Gravel Truck - Winston-Salem 2008 + bonus

Gravel Truck (Letch Actively cover band)

The Wherehouse

Winston-Salem, NC

August 8, 2008

audience recording (sound quality VG-; sounds like it’s from a first-gen. source; some crowd chatter is evident, but doesn’t dominate)

‘BOY HOWDY!’ THANKS to dB’s Fan for sharing, as usual.
 

Shalini & 'Mick' playing at the late, great Milestone Club in Charlotte, NC
photo by CNS via Flickr

GRAVEL TRUCK was the name given to the Letch Actively cover band — fronted by none other than Mick Ersatz himself.

This was the second of night of the four-day Revolve Film Festival organized by Shalini Chatterjee, and was the night of musical entertainment. Shalini's husband, Mick Ersatz, pulled together a band of friends and performed a set of nothing but Letch Actively songs. Tim Lee, an alum of the road band from years ago though played bass with his wife Susan helping out on vocals.

SAMPLE: "Waters Part (W-S 2008)"

01  Every Word Means No

02  Ornamental

03  Reflecting Pool

04  Talking To Myself

05  Badger

06  Still Dark Out

07  band intros

08  Flags For Everything

09  In Little Ways

10  Bad Machinery

11  Waters Part

12  crowd noise

13  Easy Does
 

Gravel Truck plays The Wherehouse in 2008

photo by Todd Evans via Flickr

Gravel Truck:

Mick Ersatz: guitars, vocals

Shalini Chatterjee: guitars, keyboards, vocals

Tim Lee: bass, vocals

Susan Bauer Lee: vocals

Chris Garges: drums

BONUS LIVE TRACKS:

Badger (live, acoustic)              Letch Actively (live, somewhere)

Sudden Crown Drop (live)         Mick Ersatz (live, somewhere)

Break Through (live)                 Mick Ersatz (live, somewhere)

Moral Kiosk (live)                      Rapid Eye Movement (Mitch on vocals)

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 IF YA LIKE THIS ONE, BE SURE TO CHECK OUT  

THE GRAVEL TRUCK SHOW POSTED 

AT WILFULLY OBSCURE — RIGHT HERE

LX Chilton - Bremen & Hamburg 1988

Bremen, Germany

March 7, 1988

and

Hamburg, Germany

Feb. 25, 1988

If you like to hear him when he's "on," you'll want to give this a listen...

FM broadcasts (sound quality Ex-; only a perfect soundboard recording would get a higher rating) 

BIG HONKIN’ THANKS to spurensicherung.blogspot.com and his source for this great recording. 

ROB SEZ: wasn't planning to post another LX recording so soon, but this one's just too good not to share asap...

01 Bangkok

02 Make a Little Love

03 Dalai Lama

04 No Sex

05 Thing for You

06 B-A-B-Y

07 Rock Hard

08 Lost My Job

09 Volaré

10 Little GTO

11 The Letter

12 Come By Here

13 Take It Off

14 Tee Ni Nee Ni Noo*

15 New Girl In School

16 Rockin' Daddy

17 Train Kept a Rollin'

18 Sick and Tired

19 With a Girl Like You [DJ voiceover at 2:32]

20 The Letter** (end cut, faded)

TT: 75:23

*Tracks 1-14 = Bremen, Feb. 7, 1988

**Tracks 15-20 = Hamburg, Feb. 2, 1988

 

One of the most talented & confounding musicians, ever. 
RIP, LX...

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LX Chilton Trio:

LX Chilton – vocals, guitar

Ron Easley – bass, vocals

Doug Garrison - drums

Explore Alex Chilton's discography at AllMusic   
  

The Feelies - Neptune, NJ 1988 + bonus

Green Parrot

Neptune, NJ

September 23, 1988

audience recording (sound quality VG++; full & balanced, a very satisfying recording; each track is smoothly faded out & in to minimize extraneous crowd noise)

BY REQUEST

The Feelies: now or then; always cool…

photo montage by agitreader.com

BIG THANKS to THE KING OF ROCK for the amazing job he did recording and editing this show

REPERCUSSION: The dB’s have indirect connections to The Feelies. One example: Anton Fier, who for a time was drummer for The Feelies, went on to found The Golden Palominos, which roped in both Chris and Peter for collaborative efforts. The dB’s and The Feelies also have Hoboken, N.J. in common. While they were in the NYC area, The dB’s often played in Hoboken, at times recorded there, and Gene Holder lived there for many years.

