tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-77136180002103612262024-03-13T04:37:37.852-07:00A History of The Underground Recording IndustryUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger15125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7713618000210361226.post-56780700937191435082011-12-19T13:17:00.000-08:002011-12-19T13:17:54.509-08:00The Oh Sees - Live From KEXP (9.10.2010)<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-vWNqT2JAmuY/Tu77n8F4VhI/AAAAAAAAAHg/qt0raPiRAwQ/s1600/Thee+Oh+Sees+%25282%2529.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="211" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-vWNqT2JAmuY/Tu77n8F4VhI/AAAAAAAAAHg/qt0raPiRAwQ/s320/Thee+Oh+Sees+%25282%2529.jpg" width="320" /></a>Thee Oh Sees are a lo-fi psychedelic Garage group from San Francisco, California. Initially the band was conceived of as a Solo recording project for the prolific musician and composer John Dwyer. Over the years it it has evolved into much more than that.<br />
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John Dwyer grew up in Providence, Rhode Island. He came out to San Francisco in the mid 1990's. He played in a number of diffrent bands including Pink & Brown, It's Alive, Sword and Sandals, and most notably Coachwhips. As the Frontman for the Coachwhips Dwyer pounded out hard hitting Garage Punk tunes that seldom exceeded a two minute runtime.<br />
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<a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-JgTIcYaw4eg/Tu77qPMwhiI/AAAAAAAAAII/M-07OzzA0gw/s1600/Thee+Oh+Sees+%25287%2529.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-JgTIcYaw4eg/Tu77qPMwhiI/AAAAAAAAAII/M-07OzzA0gw/s320/Thee+Oh+Sees+%25287%2529.jpg" width="211" /></a>While he was still a member of the Coachwhips Dywer started a solo recording project on the side called OCS. His side project became an outlet for his more experimental side. Over time OCS gained some additional members and became a fully realized rock and roll band. Dwyer continued to Sing and play guitar, but he recruited Petey Dammit on Bass, Mike Shoun on Drums, and Brigid Dawson for Tambourine and vocals. Now going by the name Thee Oh Sees Dywer had a group that combined his roots in Garage-Rock with his new direction of ambient experimentation. The resulting music was met with an extremely positive reaction from the listening public. <br />
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This is a live performance from the Doug Fir Lounge in Portland Oregon recorded September 10th, 2010. This show was broadcast live during the annual Musicfest NW. The Gories were also playing that same weekend. At the end of the first track you can hear Dwyer talk about how excited he is to be playing the same festival as The Gories. He says, "We've been loving them and trying to rip them off for years now." <br />
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<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-BO1HPfTknG8/Tu77onnOUEI/AAAAAAAAAHs/4PUq_pyHo9E/s1600/Thee+Oh+Sees+%25284%2529.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="211" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-BO1HPfTknG8/Tu77onnOUEI/AAAAAAAAAHs/4PUq_pyHo9E/s320/Thee+Oh+Sees+%25284%2529.jpg" width="320" /></a></div>At the end of 2nd track Dwyer thanks KEXP. Later on you also hear him say "I will not swear on the air" under his breath. This recording was captured from the Soundboard and originally broadcast by Seattle's KEXP-90.3FM. KEXP is a public radio station has gained a strong reputation in the greater Puget Sound area for helping to foster a strong underground music community. You can go to the <a href="http://kexp.org/" target="_blank">KEXP</a> website to download some podcasts or hear the 24/7 live stream. This recording was posted as an episode of their Live Performances podcast.<br />
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<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-ucR64HEw2eg/Tu77paF4_8I/AAAAAAAAAH4/vN_LkKajsCY/s1600/Thee+Oh+Sees+%25285%2529.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-ucR64HEw2eg/Tu77paF4_8I/AAAAAAAAAH4/vN_LkKajsCY/s320/Thee+Oh+Sees+%25285%2529.jpg" width="209" /></a>At the end of the 3rd track Dwyer says, "Alright here's a real old one." when introducing the song "Enemy Destruct." "Enemy Destruct" had only been released a year earlier on their 2009 album <i>Help</i>. For most bands that would not be that old but Thee Oh Sees are one of the most prolific bands in rock and roll. They had released three full length albums and a handful of singles between 2009 and this performance in 2010. It would be very easy for the Thee Oh Sees to simply rehash old favorites from their back catalogue to please their audience. But Thee Oh Sees have always looked ahead to their next release and never dwelled on the past. For this broadcast they performed two songs from <i>Help</i> and the Titular track from their 2009 <i>Tidal Wave</i> 7inch, but most of the songs on this bootleg were un-released at the time of this recording. 5 out of the 7 tracks here didn't get release until their 2011 record <i>Carrion Crawler/The Dream</i>.<br />
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Thee Oh Sees sun baked guitar riffs and re-verb drenched vocals have helped re-define and expand the sound of modern surf rock. Many of Dwyer's song's evoke imagery of the beach and other hauntingly distant seascapes. In may of 2010, A few months before this show was recorded, John Dwyer gave did interview for Reaxmusic.com to promote the release of their Warm Slime LP. The interviewer asked Dwyer about his relationship to the ocean and to the beach. Not surprisingly Dywer had a lot to say:<br />
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Thee Oh Sees<br />
Doug Fir Lounge<br />
City: Portland, OR<br />
Date: 9.10.2010<br />
Size: 20.4 mb<br />
Runtime: 32:47<br />
Source: Soundboard-FM Broadcast<br />
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1. Crushed Grass<br />
2. Contraption Soul Desert<br />
3. Meat Step<br />
4. Enemy Destruct<br />
5. The Dream<br />
6. Tidal Wave<br />
7. Crack In Your Eye</div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7713618000210361226.post-56032250620098701722011-11-28T13:36:00.000-08:002011-11-29T01:53:21.375-08:00Radio Birdman - Live in Sidney (11.23.1976)<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-JRS8RtSzlRc/TtP_wMFeqNI/AAAAAAAAAF8/lWhBxidpMJg/s1600/Radio+Birdman+-+Color1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="244" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-JRS8RtSzlRc/TtP_wMFeqNI/AAAAAAAAAF8/lWhBxidpMJg/s320/Radio+Birdman+-+Color1.jpg" width="320" /></a></div>Radio Birdman was formed in Sydney, Australia in 1974. They were one of the pioneering Aussie punk bands and by far the most influential band on the future of the Sydney punk scene. They chose their name after misunderstanding a line from the Stooges song "1970". The line actually goes "<b>Radio burnin'</b> up above" but Iggy was never known for his annunciation so the confusion is forgivable. <br />
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The popular view of history says that that punk started in New York and then spread to England. However the history of Radio Birdman tells a much different tale. Really punk started in Detroit and then spread to Australia.<br />
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The sound of Radio Birdman was too fast, heavy, violent, and psychotic to play any of the established Sydney Clubs. As forerunners of the D.I.Y. punk ethic the band took over the a small pub, renamed it The Oxford Funhouse in tribute to their favorite band, and made that pub into the center of Sydney's exploding Punk scene.<br />
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<a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-sdgyJz5-E_A/TtP_xvilAvI/AAAAAAAAAGc/b7OS_8l8FCE/s1600/Radio+Birdman+-+Live+3.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="200" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-sdgyJz5-E_A/TtP_xvilAvI/AAAAAAAAAGc/b7OS_8l8FCE/s200/Radio+Birdman+-+Live+3.jpg" width="175" /></a>Like many artists who were ahead of their time Radio Birdman never got the recognition they deserved. They never got very famous outside of Australia. They toured the rest of the world but nobody really took notice. They almost got a record released in America through Sire records but the deal fell through at the last moment and Radio Birdman was left to virtual obscurity. They broke up in 1978 before most of the world had even heard the term "punk".<br />
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This bootleg is true rarity. It was recorded live Sydney's legendary Double Jay Studio for an A.M. broadcast. Double Jay was a Sydney Radio station that played an integral role in the formation of the Australian music scene because they focused on Aussie bands and they were willing to play songs that other stations had banned for references to sex and drugs.<br />
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The sound quality is a little muddy but so is every recording of a cutting edge punk band from the mid seventies. This recording sounds better than any bootlegs you will ever get of the Stooges or MC5. This recording represents a diamond in the rough and a it is essential listening for anyone intrested in the roots of independently produced Rock & Roll music.<br />
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Radio Birdman<br />
<div>Double Jay Studios<br />
<div>City: Sydney Australia<br />
Date: 11.23.1976<br />
Size: 170 mb<br />
Runtime: 1:14:24<br />
Source: Amplitude Modulation Broadcast<br />
Bitrate: 320 kbps<br />
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Track List:<br />
01 - Route 66<br />
02 - Murder City Nights<br />
03 - Don't Look Back<br />
04 - Anglo Girl Desire<br />
05 - Man With Golden Helmet<br />
06 - Love Kills<br />
07 - TV Eye<br />
08 - Surf City<br />
09 - Hand Of Law<br />
10 - New Race<br />
11 - Transmaniacon M.C<br />
12 - Burn My Eye<br />
13 - Descent Into The Maelstrom<br />
14 - Time Won't Let Me<br />
15 - I 94<br />
16 - Do The Pop<br />
17 - Descent Into The Maelstrom<br />
18 - Death By The Gun<br />
19 - Snake</div></div></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7713618000210361226.post-64538479499192561132011-11-07T15:38:00.000-08:002011-11-25T02:25:31.548-08:00X - Chicago 10.7.1983<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-0EntSpZsRX4/Trho_H5y6LI/AAAAAAAAAFc/FHe0VvYDRwE/s1600/X+-+1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="222" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-0EntSpZsRX4/Trho_H5y6LI/AAAAAAAAAFc/FHe0VvYDRwE/s320/X+-+1.jpg" width="320" /></a></div>X are one of the most iconic bands to come out of the Los Angeles punk scene. There sound is so heavily immersed in the city of Angels that they named their debut album after the city itself.<br />
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Billy Zoom came from Savanna, Illinois. His background was in rockabilly and blues. He heard about punk after reading a review of the Ramones. It criticized the Ramones' songs for being too fast and too short. Billy thought those sounded like positive attributes and decided to form a punk band.<br />
