..FROM THE CHOIRGIRL HOTEL
../DETAILS Released: April 20 1998 Recorded: 1997 Genre: Alternative Length: 54 minutes, 13 seconds Record label: Atlantic Records Producer: Tori Amos ^ top ../LINER NOTES and THANK YOU's Dispatches and Polaroids 1963-1998 all songs written by Tori Amos Published by Sword and Stone Recorded and Mixed by Mark Hawley and Marcel Van Limbeek Assisted by Rob van Tuin at Martian Engineering Cornwall, England Project Director John Witherspoon Produced by Tori Amos Mastered by Jon Astley Management Arthur Spivak Spivak Entertainment Doctor of Pianos Trevor Lowe Chef’s, landscape Gardening, Yoga Sweetie Brain Care Specialists Tamsin Manvell and Darren Staats Most Things Illegal Faerie Top Geezer Ian Stanley Playmates From The Colonies Ron Shapiro and Craig Kallman Artwork Michael Nash Associates Cover Image Katerina Jebb Inner Photos Katerina Jebb and Martina Hoogland - Ivanov Team. Karen Binns - Lesley Chilkes - Jimo Saleko - Kevyn Aucoin Agents Carole Kinzel for CAA Mike Dewdney for ITB Thank yous - The Musicians, Arthur, Phil Holthouse, Cindy Cooper, Pat Savage, Siobáin Waters, The Dutch, Mom, Dad and all the Family, Karen, Beenie, LL, Wendy, Rita, Val and all at Atlantic, all at East West, Max, Neil and the Velvets, Pearl and Mick, Helen, John Gardner and all the lads at Vanstone, Alf Trewin, Alton & Co., AMSNeve, Dave Brock at Rima Travel, Maria Ferguson at Linden Travel, Mike Weaver, Jaime Feldman, Bennie, Albertus, Theun, The Falcon Bude, Mary Koetting, Simon Griffitt at Sony Engineering, Lesley and Ronnie at Berryhurst, Martin Core at Sound Moves, Nigel at SM, Rob Piddington at Sennhieser, John and Heather Penn at SSE, Dave Bowden, Jamie Young, Alison Smith, Philly, for additional Kurzweil sounds for Tori To the Road Crew PACK ^ top ../MUSICIANS Sample Guitar, Kurzweil, Carbon Vox, Meletron Strings, Wave, Sample Mallet Piano, Bösendorfer and Vocal: Tori Amos Drums, Silles, Percussion and Vibraphone: Matt Chamberlain Bass: Justin Meldal-Johnsen Acoustic and Electric Guitars: Steve Caton Programmer: Andy Mental-Wicked-Gray Electric, Mandolin and Acoustic Guitars: Steve Caton Sample Mallet Piano, Bösendorfer and Vocal: Tori Amos Strings arranged by John Philip Shenale Strings played by Sinfonia of London Conducted by David Firman Acoustic, Electric Hank and the amazing Echoplex: Steve Caton Drums: Matt Chamberlain Big RRock: Steve Caton Bass: George Porter, Jr. Bass: Poppa George Porter, Jr. Electric Guitar: Stewart Boyle Pedal Steel: Al Perkins ^ top ../FACT The songs in the booklet are listed in a different order than on the back of the cd. On From The Choirgirl Hotel Tori encorporated her own official band (Matt Chamberlain on drums, bassist Jon Evans, Steve Caton on guitar). This band has been with her ever since, except for Steve Caton, who left right before Scarlet's Walk. ^ top ../SINGLES
^ top ../MAP In the booklet you can find a map drawn by Tori. This map is probably the way to the Choirgirl Hotel. )
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Raspberry Swirl, 1998. Directed by Barnaby & Scott. Go to launch.com to watch the video. )
