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CD1 van de dubbelaar The Haunted Years - Spring. 

Leven, Jackie & The Celtic Soulmen - Man Bleeds In Glasgow
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01 - Intro (Spoken)
02 - Farm Boy
03 - Guardian Preview (Spoken)
04 - Glenarm...Burning The Box Of Beautiful Things
05 - Looking For Love
06 - Man Bleeds In Glasgow
07 - Golf On The Moon (Spoken)
08 - Night Lillies
09 - Snow In Central Park
10 - Fear In Bermondsey (Spoken)
11 - Poor Toun
12 - Deep Choking Wooded Death Fix
13 - Erotic Football Results (Spoken)
14 - Call Mother A Lonely Field

review : 

Jackie Leven is prolific but not quite this prolific. This new album comprises two old live releases previously issued through the Haunted Valley website, which has been doing sterling service for fans of the Scottish singer-songwriter since the late 90s.

Best by far is Man Bleeds In Glasgow, a 1998 release that pairs Leven with the Celtic Soulmen, aka Michael Cosgrave and virtuoso multi-instrumentalist Steafan Hannigan.

Leven is a fine live act, his songs better suited to the stripped down interpretations that he performs on stage. The rather bland production style that occasionally mars his studio albums is absent on versions of songs such as Farm Boy, Man Bleeds In Glasgow and Night Lillies, all of which benefit greatly from the bare-face nakedness of their live readings and give Leven's rich Scottish soul vocals the space in which to shine.

Part of the Leven live experience is the natural on-stage banter that punctuates the performance. Here we have welcome stabs at left-leaning music journalists (God forbid I should use the words 'eschew' and 'boast' in this review) and CNN, and larger than life tales from the pub and bedroom (in that order).

Man Bleeds In Glasgow is largely drawn from the same year's Night Lillies, one of Leven's best solo albums, but also casts the net further back to his early solo releases, including the cast-iron classic Call Mother A Lonely Field that closes the album in fine style.