinderella Undercover Boingo Alive 1988 4 464 Controller Only a Lad2 505 Burn Me Up Previously unreleased2 536 Insects Nothing to Fear 1982 3 097 No One Lives Forever Dead Man s Party 1985 4 058 Hey Boingo7 479 Reptiles and Samurai Nothing to Fear5 4110 Water Previously unreleased4 0411 I Am the Walrus Tender Lumplings Boingo4 0312 Piggies Previously unreleased6 4713 We Close Our Eyes BOI NGO 1987 4 1214 Mary Boingo6 1515 Can t See Useless Boingo4 28Total length 72 26 Cassette version includes Nothing to Fear But Fear Itself as track 12 Disc twoNo TitleOriginal releaseLength1 Helpless Boingo cassette release 1994 Insanity CD single B side 1994 3 482 I m So Bad Oingo Boingo EP 1980 3 333 Change Boingo8 504 Stay Dead Man s Party3 395 Who Do You Want to Be Good for Your Soul 1983 2 596 On the Outside Only a Lad3 367 Wild Sex In the Working Class Nothing to Fear4 368 Dead Man s Party Dead Man s Party6 129 Nasty Habits Only a Lad5 3010 Clowns of Death Previously unreleased6 5011 Ain t This the Life Oingo Boingo EP3 1412 Whole Day Off Nothing to Fear4 2813 Grey Matter Nothing to Fear6 1914 No Spill Blood Good for Your Soul5 2315 Only a Lad Oingo Boingo EP Only a Lad4 24Total length 73 26 Cassette version includes Just Another Day as track 5 Home video EditA home video of Farewell was released on VHS concurrently with the double album in 1996 The video release featured additional performances that were not included on the CD release a Tender Lumplings video introduction introduces the show Nothing to Fear But Fear Itself is played between I Am the Walrus and Piggies and Just Another Day is played between Change and Stay Conversely the performance of Whole Day Off from the CD release does not appear on the video release Additionally the video release has Ain t This the Life positioned between On the Outside and Wild Sex In the Working Class which also differs from the CD version A half hour retrospective documentary was also included in the tape set as well as the promotional music videos for Little Girls and Insanity The 1999 compilation album Anthology contained the Tender Lumplings intro from the video release as well as extra concert dialogue on Insects We Close Our Eyes and Whole Day Off that was omitted from the double album The concert video was re released on DVD on September 18 2001 as a two disc set All the bonus features from the VHS release were included on the second disc although the two music videos were hidden Easter eggs on the DVD note 1 Both discs also included animated menus and a hidden discography slideshow note 2 Track listing VHS DVDNo Tape 1 101 55 Disc 1 No 1 Documentary amp Retrospective Footage 23 00 note 3 Intro Tender Lumplings 12 Insanity 23 Little Girls 34 Cinderella Undercover 45 Controller 56 Burn Me Up 67 Insects 78 No One Lives Forever 89 Hey 910 Reptiles and Samurai 1011 Water 1112 I Am the Walrus 1213 Nothing to Fear But Fear Itself 1314 Piggies 1415 We Close Our Eyes 1516 Mary 1617 Can t See Useless 17Tape 2 96 12 1 18 Helpless 182 19 I m So Bad 193 20 Change 204 21 Just Another Day 215 22 Stay 226 23 Who Do You Want to Be 237 24 On the Outside 248 25 Ain t This the Life 259 26 Wild Sex In the Working Class 2610 27 Dead Man s Party 2711 28 Nasty Habits 2812 29 Clowns of Death 2913 30 Grey Matter 3014 31 No Spill Blood 3115 32 Only a Lad 32Disc 216 33 Documentary amp Retrospective Footage 8 00 note 3 1 33 17 34 Little Girls The Video note 4 2 34 18 35 Insanity The Video note 4 3 35 Personnel EditWriting performance and production credits are adapted from the album liner notes 4 Oingo Boingo Danny Elfman vocals guitars Steve Bartek lead guitar John Avila bass guitar vocals Johnny Vatos Hernandez drums percussion Warren Fitzgerald guitars Sam Phipps tenor and soprano saxophones Leon Schneiderman baritone and alto saxophones Dale Turner trumpet trombonesAdditional musicians Marc Mann keyboards Doug Lacy accordion George McMullen trombone Katurah Clarke additional percussion Technical Danny Elfman producer Steve Bartek producer John Avila producer Bill Jackson engineer mixing Sylvia Massy mixing John Paterno additional engineering Doug Boehm assistant engineer Charlie Bouis assistant engineer Van Coppock assistant engineer David Nottingham assistant engineer Dave Collins masteringJeri Heiden art direction N Kellerhouse art direction design Dennis Keeley photography Jonathon Rosen interior Oingo Boingo logoNotes Edit Actually the Easter eggs aren t the music videos themselves which are hidden in the main DVD 2 menu but the hidden function of navigating to them from the DVD player remote 3 Discography slideshow is a kind of Easter egg that can be accessed by pressing the button on the remote control 3 a b Duration is shown on the VHS cover a b Hidden feature on DVD 2 References Edit Iwasaki Scott April 26 1996 Boingo Closes Career with a Fitting Farewell Deseret News Retrieved November 29 2021 Hochman Steve November 2 1995 Oingo Boingo Bids Warm and Emotional Farewell Los Angeles Times Retrieved November 29 2021 a b Henkel Guido 11 October 2001 Oingo Boingo Farewell www dvdreview com Retrieved 7 December 2021 Farewell Live From The Universal Amphitheatre liner notes Oingo Boingo A amp M Records 1996 31454 0504 2 Retrieved November 30 2021 a href Template Cite AV media notes html title Template Cite AV media notes cite AV media notes a CS1 maint others in cite AV media notes link External links EditFarewell Live From The Universal Amphitheatre at Discogs list of audio releases Farewell Live From The Universal Amphitheatre at Discogs list of video releases Review by Tom Schulte on AllMusic Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Farewell Oingo Boingo album amp oldid 1114863218, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
