MTV UNPLUGGED BOOK (1995)

MTV Unplugged Book Cover

This large 11" x 12" (27.94 cm x 30.48 cm) book chronicles the first 5+ years of the award-winning series and cultural phenomenon known as MTV Unplugged. The first 57 episodes of this series are lavishly described and illustrated with stunning photography and graphic design. The entire book has a guitar-shaped die-cut outline and comes in a cardboard slip-case. The Church were featured in show number 6, sharing a split bill with Sinéad O'Connor. This show was recorded on January 30, 1990 at National Video Center, NYC, and first aired March 18, 1990.

MTV Unplugged - The Church performing

Show #6 Performers

Sinéad O'Connor - Vocals
The Church:
  Steve Kilbey - Bass, Vocals
  Marty Willson-Piper - Guitar, Vocals
  Peter Koppes - Guitar, Harmonica, Vocals
With Jules Shear - Guitar, Vocals

Show #6 Setlist

  1. Under The Milky Way [The Church]
  2. Metropolis [The Church]
  3. Black Boys on Mopeds [O'Connor solo]
  4. I Do Not Want What I Haven't Got [O'Connor]
  5. First Freeze After The Fall [Shear] (written by Shear; did not air)
  6. Rain [Shear with Willson-Piper] (written by Lennon/McCartney)
  7. Waterloo Sunset [Shear with The Church] (written by Ray Davies; did not air)

Releases

  • Hardcover, 184pp - MTV Books/Pocket Books/Melcher Media, New York,
    ISBN: 0-671-54523-X (USA) - December 1995

Notes

First Editions of this book were individually numbered. An MTV Unplugged CD-ROM was also released.