Star, Big - Cambridge, MA 1974 + bonus

Performance Center
Cambridge, MA
March 31, 1974

early show (opening for Badfinger)

audience recording, in mono (sound quality VG++; recorded and transferred by Steve Hopkins)

ROB SEZ: When this recording surfaced last year, B.S./LX fans swooned at the thought of a previously-unheard live show from 1974 … and deservedly so, because this is a solid performance and impressive sound quality for a mono audience recording 30+ years old (the performance is even more impressive when you hear what happened to the band's instruments and equipment just before they went on).

THE CONNECTIONS BETWEEN The dB's, LX Chilton and B.S. are explored HERE

Enjoy!

Andy, Jody, LX: Back of a Car, indeed!

01. In The Street
02. Baby Strange 

03. Mod Lang

04. Candy Says (Velvet Underground cover) 

05. Till the End of the Day (Kinks cover)

06. O My Soul
07. Motel Blues

08. Thirteen 

09. Way Out West

10. September Gurls

11. Come On Now (Kinks cover)

artwork included in download

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B.S. and LX Chilton rarities (1974-1980)

NONE of these has been commercially or officially released

ROB SEZ: There just aren’t many rarities out there that weren’t included in the amazing Keep An Eye On the Sky 4-CD B.S. box set. If you’re a fan, go find the money (or just add it to your credit card debt) and plump for this puppy. I’ve included the only two listenable tracks from the otherwise utterly shambolic WLYX Memphis 1975 radio session. The rest are quite enjoyable studio outtakes.
 

01 Another Time, Another Place, and You (studio instrum.)        

         Star, Big, circa 1974

02 Femme Fatale (live)        

         Star, Big, WLYX, Memphis, TN 1975

03 Jesus Christ (live)        

         Star, Big, WLYX, Memphis, TN 1975

04 Surfer Girl (studio)        

LX Chilton, Sun Studios, 1980
outtake, "Like Flies on Sherbert" sessions

05 Lovely Day (studio; this version does not appear on the KaEOtS box)        

         LX Chilton, Sun Studios, 1975 studio session

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The Individuals - West Haven, CT 1982

Brothers III

West Haven, CT

April 23, 1982

audience recording (sound quality VG+; transfer from master tape; as usual, the house sound needs a little time to get adjusted; there’s some crowd noise, but not much for what must've been a club show…)

complete artwork included in DL

Repercussion: In the early 1980s, Gene Holder produced the debut EP and subsequent LP by The Individuals (with the latter engineered by Mitch Easter at Mitch’s Drive-In Studio). Later, Gene cut back his involvements with The dB’s (and eventually departed) in order to join The Wygals, which was formed with two members of The Individuals after the latter disbanded. Not long after The Individuals broke up, Glenn Morrow became an early-in-the-game business partner at Bar/None Records — the same label that released The dB’s Falling Off the Sky in 2012. Clear enough for you??

BIG THANKS to Alex Butterfield and the uploader for sharing. (This recording is Alex Butterfield Archive No. ABA-026-2)

01 • MY THREE SONS

02 • JOHNNY'S IN THE MINES

03 • I CAN'T GET STARTED

04 • WHITE

05 • JACKIE SAID, "SO..."

06 • SWIMMING IN THE STREET

07 • MONKEY

08 • OKAY CHORALE

09 • DANCING WITH MY EIGHTY WIVES

10 • LEAP OF FAITH

11 • WALK BY YOUR HOUSE

12 • HOOKS AND LADDERS

13 • THE ARGUMENT

14 • OUR WORLD

15 • YOUNG AND DANCING

16 • THINKING ALOUD

17 • DANCING WITH MY EIGHTY WIVES

18 • THIS IS MY HOUSE

19 • MOUNTAINS OF LOVE

20 • PILEDRIVE

21 • CAN'T PLAY ANOTHER SONG

22 • KUNG FU FIGHTING

TT: 79:12

The Individuals:

Glenn Morrow – guitar, vocals

Doug Wygal - drums

Janet Wygal – bass, vocals

Jon Klages – guitar

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The Individuals (above) sorta kinda

morphed into The Wygals (below)

that’s Gene Holder, back left

 Learn more about The Individuals and 

The Wygals at AllMusic
 

I NEED YOUR VOTE, dear readers!

I'm going to be broadening the focus of the blog this year, so:

Which of the following artists/groups would you most like to see here at The dB's Repercussion blog?? Any you want to suggest that aren't here?  

PLEASE USE THE COMMENTS SECTION & let me know...
 
(By the way, I'm really not interested in posting stuff by widely-known artists like R.E.M. — 
even if they otherwise would fit.)

SPEAK UP — now's the time to chime in!