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Jon Doe grew up in Baltimore, Maryland. He had been exposed to punk rock by listening to Patti Smith records. He moved to LA and decided he wanted to be part of a band. He answered an ad and in a local paper and met Billy Zoom. During this time Jon Doe was also participating in a poetry workshop where he met future X singer Exene Cervenka, who had just arrived to L.A. from Tampa, Florida.<br />
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X played scaled down strait forward punk-rock when the L.A. scene was splintering in every direction except Rock and Roll. Bands like Fear, Black Flag, and the Circle Jerks were pioneering the brutal sound of hardcore while other bands like Devo were crafting a more slick and modern aesthetic that would become new-wave. X retained a classic sound through the eighties which is one of the many reasons why their records remain timeless while many of their contemporaries have faded into obscurity.<br />
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By 1980 X had attracted a lot of attention in the L.A. scene. Ray Manzarek, founding keyboard player and founding member The Doors, was also an L.A. native and a fan of the band. Manzarek agreed to produce X's first album <i>Los Angeles</i> for Slash Records and to play keys on the Doors cover of "Soul Kitchen". Upon it's release <i>Los Angeles</i> recieved rave reviews from independent punk fanzines and even some attention from the national press. X's debut sold over 50,000 copies which was very rare for a punk album on an indy label. Ray Manzarek went on to produce X's next three albums.<br />
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Their 1981 follow up <i>Wild Gift</i><i> </i>proved to be just as strong of an album both artistically and commercially. It was their second and final album for Slash records. The single "White Girl" became their first major hit and the record snuck on onto the Billboard Pop chart at #165.<br />
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For their next album X signed to major label Elktra Records. <i>Under the Big Black Sun</i> was slightly more polished than it's predecessors. It charted at #76 but it held true to the band's sound and for a little bit it looked like X was one of the few punk bands that could gracefully handle the transition from indy credibility to widespread commercial appeal without alienating their original fanbase.<br />
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<i>More Fun in the New World, </i>X's fourth album in four years, was the final X album to be produced by Ray Manzarek. It was just as solid as any of it's predecessors, it sold just as well, and it charted at a respectable #86. But through the twisted eyes of and Elektra record executive steady sales is not enough. <i>More Fun in the New World </i>was released in September of 1983. It was the last great X album. After that most of the members of the band became distracted by side projects. Everything else they recorded as X after <i>More Fun</i> had a slick commercial sound that felt like a betrayal of the bands original aesthetic.<br />
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</div><div>This bootleg was recorded in October of 1983 less than a month after the release of <i>More Fun in the New World. </i>It captures the band at their peak before they lost their edge. They perform an assortment of songs from their first four albums.</div><div><br />
<a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-A_IKu90wwmI/TrhpBf9TobI/AAAAAAAAAF0/f-JQnwduk7A/s1600/X+-+4.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" height="249" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-A_IKu90wwmI/TrhpBf9TobI/AAAAAAAAAF0/f-JQnwduk7A/s320/X+-+4.jpg" width="320" /></a>The sound quality and performance on this recordings are excellent. The show was captured from an F.M. broadcast. All the instruments are clearly audible and the vocals are mixed at a good level. This record is infinetly better than that official 1988 album <i>X - Live at the Whisky a Go-Go. </i>This bootleg sounds much deeper, louder, less compressed, and more vibrant than it's commercial counterpart.<br />
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X<br />
Venue: Park West<br />
City: Chicago, IL<br />
Date: 10.07.1983<br />
Size: 132 mb<br />
Runtime: 58:04<br />
Source: Frequency Modulation Broadcast<br />
Download: <a href="http://www.mediafire.com/?gt222vg6zfi11yc">http://www.mediafire.com/?gt222vg6zfi11yc</a><br />
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Set List:<br />
01 Motel Room In My Bed <br />
02 We're Having Much More Fun <br />
03 In This House That I Call Home <br />
04 Make The Music Go Bang <br />
05 White Girl <br />
06 True Love Pt. 2 <br />
07 Beyond and Back <br />
08 Hungry Wolf <br />
09 Poor Girl <br />
10 Riding With Mary <br />
11 Year One <br />
12 Some Other Time <br />
13 Breathless <br />
14 Johnny Hit And Run Pauline <br />
15 The Once Over Twice <br />
16 Sugarlight <br />
17 Because I Do <br />
18 How I Learned My Lesson <br />
19 Soul Kitchen<br />
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Black Joe Lewis picked up his first guitar at the age of twenty while working at a pawn shop in Austin, Texas. Over the next few years he practiced and mastered his instrument. He formed a band called Cool Breeze which consisted of Joe on Guitar and Vocals and a rotating cast of characters backing him up. He secured a weekly gig at "The Hole in The Wall" a local Austin dive bar.<br />
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Joe continued his gigs there for a while. But he was beginning to get frustrated with music. The lineup of his band would change almost every week, and he wasn't getting any real attention. In 2007 Joe was considering leaving Austin and giving up on his music career. But fortunately at that time future Honeybears guitarist Zack Ernst was a student and member of University of Texas Music and Entertainment Committee. They were planning their annual 40 Acres Fest. Little Richard was to be the headliner and the Entertainment Committee needed an opener.<br />
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Ernst asked Joe to the be the opener. The show was a huge boost for Joe's career and opened him up to a lot of new opportunities. After the Little Richard show Ernst and Joe developed a friendship based around a mutual affinity for blues and soul music particularly the contemporary blues artists on Fat Possum Records like Junior Kimbrough and R.L.Burnside. Soon Ernst became a member of the Cool Breeze.<br />
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Despite his recent success Joe still had some trepidations about his future in music. The Cool Breeze wasn't a stable group of dedicated musicains. Joe got offered a gig at an Austin club called The Parish but he was going to turn it down because he didn't have a band. Zach Ernst, who wanted to play the gig, got together a group of his college friends to form a horn section and help round off the rhythm section. This band eventually became The Honeybears. They retained the blues style of Joe's earlier work but incorporated new elements of deep soul, funk, and punk.<br />
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In <a href="http://www.rollogrady.com/rg-interview-zach-ernst-of-black-joe-lewis/">2008 interview</a>, Zach Ernst was asked to describe the Band's sound. He responded:<br />
<a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-tcNbNB6TLDE/TqCFOGfc3KI/AAAAAAAAADU/TVXxbPpJvUI/s1600/Black+Joe+Lewis+%2526+The+Honeybears+-+Acid.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-tcNbNB6TLDE/TqCFOGfc3KI/AAAAAAAAADU/TVXxbPpJvUI/s200/Black+Joe+Lewis+%2526+The+Honeybears+-+Acid.jpg" height="150" width="200" /></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">Well, Joe came up with “garage soul” and we all liked that. We draw from influences like James Brown and Howlin’ Wolf, and also from ‘70s punk rock, garage rock, the Sonics and the Monks. We’re definitely influenced by all the great, older blues and rock-and-roll artists. Joe plays a really unique style of guitar, like an aggressive lead guitar. Having two loud guitars in the band isn’t really something that any of those soul bands we love so much really ever did. </span><br />
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This was show recorded December 18th, 2009 for the French television program Live De La Semaine (Live This Week) the same year year Black Joe Lewis and The Honeybears released their first full length album T<i>ell em What You're Name Is.</i> This show is comprised of eight tracks off their debut album.<br />
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This record begins with a promo featuring a smooth talking frenchmen introducing the band over a recording of "Get Yo' Shit", one of the few songs from their record they don't perform for this show. The first song "Gunpowder" comes off harder with more firepower than it does on their record. It only takes a second to realize that Black Joe is at his best performing live.<br />
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Joe introduces "Bitch I Love You" by saying this is our hit. He says this with a hint of Irony. It is one of their more popular songs but it is also caused the band a lot of troubles. Their tongue and chic lyrics have earned them a reputation for misogyny and "Bitch I Love You" has done the most to perpetuate that image. They got kicked off of a tour with Al Green because he found it offensive. They also had a Baraka Obama staff member threaten to pull the plug on them if they played at it a 2008 presidential rally in Austin. Lewis has stated that he likes opening for bands like The New York Dolls because their fans are not as easily offended and he can play whatever he wants “I’m not ashamed of doing ‘Bitch, I love you’ in front of them." he said, "You do that in front of a jam band, and there’s like, feminist chicks who freak out.”<br />
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This recording ends the same way the album does on a high note, with "Please Pt. Two". It is an extremely heavy track full of tension and psychotic screaming that would put Iggy on edge. This live mix features a particularly pronounced Saxophone freak-out that is very reminiscent Steve Mackay's sax playing on <i>Fun House</i>. <br />
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Black Joe Lewis & The Honeybears<br />
Le Live De La Semaine<br />
Location: Paris France<br />
Date: 12.18.09<br />
Size: 27.4mb<br />
Runtime: 30min<br />
Source: French Television Broadcast<br />
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00. Sexy French Introduction<br />
01. Gunpowder<br />
02. Sugarfoot.<br />
03. I'm Broke<br />
04. Big Booty Woman<br />
06. Bitch I love You<br />
07. Bobby Bouchet<br />
08. Please Pt. Two<br />
