Patti Smith: Hamburg FM (live) [CULT LEGENDS]

Why you'll love it

A 180g pressing of Patti Smith's radio broadcast from Hamburg's Musikhalle on August 1, 1996, the year of Gone Again. "People Have The Power", "Dancing Barefoot" and "Because The Night" sit alongside a cover of Prince's "When Doves Cry".

This edition

• 180g vinyl
• Live radio broadcast from Hamburg, August 1, 1996

About the album

Patti Smith came back to the stage in the mid-90s after many years away, and the 1996 shows around Gone Again had the feel of a homecoming. This broadcast from Hamburg's Musikhalle finds her in strong voice and an expansive mood, moving from the new songs "Wing", "Summer Cannibals" and "Gone Again" to the old favourites.

"Dancing Barefoot" and "Redondo Beach" still glow, she covers the Doors' "The Crystal Ship" and Prince's "When Doves Cry", and "People Have The Power" and "Because The Night" send everyone into the Hamburg night. It's the sound of an artist reconnecting with an audience who'd waited patiently. A poet with a rock band is a rare thing; a poet with a rock band and a radio truck outside is rarer still.

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Out July 17, 2026 on Cult Legends (cat# CL93796).