as the “black sessions” show has been widely available on bootlegs ever since it was recorded, the first part of the cd is the more interesting one. the venue gig kicks off with brett introducing the band and the first song: "hallo, we’re called suede, the song’s called ‘dolly’." the recording has brett’s vocals clearly up front and the band in the back, most notably in the first couple of songs. “dolly” is followed by “the drowners”, which brett seems to feel necessary to introduce both at the beginning and at the end of the song. the song itself seems to move like it had been slowed down and brett has a lot of time to stretch the vowels in different tones. one of the highlights of this gig is “moving”, which sounds refreshingly different from the album version and very good indeed. “metal mickey” stands out because of some weird screeching towards the end of the song. sounds like brett has something very sharp in his throat. (for more info on the screeching, see the rogues' gallery in this issue) sound quality of the whole gig is surprisingly good and with very little crowd noise if any.