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Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7713618000210361226.post-22402024585279787982011-10-09T20:55:00.000-07:002012-01-10T12:33:29.765-08:00Keith Richards - Toronto Tapes<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><div style="text-align: left;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-JWV9ukXf0Jw/TpJiZl2vPsI/AAAAAAAAACk/fDH-s2FbqOc/s1600/Keith+Richards.1977.Piano.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-JWV9ukXf0Jw/TpJiZl2vPsI/AAAAAAAAACk/fDH-s2FbqOc/s320/Keith+Richards.1977.Piano.jpg" width="270" /></a></div>1976 was a dark time for Keith Richards and the Rolling Stones. They hadn't released a great record since Exile on Main Street (1972) and their last attempt in the studio, Black and Blue (1976), was the worst album they had made to date. The Stone's have a long history of drug busts, deportation, and operating in exile, but by the late seventies the joke was getting old. Keith Richard's severe heroin habit was getting in the way of his creativity. Mick Jagger, who felt that Richards had lost it, had taken over most of the creative control of the band. This lowered the overall quality of their performances and put strains on rock and roll's most famous songwriting duo.<br />
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<div>During this turbulent time The Stones had been recording a Live double-album: Love You Live. This album only featured a few of their current songs. It was mostly made up of old blues numbers or Stone's originals from their glory days.<br />
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During this time Keith Richards relationship with his long time lover, Anita Pallenberg was stressed as well by the obligations of fame and dark nature of Heroin addiction. Anita was an actress and a model. She had originally been Brian Jone's girlfriend but she ended up with Keith. She gave birth to three of Keith's children. Their youngest child died on June 6, 1976 at less than three months of age. That night after finding out about the death of his youngest son, Keith Richards performed in Paris. Some of the performance from that night were used on <i>Love You Live</i>. Both Anita and Keith had been very strung out on cocaine and heroin, before during, and after the pregnancy of their third child. When the baby died things only got worse.<br />
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A few months later in March of 1977 <i>Love You Live</i> had still not been completed. The Stones decided to finish off the long overdue album with a few club dates. At the time they were only playing large stadiums and they thought it would be good to get back to their roots by playing somewhere small and intimate. They chose the El Mocambo Tavern in Toronto because Keith didn't need a visa to get into Canada and most other countries would not have him.<br />
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The Canadian shows seemed like a good idea but trouble started immediately. Keith showed up four days late and missed a number of rehearsals. Upon entering the country customs found a chunk of hash and a blackened spoon in Anita's purse. The couple was permitted to enter the country but the spoon and hash were held as evidence.<br />
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On February 28th, 1977 fifteen Canadian Mounties busted Keith Richards in his hotel room. Less than 24 hours after entering the countries Keith had procured an ounce of heroin and five grams of cocaine. Even though he had gotten the drugs in Toronto the Canadian goverment was charging him with trafficking. All of a sudden Keith found himself in jail looking at a potential sentence of seven years to life.<br />
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</div><div style="text-align: left;">Keith got out on bail shortly after his arrest. He pulled things together enough to make it to rehersal and on March 4th and 5th the Stones recorded the final shows for their live album at El Mocambo. Afterwards Keith still needed to stay in the country to attend his upcoming court dates. The rest of the Stones, freaked out to find that Keith was still holding drugs, promptly fled the country and tried to distance themselves from Keith as much as possible.<br />
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On the night of March 12th 1977 Keith found himself alone in Toronto's Interchange Studios. The next day was his final court date where he would receive his sentence. On that long night, abandonced by his band and thinking about spending the rest of his live in a Canadian prison, he decided to record a few songs. These are the first recordings ever of Keith as a solo artist. He recorded five extremely somber and poignant old country songs. Keith had learned all these tunes from Gram Parsons, a fellow musician and country music enthusiast, before his untimely death in 1973.</div><br />
<div>The first track, "Worried Life Blues" is an Old Traditional song originally recorded in 1941 by "Big Maceo" Merriweather on vocals and piano, and Tampa Red on guitar. It is a sad song about loss but it may be the happiest song on this record because it hints at slightly better days ahead. "Worried Life Blues" was covered by countless blues artists and then later by rock musicians. It has often been heavily embellished both musically and lyrically, but Richard's rendition is surprisingly faithful to the original tune.<br />
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<a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-Spb9ZchZEmE/TpJiaHxrJ-I/AAAAAAAAACs/fItCUHqMNKI/s1600/Kieth+Richards.1977.Annie+Leibovitz.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="220" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-Spb9ZchZEmE/TpJiaHxrJ-I/AAAAAAAAACs/fItCUHqMNKI/s320/Kieth+Richards.1977.Annie+Leibovitz.jpg" width="320" /></a>"Sing Me Back" home was originally recorded by Merle Haggard in 1968. This is a fitting tune for Keith to sing while awaiting trial. The song tells the story of a death row inmate on his way to the chair. His final request is to have someone sing him the same song his mama use to sing him as a child. The Prisoner seems to feel that if he can here that song one more time that it would take him back to his childhood and by listening to the song he could tranced his imprisonment and impending death. Keith's rendition of this song actually sounds more sorrowful and depressing than the Merle Haggard version.<br />
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"She Still Comes Around" was a song written by Country songwriter Glenn Sutton and first recorded by Jerry Lee Lewis in 1969. It's about a drunken fuck up who is always disapointing his wife. But despite his flaws his wife is always there to love him and take care of him when he is at his lowest.<br />
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"Apartment #9" was a Johnny Paycheck song about a rejected man who sits alone in an apartment shrouded in darkness hoping his ex-lover will forgive him and come back home.<br />
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The final track "Say It's Not You" was written by country songwriter Dallas Frazier for George Jones in 1968. It's about a heartbroken man. He's heard rumors of a wild woman in town who would go home with a diffrent man every night. After hearing about her the man realizes the other men are describing the woman he loves. In 1994 Keith Richards recoreded this song again as a duet with George Jones on the "The Bradley Barn Sessions".<br />
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There is a common theme of regret and remorse over failed opportunities and a wasted life that runs through these sessions. Every track is written from the perspective of a man who has pissed away the best days of his life in a drunken, strung-out stupor. They are poignant lamentations for Richards to be singing the night before he his sentencing. These songs could have been written by Richards himself if they had not already been written by generations of country and blues-men years before him. </div><div><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-YoTyEVA-zCA/TpJiZ4fWt9I/AAAAAAAAACo/un6O8Bp5wbM/s1600/Keith+Richards.1977.Smoking.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="208" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-YoTyEVA-zCA/TpJiZ4fWt9I/AAAAAAAAACo/un6O8Bp5wbM/s320/Keith+Richards.1977.Smoking.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div>With his firm repuatation as an ultra-heroin addicted rock mega-star it's hard to remember that Keith Richards was once an awkward teenage choir-boy who just wanted to play rock and roll and meet girls. His vocals on this whole record are surprisingly angelic. Beneath the years of excess and regret you can almost hear that choir boy crying out. These tapes were made on the other side of addiction and stardom, but through the haze you can you catch a glimpse of Keith at his most raw and vulnerable.</div><div>---------------------------------------------------</div><div><br />
Keith Richards - The Toronto Tapes<br />
DATE: March 12th, 1977<br />
Location: Sounds Interchange Studios, Toronto, Canada<br />
Source: Demo<br />
Duration: 16:06<br />
Size: 37.04 MB<br />
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TRACKS:<br />
1. Worried Life Blues <br />
2. Sing Me Back Home <br />
3. She Still Comes Around <br />
4. Apartment No. 9 <br />
5. Say It's Not You </div></div></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7713618000210361226.post-15464924235525683092011-09-17T15:29:00.000-07:002011-10-03T20:58:53.664-07:00Lou Reed Acoustic Demo's 1970<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-kM4LZkQnTks/TnJO76oQQ1I/AAAAAAAAACE/uYf1rjAxF4I/s1600/lou+reed.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-kM4LZkQnTks/TnJO76oQQ1I/AAAAAAAAACE/uYf1rjAxF4I/s400/lou+reed.jpg" width="324" /></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">In August of 1970 Lou Reed quit the Velvet Underground. This decision was followed by a severe mental breakdown and two long years of regret and isolation. At that point the Velvet Underground was a complete financial </span>failure<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">. Lou was broke and </span>disillusioned<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">. He didn't see much of a future for himself in the music business so he moved back to Long Island to live with his parents in the suburb of Freeport where he took a low paying job at his father's accounting firm as typist. </span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">These demo's were recorded during the fall and winter of 1970. They reflect Lou at his lowest point. He didn't make any more live appearances that year after leaving the Velvet Underground. The only thing he recorded were these twelve tracks. They are the first known recordings of Lou Reed as a solo artist. </span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">The fall of 1970 was a strange and dark time in Rock and Roll. The whole artistic world was in transition. The 1960's had just ended and the entire counter culture was searching for a new identity and means of survival in an increasingly harsh and unloving world. This </span>transcendent<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"> bummer was only made worse by the death of hippie idols Jimi Hendrix and Janis Joplin. </span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">Reed was particularly shook up by </span>Hendrix's<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"> death partially </span>because he<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"> was an </span>admirer<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"> of Hendrix's style but also because he saw himself as the next potential</span> victim of the rock and roll lifestyle. During this </span>period<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"> Reed was also searching for a new </span>identity<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"> and </span>relevance<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">. He began seeing a psychoanalyst. He replaced his use of amphetamine and heroin with a new regimen of pharmaceutical narcotics. </span><br />
