Vinyl Record

Angelo Kelly - Mixtape Live, Vol. 2

Angelo Kelly - Mixtape Live, Vol. 2 on 2LP vinyl. A 2023 Rock record available from Kilmorna Collection in Listowel, Ireland.

2LP · 2023

Available from Kilmorna Collection in Listowel.

Buyer notes: 2023 2LP, currently available from the Kilmorna Collection vinyl shelf. Pay for pickup in Listowel or ship within Ireland for EUR 5.50.

Mixtape Live, Vol. 2 keeps Angelo Kelly's Mixtape idea moving from pleasant nostalgia into something more theatrical. The live recordings date from Germany in 2015, and the song choices stretch from Summer Of 69, Wrecking Ball and I Will Always Love You to Enter Sandman / Hit The Road Jack, Another Brick In The Wall, Whole Lotta Love, Proud Mary and Smells Like Teen Spirit. That range is the point. Kelly treats the concert as a memory machine where rock radio, pop ballads, soul staples and family-crowd favourites can share one stage if the pacing is right. The vinyl edition followed in 2023 after the first and third volumes had helped create demand for a complete trilogy. As a listening experience, Vol. 2 is less about authorship than curation: a performer testing how far a live audience will follow him across the songs they already carry in their own lives.

Mixtape Live, Vol. 2 matters because it fills the middle chapter of Kelly's Mixtape trilogy and preserves the 2015 tour repertoire. It demonstrates the concept's range, from acoustic intimacy to hard-rock quotation and communal pop release.

For collectors, Vol. 2 is the practical bridge between the 2014 first volume and the 2023 Vol. 3 set. It completes the narrative of the Mixtape project on vinyl and contains some of the most dramatic genre jumps in the series.

Live cover-set energy with acoustic folk-pop roots, stadium-rock peaks, soul ballads, audience-ready choruses, medley turns and warm German concert ambience.

Recommended for: Angelo Kelly collectors completing the Mixtape Live run; Listeners who like live albums crossing rock, pop and soul; Fans of familiar songs reworked for an intimate concert setting.

When were the performances on Mixtape Live, Vol. 2 recorded? The tracks are identified as live recordings from Germany in 2015. Which covers stand out on Vol. 2? Summer Of 69, Wrecking Ball, I Will Always Love You, Proud Mary and Smells Like Teen Spirit show the album's wide range. How does Vol. 2 fit with the other Mixtape albums? It is the middle live chapter, connecting the 2014 first volume with the later Vol. 3 tour recording.