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[361] - Various artists - Homesleephome2

Homesleephome2 was released in 2002 by Italian label Homesleep and is a collection of cover songs and has Luna covering Jonathan Richman’s Fly Into the Mystery.

Homesleephome2 Cover Songs

Luna’s cover had previously been released on a 5CD Benicassim compilation in 1998, although it was mis-titled on that release as Fly Into the Sun.

The album is a pretty cool collection but like all such compilations is a little hit and miss. Hits, as well as Luna’s contribution, to my ears are Life Without Buildings’ cover of Prince’s Pop Life, which suits them perfectly, although maybe it helps that I didn’t really know the original. The Zephyrs cover Greyhound Going Somewhere that Dean had covered on the Cagney & Lacee album and is cool but neither can match Bobbie Gentry’s version. Former Spaceman 3 bass man Bassman plays on a fairly straight cover of Spaceman 3’s Sound of Confusion with an Italian band Mirabilia, and then has a solo shot at Can’s You Doo Right. I also quite like Of Montreal’s take on Friends of Mine, but maybe because I love the original so much.

I think Fly Into the Mystery might have been another song recorded in the 1973 sessions with Kim Fowley but there are live versions from as early as 1971, a version finally got officially released on Rock and Roll with The Modern Lovers in 1977.

• Catalogue Number: AHFOW 10/094
• Artist: Various artists
• Title: Homesleephome2
• Format: CD
• Bought at the time of release, probably from a West End record shop.