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Jackie's Strength, 1998. Directed by James Brown. Go to launch.com to watch the video. )
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^ top ../TOUR Unplugged 1998 )
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Lauderdale, FL April 20 Atlanta, GA Roxy April 22 Washington, DC Club April 23 New York, NY Irving Plaza April 25 Boston, MA Avalon April 26 Philadelphia, PA Electric Factory April 28 Toronto, ONT Canada Phoenix S April 29 Detroit, MI St. Andrews S April 30 Chicago, IL Park West S May 3 Seattle, WA Moore Theatre May 5 San Francisco, CA Fillmore May 6 Los Angeles, CA El Rey Theatre May 7 Los Angeles, CA KROQ Breakfast With Tori - Palace Theater May 20 Liverpool, UK Royal Court Set List Reviews May 21 Manchester, UK Apollo Picadilly May 22 Glasgow, UK Clyde Auditorium / Armadillo May 24 Newcastle, UK City Hall May 25 Wolverhampton, UK Civic Hall May 26 Plymouth, UK Pavillions May 28 Portsmouth, UK Guildhall S May 29 Nottingham, UK Royal Centre May 30 Sheffield, UK City Hall June 1 The Netherlands Pinkpop Festival June 2 London, UK Royal Albert Hall June 3 London, UK Royal Albert Hall June 5 Paris, France Grand Rex S June 8 Berlin, Germany Columbiahalle June 9 Frankfurt, Germany Alte Oper June 10 Den Haag, The Netherlands Congresgebouw S June 11 Hamburg, Germany Stadtpark June 13 Bonn, Germany Museumsplatz June 14 Stuttgart, Germany Killesberg June 15 Vienna, Austria Libro Music Hall June 17 Nürnberg, Germany Serenadenhof June 18 München, Germany Philharmonie June 20 Zürich, Switzerland Kongresshaus S June 21 Italy Imola Festival (Heineken Jammin' Festival) June 23 Frankfurt, Germany Alte Oper June 25 Denmark Roskilde Festival S June 27 UK Glastonbury Festival July 1 Kristiansand, Norway Quart Festival July 3 Denmark Midtfyns Festival S July 4 Torhout, Belgium Torhout & Werchter Festival S July 5 Werchter, Belgium Torhout & Werchter Festival S July 15 Milwaukee, WI Mecca Auditorium July 17 Minneapolis, MN Northrup Auditorium July 18 Ames, IA CY Stephens Auditorium July 19 Chicago, IL Rosemont Horizon July 21 Cincinnati, OH Crown July 22 Cleveland, OH CSU Convocation Ctr. July 23 Detroit (Auburn Hills), MI Palace July 25 Toronto, ONT Molson Amphitheatre July 26 Montreal, QUE Molson Centre July 28 New York, NY Madison Square Garden July 29 Philadelphia, PA Spectrum July 31 Poughkeepsie, NY Mid-Hudson Civic Center Aug 1 Boston, MA Fleet Center Aug 2 Springfield, MA Symphony Hall Aug 4 Wallingford, CT Oakdale Theatre Aug 5 Albany, NY Palace Theater Aug 6 Rochester, NY Finger Lakes Performing Arts Center Aug 8 Washington, D.C. MCI Center Aug 11 Richmond, VA Landmark Theatre S Aug 12 Charlotte, NC Ovens Auditorium Aug 14 Birmingham, AL BJCC Concert Hall S Aug 15 Knoxville, TN Civic Auditorium Aug 17 Atlanta, GA Chastain Park Amphitheatre Aug 18 Atlanta, GA Chastain Park Amphitheatre Aug 19 Orlando, FL U of Central Florida Aug 21 Sunrise, FL (Ft. Lauderdale) Sunrise Theater Aug 22 Sunrise, FL (Ft. Lauderdale) Sunrise Theater Aug 23 Tampa, FL University of South Florida Sun Dome Aug 25 Nashville, TN Grand Ole Opry Aug 26 St. Louis, MO Riverport Amphitheatre Aug 28 Kansas City, MO Starlight Theatre S Aug 29 Norman, OK Lloyd Noble Center Aug 30 Omaha, NE Orpheum Theatre Sept 1 Denver, CO Red Rocks Amphitheatre Sept 2 Salt Lake City, UT E Center Sept 9 Vancouver, B.C. General Motors Place Sept 11 Seattle, WA Key Arena Sept 12 Portland, OR Rose Garden Arena / Theatre of the Clouds Sept 13 Eugene, OR Cuthbert Amphitheater Sept 15 Oakland, CA Oakland Arena Sept 16 Sacramento, CA Arco Arena Sept 18 Anaheim, CA The Arrowhead Pond Sept 19 San Jose, CA Events Center Arena SJSU Sept 20 Santa Barbara, CA County Bowl Sept 22 Los Angeles, CA Greek Theatre Sept 23 Los Angeles, CA Greek Theatre Sept 24 Las Vegas, NV The Joint / Hard Rock Hotel Sept 26 San Diego, CA San Diego State Open Air Theatre S Sept 27 Phoenix, AZ America West Arena Sept 28 Albuquerque, NM Kiva Auditorium Sept 30 San Antonio, TX Majestic Theatre Oct 2 Austin, TX Music Hall Oct 3 Houston, TX Woodlands Pavillion Oct 4 Dallas, TX Starplex Amphitheatre Oct 6 Tulsa, OK Brady Theatre Oct 7 Memphis, TN Orpheum Theatre Oct 9 Little Rock, AR Robinson Auditorium Oct 10 New Orleans, LA Nat Kiefer UNO Lakefront Arena Oct 13 Jacksonville, FL Times Union Center (Moran Theatre) Oct 14 Spartanburg, SC Spartanburg Memorial Auditorium S Oct 15 Blacksburg, VA (Virginia Tech) Burruss Auditorium Oct 17 Baltimore, MD Baltimore Arena Oct 18 Raleigh, NC Hardee's Walnut Creek Amphitheater Oct 20 Columbia, SC Township Oct 21 Nashville, TN Vanderbilt Memorial Gym Oct 23 Norfolk, VA Chrysler Hall Oct 25 Providence, RI Providence Performing Arts Center Oct 27 Dayton, OH Hara Arena Oct 28 Louisville, KY Louisville Gardens Oct 29 Evanston, IL (Northwestern) Welsh Ryan Arena at McGaw Hall Oct 31 West Lafayette, IN (Purdue) Elliot Hall Of Music Nov 1 Mount Pleasant, MI (Central Michigan Univ) Rose Arena Nov 3 Eau Claire, WI (Univ of Wisconsin-Eau Claire) Zorn Arena Nov 4 Madison, WI Dane County Coliseum Nov 6 Pittsburgh, PA Civic Arena Set Nov 7 Indiana, PA (Indiana Univ of Pennsylvania) Fisher Auditorium Nov 8 Ithaca, NY Ben Light Gymnasium Nov 10 Binghamton, NY Broome County Arena Nov 12 Rochester, NY (Univ of Rochester) Eastman Theater Nov 13 Poughkeepsie, NY Mid-Hudson Civic Center Nov 14 New York, NY Sessions at West 54th Taping Nov 15 Amherst, MA Mullins Center (UMASS) Nov 16 Burlington, VT Burlington Memorial Auditorium Nov 17 Lowell, MA Tsongas Arena Set List Reviews Nov 19 Durham, NH Whittimore Center Arena Nov 21 State College, PA Bryce Jordan at Penn State Nov 23 Bethlehem / Allentown PA Stabler Arena (Lehigh Univ) Nov 24 Newark, DE Bob Carpenter Center (Univ of Delaware) Nov 25 Newark, NJ Prudential Hall - NJPAC Nov 28 Akron, OH Rhodes Arena (Univ of Akron) Nov 29 Columbus, OH Palace Theater Nov 30 Indianapolis, IN Murat Center Dec 2 Grand Rapids, MI Van Andel Arena Dec 3 East Lansing, MI Breslin Events Center ^ top • BACK |
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