Ryan Adams
Richard Barone
Big Star
The Blue Nile (& Paul Buchanan)
The Bongos
Alex Chilton
Lloyd Cole
Marshall Crenshaw
Crowded House (& Neil Finn)
The Feelies
Game Theory
Guadalcanal Diary (& Murray Attaway)
Robyn Hitchcock (&/or The Soft Boys, Egyptians)
The Hollies
Freedy Johnston
The Long Ryders
Bob Mould
The Move
NRBQ
Graham Parker
Sam Phillips
The Plimsouls (just posted one of their shows)
Rockpile
Teenage Fanclub
Velvet Crush
The Windbreakers
World Party
Yo La Tengo

Letch Actively - Rutger's Univ., 1986

The Rose Room

Rutger's University

New Brunswick, NJ

March 4, 1986

He had a hunch that, eventually, I would use

the watermelon photo. Sorry about that, Mitch…
Creem magazine photo

Audience recording (sound quality VG; transfer from first-generation tape).

Repercussion: I got an unexpected surprise when I was digitizing dBF’s tape and heard Mitch welcome Gene Holder as part of the show’s live ensemble. I’m guessing L.A. didn’t have a bassist at that point and, since Gene was probably living in Hoboken by 1986, Mitch called up his old friend from Winston-Salem to play the gig. Nice little coincidence…

Highlights: Mitch & Co. put the emphasis on tunes from the about-to-be-released Big Plans for Everybody (my fave L.A. album, so no problem there). Gotta love those encores, with 3 killer covers in a row!

THANK YA KINDLY to the taper and the usual HUGE THANKS to dB’s Fan for the share.

01 Waters Part

02 Ornamental

03 Writing the Book of Last Pages

04 Leader of Men

05 Talking to Myself

06 Still Dark Out

07 Crows On a Phone Line

08 In Between

09 Every Word Means No

10 Reflecting Pool

11 In Little Ways

12 Won't Go Wrong

13 Last Chance Town

14 Prey

15 Hush (Deep Purple cover)

16 Back of a Car (Big Star cover)

17 He's a Whore (Cheap Trick cover)

TT: 65:37

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Letch Actively:

Mick Ersatz – guitars & vocals

Angie Carlson – keyboard & vocals

Eric Marshall – drums

Gene Holder – bass

Hollywood, CA - 1984

The dB's

The Palace

Hollywood, CA

Nov. 2, 1984

audience recording (VG quality; house sound is on the "boomy" side, but not severely so)

HIGHLIGHTS: solid performance from the band and a relatively rare cover of Neil Young's "Heart of Gold" 

THANKS A BUNCH to the taper and dB’s Fan for sharing!

Unfortunately, captions for this photo are not allowed 
by law in some U.S. states and territories...

01 Que Sera Sera --> Neverland

02 Love Is for Lovers

03 She Got Soul

04 Lonely Is as Lonely Does

05 Bad Reputation

06 Amplifier

07 Not Cool

08 Spitting In the Wind

09 Suspicious Minds

10 A Spy In the House of Love

11 New Gun In Town

12 Black and White

13 See No Evil (Television cover)

14 pH Factor

15 Big Brown Eyes

16 Heart of Gold (Neil Young cover)

The Palace in Hollywood, CA

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The dB’s:

Will Rigby – drums & vocals
Gene Holder – bass

Peter Holsapple – guitar & vocals

Rick Wagner - guitar

The Plimsouls - Malibu, CA 1984

Pepperdine University

Malibu, CA

Nov. 21, 1984

soundboard recording (quality VG++; minor imperfections attributable to the age of the source tape)

The Plimsouls' original lineup (back cover, Zero Hour EP)

Repercussion: I know of no direct connection between The dB’s and The Plimsouls. But if you’re looking for an approximate West Coast equivalent to The dB’s, you don’t have to look much further than The Plimsouls — whose music and talent deserve the kind of superlatives I’ve lavished upon The deeBs.

BIG-TIME THANKS to "plimsouls" and TheCommish for sharing this one!

The Plimsouls’ 1984 tour was a reunion after band leader Peter Case left in 1983 to pursue a solo career. Case has said the 1984 tour was prompted mainly by the need to pay back taxes. As you’ll hear, though, The Plimsouls nonetheless played with their usual energy and gusto.

01 Shaky City

02 Nickels and Dimes

03 I'll Get Lucky

04 I Shook His Hand

05 Great Big World

06 Glory

07 Now

08 Hush Hush

09 Lost Time

10 Oldest Story In the World

11 Magic Touch

12 Lie, Beg, Borrow and Steal

13 The Mood I'm In Tonight

14 Women

15 Zero Hour

16 Just Like That

17 A Million Miles Away

18 My Lonely Sad Eyes

19 You Can't Judge a Book By the Cover

20 Jumping From Love to Love

TT: 79:20

The Plimsouls (Robert Matheu photo)

MP3@320 HF

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Musicians:

Peter Case - vocals, guitar, harp

Eddie Munoz - guitar

Mike Bannister - drums (filling in for Lou Ramirez)

Dave Pahoa - bass, vocals

Gurf Morlix - pedal steel 

Learn more about The Plimsouls' music
at AllMusic, WIkipedia, or Facebook