Mrs. Henry "Alive" at Foxwood Drive

Mrs Henry: Alive at Foxwood Drive, front cover

A genuninely "live"album probably only in the sense that at the time when it was recorded all band members were in fact breathing and their brain waves were (for the most part) not flat, Mrs Henry's Alive at Foxwood Drive nevertheless continues in the grand tradition of not-quite-live live albums represented by such landmarks as KISS's Alive, Ted Nugent's Double Live Gonzo, Frampton Comes Alive, Cheap Trick's Live at Budokan, Aerosmith's Live Bootleg, and Rush's All the World's a Stage, to name just a few.  These were albums designed to bring the concert experience home for the poor saps who couldn't score a ticket or a ride to the show when it came through town. The music was typically awash in stadium size reverb, embellished with added bullfight-cheer style crowd noise and epic stage banter. Notoriously, the music was often also "improved" in the studio.

Mrs. Henry: Alive at Foxwood Drive, back cover

So, presented here is Mrs Henry in fair simulation of its brutal live glory (actually recorded on the technological equivalent of an etch-a-sketch in a basement during rehearsal) playing to an enthusiastic crowd (bullfight cheers added later). And yes, we admit it, some songs have had a little help here and there (a fuckup or two deleted through the magic of the computer-thingy). But all in all, we hope you'll enjoy this little piece of lost eighties music history, presented as it almost, nearly, possibly could have happened. Feel free to roll a j on it.


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To download Mrs Henry's Alive at Foxwood Drive just click on the links below.

From a Buick 6
The Roots
Night Train
Down Home Girl
The Wasp
The Wicked Messenger