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Most of the songs on this demo were used on later Lou Reed albums. A few of these songs were also recorded with the Velvet Underground before Reed's departure however those recordings were not available until 1985. At the time Reed recorded this demo none of theses songs had ever been released to the general public.<br />
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This tape was not meant to be heard by fans. Most likely it was for Lou's personal use so many of these songs are works in progress. Most of these tracks are not much diffrent than their official liscensed counterparts, except for a lot of shortened intros and a few skipped guitar solos, but a couple of the recordings are barely recognizable as the building blocks of the finished product. This recording serves as an important snapshot of an artists in transition and of a lost and confused man in rapidly changing world.<br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">"Going Down" and "Walk It and Talk It" both appeared one year later on his eponymous solo debut. </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">The Demo version of "Going Down" shares a common </span>chorus<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"> with the Album version but most everything else is </span>different<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">. </span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">He does an early rendition of "I'm So Free" and "Lonely Saturday Night (aka G</span>oodnight Ladies)"<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"> which came out on <i>Transformer</i> in 1972. The song recorded here as </span>"Lonely Saturday Night"<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"> was later reworked and turned into the second half of the song </span>which evenentually became "Goodnight Ladies" . <br />
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He also does an early version of "Looking Through The Eyes of Love (aka Oh Jim)" which eventually evolved into the song "Oh Jim" on <i>Berlin</i> in 1973. These two songs contain a number of lyrical similarities to each other, but they are structurally and thematically different. "Oh Jim" is a song about a man jaded by stardom and "Looking through the eyes of hate". "Oh Jim" is very dark and bitter especially when compared to the surprisingly upbeat version of the song found on this demo which is an optimistic tune about "Looking through the eyes of love."<br />
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Another song on here that is dramitcaly diffrent than the stuido version is "Kill Our Sons (aka Kill Your Sons)" which was later released as "Kill Your Sons" on <i>Sally Can't Dance</i> in 1974. These two songs share a common structure, music, and chorus but the lyrics and meaning of the two are completely different. The recording on this demo, "Kill Our Sons" is a very typical protest song about the Vietnam war. It may have meant something at the time, but in retrospect it sounds very naive and it makes Lou Reed come across like a hippie. It is probably best that this version never got released. The later version of the song "Kill Your Sons" is about electro-shock treatment and it's mentally crippling side effects. This songs was inspired by Reed's personal experiences as a teenager growing up in the 1950's. At the age of fourteen he was subjected to a series of electro-shock therapy sessions with the intention of curing him of his homo-sexual feelings. Lou was still pretty gay after getting electro-shock therapy but as a result he has suffered long lasting effects of memory loss and he described himself as feeling like a vegetable.<br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">"Ride Into the Sun", "She's My Best Friend", and "I'm Sticking With You" were all recorded for the infamous "Lost" Velvet Underground album but never appeared in any of Lou Reed's solo work other than on this Demo</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">. The Demo take of</span> "She's My Best Friend" is much more subdued than the Velvet Underground version. The lyrics are the same except the Reed sings the verses in a slightly different order. The demo version of "I'm Sticking With You" is a noteworthy because Lou Reed sings the song himself instead of Maureen Tucker who always sang that song for the Velvet Underground. <br />
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"I Can't Stand it Anymore" and "Lisa Says" were both recorded for the "Lost" Velvet Underground album and then they were later re-recorded for Lou Reed's self-titled debut. The Version of "Lisa Says" on the Demo is completely different than the Velvet Underground version but it is relatively similar to the Self-Titled version. On the Demo and Velvet Underground version of "I Can't Stand It" Reed sings, "If Shelly would Just come back it would be alright," during the chorus. On his self-titled album he sings "If Penny would Just come back it would be alright". In addition each version of "I Can't Stand it Anymore" features three verses. The first two verse are always the same but the third verse changes on each recording. In the Velvet Underground version the final verse is just a repeat of the first verse. In this Demo version Reed Sings:<br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><i>I'm Tired of Being Alone</i></span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><i>I never once had a home-home</i></span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><i>So when things get too hard</i></span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><i>I just play my music loud-loud</i></span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">On his Self Titled Album Reed Sings:</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><i>I'm Tired of Being Alone </i></span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><i>No one ever calls me on the phone</i></span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><i>But when things </i></span><i>aren't<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"> getting better</span></i><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><i>I just play my music louder</i></span><br />
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The rarity on this collection is "So In Love". It was never performed with the Velvet Underground and Reed never re-recorded it for any of his later albums. This Demo is the only available recording of this song.<br />
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The sound quality of this recording is good not great. It is a little distorted and there are lots of hisses and pops, but I assume this is of comparable quality to the average demo tape made in 1970. Despite the low-fidelity these recording are an essential collector's item due to the unique performance and historical significance of this little documented period in Lou Reed's life. <br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">Lou Reed</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">Demo Tape</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">Recorded: Fall and Winter of 1970</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">Length: 31min 52sec.</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">Size: 54.3mb</span><br />
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Set List<br />
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Fall 1970:<br />
1. I'm So Free<br />
2. I Can't Stand It<br />
3. Walk and Talk It<br />
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Winter 1970:<br />
4. Going Down<br />
5. Ride Into the Sun<br />
6. I'm Stick With You<br />
7. Lisa Says<br />
8. Kill Our Sons (aka Kill Your Sons)<br />
9. Lonely Saturday Night (aka Goodnight Ladies)<br />
10. So in Love*<br />
11. She's My Best Friend<br />
12. Looking Through the Eyes of Love (aka Oh Jim)<br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;">*This track is not available on any other </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;">recordings.</span><br />
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</div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com9tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7713618000210361226.post-21118684779628522362011-09-06T13:43:00.000-07:002011-09-06T13:53:44.400-07:00Jacuzzi Boys - The Cavern - Dallas, TX (5.13.2010)<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-Olo3s0d9FJE/TmaHdmiRMaI/AAAAAAAAACA/iEzx9mGdThw/s1600/Jacuzzi+Boys%252C+San+Francisco%252C+CA+2008.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="213" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-Olo3s0d9FJE/TmaHdmiRMaI/AAAAAAAAACA/iEzx9mGdThw/s320/Jacuzzi+Boys%252C+San+Francisco%252C+CA+2008.jpg" width="320" /></a>The Jacuzzi Boys are a lo-fi, psychedelic, garage-punk band from from Miami Florida. They formed in 2007 and quickly gained a following as they released a series of successful 7inches. In 2009 the small Indy label Florida's Dying released their first full length record <i>No Seasons,</i> In 2010 they recorded a live album for Jack White's Third Man Records, and just last month in August of 2011 they released their second album <i>Glazin' </i>on Hardly Art, a subsidiary of Sub Pop.<br />
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The Jacuzzi Boys prove that you don't need to be from California to make catchy sun baked surf rock for apathetic, drugged-addled hipster kids. Their sound is comparable to many of the giants of the California garage scene such as Ty Segall, Hunx and His Punx, and Nobunny. But the Jacuzzi Boy's sound does differ from their contemporaries in a few key ways. They come across as more genuine than cute, they are less poppy and gimmicky than Nobunny or Hunx, and they have managed to retain the high level of energy that Ty Segall brought to his early records but seems to be lacking in his later work.<br />