01 Let's Go
02 Deep Fascination
03 Higher Ground
04 The Undertow

05 The High Road

06 Dancing Barefoot

07 Too Much

08 For a While

09 The Final Word

10 Away

11 Slipping Into Something

12 Too Far Gone

13 Moscow Nights

14 Raised Eyebrows

15 Crazy Rhythms

16 Sedan Delivery

17 Run Run Run / European Son / What Goes On?

18 Everybody's Got Something to Hide

19 I’m a Believer

20 Roadrunner

TT: 69:25

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BONUS SET HAS ITS OWN LINKS; see below

THE FEELIES:

Stanley Demeski – drums

Glenn Mercer – vocals, guitar, keyboard

Bill Million – guitar, vocals

Brenda Sauter – bass, vocals

Dave Weckerman - drums

BONUS:
The Feelies with Lou Reed

Malibu Shore Club

Lido Beach, Long Island, NY

December 2, 1988
 

Now for a REALLY different place to play a gig...
photo by Tina Russo via Flickr

audience recording (sound quality VG-; probably from a multi-gen. tape source, but you’re wanting to hear this because of the historic collaboration, not because it necessarily sounds great…)
  

photo by urrightaboutthestars via Flickr

EXTRA THANKS to the taper and uploader

01 Higher Ground

02 Away

03 We're Gonna Have a Real Good Time Together*

04 What Goes On?*

05 Sweet Jane*

06 Run Run Run / European Son*

*with Lou Reed

TT: 28:15

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Learn more about The Feelies’ music at the band’s web site, their Facebook pages, or AllMusic
 

LX Chilton - New Orleans 1994

The Howlin' Wolf

New Orleans, LA

November 24, 1994 (?) exact date uncertain

FM broadcast (sound quality VG++; this recording has a low, but persistent hum [otherwise this would have been rated Ex-]; hum is only a problem between songs)

Repercussion: Here's a page at this blog that spells out the many connections between LX Chilton and The dB's.
 

photo by Simon Godley via Flickr

DISC 1

1-01 Tee Na Nee Na Noo

1-02 B-A-B-Y

1-03 My Baby Just Cares for Me 

1-04 Volare

1-05 Sick & Tired 
1-06 Thank You, John  

1-07 I Got a Thing for You

1-08 Devil Girl

1-09 Il' Rebelle 

1-10 My Bonnie

1-11 Turn Your Money Green

1-12 Money Talks 

1-13 I Do

1-14 Come Back, Baby 
1-15 What's Your Sign, Girl?
1-16 Do the Hucklebuck

DISC 2

2-01 Nobody's Fool

2-02 Little GTO 

2-03 Alligator Man

2-04 Tina the Go-Go Queen

2-05 Goodnight My Love 

2-06 Take It Off

2-07 New Girl In School

2-08 Margie 

2-09 I'm Ready

2-10 Little Latin Lupe Lu

2-11 Brazil 

2-12 Dateless Night

2-13 Only the Lonely
 

artwork by The Archival Group (included in DL)

some songs included in this collection are not listed in the artwork

MP3@320

Alt. Link Disc 1, MF

Alt. Link Disc 2, MF

MUSICIANS:

Alex Chilton – guitar & vocals

Ron Easley - bass

Doug Garrison - drums
 

Explore Alex Chilton's discography at AllMusic
  

Peter Blegvad Trio - Italy 2002

Cortile del Castello Estense

Ferrara, Italy

June 14, 2002

audience recording (sound quality VG++; nice, clear recording for an audie)

  

The Peter Blegvad Trio
kind thanks to hibou-anemone-bear.com for this photo

01 Intro

02 Hangman's Hill 

03 On All Fours

04 Waste of Time
05 The Incinerator (aka Perfect Strangers)

06 Bride of Fire

07 Just Woke Up

08 Loss to Mourn

09 Let's Travel Light 

10 Scarred for Life

11 Golden Age / Powers In the Air

12 The Song* 

13 That'll Be Him Now

14 Haiku 
15 Face Off 

16 Driver's Seat 

17 (Something Else Is) Working Harder

18 In Hell's Despite (cut edited at 0:31)

Repercussion: I get the feeling Peter Blegvad has been friends with Chris Stamey and Peter Holsapple for some time, but I don't know how they met, etc. Chris produced Peter B's wonderful King Strut & Other Stories album, on which Peter H did his multi-instrumentalist thing on several of its tracks. Well-worth seeking out!  

Another related post, PETER BLEGVAD & FRIENDS LIVE IN 1992, is HERE.

BIG HONKIN' THANKS to the taper and to p.z. for sharing!

MP3@320
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Peter Blegvad Trio:

Peter Blegvad - vocal, guitars

John Greaves - e-bass, vocal (*lead vocal on "The Song")

Chris Cutler - drums
 

Karen Mantler - keyboards, harmonica, glockenspiel, vocal

(she'd make it a quartet, so she's listed as a "guest"!)
 

Peter Blegvad photo by SeánK via Flickr

Peter Blegvad's latest is a collaboration with Andy Partridge (XTC) called Gonwards. It's very different and very cool. Highly recommended. They seem to have a YouTube video for every song on the album!

 

Learn more about the music of 

Peter Blegvad at AllMusic

and John Relph's beautifully-detailed discography