Hear Big Star's Alex Chilton cover Johnny Cash and Beach Boys from new live album

A new 18-song live LP from late Big Star frontman Alex Chilton is set to be released later this year, showcasing a rare recording of the musician’s 1997 set at New York’s The Knitting Factory.

Entitled Electricity By Candlelight, the collection will come out via Bar/None on 21 October, featuring Chilton’s acoustic take on iconic songs.

Before that release date, you can listen to a four-track sampler below, including the singer-songwriter’s covers of Johnny Cash’s ‘I Walk The Line’ and The Beach Boys’ ‘Wouldn’t It Be Nice’, among others.

The full tracklist is as follows:

1. Last Bouquet
2. Step Right This Way
3. Let’s Get Lost
4. D-I-V-O-R-C-E
5. Raining In My Heart
6. Lovesick Blues
7. Girl From Ipanema
8. My Baby Just Cares For Me
9. Motel Blues
10. Someone To Watch Over Me
11. Footprints In The Snow
12. Case Of You
13. Wouldn’t It Be Nice
14. Surfer Girl
15. Solar System
16. I Walk The Line
17. If I Had A Hammer
18. You Can Bet Your Heart On Me (Bonus Track)

[via CoS]