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It is very rare to get a good bootleg of a current band. Most bands don't start getting bootlegged until decades after their prime. This record was recorded at The Cavern in Dallas Texas a little over a year ago on April 13th, 2010. It captures the early days of a phenomenal band that has yet to peak. <br />
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This record is from a fairly high quality soundboard recording. The songs are all taken from their first album or other early singles, but this live performance is unique because it is markedly more high energy and raw than on any of their official records.<br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">Jacuzzi Boys</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">Venue: The Cavern - Dallas, Texas</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">Date: 5.13.10</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">Source: Soundboard</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">Duration: 33 min</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">Size: 36mb</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">Download: </span><a href="http://www.mediafire.com/?b3p3br232qd6q96">http://www.mediafire.com/?b3p3br232qd6q96</a><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">Set List:</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">01. Intro</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">02. Do the Coma</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">03. Smells Dead</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">04. Island Ave.</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">05. Black Sand</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">06. Bricks or Coconuts</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">07. Fruits</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">08. Docks</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">09. Freakazoids</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">10. Sing Along</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">11. Plandet of Dreamers</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">12. Blow Out Your Lights</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">13. Alligator</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">14. You Should Know</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">15. Age of the Giant Jellyfish</span><br />
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</div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7713618000210361226.post-73487644827770249502011-08-30T13:28:00.000-07:002011-08-30T13:28:35.898-07:00The Ramones - The Palladium - NYC - 1.7.1978 (SBD)<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-mDX-TWJfHZk/Tl1FTh21_AI/AAAAAAAAABo/owNZfCPAeNA/s1600/Ramones+-+Simpsons.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="303" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-mDX-TWJfHZk/Tl1FTh21_AI/AAAAAAAAABo/owNZfCPAeNA/s320/Ramones+-+Simpsons.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">It's hard to imagine that someone actually had to write the lines "hey-ho, lets' go". It feels like such a simple and basic chant that it must have predated time itself. But someone had to be the first to come up with it. </span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">The Ramones formed in in Queens, New York in 1974. They all came together sharing a mutual love of The Stooges who's raw bloody rage gave The Ramones infinite inspiration. They quickly found a home in Manhattan clubs like CBGB's and Max's Kansas City playing alongside the god fathers of punk like the New York Dolls and Iggy Pop. </span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">The Ramones can be credited with being the first true and pure punk band because they invented and perfected the basic punk formula. They boiled the music down to it's most basic elements. They played quick two minute songs, which was about half the length of the average Dolls tune. Every song was built around a fast sloppy 3 or 4 chord riff with a simple, driving, repetitive hook, a basic verse-chorsu-verse structure, and fast simple lyrics that walked a fine line between psychotic and retarded. </span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">The Ramones also pioneered the punk attitude of complete indifference to their audience. Before them Iggy had experimented with attacking his audience, but Joey just ignored them completely. He did not dance, move, or even look up while he was playing. He just stood in front of the mic with his long, greasy, black hair in front of his face. There was no stage banter. The only way you could tell when one song stopped and the next started was by a short pause for Dee-Dee to yell, "1-2-3-4!". </span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">In the second half of the 1970's The Ramones produced four albums using their signature formula: <i>Ramones, Leave Home, Rocket to Russia, </i>and<i> Road to Ruin</i>. These four records pushed rock and roll to new levels of intensity and cemented the sound and aesthetics of punk rock. They worked their way through the Ramones formula in every possible permutation and by the end of Road to Ruin they had carried it to it's natural conclusion. </span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Today I'm a sharing the Ramones live at the historic Palladium in New York City recorded live January 7, 1978. This was recording right in the middle of the Ramones hey day. They had already achieved world wide success, but they were still young and fresh. They were not yet tired, aging rock stars. This show has some special energy because they are performing back in their hometown of New York City. One of the only pauses in the whole set is right before Blitzkrieg Bop. A very energized Joey says, "Well, it's great to be back here in New York City, and it's good to see all of you again." </span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">This show was recorded from the soundboard for an for F.M. radio broadcast on The King Biscuit Flower Hour. The audio quality is excellent. If it weren't for the cheering crowd after each song it would be difficult to distinguish between some of theses tracks and the recordings used on their early records. </span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">The Ramones</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Location: The Palladium - New York, NY</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Recorded: 01.07.1978</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Source: FM Broadcast</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Duration: 56 min</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Size: 125mbs </span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Bitrate: 320 kbps</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Download: </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><a href="http://www.mediafire.com/?gb2w56hqdy63rwc">http://www.mediafire.com/?gb2w56hqdy63rwc</a></span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">01. Rockaway Beach</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">02. Teenage Lobotomy</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">03. Blitzkrieg Bop</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">04. I Wanna Be Well</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">05. Glad To See You Go</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">06. Gimme Gimme Shock Treatment</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">07. You're Gonna Kill That Girl</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">08. I Don't Care</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">09. Sheena Is A Punk Rocker</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">10. Havana Affair</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">11. Commando</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">12. Here Today, Gone Tommorrow</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">13. Surfin' Bird</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">14. Cretin Hop</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">15. Listen To My Heart</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">16. California Sun</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">17. I Don't Wanna Walk Around With You</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">18. Pinhead</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">19. Do You Want To Dance</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">20. Chainsaw</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">21. Today Your Love, Tommorrow The World</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">22. Now I Wanna Be A Good Boy</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">23. Suzy Is A Headbanger</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">24. Let's Dance</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">25. Oh, Oh, I Love You So</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">26. Now I Wanna Sniff Some Glue</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">27. We're A Happy Family</span><br />
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</div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7713618000210361226.post-50892560400308452992011-08-22T12:28:00.000-07:002011-09-18T11:13:43.321-07:0013 Floor Elevators - WFAA-TV, Dallas, TX - 1966<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-3D-gWtmIX_0/TlNXfqUQZJI/AAAAAAAAABk/DuiFr73u5BA/s1600/Elevators%2B-%2BIlluminaughtie%2B.jpg"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5643950959472174226" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-3D-gWtmIX_0/TlNXfqUQZJI/AAAAAAAAABk/DuiFr73u5BA/s320/Elevators%2B-%2BIlluminaughtie%2B.jpg" style="cursor: hand; cursor: pointer; float: left; height: 316px; margin: 0 10px 10px 0; width: 320px;" /></a> <br />
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<div><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">The 13th Floor Elevators are the original psychedelic rock band from Austin Texas. They formed in 1965. In January of 1966 they released their first single "You're Gonna Miss Me." The 45 was an immediate success and gained the band instant notoriety. However </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">The Elevators rapid ascension to fame brought along some unwanted attention. </span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"> <br />
</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">The local Texas authorities saw Rocky Erickson as a figure head for the emerging drug culture, and they wanted to make an example of him. The police did not know of any specific crimes that the Elevators had committed but they put a surveillance team on the band because they were sure that Rocky Erickson and The 13th Floor Elevators must be up to no good. </span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"> <br />
</span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">At the time The Elevators electric jug player, Tommy Hall, happened to be trafficking large amounts of marijuana from Mexico into Texas on a regular basis. </span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"> <br />
