| Live at Jittery Joe's | |
| Type: | Live album |
| Artist: | Jeff Mangum |
| Cover: | Live_At_Jittery_Joe's.jpg |
| Released: | August 28, 2001 |
| Recorded: | March 7, 1997 |
| Genre: | Indie rock, folk |
| Length: | 48:16 |
| Label: | Orange Twin Records |
| Prev Year: | 2001 |
Live at Jittery Joe's is a live album released in 2001 by Jeff Mangum of Neutral Milk Hotel to combat the high prices of bootlegs on eBay. Filmmaker Lance Bangs recorded it at the Athens, GA venue Jittery Joe's on March 7, 1997, during a live solo performance; this location was the original Jittery Joe's at 243 W. Washington St., not one of the current locations. Jeff had not prepared a setlist, so some of the songs were chosen by the audience. A noisy child can be heard throughout the performance (most notably during "Oh Comely").
Most of the songs included on this album had studio versions on earlier Neutral Milk Hotel releases, except for a cover of Phil Spector's "I Love How You Love Me." This album contains a different, earlier version of "Two-Headed Boy, Pt. Two" than appears on In the Aeroplane Over the Sea. The performance is also noteworthy for being the public debut of "Oh Comely." The CD version has a QuickTime video of the performance on the enhanced section.
The tracks Jesus Christ and Up and Over We Go are both featured on In the Aeroplane Over the Sea from Neutral Milk Hotel, except having different names (they are sonically the same featured on the album). Both tracks are from the song The King of Carrot Flowers, Pts. Two & Three with the set list splitting the parts two and three into individual tracks.