2007 Tribute Year
2007 would be the year that Kevin Coyne at last began to garner some of the attention for his work. The Nightingales recorded a version of "Good Boy" for their album Out of True and Jackie Leven recorded a song about Kevin on his album Oh What A Blow The Phantom Dealt Me!, and "Here Come The Urban Ravens" featured on the album, Whispers From The Offing - A Tribute to Kevin Coyne, put together by Kevin's friend Frank Bangay.
The full track listing for the CD version of the album was:
- "Black Cloud" - Nigel Burch
- "Talking To No One" - Big Mehr and friend
- "Born Crazy" - Razz
- "Sand All Yellow" - Goldfish
- "Cycling" – Dog Latin
- "Marlene" - Nikki Sudden
- "Raindrops On The Window" - Kevin Hewick
- "Hello Judas" – Alternative TV
- "I Only Want To See You Smile" - Veronique Acoustique
- "Blame It On The Night" - Grae J Wall
- "My Evil Island Home" - Jowe Head
- "Case History No 2" - Pascal Regis
- "House On The Hill" - Leo O'Kelly
- "Mad Boy No2" - Frank Bangay and almost real
- "Looking For The River" - Chris Connelly
- "Victoria Smiles" - Heinz Rudolf Kunze
- "Are We Dreaming?" - The Otters (Ft. Mark Astronaut)
- "Strange Pictures" - Dave Russell
- "Weirdo" - Joey Stack
- "A Loving Hand" - Clive Product
- "Lonesome Valley" - Stumble On The Valves
- "Here Come The Urban Ravens" - Jackie Leven
- The downloaded version also includes two bonus tracks - Sally Timm's "I'm Just A Man" and Jon Langford's "Having a Party" in Coyne's own voice.
In 2008 Swiss performance artist Pipilotti Rist produced a video in which she mimes "Jackie and Edna" against the background of various images, including film taken from a moving train. This video was exhibited in Helsinki's Kiasma Gallery in January 2012 as part of the "Thank you for the Music" exhibition.
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