</span></span></div><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">On January 27th, 1966 Roky Erikson, Stacy Sutherland, Tommy Hall, Clementine Hall, and John Ike </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Walto<span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 19px;">n of the 13th Floor Elevators were arrested on felony charges for possession of Marijuana. </span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 19px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">The police seized the Elevators van and as a cruel and ironic punishment the authorities used their van as an undercover surveillance vehicle.</span></span><br />
<div><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 19px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"> <br />
</span></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 19px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">In March of '66 The Elvators relocated to Dallas. They were in a new city, paranoid, reclusive and, alienated. They were still shaken up from their bust. Because of their legal problems they coudln't smoke much grass and they were having trouble finding Acid which they liked to drop before every live performance. They began heavily abusing pharmecuitacals such a Amphetamine and Quaaludes to compensate for the illegal drugs they could no longer use. They were seen chugging Listerine before shows and a few members even missed a gig because they were too fucked up on glue to perform. It was during this turbulent period of the their career that The 13th Floor Elevators made their first live television appearance. </span></span></span></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 19px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"> <br />
</span></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 19px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">This bootleg was recorded on the <i>Sump'n Else </i>television show. Which was a live teen dance show on Dallas' WFAA Channel 11. They made two appearances: The first in March of '66 shortly after moving to Dallas and the second two months later in May.</span></span></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 19px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"> <br />
</span></span></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 19px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">The recording quality is excellent especially for a bootleg from the mid sixties. The performances are extremely high energy and very psychotic. </span></span></span></span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 19px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">They also do some interesting tripped out covers of "You Really Got Me", "Roll Over Beethoven", "Have Mercy" and "Gloria". </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 19px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">This bootleg sounds more weird, raw, and freaked out than their debut album </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 19px;"><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">The Psychedelic Sounds of The 13th Floor Elevators </span></i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">which had yet to been released when these shows were recorded. </span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 19px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"> <br />
</span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 19px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">But what makes these recordings really great is the enthusiastic television host who introduces the band and also tries to interview a very spaced out Tommy Hall about the electric jug. He sounds like a typical 1960's television personality. His chipper, wholesome, all american attitude stands in stark contrast to The Elevators who were standing at the forefront of a national cultural and psychedelic revolution which was set to explode in less than a year. </span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 19px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"> <br />
</span></span></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 19px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">The 13th Floor Elevators</span></span></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 19px;"></span></span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 18px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Sump'n Else - WFAA-TV, Dallas, Texas</span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span"></span></span></span></span><br />
<div style="line-height: 18px;"><div><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Recorded: 3.25.1966 & 5.9.1966</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Source: Television Broadcast</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Duratio<span class="Apple-style-span">n: </span><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span">37min</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Size: 46.4mb</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Download: <a href="http://www.mediafire.com/?w2c4o8cdcx6cywb">http://www.mediafire.com/?w2c4o8cdcx6cywb</a></span></span></span></span></span></span></div></div><div style="line-height: 18px;"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"> <br />
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</span></span></span></span></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 18px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Set List:</span></span></span></span></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 18px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"> </span></span></span></span></span></span></div><div><div><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 18px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Sump'n Else TV Show, WFAA-TV, Dallas, TX, 3/25/66</span></span></span></span></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 18px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">1. You're Gonna Miss Me</span></span></span></span></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 18px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">2. Fire Engine</span></span></span></span></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 18px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">3. You Really Got Me</span></span></span></span></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 18px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">4. Roll Over Beethoven</span></span></span></span></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 18px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"> <br />
</span></span></span></span></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 18px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Sump'n Else TV Show, WFAA-TV, Dallas, TX, 5/9/66</span></span></span></span></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 18px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">1. Mercy, Mercy</span></span></span></span></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 18px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">2. Tried To Hide</span></span></span></span></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 18px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">3. Gloria</span></span></span></span></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 18px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">4. Fire Engine</span></span></span></span></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 18px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">5. You're Gonna Miss Me</span></span></span></span></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 18px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">6. Roller Coaster</span></span></span></span></span></span></div></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium; line-height: 18px;"> <br />
</span></span></span></span></div></div></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7713618000210361226.post-56453552753139218732011-08-15T15:55:00.000-07:002011-09-06T12:39:45.235-07:00The Black Angels - Seattle, WA - 6.11.2008<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-iaXHzfUmCn8/TknKR7fzmdI/AAAAAAAAABQ/Y56u7TYwFTs/s1600/The%2BBlack%2BAngels%2BLogo.jpg"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5641262417635940818" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-iaXHzfUmCn8/TknKR7fzmdI/AAAAAAAAABQ/Y56u7TYwFTs/s320/The%2BBlack%2BAngels%2BLogo.jpg" style="cursor: hand; cursor: pointer; float: left; height: 320px; margin: 0 10px 10px 0; width: 310px;" /></a> <br />
<span class="Apple-style-span">The Black Angels are a rock and roll band from Austin, Texas. They formed in 2004 taking their name from "The Black Angel Death Song" by the Velvet Underground. </span><br />
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</span></div><div><div><span class="Apple-style-span">The term "Psychdelic Rock" is extremely vague by nature and it does not actually mean anything. It does not refer to a specefic musical style or technique.It is a general term that can refer to any band that would sound better if you were high on Acid. That said The Black Angels are the definitive Neo-Psychedelic Rock Band of my generation. They have been the backing band for Rocky Erickson. They sound more droney than the Velvet Underground, more minimal than spaceman 3, and more strung out than The Brian Jonestown Massacre. </span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span"> <br />
</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span">This show is a recording of the Black Angel's first set at Neumo's in Seattle on June 11, 2008. The best way to listen to this recording is alone in a dark room with your eyes closed. It sounds like three hits of acid, two balloons, and a fat line of Ketamine. These songs are deeply meditative but dark and sinister at the same time. Each song evokes vivid images of distant and haunting landscape full unspeakable beauty and strange, dark shadows. </span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span"> <br />
</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span">This is an excellent show. All the songs came from their debut album <i>Passover</i> and their follow up <i>Directions to See a Ghost. </i>This was recorded in June of 2008 less than one month after <i>Directions to See a Ghost</i> had been released. </span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span"> <br />
</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span">It is an audience capture.<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"> Normally I only post shows from the soundboard, but in this case the dissident echoey sound of an audience r</span>ecording compliments the sound of The Black Angels in a very good way.</span></div><div><div><span class="Apple-style-span"> <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><br />
