V/A: Virgin Radio Session - Exclusive Soundcheck Panel
- Vol.5 featuring:
- Come Home Billy Bird [Live version, Virgin Radio - Razor Cuts, 28/03/2004]
- 3:59
- Vol.10 featuring:
- Charmed Life [Live version, Virgin Radio - Razor Cuts, 28/03/2004]
- 4:44
- Vol.18 featuring:
- National Express [Live version, V2004 - Chelmsford, Main stage, Hylands Park, 21/08/2004]
- 5:12
- Formats (vol.5)
- CD (Virgin Radio, 2004)
- Formats (vol.10)
- CD (Virgin Radio, 2004)
- Formats (vol.18)
- CD (Virgin Radio, 2005)
In 2004, at the time of the release of the Absent Friends album, The Divine Comedy played a Razor Cut session for Virgin Radio, in UK.Two tracks from the three played were released in a series of promos issued by the station, called Virgin Radio Session - Exclusive Soundcheck Panel. It is unsure what those promos where aimed for, but each of them featured a selection of different artists tracks from their session archives.
The volume 5 features ‘Come Home Billy Bird’; and volume 10 ‘Charmed Life’. The other track which remains is ‘Absent Friends’ which was not released.
A later volume, volume 18, features a live version of ‘National Express’ taken from the V2004 festival which was actually broadcast on Virgin Radio at the time.
Each CD came in a cardboard sleeve which featured on the front cover the Virgin Radio logo and disc title; on the back the tracklisting and a (printed) signature by the radio’s DJs of Razor Cut. The CDs are simple CD-R with no information on them.