</span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">The Black Angel's </span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">Location: Live at Neumo's - Seattle, WA</span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">Recorded: 6.11.2008</span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">Source: Audience</span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">Duratio<span class="Apple-style-span">n: </span><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span">80min</span></span></span></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">Size: 112.7mb</span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">Download: <a href="http://www.mediafire.com/?2ix07e5gq82zfd6">http://www.mediafire.com/?2ix07e5gq82zfd6 </a></span></span></div></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"> <br />
</span></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">Set List:</span></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><span class="Apple-style-span"></span></span><br />
<div><div><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">01. [Intro]</span></span></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">02. Manipulation</span></span></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">03. You On The Run</span></span></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">04. Sniper At The Gates Of Heaven</span></span></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">05. Mission District</span></span></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">06. Black Grease</span></span></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">07. Deer-Ree-Shee</span></span></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">08. Science Killer</span></span></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">09. Young Men Dead</span></span></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">10. Empire</span></span></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">11. Surf City Revisited</span></span></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">12. Never Ever</span></span></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">13. [Intermission]</span></span></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">14. Better Off Alone</span></span></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">15. You In Color</span></span></span></span></div></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"> <br />
</span></span></span></div></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">For more Black Angels shows visit The Black Angels Collection at archive.org: <a href="http://www.archive.org/details/TheBlackAngels">http://www.archive.org/details/TheBlackAngels</a></span></span></div><div><br />
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</div></div></div></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7713618000210361226.post-68037554064782424402011-07-25T17:22:00.000-07:002011-08-16T14:50:35.305-07:00Sonic Youth: Live at Brixton Academy-(SBD)-12.14.1991<a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-rqwp7Jy53js/Ti9G3lyp54I/AAAAAAAAABI/rxidp83lV9g/s1600/Sonic%2BYouth-Simpsons.jpeg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 215px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-rqwp7Jy53js/Ti9G3lyp54I/AAAAAAAAABI/rxidp83lV9g/s320/Sonic%2BYouth-Simpsons.jpeg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5633799579715102594" border="0" /></a>
<br />Sonic Youth formed in New York City in the year 1981. They started out as part of the short lived but highly influential New York No-Wave scene. They later found a wider audience and new relevance as leaders in the burgeoning "alternative rock" scene of the late eighties and early nineties.<div>
<br /></div><div>In 1990 Sonic Youth released <i>Goo</i> their first album with Geffen Records. This move to a major label was controversial at first, but with the release of <i>Goo</i> and it's follow up album <i>Dirty </i>Sonic Youth proved that it was possible to retain complete creative control while on a major label. Their work for Geffen was slightly more polished and Pop oriented than their earlier releases but only slightly. They still made heavily distorted, experimental noise rock, rich with feedback and non-sequiturs. </div><div>
<br /></div><div>Most of the tracks from <i>Sonic Youth: Live at Brixton Academy</i> are renditions of songs off of <i>Goo</i> and <i>Dirty. </i>It was recorded live in London December 14, 1992. It captures them at the height of their commercial success and only a few years after the peak of their artistic career. This is a Radio Quality Recording and it is captured from the soundboard. </div><div>
<br /></div><div>With most bootlegs you must tolerate a low-fidelity recording to enjoy a glimpse of an artist at their most raw and un-polished. But with this recording of Sonic Youth it is the exact opposite. This show is not particularly unique or special. There are no notable fuck ups or interesting stage banter, but the performance is first rate and as a recording all the songs sound as good if not better than they do in the studio. </div><div>
<br /></div><div>The guitars are a little muddled, there is a lot of extra distortion and feedback, and the vocals are not nearly as clear or upfront as they are on <i>Goo</i> or <i>Dirty. </i>Normally these acoustic imperfections would detract from the listening experience, but with Sonic Youth it only makes the songs sound more full and rich. I feel that this live bootleg is probably a better representation of the band and their sound than anything they recorded for Geffen. </div><div>
<br /></div><div>Sonic Youth - Live at Brixton Academy, London</div><div>Recorded: 12.14.1991</div><div>Duration: 54min</div><div>Size: 101mb</div><div>Source: Soundboard </div><div>Download: <a href="http://www.mediafire.com/?hec5013gmsydtqg">http://www.mediafire.com/?hec5013gmsydtqg</a></div><div>
<br /></div><div>Set List</div><div>01. 100% <span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>[3:24] </div><div>02. Dirty Boots <span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>[4:50] </div><div>03. Kool Thing <span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>[4:37] </div><div>04. Swimsuit Issue <span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>[3:03] </div><div>05. Genetic <span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>[4:04] </div><div>06. Theresa's Sound-World <span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>[6:11] </div><div>07. Tom Violence <span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>[3:31] </div><div>08. Sugar Kane <span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>[8:54] </div><div>09. Schizophrenia <span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>[5:13] </div><div>10. Drunken Butterfly <span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>[3:02] </div><div>11. Youth Against Fascism <span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>[3:29] </div><div>12. JC <span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>[4:18] </div><div>
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<br /></div><div> </div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7713618000210361226.post-70564691690577604102011-07-18T16:33:00.000-07:002011-08-16T14:51:00.102-07:00Neil Young: Amsterdam 12.10.1989<a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-j68D8f3qAeU/TiTXiUCZ1pI/AAAAAAAAABA/QWH6m64ht8o/s1600/Neil%2BYoung-12.10.1989.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 310px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-j68D8f3qAeU/TiTXiUCZ1pI/AAAAAAAAABA/QWH6m64ht8o/s320/Neil%2BYoung-12.10.1989.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5630862418614277778" /></a>
<br />Neil Young is a Canadian singer songwriter. He first discovered fame in 1966 as one of the founding members of Buffalo Springfield. He is still actively touring and recording to this day. He has released over 50 albums in the last 45 years. <div>
<br /></div><div>I'm choosing Neil Young Live in Amsterdam recorded December 10th, 1989 for todays post because it represents a key turning point in Young's long and turbulent career.</div><div>
<br /></div><div>The eighties had not been an easy decade for Neil Young. Like many of his contemporaries such as Bob Dylan and The Rolling Stones he had alienated much of his audience by delving into an experimental phase of electronic synthesizers and rock and roll excess. </div><div>
<br /></div><div>But in October of 1989 Neil Young released the album <i>Freedom </i>which was a huge artistic and commercial comeback. The album mixed acoustic numbers reminiscent of Young's early career with heavier electric tracks which sounded more up to date and contemporary.</div><div>
<br /></div><div>This show is an acoustic set. About half the songs are taken from <i>Freedom</i> and the other tracks are mostly renditions of his older hits from the 1970's. </div><div>
<br /></div><div>The first track "Hey, Hey, My, My(Into the Black)" is a very fitting opener for this transitional period of Neil Young's career. He wrote the song in the late seventies. It is about the future of Rock and Roll as Young saw it in 1979. It self-consciously eludes to Young's fears about the growing irrelevance of himself and his generation in the era of disco and punk rock. It was partially inspired by his interaction with Devo while making the Bernard Shakey film <i>Human Highway</i>. </div><div>
<br /></div><div> Ironically "Hey Hey My My" became a huge hit and brought Neil Young back to prominence for a few years before returning to obscurity through most of the eighties. The famous line "It's better to burn out than to fade away" was later lifted by Kurt Cobain for use in his infamous 1994 suicide note. Young's inclusion in this most holy of rock & roll documents combined with his influence on Dinosaur Jr, his association with Sonic Youth, and collaboration with Pearl Jam made him the unofficial "Godfather of Grunge". </div><div>
<br /></div><div>The second track "Rockin' in The Free World" was the big hit single from <i>Freedom</i>. It reached #2 on Billboards mainstream rock chart. It addresses homelessness and crack addiction in the first verse, and the second verse is a scathing criticism of American policy. A month after the release of <i>Freedom</i> the Berlin Wall fell. Newscasts played the song over the footage of the wall being torn down. Because of it's easily misinterpreted chorus "Rockin' in the Free World" became the unofficial theme song for the Fall of the Berlin Wall.</div><div>
<br /></div><div>Like the album <i>Freedom </i>the Amsterdam '89 bootleg is bookended by two versions of "Rockin' in the Free World". It starts with a softer version early on in the set and ends with a heavier faster version as the final track. </div><div>
<br /></div><div>One of the highlights of this bootleg is an acoustic rendition of "This Notes For You" which had just won the MTV Video Music Award for Best Video of the Year for 1989. The Video is extremely hilarious and truly bizarre. The songs contains harsh criticism of the growing commercialism, corporate sponsorship, and product placement found in pop music. The original song was a heavy electric number so it is very interesting to hear this song played soft and acoustically without a backing band. </div><div>
<br /></div><div>There is some excellent stage banter right before "Heart of Gold". Neil Young sarcastically announces, "This is a song Bob Dylan wrote...Now there's a friend. I ripped off his song. I ripped off his whole sound." </div><div>
<br /></div><div>I assume Young is referring to a 1985 Bob Dylan interview in Spin Magazine where Dylan said: "I used to hate it when it came on the radio. I always liked Neil Young, but it bothered me every time I listened to 'Heart of Gold.' I think it was up at number one for a long time, and I'd say, 'Shit, that's me. If it sounds like me, it should as well be me.'" </div><div>
<br /></div><div>This performance was captured from the Soundboard. Both the audio quality and the performance are excellent.</div><div>
<br /></div><div><div><div>Track Listing</div><div>1. My My, Hey Hey (Into The Black)<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>5:07<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span></div><div>2. Rockin' In The Free World<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>5:41<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span></div><div>3. The Old Laughing Lady<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>5:19<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span></div><div>4. Don't Let It Bring You Down<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>4:05<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span></div><div>5. Someday<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>6:19<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span></div><div>6. Crime In The City<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>8:14<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span></div><div>7. Eldorado<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>7:16<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span></div><div>8. Too Far Gone<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>3:22<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span></div><div>9. This Note's For You<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>3:55<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span></div><div>10. The Needle & The Damage Done<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>2:49<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span></div><div>11. After The Goldrush<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>4:37<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span></div><div>12. Hangin' On A Limb<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>4:48<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span></div><div>13. Heart Of Gold<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>4:27<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span></div><div>14. Ohio<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>2:58<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span></div><div>15. Rockin' In The Free World<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>3:59</div></div></div><div>
<br /></div><div>NFO:</div><div><div>Neil Young: Amsterdam </div><div>Recorded: 12.10.1989</div><div>Duration: 80min</div><div>Size: 183mb</div><div>Source: Soundboard</div><div>Bitrate: 320 kbit/s Mp3 </div></div><div>Download: <a href="http://www.mediafire.com/?ob8vurq1s8buybq">http://www.mediafire.com/?ob8vurq1s8buybq</a></div><div>
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<br /></div><div> </div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7713618000210361226.post-64060457907500149202011-07-07T14:51:00.000-07:002011-09-15T12:14:56.295-07:00The Velvet Underground Live at the Gymnasium - New York - 4.30.1967<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-jYJ2FxjjB_E/TmV_WvfG1UI/AAAAAAAAAB4/hKo3pdRVr5c/s1600/Velvet-Underground-Live-At-Gymnasium-1967-Front-Cover-3825.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-jYJ2FxjjB_E/TmV_WvfG1UI/AAAAAAAAAB4/hKo3pdRVr5c/s320/Velvet-Underground-Live-At-Gymnasium-1967-Front-Cover-3825.jpg" width="320" /></a></div>The Velvet Underground were a Rock and Roll Band from New York City. They formed in 1964. They began as a folk rock band which was the hip sort of band to be in the East-Village in the mid-sixties. But their sound quickly evolved beyond their immediate scene. They incorporated Lou Reed's pop sensibility with John Cale's background in avant-gard neo-classic minimalist compositions to create a style of Music that was completely Unique from everything that had ever come before it. <br />
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</div><div>I chose the Velvet Underground Live at The Gymnasium April 30th, 1967 because it is an excellent document of a very special time and place. This show was recorded one month after the release of their debut album The Velvet Underground and Nico. This is the only bootleg I've ever found from 1967. It's also one of the few live recordings of The Velvet Underground made before John Cale left the band. </div><div><br />
</div><div>The first track"I'm Not A Young Man Anymore" is not available anywhere else. The second track "Guess I'm Falling In Love" is only available officially on the box set. This show was also the first ever performance of "Sister Ray" which wouldn't be release until their next album came out a year later. </div><div><br />
</div><div>The audio quality is impeccable. I'm not sure if the source was a soundboard or audience recording but it is the only Velvet Underground Bootleg I've ever found where the vocals are remotely audible. The Velvet Underground were the band that got me started collecting Bootlegs and this show is most definitely the best sounding recording of their early days available anywhere. </div><div><br />
</div><div>The Velvet Underground Live at the Gymnasium - New York </div><div>Recorded: 4.30.1967</div><div>Size: 80.0 mb</div><div><br />
</div><div>Track Listing:</div><div><div>1. I'm Not a Young Man Anymore - 7:17</div><div>2. Guess I'm Falling in Love - 4:18</div><div>3. I'm Waiting for the Man - 5:24</div><div>4. Run Run Run - 6:55</div><div>5. Sister Ray - 18:55</div></div><div><br />
</div><div>Link:</div><div><a href="http://www.mediafire.com/?efnqcq9uq2u4orc">http://www.mediafire.com/?efnqcq9uq2u4orc</a></div><div><br />
</div></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7713618000210361226.post-21081170520127142082011-06-27T14:01:00.000-07:002011-09-06T12:15:02.646-07:00Nobunny: Live on KDVS - 8.19.2008<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-OKc9PZsmB7E/TmZxGbQfteI/AAAAAAAAAB8/Zm1kSunucl0/s1600/110708_no_bunny_047.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="213" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-OKc9PZsmB7E/TmZxGbQfteI/AAAAAAAAAB8/Zm1kSunucl0/s320/110708_no_bunny_047.jpg" width="320" /></a></div>Nobunny is a Garage Rock/Power Pop outfit out of San Francisco, CA. It has only one consistent member Justin Champlin who has been recording and performing as Nobunny since 2001. Nobunny released his first record <i>Love Visions</i> in November of 2008. The release of that record as well as his incessant touring has gained him world wide recognition. Since the death of Jay Reatard in 2010 Nobunny may have taken his place as the most widely recognized face in the world of Garage Rock. Ironically few people know what his face actually looks like because he never appears in public without his signature bunny mask. </div><div><br />
</div><div>This is a bootleg of Nobunny Live on KDVS recorded 8.19.2008 three months before the release of <i>Love Visions</i>. It is a short performance clocking in at under thirteen minutes but he performs some of the best songs off of his breakthrough debut album.</div><div><br />
</div><div><div>Track Listing:</div><div>1. Nobunny Loves You</div><div>2. Mess Me Up</div><div>3. Church Mouse</div><div>4. Boneyard</div><div>5. It's True</div><div>6. Tina Goes To Work</div><div>7. Chuck Berry Holiday</div></div><div><br />
</div><div><div>Nobunny Live on KDVS</div><div>Recorded: 8.19.2008</div><div>Size: 11.5</div><div>Source: Radio Broadcast</div><div>Bitrate: 128kbps</div><div>Dudration: 12:22</div><div>Download: <a href="http://www.mediafire.com/?du9xvyxi1yxh9aq">http://www.mediafire.com/?du9xvyxi1yxh9aq</a></div></div><div><br />
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</div><div></div></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7713618000210361226.post-59674759989346731312011-06-19T16:36:00.000-07:002011-11-26T10:52:45.940-08:00The Rolling Stones Live at Leeds (3.13.1971)<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-EzUHIGHjPm0/TmV-xoHjOcI/AAAAAAAAAB0/Lztln_BI9FM/s1600/Rolling_stones_simpsons_1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-EzUHIGHjPm0/TmV-xoHjOcI/AAAAAAAAAB0/Lztln_BI9FM/s320/Rolling_stones_simpsons_1.jpg" width="255" /></a></div>The Rolling Stones were an English rock and roll band which formed in London in 1962. They quickly gained a following by playing covers of American Rhythm and Blues songs. By the mid-sixties their song writing skills had improved, and The Stones began to release more original material than covers. The songwriting partnership between Keith Richards and Mick Jagger combined with psychedelic and instrumental experimentation of Brian Jones proved to be a powerful combination. For the next couple of years The Stones followed the lead of the Beatles and focused their attention on crafting far out Psychedelic Pop tunes. But in 1968 The Stones Returned to their roots with the release of Beggars Banquet which was the first of four albums(Followed By Let it Bleed, Sticky Fingers, and Exile on Main Street) which elevated Rock and Roll from it's marginal status in society to a well established and respected art form. <br />
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</div><div>I chose The Rolling Stones Live at Leeds in 1971 as my first post because it captures the Stones at the height of their talent and career. It was recorded March 13, 1971 one month before the release of Sticky Fingers. The highlight of the show comes in the first couple seconds of the recording. Mick Jagger approaches the mic and says, "We'd like to do a new song for you it's called Dead Flowers." </div><div><br />
</div><div>By the time I was born the Rolling Stones were already aging rock stars well past their prime, but when I heard this bootleg the first time I felt like I was back in the 1971 experiencing the Stones at the peak of their career. This show captures a peak that would never come again where the Artistic community, the counter culture, and the music industry put aside their differences for a few years and decided to make something beautiful. </div><div><br />
</div><div>This show was captured from the soundboard and so the recording quality is excellent. </div><div><br />
</div><div>The Rolling Stones Live at Leeds University, England (1st Show)</div><div>Recorded: 3.13.1971 </div><div>Size:82.1 mb</div><div>Source: Soundboard</div><div>Bitrate: 192 kbps</div><div>Download: <a href="http://www.mediafire.com/?vj97tbmrgguptr7">http://www.mediafire.com/?vj97tbmrgguptr7</a></div></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0